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The Best Hackintosh Guide For

2021
In this guide, we will be guiding you through the steps to install macOS on your
normal PC. This guide uses the opencore bootloader. All resources are linked
in their relevant parts.
Anuj Parihar 2 months ago 5 min read

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Table Of Contents
Getting Started with OpenCore
Pre Made EFIs
Downloading MacOs and creating a bootable usb
Create Installer From Windows
Create Installer from macOS

Installing macOS

Getting Started with Opencore

First, you will want to grab all the files required to create a basic EFI

OpenCore 0.6.4 – The boot loader with which we will boot macOS on non-Apple
Hardware
gibMacOS – Downloading macOS from the official Apple Servers in MacOS
ProperTree – GUI plist editor

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Now Your Opencore Folder Should Look like this

GenSMBios – SMBios Editor

Now Your Opencore Folder Should Look like this

OC Folder (x64 for 64 bit System)

Now we would want to have a cleaned EFI which should look like this:

Cleaned EFI

Addition Of Base Files

(For UEFI)

Drivers (Location: /EFI/OC/Drivers):

HfsPlus.efi – Used to see HFS Drives which are mandatory for macOS

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OpenRuntime.efi – This is already in the folder since we didn’t delete it

Kexts (Location: /EFI/OC/kexts):

Must Haves:

VirtualSMC – Used to emulate SMBIOS

Lilu – A must Kext required for other essential kexts
WhateverGreen.kext – Used for graphics patching DRM, boardID, framebuffer fixes, etc,
all GPUs benefit from this kext.
AppleALC – Used for AppleHDA patching, allowing support for the majority of on-board
sound controllers
If you are trying to boot 10.7 or older, you should opt for VoodooHDA (instead of AppleALC),
also if you have AMD based system
Ethernet Kext – To make Ethernet Work
IntelMausi – Required For major Intel NICs (Intel’s 82578, 82579, i217, i218 and i219
NICs are officially supported)
SmallTree-I211 – Required for i211 NICs and most AMD boards running Intel NICs
AtherosE2200Ethernet – Required for Atheros and Killer NICs
RTL8111 – For Realtek’s Gigabit Ethernet

SSDT Patching is necessary, Refer to this to do it

Config Plist Setup

I highly recommend to check Dortania’s Guide on Config.plist Setup and save it to the
/EFI/OC/ Make sure to check Sanity of Config.plist file with SanityChecker

Pre Made EFI Folders For Your Hackintosh

AMD RYZEN/THREADRIPPER/ATHLON2xxGE
OC CHIPSET SERIE 30, 40 (COOFFELAKE / COMETLAKE)
CHIPSET SERIES 10 20 (SKYLAKE KABYLAKE)
CHIPSET SERIES 8, 9 (HASWELL)
CHIPSET SERIE X99
OC NOTEBOOKS CHIPSET SERIE 30 (COFFEELAKE / WHISKEYLAKE /
COMETLAKE)
NOTEBOOKS CHIPSET SERIE 30 (COFFEELAKE / WHISKEYLAKE / COMETLAKE)
OC NOTEBOOKS ICE LAKE

Downloading MacOS
Creating A installer in Windows

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It is recommend to make one from macOS since it creates an offline installer whereas with
windows, we will need a kext for our hardware to make internet work and install macOS Get a
4GB+ Usb Drive and open command Prompt and type

# List available disks

list disk
# Select your disk(ie. disk 1)
select disk 1
# Format the drive
clean
# Convert to GPT
convert gpt
# Create a new partition
create partition primary
# Select your partition
# Running clean ensures we only have 1 partition so it will be "pa
rtition 1"
select partition 1
# Format the drive as FAT32
format fs=fat32 quick
# Assign a drive letter(ie. Drive F, ensure it's not currently in
use)
ASSIGN LETTER=F

macOSrecovery.py

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# Lion(10.7):
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-2E6FAB96566FE58C -m 00000000000F25Y00
download
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F -m 00000000000F0HM00
download

# Mountain Lion(10.8):
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-7DF2A3B5E5D671ED -m 00000000000F65100
download

# Mavericks(10.9):
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6 -m 00000000000FNN100
download

# Yosemite(10.10):
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 -m 00000000000GDVW00
download

# El Capitan(10.11):
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-FFE5EF870D7BA81A -m 00000000000GQRX00
download

# Sierra(10.12):
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-77F17D7DA9285301 -m 00000000000J0DX00
download

# High Sierra(10.13)
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 -m 00000000000J80300
download
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 -m 00000000000J80300
download

# Mojave(10.14)
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C -m 00000000000KXPG00
download

# Catalina(10.15)
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86 -m 00000000000000000
download

# Latest version
# ie. Big Sur(11)
python macrecovery.py -b Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 -m 00000000000000000
download

BaseSystem.dmg

BaseSystem.chunklist

RecoveryImage.dmg

RecoveryImage.chunklist

com.apple.recovery.boot

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Creating A installer in macOS

Open gibMacOS and choose the OS you want to download

For macOS 11+,we will need to extract the installer, for that go to gibMacOS>macOS
Downloads>publicrelease>macOS (whichever you chose) and run InstallAssistant.pkg and
install it on your Boot Drive.
For macOS 10.15 or older,we will need to build the installer, for that go to gibMacOS and
run BuildmacOSInstallApp.command and drag & drop your macOS
Downloads>publicrelease>macOS folder to the terminal & press return
Move the newly created file to Applications Folder

Now Open DiskUtility and format your usb to macOS Extended (Journaled)

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Run the Following Commands (according to your downloaded OS):

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#Big Sur
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resource
s/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

# Catalina
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resource
s/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

# Mojave
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/c
reateinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

# High Sierra
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resou
rces/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

# Sierra
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/c
reateinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

# El Capitan
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resour
ces/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpat
h /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app

# Yosemite
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resource
s/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath
/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app

# Mavericks
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resource
s/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath
/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction

sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk2s1

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Now copy your EFI folder that we made in the Initial Step

Installing MacOS
If this Portion of the Tutorial Fails, you can re-read this and see where you went wrong and if
you still cannot Figure it out, you can ask in Comments.

Bios Settings
Disable The Following:

Fast Boot
VT-d
CSM
Intel SGX
Intel Platform Trust

VT-x
Hyper-Threading
Hyper-Threading
EHCI/XHCI Hand-off
OS type: (Windows 10 Feautres: Other)

Plug in your USB to the Desired System and boot from the UEFI Partition of USB and You will
be greeted with multiple Options Choose macOS Base System (External) OR Install macOS
Catalina (External)

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and you will go through verbose

And will be greeted with installation screen

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Now Open Disk Utility

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Format your whole Disk as APFS and Guild Partition Scheme

Once you start the installation, you will want to wait until the system restarts.
You will once again want to boot into OpenCore, but rather than selecting your USB
installer/recovery – you will want to select the macOS installer on the hard drive to continue
installation.
You should get an apple logo, and after a few minutes you should get a timer at the bottom
saying “x minutes remaining”. It may restart a couple more times, but if all goes well, it should
finally plop you at the “Setup your Mac screen”

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Congratulations! You successfully Installed MacOS on your System

Now open Terminal and mount your usb’s efi by sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk2s1 and
copy the EFI folder to documents

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Type sudo diskutil unmount /dev/disk2s1 to unmount the mounted efi and sudo
diskutil /dev/disk0s1 to mount your Boot Drive’s EFI Partition and move the EFI from
documents to this partition and unmount it.
There might still be issues which can be fixed in the OpenCore’s Post Install Guide If you have
any queries, you can comment on this article or can go to r/hackintosh or can join this Discord
Server that is made for the Hackintoshing Community

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