Watermelon Jello Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Does this laptop support hackintosh? Please Help. I am aware of the other forum post, but my laptop is slightly different, so I'm not sure that it will still support MacOS Sierra. I have attached the DxDiag DxDiag.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 21, 2018 Moderators Share Posted November 21, 2018 Broadwell is supported from Yosemite (forgot which version) up to the latest Mojave. You'll need to replace the Intel wireless card of course since it's not supported with a DW1560 or a USB device. Your system's specs: Inspiron 3558, supported devices: i3-5005U HD 5500 Synaptics touchpad ALC255 Webcam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jello Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 Also, I'm a little confused n some terminology. What is a bootloader and how does it fit into the installation process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 21, 2018 Administrators Share Posted November 21, 2018 A bootloader is a special piece of software that allow a non-Apple PC computer to boot OS X. It's not possible without it. Such software includes Chameleon, Enoch (a more recent version/branch of Chameleon), Clover (today's de-facto "standard" bootloader) and a (very) few others. Since their inception in the early days of Hackintosh, those tools evolved from simple bootloaders to sophisticated configuration packages. You're going to have to do some serious reading but to install macOS on a PC, the general process is to: 1) create a USB key with the OS installation package, aka a "USB installer" 2) install the bootloader on the key to make it bootable 3) install all the necessary drivers required to support your own specific hardware 4) tune your bootloader configuration You'll encounter barbaric terms like DSDT, SSDT, ACPI, tables, patches and patching. These refer to low-level tables that form part of a PC's BIOS and provide description of the computer hardware to the OS and how some of this hardware may behave. It's nearly always required to fine tune these tables (i.e. patch them) to be able to install and then run OS X. It's all very technical and requires some computing skills; it's quite different from inserting a CD or a DVD and booting it to install the desired OS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jello Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 When I try to boot from the USB drive, it either doesn't show up or it says the boot drive failed. What files would you need to help me solve this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted January 1, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 1, 2019 Did you install Clover boot loader? See clover guide Did you use a bootpack? Post the Clover folder you're using Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jello Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Ok so now it loads and I can see the clover screen, but when I select "boot from macos sierra" I see all the lines of code and it resets back to the clover screen CLOVER.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted January 2, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 2, 2019 Try this, files goes into /EFI/Clover replacing the old 3558_Mojave.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jello Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 Now it boots into clover, but it doesn't give me an option to boot into MacOS Mojave. I have attached the EFI folder below EFI.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted January 2, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 2, 2019 @Watermelon Jello Your Clover folder is missing a few folders. ie Themes, drivers64UEFI, Tools...etc Either reinstall Clover or add them with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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