![]() ![]() Unfortunate, it supports only up to High Sierra, no Majove or Catalina. Nvidia Web Driver is provided by nVidia (not Apple) to drive the latest GeForce series graphics card. Multibeast is used to install a bunch of drivers to fit my hardware. Use Multibeast to install a bunch of Drivers. Primarily, this settings is for SSDT to enable power management in Clover Configurator. Disable NullCPUPowerManagement (enable by Default) Enable USB Support for Intel 7/8/9 family USBĬ. I have done the following settings in the configuration for Installing the base MacOSī. Convert APFS and configure mount point noatime to preserve SSD wearing Install Nvidia Web Driver to enable the graphics acceleration of GT1030ħ. Use Multibeast to install a bunch of DriversĦ. Use Clover Configurator to setup the SMIBIOS, prepare for Web Drivers and enable SSDT flags for power managementĥ. Setup the Hackintosh with relevant settingsĤ. Setup the BIOS according to the Hackintosh guideĢ. I use Hackintosh Zone High Sierra for installation.ġ. I know the cost for a proper Mac Book Pro is far below my time cost, but it is really a great learning experience for me.īefore I start, here is my hardware list, I just purchase 2nd parts, with my old parts and my brother-in-law decomissioned parts.īasically it covers the following major steps. I remain very pleased with my Hackintosh.After serveral years of studies and trial, I finally get a Hackintosh working with spared parts. Yes, the Hackintosh OS upgrade process is trickier than that of a regular Mac, but I can live with spending a couple of hours on it once a year. No unexplained crashes (touch wood - as far as I can recall, the machine has never actually crashed). I’ve had no issues with Wi-Fi, graphics, or anything else for that matter. Under “System Parameters”, make sure “Inject Kexts” is set to “Yes” then check the “NVIDIAWeb” option.ġ day in and so far everything seems to be working perfectly.Under “Boot”, uncheck the nvda_drv=1 option.Open Clover Configurator, mount your EFI and load your ist.Open the NVIDIA Driver Manager preference pane, go into the “Updates” tab, click “Check Now” and install the latest version.Here are the steps needed to get your NVIDIA driver working properly: As I skipped Sierra I didn’t know about that change though and had to spend some time Googling around before finding the solution. If you’re upgrading your Hackintosh from Sierra to High Sierra, this shouldn’t be as time consuming, as you’ll have already dealt with the fact that nvda_drv=1 doesn’t work anymore. Getting the NVIDIA Web Driver to initiate on boot was what took up most of the non-waiting-for-the-computer-to-do-its-thing time. In step 2, the only kext I copied over was FakeSMC.kext.I updated Clover using the linked Clover package, not MultiBeast.As I’m running an SSD I followed the APFS section of the guide.The only things worth mentioning here are: The documentation on tonymacx86 for upgrading to macOS High Sierra worked perfectly for me. Getting past the error was as simple as loading my old config file into MultiBeast, changing the System Definition (Customize › System Definitions) to “iMac 14,2”, running MultiBeast again, and rebooting. This was due the System Definition I set in MultiBeast when I installed El Capitan (“Mac Pro 3,1”). The error shown read something along the lines of: “This version of macOS 10.12 cannot be installed on this computer”. Right out of the gate I ran into my first problem: the App Store wasn’t letting me download the High Sierra installer. Wifi adapter: TP-Link PCI Express Adapter.Case: BitFenix Phenom Micro-ATX (Black).RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 64GB (DDR4).Graphics card: EVGA GTX 950 SuperClocked. ![]() Here’s a quick reminder of the specs I’m running: I got it done in a couple of hours with most of that time spent either waiting for High Sierra to download or waiting for High Sierra to install. Granted it’s not quite as simple as downloading and running the installer as you would with a regular Mac, but the tools and documentation provided by the Hackintosh community have never been better. Hackintosh OS upgrades are renowned for being finicky: it’s one of the main criticisms I hear against them. My first OS upgrade since building the machine. The time came yesterday to upgrade the OS from El Capitan to High Sierra though. I’ve been running a Hackintosh as my main machine for the last year and a bit, and it’s been steady as a rock. Upgrading my Hackintosh from El Capitan to High Sierra ![]() ![]()
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