Hackintosh OpenCore Vanilla Guide, Step by Step

Q: What is a Hackintosh?

A non-Apple computer configured to run macOS using compatible PC hardware combined with a custom bootloader and configuration files to emulate a real Mac environment.

Q: Is building a Hackintosh legal?

Installing macOS on non-Apple hardware violates Apple’s End User License Agreement (EULA). It is generally not illegal for personal experimentation but not permitted for commercial use.

Q: What hardware is best for a Hackintosh?

The best hardware closely matches real Apple systems, with Intel CPUs (6th Gen to Core Ultra), AMD Radeon GPUs, compatible chipsets, and Intel-based Wi-Fi cards offering higher success rates.

Q: Can I build a Hackintosh with an AMD CPU?

Yes, macOS can run on AMD Ryzen CPUs using kernel patches, but Intel CPUs provide better native compatibility.

Q: What is OpenCore?

OpenCore is a modern Hackintosh bootloader that provides near-native macOS behavior and is the recommended bootloader for new installations.

Q: Is Clover still supported?

Yes, Clover is still supported but less recommended compared to OpenCore for modern systems.

Q: Which macOS versions support Hackintosh?

Hackintosh systems support macOS versions from Leopard up to recent releases, depending on hardware compatibility.

Q: Do NVIDIA graphics cards work on Hackintosh?

Only older NVIDIA GPUs work on older macOS versions; modern NVIDIA GPUs are incompatible with current macOS releases due to lack of driver support.

Q: What is an EFI folder?

The EFI folder contains the bootloader, drivers, kexts, and configuration files required to boot macOS on a Hackintosh.

Q: What are kexts?

Kexts (kernel extensions) are drivers that enable hardware functionality such as audio, Ethernet, USB, and graphics.

MaLd0n · January 25, 2021

use 2.2 version

tomqsher · January 25, 2021

Hello! Thank you very much for this maldon. Can you help me out by patch my DSDT. :D

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Tk3W6abEFrnmTFCO-d2_xVdRwwV2qbH/view?usp=sharing

MaLd0n · January 25, 2021

4 hours ago, tomqsher said:

Hello! Thank you very much for this maldon. Can you help me out by patch my DSDT.

remove acpi renames, osi to xosi, select rebase regions in acpi tab, reboot and extract new sendme

tomqsher · January 30, 2021

On 1/26/2021 at 12:17 AM, MaLd0n said:

remove acpi renames, osi to xosi, select rebase regions in acpi tab, reboot and extract new sendme

Here is the new sendme.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G2DK7pbIv6G6CsgGyvVKTgLJ9C9Wo5yb/view?usp=sharing

MaLd0n · January 31, 2021

12 hours ago, tomqsher said:

Here is the new sendme.

DSDT.aml.zip

madvillain_ · February 2, 2021

Hi, thank for the tuto but, how to do all this without a Mac ? Is it possible to easely do the same on Windows ?

MaLd0n · February 2, 2021

8 hours ago, madvillain_ said:

Hi, thank for the tuto but, how to do all this without a Mac ? Is it possible to easely do the same on Windows ?

use olarila images and replace efi folder if need

lazzy · February 4, 2021

Hello can you help me tune dsdt pls, My laptop is Gigabyte P15Fv5 skylake HD530 + Nvidia GTX950M, here is my zip send me

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1At0mYH9oXU2QSJ4tOkfpwEG1F3Acq96Z/view?usp=sharing

I have a DW1560 wifi + bluetooth card
DW1560 Bluetooth 4.0 LE USB\VID_0A5C&PID_216F
BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_43B1
it works fine with Mojave + clover, then i upgrade to bigsur 11.2 + opencore 0.6.6, wifi works fine but bluetooth is not working, there is no information in hardware / bluetooth. Hackintool says there is no internal USB for Bluetooth

My keyboard elan, I tried many ways to active Fn+f8 and Fn+F9 brightness keys but it doesn't work. Can you guide me how to do it pls.
Thanks.

mwr_allen · February 4, 2021

Hi MaLd0n,

My Big Sur installation is working fine from the .raw file and I've used the resources folder to amend the boot them which is fine and boots well although I would like to hide unwanted boot screen icons like NVRAM, Preboot, Recovery, etc. and add my Windows OS to the boot screen but my Windows OS doesn't have an EFI that I can mount with OpenCore Configurator and can't add the bootmgfw.efi as I cannot find the PciRoot address for the windows drive and boot file.

Is there any way to add my Windows OS to the OpenCore boot menu without the Windows OS being installed as GPT UEFI?

Attached is my current boot screen.

Thanks.04135857.png.zip

MaLd0n · February 4, 2021

use both system uefi

mwr_allen · February 4, 2021

58 minutes ago, MaLd0n said:

use both system uefi

Do I need to reinstall windows as GPT UEFI?

anto barreca · February 4, 2021

2 hours ago, mwr_allen said:

Hi MaLd0n,

My Big Sur installation is working fine from the .raw file and I've used the resources folder to amend the boot them which is fine and boots well although I would like to hide unwanted boot screen icons like NVRAM, Preboot, Recovery, etc. and add my Windows OS to the boot screen but my Windows OS doesn't have an EFI that I can mount with OpenCore Configurator and can't add the bootmgfw.efi as I cannot find the PciRoot address for the windows drive and boot file.

Is there any way to add my Windows OS to the OpenCore boot menu without the Windows OS being installed as GPT UEFI?

Attached is my current boot screen.

Thanks.04135857.png.zip

https://github.com/sarkrui/Hackintosh-Z390-Aorus-Pro-9700K-RX580/wiki/How-to-add-a-boot-entry-in-OpenCore

mwr_allen · February 5, 2021

20 hours ago, anto barreca said:

https://github.com/sarkrui/Hackintosh-Z390-Aorus-Pro-9700K-RX580/wiki/How-to-add-a-boot-entry-in-OpenCore

Hi, Thanks for the info, I've now reinstalled windows 10 to another drive by using Rufus to create a UEFI usb boot drive and once installed it just popped up on my OpenCore boot screen so that's all good.

The next thing I'm trying to get running is the Apple boot chime and I have followed some instructions which has ended up showing this message prior to boot.Archive.zip

I've added images of the error message and also my ProperTree view of my config.plist.

Thanks.

anto barreca · February 5, 2021

48 minutes ago, mwr_allen said:

Hi, Thanks for the info, I've now reinstalled windows 10 to another drive by using Rufus to create a UEFI usb boot drive and once installed it just popped up on my OpenCore boot screen so that's all good.

The next thing I'm trying to get running is the Apple boot chime and I have followed some instructions which has ended up showing this message prior to boot.Archive.zip

I've added images of the error message and also my ProperTree view of my config.plist.

Thanks.

boot chime.zip

mwr_allen · February 5, 2021

2 hours ago, anto barreca said:

boot chime.zip 345.59 kB · 3 downloads

ok, I've now raised minimum volume to 60 then tested not working and then changed audio out to 1 and tested not working.

each time has the same error message prior to showing boot menu and also, since I first made changes to the config.plist to give boot chime I lost the Olarila gui and now has just the text only gui boot menu up in the top left of the screen.

Could it be caused by incorrect PciRoot address to the audio hardware at all as I'm not sure if its correct device address.

Thank you for all the help.

2 hours ago, anto barreca said:

boot chime.zip 345.59 kB · 3 downloads

And the audio file is present in resources folder.

anto barreca · February 5, 2021

usually the audio device is PciRoot (0x0) / Pci (0x1F, 0x3), you can check with hackintool (you can find it on the site) under pci device

mwr_allen · February 10, 2021

Can anyone help with a working kext for Gigabyte WB1733D-I 1733Mbps PCI Express WiFi Adapter for use on Big Sur 11.2 using OpenCore?

The same card is working for bluetooth but not the wifi.

Thanks.

MaLd0n · February 10, 2021

1 hour ago, mwr_allen said:

Gigabyte WB1733D-I 1733Mbps PCI Express WiFi Adapter

what chipset this card use?

mwr_allen · February 10, 2021

2 hours ago, MaLd0n said:

what chipset this card use?

do you mean my board?

Board is MSI B360M Pro-Vdh with intel i5 9400f processor.

These are the details of the wifi card.

Gigabyte GC-WB1733D-I Wireless-AC PCI-E Network Interface Card + Bluetooth v5.0-1733Mbps

2x2 802.11ac Dual Band WIFI + BLUETOOTH 5 card GC-WB1733D-I is an exclusive PCIe expansion card that offers support for the latest 2x2 802.11ac 160MHz Dual Band WIFI and BLUETOOTH 5 connectivity.

Intel Wireless-AC 9260 included
IEEE 802.11ac standards compliant
Antenna supports WLAN 2Tx2R transmission
High speed wireless connection up to 1733 Mbps
BLUETOOTH 5

MaLd0n · February 10, 2021

3 hours ago, mwr_allen said:

https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/itlwm

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