I've been thinking about making a hackintosh or maybe buying

Hackintosh works fine for macOS/iOS development. Just generate a unique system serial through Clover and get a brand new iCloud account through that.

I have never gotten a hackentosh to work right and I have tried to make a few

buy a used mac on ebay and if you keep it less than 3 months you will be able to sell it for what you paid for it back on ebay

if you just want to try it out

>>56984220
Yeah I've heard the same thing about hackintoshes just not working.
I think I'll start lurking around on ebay or some local auctions to get a cheap macbook.
I would just buy a new cheap one but holy fuck they're even more expensive than I remember.

>>56984261
>Hackintosh

if i were to try to do it again i would find someone with a working one and copy the setup exactly

i think you just have to get lucky with your hardware being compatible

OP here thanks for the advice anons I think I'll go the pre owned macbook route.

>>56984181
If you choose parts with hackintosh in mind, it's easy and works extremely well. If you try to hackintosh a random existing machine, though, the odds are against you.