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OpenCore Hackintosh

This guide loads kexts for my hardware. You will need to adapt this for your system accordingly, see: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/ktext.html#kexts

Also note that the tool versions are time-sensitive, please check whether newer versions are available.

Based on: - https://dortania.github.io and - https://christitus.com/opencore-mac/

Disable in BIOS

  • Fast Boot
  • Secure Boot
  • Serial/COM Port
  • Parallel Port
  • VT-d (can be enabled if you set DisableIoMapper to YES)
  • CSM
  • Thunderbolt(For initial install, as Thunderbolt can cause issues if not setup correctly)
  • Intel SGX
  • Intel Platform Trust
  • CFG Lock (MSR 0xE2 write protection)(This must be off, if you can't find the option then enable AppleXcpmCfgLock under Kernel -> Quirks. Your hack will not boot with CFG-Lock enabled)

Enable in BIOS

  • VT-x
  • Above 4G decoding
  • Hyper-Threading
  • Execute Disable Bit
  • EHCI/XHCI Hand-off
  • OS type: Windows 8.1/10 UEFI Mode
  • DVMT Pre-Allocated(iGPU Memory): 64MB
  • SATA Mode: AHCI

Downloads

  • Boot target system with a Linux Live USB stick
  • Create directory: mkdir -p Monterey/files
  • cd Monterey/files
  • wget https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/releases/download/0.8.3/OpenCore-0.8.3-RELEASE.zip
  • git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/gibMacOS.git
  • git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/ProperTree.git
  • git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/SSDTTime.git
  • git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS.git
  • wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acidanthera/OcBinaryData/master/Drivers/HfsPlus.efi

Software Requirements

  • apt install python3-tk

For Your Hardware

  • wget https://github.com/acidanthera/VirtualSMC/releases/download/1.3.0/VirtualSMC-1.3.0-RELEASE.zip
  • wget https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu/releases/download/1.6.2/Lilu-1.6.2-RELEASE.zip
  • wget https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen/releases/download/1.6.1/WhateverGreen-1.6.1-RELEASE.zip
  • wget https://github.com/acidanthera/IntelMausi/releases/download/1.0.7/IntelMausi-1.0.7-RELEASE.zip

Create a Kexts directory and put everything needed for your hardware in it, here: - IntelMausi - LiLu - VirtualSMC - WhateverGreen - VirtualSMC - SMCProcessor.kext - VirtualSMC - SMCSuperIO.kext - VirtualSMC - VirtualSMC.kext

Download macOS

python3 ./macrecovery.py -b Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 -m 00000000000000000 download

Create USB Drive

USB stick for macOS is sdc here 

sudo gdisk /dev/sdc
o
yes
n
Enter
Enter
Enter
Hex Code: 0700
w
yes

mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n "OPENCORE" /dev/sdb1
- Create directory on USB stick com.apple.recovery.boot - Copy BaseSystem.dmg and BaseSystem.chunklist into this directory - Also copy the EFI folder from OpenCore/X86 to the root of the USB stick - On USB in EFI/OC/Tools keep only OpenShell.efi - On USB in EFI/OC/Drivers keep only OpenRuntime.efi - Place collected kexts in EFI/OC/Kexts

SSDTTime

  • Switch to the SSDTTime directory
  • python3 SSDTTime.py
  • Dump DSDT (P)
  • FixHPET (1)
  • FakeEC (2)
  • PluginType (4)
  • Quit
  • In Results you'll find SSDT-EC.aml / SSDT-HPET.aml / SSDT-PLUG.aml
  • Copy these files to EFI/OC/ACPI

config.plist

Check which processor generation, here Coffee Lake 8700k - HfsPlus.efi in EFI/OC/Drivers - From OpenCore/Docs/Sample.plist -> EFI/OC/config.plist - In ProperTree python3 ProperTree.py - Open config.plist from EFI/OC - Warning: delete header entries - OC Snapshot - In the dialog box (might be hidden behind windows) select the OC folder on USB - OC clean Snapshot - Click OK in the dialog (might also be hidden) - Make adjustments as described here, here for Coffee Lake https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/config.plist/coffee-lake.html#starting-point - Save - Quit