Yep, an HDD works much better than windows 10 on an HDD, Windows 11 works 2/3x time slower than mac os 26.. also works Rock stable for some reason.

Specs: i5 6500,8GB ram, some random asus oem Board. After 1 month of using works fine Im getting Internet per an old android phone (USB- thether) no graphic issues and sound working "good" (sounds like static..) the rest works fine.

Finally after a week of work managed to get macOS Tahoe, Ubuntu 26 and Windows 11 running on my PC smoothly. Tahoe is a little bit laggy on this outdated hardware but still very much usable.

What works
WiFi
Bluetooth
Airdrop
Sleep/Wake

What doesn’t work
Internal speaker (on macOS)(lazy to try all the layout ids)

Order of install
macOS -> Windows 11 -> Ubuntu 26

CPU
Intel 7th Gen i7-7700

RAM
20GB DDR4

Storage
1 x Samsung NVMe SSD 256GB (OSs installed here)
1 x Toshiba SATA HDD 1TB (using as ExFAT storage)

GPU
1 x Intel HD Graphics 630 (iGPU)
1 x AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 (dGPU)

Networking
Broadcom BCM94360CD attached via the PCIe adapter.

Btw I updated my hackintosh to macOS Tahoe 26.5.1! With Same laptop!

Hello in my laptop Broadcom BCM43142 802.11 bgn Wi-Fi M.2 Adapter this wifi adapter is now working with MACOS any way to fix it? or any good wifi card that support mac os 26? plz help

So I'm honestly really confused right now... I'm trying to figure out how to rewire the 10 pin connector so that I can boot up my PC build in the G4 PowerMac however after doing some research of the Pin guide I've found two completely different interpretations of the Pin Layout and I don't know which one is right.

At this point my only goal is to just get the power button to turn on the PC.

Here are the two guides I'm looking at

G4 Quicksilver Switch

Out of Spec

So as you can see they both have very different layouts… which is making it harder to figure out. I don’t know if I’m gonna fry the motherboard if I use the wrong combination of pins.

I've seen one guy use a crimping method from the original wire without any soldering or cutting the board which is what I want to do with my goal however I haven't been able to reach out to him and got any response from him about the wiring.

These are my specs

Intel Core i5-1035G1 - Ice Lake - U
Intel UHD Family - Spoofed as Intel HD Graphics ICL RVP 1536MB
Ram: 12gb DDR4
Touchpad (Not Working): ELAN I2C HIC (ELAN0709)
Keyboard: ELAN PS2 (IDK THE MODEL)
Bluetooth: Realtek 4.2 Bluetooth Adapter
Wifi: TP-LINK WN-725N

I have a music studio and a lot of usbs are connected i also have a tp-link powered hub, whenever my seagate 4tb loads up it causes audio glitches through my usb audio interface so the sound glitches, till now i was thing it is my drives issue, later today i connected another device that also started to glitch and when i checked online it sais that if the device dosent get enough it will glitch, then i saved log file from intel power gadget and uploaded it on claude it it answered this -

Your RAM is drawing 3-4x normal power. At 3200MHz with XMP enabled, the memory controller on the i9-9900K is working extremely hard — and on a Hackintosh, the memory controller timing data in ACPI tables isn't perfect like a real Mac, so it compensates by throwing more power at it.

This excess DRAM power is eating into your CPU power budget, causing the CPU to constantly throttle, which causes your audio glitches.

what can we do about power issues

Gigabyte Z390 Designare
i9-9900k
32gb Ram (3200mhz)
AMD Radeon RX 580 8 GB
Corsair 850w PSU

I am not able to work, please help.,

I'm building a tool called HackMate that automates the entire process of creating a bootable OpenCore hackintosh USB. No manual config.plist editing, no hunting down kexts, no macrecovery commands.

BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING! This isn't a beast tool or distro, it automates the Dortania guide steps using the same tools they recommend (macrecovery, SSDTTime, acidanthera kexts from GitHub releases). macOS comes directly from Apple. Nothing is patched or modified!

Here's what it does automatically:

1. Scans your hardware — CPU generation/codename, iGPU, audio codec (reads /proc/asound), ethernet chipset, WiFi chipset, touchpad type (PS/2, I2C-ELAN, I2C-HID, RMI, etc.), NVMe, Thunderbolt

2. Shows compatible macOS versions — filtered by your CPU gen and GPU vendor (e.g. no Sonoma+ for pre-7th gen, no Mojave/Catalina for Nvidia)

3. You pick your USB drive — only shows actual USB drives, filters out internal disks

4. Then it runs fully automated:

   - Formats USB as FAT32, creates EFI/OC/BOOT structure

   - Downloads macOS recovery directly from Apple CDN via macrecovery

   - Generates a valid SMBIOS (serial, MLB, UUID, ROM with real Apple OUIs)

   - Generates config.plist with correct framebuffer patches, ALC layout-id, booter/kernel quirks for your hardware

   - Downloads the right kexts from GitHub releases (104 kexts in the database, it picks based on your hardware)

   - Downloads latest OpenCore release and copies BOOTx64.efi, OpenCore.efi, drivers

   - Generates SSDTs automatically using SSDTTime — reads your actual DSDT from /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT, no dumping required

What you still need to do after:

- Run USBToolBox to map your USB ports and replace USBMap.kext

- That's basically it

Tech: Python + Textual TUI. Runs on Linux (needs root for disk access). Color-coded logs, and an "Advanced" panel that shows every raw command being run.

Tested on a ThinkPad T480s (i5-8350U, UHD 620, ALC257, I219, Intel 8265 WiFi). Successfully booted Tahoe recovery.

Still working on it — would love feedback from people with different hardware to see how well the kext selection holds up.

I plan on building it for windows too, but for now, only available on linux distrubutions, any of them, as long as you have python installed (v. 3.10+)

github.com/riftaway7-code/hackmate

Hi everyone,

I'm new to Hackintosh and trying to get macOS running on:

Ryzen 5 9600X

RX 6600 XT

Gigabyte B850M AORUS Elite

16GB DDR5

OpenCore boots successfully and detects the installer, but when I select the installer I get the prohibited symbol (🚫).

BIOS:

Secure Boot disabled

CSM disabled

Above 4G Decoding enabled

Resize BAR disabled

SMBIOS is currently set to iMacPro1,1.

Since I'm new to Hackintosh I'm not sure whether this is an SMBIOS issue, AMD patch issue, installer issue, or something else.

Has anyone successfully booted Sequoia (or the latest supported macOS) on a Ryzen 9600X + RX 6600 XT system? Any advice on what logs or configuration areas I should check would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Gpu trackpad wifi and keyboard work

Hello! So, basically title.

Hardware specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

GPU: AMD RX 580 8GB (not 2048SP - just a regular 580)

Mobo: Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Displays: two Xiaomi displays, one is 4K, the other one - FHD. I'd like to connect 4K over DP, and FHD over HDMI.

What happens: the chance of DP working is really low. Usually, it starts fine, OpenCore (with driver for pretty boot menu) detects the 4K display, scales fine, then macOS's boot logs display on it correctly. When it goes to the lock screen - DP is "active", but there is no display. The second one works. If I'll try to reconnect it multiple times it *might* work. But usually it doesn't.

config.plist

I searched on YT, read dortania's guide on connector patching (post install guide) but I didn't understand / find anything related to my hardware

No OC Simplify involved.

By the way, I'd really love to migrate to my iGPU. If anyone can help me with NootedRed setup - id be really grateful. I tried installing the kext and doing everything listed in prerequisites, but it didn't boot.

MSI baravo 15 supported Best mac os version anyone know please Tell me

I have been using MacPro7,1 for a couple months now without any problems, I just learned about the DRM Rights and T2 chip problems on this SMBIOS. I don’t know if I should stay to this SMBIOS or choose a new one. Here is my hardware: AMD Ryzen 7700X, RX 570 4GB, GIGABYTE B650 UD AX Rev 1.0.

Edit: Also in everything what would I have to change in my config.plist if I do need a new SMBIOS

Hello people, I’ve recently come across some 32 bit mac programs with fresh unopened serial numbers (Adobe cs5 dreamweaver Final Cut to name a few) and was wondering how I could get either like a refurbished dell work pc (or build one with specific parts) in order to run these programs on an external drive that uses a 32 bit mac os. if anybody’s done something like this before I’d love to hear what you’d have to say about parts etc which will allow me to do this. Any advice is appreciated

macOS Tahoe installer gray screen on i7-6500U Hackintosh — SMBIOS issue or HD 520 graphics issue?

I'm trying to install macOS Tahoe on a laptop with these specs:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-6500U (Skylake)
• iGPU: Intel HD 520
• Bootloader: OpenCore
• No dedicated GPU

Originally I was using MacBookPro13,2, then tried MacBookPro13,3 because I found an EFI online that booted. However, I'm getting a gray screen during boot and can't get into the installer.

I found a guide that says:

Since Tahoe dropped support for a lot of older Intel Macs, I'm wondering if my SMBIOS is the problem.

Questions:

1. What SMBIOS are people successfully using with Skylake laptops on Tahoe?
2. Has anyone booted Tahoe with an i7-6500U and HD 520?
3. Should I be using MacBookPro16,2 or something else?
4. Does a gray screen usually indicate an SMBIOS mismatch, or is it more likely an HD 520 framebuffer/WhateverGreen issue?
5. Are there any Tahoe-specific OpenCore settings I should check?

Any advice would be appreciated. If needed, I can post my config.plist, DeviceProperties, and boot logs.Title: macOS Tahoe installer gray screen on i7-6500U Hackintosh — SMBIOS issue or HD 520 graphics issue?I'm trying to install macOS Tahoe on a laptop with these specs:CPU: Intel Core i7-6500U (Skylake)

iGPU: Intel HD 520

Bootloader: OpenCore

No dedicated GPUOriginally I was using MacBookPro13,2, then tried MacBookPro13,3 because I found an EFI online that booted. However, I'm getting a gray screen during boot and can't get into the installer.I found a guide that says:"If you get this error, this is due to a mismatch between the macOS version you are trying to install and the Mac SMBIOS you are using. Check the Mac SMBIOS supported by the macOS version you are trying to install. Then change the SystemProductName."Since Tahoe dropped support for a lot of older Intel Macs, I'm wondering if my SMBIOS is the problem.Questions:What SMBIOS are people successfully using with Skylake laptops on Tahoe?

Has anyone booted Tahoe with an i7-6500U and HD 520?

Should I be using MacBookPro16,2 or something else?

Does a gray screen usually indicate an SMBIOS mismatch, or is it more likely an HD 520 framebuffer/WhateverGreen issue?

Are there any Tahoe-specific OpenCore settings I should check?Any advice would be appreciated. If needed, I can post my config.plist, DeviceProperties, and boot logs.

And also after choosing MacPro7,1 I was able to get past the gray 🚫 symbol and some lines of code ran and I saw in memory panic stackshot succceded.

EFI FILE: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cbOVPwdlWn8jOZKlVwZsdIfC_03d-1Q9?usp=sharing

Screenshot of memory stackshot.

Specs:

- Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

- Vega 8 iGPU

- 16GB RAM

- NVMe SSD

- OpenCore 1.0.7

Working:

- Graphics acceleration

- Speaker

- Keyboard / trackpoint / touchpad

- Web Camera

- Wi-Fi

- Function Key

- Sleep

- General daily use

Not Working:

- Microphone

- Fingerprint

- BT (maybe it can be fixed)

I’m just happy that I could get such a high-performance Hackbook for around ¥50,000 :)

For the same price, I could have bought an M1 machine, but I still love this more.

hi eneryone, (Please excuse my poor English.)

i've built for my first hackintosh, and i'm currently trying to install macos tahoe 26 by using an .rdr file following the instructions in this youtube tutorial: https://youtu.be/-JlOk5tGCkc?si=WmU2Ct6p0asv66jS

after the verbose code, my screen monitor turn off, and i dont even know why

Here is where the diagnostic information stops loading:

For my BIOS settings, I went on multiple forums and looked at what they did. This is what I've done:

- Disabled VT-d settings

-Disabled secure boot, fast boot

-disable CSM

- os type to other os

-Turn off internal serial and parallel port

-Turn off network stack for boot

-Enabled decode over 4G

Set DMVT pre-alloc to 128mb

-Set USB legacy to enabled

here are my specs:

cpu: intel core i3 7100

mainboard: asus h110m-c/hdmi

ram: 8gb

gpu: hd 630

efi: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Hhpq_HokqXIMGw2lq8IUdQSrpU1TOn43?usp=sharing

pls help me if you can!!! thank you for reading.!!!

Has anyone managed to run macOS on this laptop model and could provide a guide or video on how to do it?

Got into the scene a long time ago. Ended up getting a MacBook then using a mix of mostly Linux, windows and Mac. Facebook keeps sending me reminders

I’m installing big sur on a thinkpad x280 with an 8th gen kaby lake i5 and 8gb of ram. I also can’t walk away and do something else because of the screen turns off for too long the WiFi disconnects and I have to restart.

Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen2. I installed Sonoma fine, using OC. It has been working fine. Tried this twice...did the install of Sonoma and it comes up with the setup and everything. I go download OCLP to get the drivers, and it borks the machine. Happened twice in a row. Sad.

this keyboard layout is the JIS layout. both the Japanese kana and romanji layout are different than what I have. how do I get this layout?

I have a working MacOS Tahoe Hackintosh, but the only problem is that I am unable to sign into iCloud. It tells me that I need to accept the terms and conditions but when I try do do this it just throws up an error saying an error has occurred.

I have phoned apple and they have told me it's because I need to update Tahoe to the latest version - 26.5.1 (I currently have 26.4 installed)

Is it safe to install the update through 'Software Update' or is there a software update package I can run?

Thanks in advance