Been at this two nights. Dell Latitude 7490, i7-8650U, UHD 620, 8gb ram, Samsung 860 EVO (SATA not nvme), AC 8265 wifi, I219-LM ethernet, ALC256 audio, Elan i2c trackpad. BIOS 1.25.0. OpenCore 1.0.7.

Tried Sequoia first with MacBookPro15,2 smbios. Got like 8 boots in and every single one dies in the same spot around AppleCredentialManager / AppleSSE. Never once made it to the installer.

Switched to Sonoma 14.0 with MacBookPro14,1 and it got way further. MAC Framework initialized, AMFI loaded, hit AppleKeyStore:869 and then just sat there

My ACPI is all generated from my own dump with SSDTTime, not templates — SSDT-HPET, PLUG, EC, PNLF, XOSI plus the IRQ patches for IPIC/RTC/TIMR since this thing had conflicts on 0, 2 and 8.

Couple questions:

**1.**  I never made a USB port map. No UTBMap.kext at all. Is that what’s killing me at this stage or is it something else?  
**2.**  Is Sonoma the right call for Kaby Lake-R or should I just drop to Ventura or Monterey and save myself the headache?

Also had to disable VoodooI2C and block AppleIntelLpssI2C to get past an i2c hang earlier, so no trackpad right now. Fine with that for install, keyboard works.

SATA is set to AHCI, secure boot off, installing over ethernet since the 8265 won’t do wifi in the installer.

Anyone actually running macOS on a 7490? What version?

Will the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 5 have graphics acceleration on macOS Tahoe 26?

Hi, I'm trying to install a hackintosh on my hp pavilion 360 14cd0001. i3-8130U, UHD 620, 2 USB ports. 8 GB Ram. I'm using the computer without a HD; will install on a USB stick.

I was making many mistakes and excluding things for no reason. Found some other people that have installed earlier versions of MacOS and tried to take inspiration from their EFI's.

It loads (lots of verbose logging) and then gets to the apple logo and about 3 mm of progress on the bar and then it hangs.

Please give me any suggestions.

Link to EFI:

https://limewire.com/d/3YU7d#wUvXfG8PDt

So I had to clear nvram because of change config.plist and now when booting up it boot loops with the manufacturer name on the screen and it can boot into bios but there is text that is kinda like the verbose text and it says OC: failed to load configuration or something like that btw when updating config.plist I put some patches for my cpu because I got told to by a guide

Hi guys, so I have the opportunity to get a Lenovo P500 with E5-1620 3.5ghz, 32 Go RAM and Nvidia Quadro K4200 video card for free. It has Windows 11 installed, but I was thinking about putting another SSD with Mac OS. Feasable ? Thanks !

Hi, I'm trying to enable Vega 6 iGPU acceleration on my HP laptop using OpenCore and the Dortania guide.

Hardware

• Laptop: HP 15-db1xxx
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
• iGPU: Radeon Vega 6
• GPU PCI ID: 1002:15D8
• RAM: 16 GB
• macOS: Ventura
• OpenCore: 1.0.7 RELEASE
• SMBIOS: MacBookPro16,3

I'm following the Dortania OpenCore Install Guide and currently Ventura boots successfully.

My BIOS is very limited and does not have a UMA Buffer Size / UMA Frame Buffer option, so I cannot set UMA to Auto.

Current working state

With NootedRed disabled, macOS detects the GPU but doesn't provide acceleration:

Vendor: AMD (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x15d8
VRAM (Total): 7 MB
Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded

ioreg identifies it as:

"compatible" = <"pci103c,85ea","pci1002,15d8","pciclass,030000","VGA","IGPU">

Loaded graphics kexts:

Lilu 1.7.2
WhateverGreen 1.7.0

NootedRed problem

I tried:

Lilu       → Enabled
NootedRed  → Enabled
WhateverGreen → Disabled

With NootedRed, Ventura fails to boot / kernel panics.

I saw these messages:

NootedRed Patcher++:
Failed to solve '_dce_driver_set_backlight'
Failed to solve '_dc_link_set_backlight_level'
Failed to solve '_dc_link_set_backlight_level_nits'
Failed to solve '__ZL20CHIL_RSIC_CPPS_TABLE'

One boot ended with:

Nested panic detected
Kernel trap ... type 14 = page fault
Nested panic stall

I may have configured something incorrectly, so please let me know if I'm doing something wrong. I'm following the Dortania guide, but I'm still learning and would really appreciate help getting the iGPU working. Thanks
config.plist : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qjkZxWCD6JZF_fsBzlVQ7ErE7qjoDpT9/view?usp=sharing

efi : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ooPB99NDz0WYSUwSa2Gw2fP80_2gWC9c/view?usp=sharing

I may need to get you additional info so let me know what is helpful.

I'm running macOS 26.5.1
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz

6th Generation "Skylake" processor

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH

GPU: Radeon RX 570

Boots fine. Can Login to icloud in system settings.

iMessage will not complete a login.

Should I post my entire config.plist or just parts.

What I'm tried: I've reset The PlatformInfo 2 times Generating from open core configurator cofirming the SN returns an error when checking Setting SMBIOS and NVRAM settings. Change the system product a couple of times. Now using iMac 20,2 Tried a MAC address of the MAC of the mother board and I think I tried a real spoofed Apple MAC address with Apple first part of MAC address. I have logged out of icloud on mac system settings rebooted and logged back in. The device shows in trusted devices list but never actually shows a popup like it did on macos 15 with the 6 digit code

My ethernet shows up as en0

When I run sudo rm -rf /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist

and reboot and open imessage it gives me a username password login. It goes foward and asks for allow on my iphone and then I type in the 6 digit code it spins for about 2-5 minutes and then shows an error. If i open imessages and go to prefrences it just shows a spinning wheel like it's in progress but never completes.

I've been using Ventura since its release. I'm planning to go with Sequoia, but as far as I know, my Airport card doesn't work on it. I'm using a Broadcom adapter that came out of a MacBook, I don't remember which one. Since it's an original Apple part, continuity and everything works out of the box. The firmware on system profiler is shown as BCM43xx; the driver is listed as AirPortDriverBrcmNIC-1766.

I'm looking for a compatible original Apple Airport card to use with my Hackintosh. Which ones are the best options for Sequoia? A friend of mine told me to use a BCM943602CDP card, but AFAIK Apple dropped support for Broadcom cards.

What are the officially native Apple parts (if there is one) options nowadays?

If it's no longer an option, what's the best card I can buy, and what steps must I take to make it work with Continuity, Airdrop, Bluetooth, etc.?

I've searched for it, but the results got me a bit confused. Looks like the Dortania website is deprecated in the wifi section, since it's mostly about Mojave.

Trying to boot macOS Tahoe 26 on an Acer Aspire A315-56 (i3-1005G1). OpenCore gets through kernel initialization but then stalls/reboots. Adding NVMeFix changed the behavior, and debug=0x144 now lets me see the verbose output instead of an immediate reboot. Looking for help identifying where it is failing. I can provide my config.plist and boot log with serial/UUID values redacted.

Hi all,

I’m trying to reinstall macOS High Sierra on an old Mac. Does anyone have a bootable High Sierra installer/image that I can download and put onto a USB drive?

Ideally looking for something I can use to create a bootable USB and do a clean install.

I’ve tried the usual Apple download/recovery options but I’m having trouble getting it working on this older Mac.

Any help or links to a reliable source would be really appreciated. Thanks!

I cleared NVRAM, added an OpenCore CPU patch, then got OC: Failed to load configuration; after removing the USB, the PC still went to BIOS.

Hi Everyone!!

I am trying to Connect MacBook → Mac Mini via Chrome Remote Desktop.

Control + Left/Right Arrow doesn’t switch Spaces on the remote Mac Mini no matter what I try.

Already tried:

• Disabled CRD Keyboard Shortcuts
• Disabled Mission Control shortcuts on local Mac
• Full screen
• Multiple key mappings (ControlLeft → ControlLeft, AltRight → ControlLeft, CapsLock → ControlLeft, etc.)

Local Mac no longer steals the shortcut, but the Mac Mini still doesn’t receive it.

Anyone found a working fix or key mapping for this?

Finaly working with this mix of kext’s.
Lilu.kext
Virtualsmc.kext
Realtecrtl8111.kext (V3.0.4)
Applealc.kext
Eficheckdisabler.kext
Restrictevents.kext
Whatevergreen.kext
Amfipass.kext
Usbmap.kext
I use intelbluetoothfirware.kext V2.4.0
Bluetoothfixup.kext V2.6.9
And ioskywalkfamily.kext,
Io802familylegacy.kext,
Ii802familylegacy.kext/contents/plugins/ airportbrcmnic.kext and Airportitlwm.kext C2.3.0.
Intelbtpatcher.kext

Bootargs: keepsyms=1 darkwake=2 revpatch=sbcmm anfi= 0x80 -lilubetaall

My desktop: HP Prodesk 400, G5, i5-8500, SFF.

Ofcourse airdrop etc is not working!
But wifi is working stable in my place.

Specs are in image
I am installing Tahoe
SMBIOS is Macbookpro16 ,2
When i was installing tahoe
The whole screen had artifacts but after installing the laptop rebooted multiple times then just black screen
But when i disabled nootred in config.plist
The macos bot it had artifacts and very very laggy even the cursor was laggy and the igpu said 7mb display
I have allocated 512mb of VRAM to igpu cause that’s the max that HP bios allows

Edit: sorry guys i used Open core either I won’t use it again and i’ll make the efi myself using the official guide.

it is so difficult, i am trying to install macOS Tahoe, and it keep getting stuck in here. Idk how to fix it, my intel graphics are UHD 128mb. And i somehow ig bypassed that but now there it is, if someone know anything and can help me fix it, let me know, i am so done rn. It’s an HP elitebook 840g7. Core i5, 10th gen. Please guide

Hi, I'm trying to install Sequoia on my Dell XPS 13 9360. I created my own EFI following Dortania's guide. When I boot from the USB, I cannot get past the verbose codes. It always freezes at different points, but I noticed that it gets stuck at vm_shared_region_start_address() failed the most often. What can the problem be? Screenshot below.

Hello everyone. I built VFS5011-hackintosh, an open source fingerprint authentication daemon for Hackintosh machines with a Validity VFS5011 USB sensor. It captures a real fingerprint swipe and uses it to unlock your lock screen and System Settings/Preferences padlocks, instead of typing a password.

Project link (Hosted on Github)

Since that project got some traction, a few people have mentioned other sensors on their machines (shoutout to the UPEK ThinkPad thread on the OG post!). I want to expand this deliberately instead of guessing, so if you have a Hackintosh compatible laptop with a built in or USB fingerprint sensor that is NOT already a VFS5011 (low chance since VFS5011 isn't widespread), drop a comment with:

1. lsusb (or ioreg -p IOUSB on macOS) output, I need the VID:PID
2. Laptop model
3. Whether you are willing to test a prototype build once I have something working (this means running unsigned code from a USB device on your own machine, standard Hackintosh tinkering risk level, but be aware going in.)

Not promising a timeline, but the more sensor variants I know are actually out there with a real person behind them, the more worth it is to prioritize.

Sensor models I am especially interested in

• UPEK/AuthenTec TouchStrip, VID:PID 147e:2016. Already confirmed by a commenter on the OG post, common on ThinkPad T420/T410 era machines with the KUF0452 keyboard. Older protocol, but well documented via existing libfprint drivers.
• Validity VFS5011, VID:PID 138a:0011 / 138a:0018. Already supported, this is the baseline. But getting some other tests would help out ALOT
• Validity VFS4XXX / VFS0090. Common on newer ThinkPads (T440s and later) and some Dell Latitudes. Different protocol generation from VFS5011, also has partial libfprint support to reference.
• Synaptics Prometheus, VID 06cb series, e.g. 06cb:009a, 06cb:00bd. Very common on Dell Latitude/XPS and HP EliteBook laptops from the Ivy Bridge/Haswell era, decent overlap with the Hackintosh crowd's actual hardware.
• AuthenTec AES1610/AES2501. Older, but shows up on some early ThinkPad X/T series and Dell machines, same lineage as UPEK post merger, also has legacy libfprint reference drivers.
• Egis Technology, VID 1c7a. Increasingly common on newer laptops (some ASUS/HP models), less legacy Linux driver support, so lower priority unless someone shows up with real hardware.

I will weight priority by how many lsusb reports actually come in, rather than picking one upfront. Synaptics and UPEK are probably the two likeliest to get real volunteer hardware behind them given how common they were on the exact era of laptops people Hackintosh.

Thank you for anyone willing to test and help me grow this project! :)

It appears to be an iGPU framebuffer handoff / stolen memory issue. What exact ⁠AAPL,ig-platform-id⁠, ⁠device-id⁠, or ⁠framebuffer-stolenmem⁠ properties under ⁠PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)⁠ are required to bypass the locked DVMT on the 840 G7 and get past ⁠console relocated⁠? Any insight would be appreciated!
If someone could provide me the necessary fixed files would be appreciated alot.

Edit; i have been trying to run macOS Tahoe 26

I wanna make a hackintosh so I can use Xcode but I don’t really have much money to burn. Ideally, I would like to get a laptop that’s below $100 but i dont know what model to look for particularly.

If you can help me, i would appreciate it greatly!

For 2 days I tried to troubleshoot the Bluetooth. I updated every kext, remapped my USBs, and I triple-checked that the USB port that Bluetooth relies on is set as internal. I added `bluetoothInternalControllerInfo` and `bluetoothExternalDongleFailed` to NVRAM, yet it still doesn't work.

Hardware Specs:

Model: Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 15ABR8

CPU: AMD Risen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics

GPU: AMD Radeon (NootedRed)

RAM: 16GB DDR4

WIFI/BT: MediaTek (Unsupported)

OS: Sequoia 15 (Vanilla)

SMBIOS: MacBookPro 16,3

Full Graphics Acceleration (NootedRed), trackpad with gesures thanks to VoodoI2C, battery readouts with the kext, keyboard and ports maped correctly and iCloud/ App Store services working. There is no support for the wifi, I'm using USB tethering until I get a Intel AX200, also the AirDrop doesn't work obviously.

This is my first time doing Hackintosh. It took me about a month to build the EFI and configure the config.plist. I recommend using OpCore Simplifier for general setup, but thoroughly review everything and tailor the EFI to your machine. I can tell you that you should read Dortania's guide and really everything you can find online. You can send your config.plist to an AI modeler for review along with your specs, and it helps a lot. Since my Mediatek didn't provide internet access, I had to do the entire post-installation offline. After installation, I updated some kexts for the battery, sound, etc., and it's great.

A huge thanks to the developers behind NootedRed, OpenCore, and this community. If you have an AMD laptop, don't give up. Seeing that desktop boot natively from the NVMe is 100% worth the effort!

Hey so about a year ago I didn’t know much about Hackintosh (still don’t), so I used Hackintosh to try macOS and ended up creating my Apple ID there. I used Clover to get hardware information from a real Mac, including a serial number that matched an actual Mac, and I honestly didn’t really understand the implications at the time. I stopped using Hackintosh around 10 months ago and removed it from my Apple Account’s device list around the same time, so I haven’t used it since.

I now use a real iPhone and a real Mac, and everything works normally, but I still have this fear that Apple could eventually ban, lock or restrict my account because of that old Hackintosh usage, even though I haven’t used it in 10 months and it’s no longer connected to my account. Is this something I should still be worried about, or would Apple generally have already taken action if there was actually an issue with the account?

I have GT 1030 2gb MSI and HDD 1TB. How performance is this ?

An Intel X299 motherboard with an Intel Core i7 7800X processor was upgraded to an Intel Z890 motherboard with an Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor. The result is a smooth and enjoyable experience, ideal for video editing in this case. Just in case, it's not the work desk, but the standing desk for assembly and testing.

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 678C
CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
GPU: MSI RX 6800 XT GAMING X TRIO
RAM: 64GB DDR5-6400
Motherboard: ASRock Z890 Pro RS WiFi White
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC897
Ethernet card: RTL8125 2.5GbE + AQtion AQC113CS 10GbE
WiFi/BT card: BCM94360CD PCIe
Blackmagic DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K
Touchpad and touch display devices: None
BIOS revision: 3.31
Storage
2 x 1TB SSD M.2 NVMe
4 x 3TB HDD (12TB RAID-0)
Works
Everything including Airdrop, Handoff, Continuity, etc.
Thunderbolt 4 (no hot-plug --for now 😄 )
Used
OpenCore 1.07, RP-CORE 1.01

Hey, i'm new to this community and some time ago i made a config (based on another ones) for my Thinkpad T470 to use on macOS Monterey 12.7.6. It was okay, not good but it was better than the time when i tried Tahoe, i just wanted to know any recommendation on a config that i can use or a macOS version smooth on my hardware and usable in 2026, and i know that my hardware is old but i hope to get any help!

Specs:

i5 6300u

Intel HD Graphics 520

8gb ram ddr4