#HACKINTOSH REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE DRIVERS#
#HACKINTOSH REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE UPDATE#
#HACKINTOSH REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE DRIVER#
#HACKINTOSH REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE MANUAL#

#HACKINTOSH REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE UPDATE#

There’s no guarantee your system will come back up again, however, it did in my case, and the whole update procedure - including writing this post - took me about 1.5 hours. Now it’s time to update! I don’t use my Hackintosh as my primary system, and I do not recommend doing so, but if you do, please make a backup (I recommend SuperDuper! and Arq).

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The former is the HFS+ driver from VirtualBox, while the latter is Apple’s original driver, which is supposedly faster. I used VBoxHfs-64.efi and replaced it with HFSPlus.efi.

#HACKINTOSH REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE DRIVERS#

I updated from 0.5.6 to 0.5.9, so a few drivers were merged into OpenRuntime. OpenCore also comes with EFI drivers and tools, and you can see if there’s anything new or interesting. You can unplug the drive now, as it’s no longer needed. If everything works, copy the new EFI folder back to your boot drive EFI partition. Update as needed, and then boot from the updated EFI on your USB drive. You will have a variety of kexts to support your Hackintosh hardware. Upload the file here for a quick check and go back and fix the parts you missed. Don’t forget that your configuration contains different settings, so be on the lookout for if a key has to simply be renamed and migrate your values.ĭone? Good. Use Xcode to edit the plist files, and be meticulous.

#HACKINTOSH REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE MANUAL#

Use OCConfigCompare to compare between the ist and your ist The script has an auto-download feature, but since I used a nightly here, I set a manual folder. You want to be sure to get this right, and keep in mind the format changes slightly with every release. Now the fun part starts! OpenCore is configured with one giant ist and is really picky about it. If you’ve never done this before, I recommend reading Updating OpenCore and macOS, which explains the steps in far more detail.

Replace EFI/BOOT/BOOT圆4.efi, EFI/OC/OpenCore.efi, and EFI/OC/Drivers/OpenRuntime.

I cheated a bit and got myself a nightly build of 0.5.9-pre, since the release is just a few days away and it seemed worth the risk.

Reboot and select the USB drive as the source in your BIOS to verify that you can boot from the disk.ĭid it work? Great, now it’s time to update OpenCore! There’s a monthly release cycle not only for OpenCore but also the core kexts, so it’s smart to wait a few days to update.

Copy the EFI folder from your boot drive EFI partition to your USB drive EFI partition.

Mount both your boot disk EFI and your USB drive EFI partitions via MountEFI.

Get a USB drive and GUID format it to HFS+ Journaled.

It’s better to first test drive the new boot loader on a removable drive: You can do this on your machine directly, but it might not boot anymore if you make a mistake. Bootable USB Driveīefore updating macOS, you want to update OpenCore and the needed kexts. If you’re curious about building a Hackintosh, check out the OpenCore Vanilla Guide. Legacy setups might still use Clover, but OpenCore is much better on a long-term basis, and you don’t have to disable security features such as SIP. I chose OpenCore, as it’s fast, modern, and open source. To run macOS on non-Apple hardware, you need a bootloader. I’m impressed with the overall stability - I had considerably fewer kernel panics here than with my MacBook Pro, and I’m using the LG 5K in full resolution on the Hackintosh, thanks to the Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge. I still work 95 percent of my time on my 16-inch MacBook Pro, but it’s convenient to have a really powerful machine to compile large projects (like Swift). BackgroundĮarlier this year, I built myself a Hackintosh, similar to this setup ( picture porn here). Since a few folks on Twitter were curious, here’s how this works. This does take a bit more preparation than updating genuine Mac hardware. With macOS 10.15.5 out, it was time to update my Hackintosh again.

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