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Well solved sort of for Sierra. Get heliport to load at boot time by pressing the alt key when clicking on it from the top right menu bar. Now the weird bit: no sign of the itlwm.kext having loaded because doing: sudo kextstat | grep -i itlwm.kext leads to a blank line. However inputting the ssid details in the Info.plist of the kext works like magic & after rebooting you get the Airport icon filled on the menu bar (it's a fake not really airport) & you really get connected to the Internet & LAN home network of your router. just fill this & reboot (exact name of your ssid & associated password): <key>WiFiConfig</key> <dict> <key>WiFi_1</key> <dict> <key>password</key> <string>zxyssdt112233</string> <key>ssid</key> <string>ssdt</string> It's kind of dirty manual cooking, but it works. For those like in my case where heliport & the kext do not behave.

On WiFi, for those who like little (or big) challenges & whose hobby like this one of mine is to get OSes work... In previous posts I noted that Airport could be successfully simulated in High Sierra & above using this project: AirportItlwm https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/itlwm/releases However this didn't work for Sierra though, but it is claimed that Itlwm.kext would enable WiFI, but for that one needs a helper application called Heliport: Download Heliport https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/HeliPort/releases/tag/v1.4.1 https://openintelwireless.github.io/HeliPort/Installation.html Well I couldn't make it work as for some reason the Itlwm.kext would not load. Of course one could use an external WiFi dongle just for Sierra, but then what's the use if one gets a perfect Airport using High Sierra. As I said just a challenge or if one insists on using Sierra on Dell Latitude E5550.

Maybe, I'm on Sierra for my MacBook Air mid 2011 6,2 Mojave, High Sierra, Yosem, ElCapitan... I use SSD's. High Sierra & Catalina on macmini7,1 but I use thunderbolt 2.0 running Windows 11. Fooling around with OSes is a hobby to me, I enjoyed using Chrome OS on different laptops, PCs, etc... I rarely use anything but Windows 10 & 11 nowadays as I got all my software on Windows & have an Office 365 subscription. PS: I also have an old macmini3,1 which is supposed to only run ElCapitan tops, & with the hack I use High Sierra on it, it's also my favorite box to run Tails on. At one stage I managed to install Windows 10 on it, it ran decently, but then I broke it with Paragon software & couldn't be bothered to reinstall it as too much work for bootcamp which is limited to Windows 7 officially on that Mac.

Works also for Sierra somewhat, will go into kernel panic though, but can get in using -x safe mode. Reports full QE/CI for graphics Intel HD5500 in safe mode. I found a way to solve this by using some kexts in the 10.12 Clover kexts folder, this from another user who solved for Sierra: links; https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/322034-guide-dell-latitude-e5440-macos-sierra/ his Clover EFI here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/174mrMtUcb1eqTG1Ag4Lr9yqmdHlsLz_o/view?usp=sharing by doing so I get everything working bar Airport (kext AirportItlwm_v2.2.0_stable_Mojave.kext.zip simulating Airport doesn't work for Sierra, but worls for Mojave & High Sierra) there is another project to get WiFi with a similar kext Itlwm, it goes as far as recognizing the integrated network card but does not activate the hardware) maybe it needs some extra input. Might attach the corresponding Clover EFI folder for Sierra later for those interested who have an OSX Latitude E5550 they want to run Sierra on, though High Sierra or Mojave are better, I did this only because I had a USB 3.0 stick with Sierra installed, it's just a hobby for me.

Thanks Mr Jake Lo, I will disable it back. PS. I do not think it is wise to remove this extra entry that identifies the NVidia's chip in config.plist (even if we disable it): <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)</key> <dict> <key>hda-gfx</key> <string>onboard-1</string> </dict>

Some extra notes: I wanted to see what happens if I remove the kernel flag nv_disable=1 & remove from the ACPI the disable Nvidia GPU patch graciously provided by Jake Lo: The result is not destructive & just gets the NVidia GPU detected & listed in the system profiler: This is why an extra entry for it was needed in config Properties section: <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)</key> <dict> <key>hda-gfx</key> <string>onboard-1</string> </dict> It's sad we cannot make use of NVidia CUDAS even in High Sierra as the NVidia GPU does not get activated even there.

I must thank Unicorn for settings from here (link given by Jake Lo, also thanks); https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/16263-latitude-e5550-clover-opencore-efi-for-catalinabig-sur/ I used the Properties section settings for config.plist in my clover boot efi which worked for everything else but no QE/CI graphics. I copied over the cloverx64.file only from Unicorn clover, but left the bootx64.efi bootloader which works for me v5102. Finally there is a Quirks section which I don't understand at all, initially I didn't paste it over to my config.plist. Then I was curious & tried it, it does not damage anything but I wonder what it does or improves, the quirks settings comes from opencore but was incorporated later into clover. These are notes for myself about what I did to have a fully functional hackintosh on Dell Latitude E5550 with OS X High Sierra & Mojave (that is except for trackpad scrolling & gestures). config.plist.solved+quirks.zip

11 & 28 are there, & the audio works, with 11 only sometimes HDMI appear on its own, sometimes analog & sometimes both. With 11 & 28 both HDMI & analog audio appear reliably, so unless it stops working I keep them both. Also the bootloader is "hybrid" it uses cloverx64.efi later version but bootx64 is for Clover 5102. If I use bootx64 boot aligned version with Clover version it will not boot. It's cooking but it works for my setup with full QE/CI. Trackpad: SkyrillHD kext does not help, still no gestures, just move, point, right click, no selection ability either, there might be no solution for this trackpad. I will make do with an ordinary mouse or Apple external trackpad when/if I use this laptop with Mac OS.

I removed all kexts from /L/E & /S/L/E that can be run exclusively from Clover ../Other/kexts. but sometimes when I have different versions of OS X to test I do as needed per case. I need to delete all the kexts I added for trackpad & try SkyrillHD separately. In config.plist there is both injection for HDMI & layout id 11

Neither Rehabman's nor Slice's nor acidanthera 's voodooPS2Controller worked for me, I put it in L/E, now will try in the Clover kexts folder but I doubt it will work either. For the audio my settings gets both analog & hdmi sound, so I will only touch this if later I try hdmi & there is an issue, though I'm not interested in using with this laptop an external HDMI monitor, I might test it if I am bored later. & that's a noper, trackpad not cracked yet... anyways I have an Apple magic trackpad & it works perfectly. I am going o try these suggestions in here: https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/rm7ma0/fixed_trackpad_dell_latitude_5480/?rdt=42093

Well, never perfect, trackpad no longer supports scrolling so I have to use a USB mouse for that, it can point, & has right/left click but no 2-finger scrolling. Checking Rehabman drivers for trackpad/touchpad here: https://code.google.com/archive/p/os-x-voodoo-ps2-controller/downloads from https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller

Finally, I have graphics acceleration thanks to the resource given by Jake Lo. I have no exact idea which this worked because the Clover configurator (v5.26) initially complained with red flash icons, but the cooking I used worked, I call it cooking because for me it is mostly trial & error. So I used the combination which already worked for everything apart from QE/CI acceleration. Then injected the Properties for the video. Ticked some extra bits which Herve disapproves of, Replaced the old CLOVERX64.efi with the new one from the resource I got, & it worked. To make sure I am including here the config.plist that works as attached. I will copy & paste some relevant bits showing the outcome. I removed the Airport hack, maybe it helped, I will put it back. It seems I lost ethernet also, but it's easy to fix even using an ethernet usb dongle. Here from Hakintool: & System Profiler: & ioreg which now shows the correct framebuffer to input, attached. config.plist.zip Dell-E5550.ioreg.zip

Thanks Mr Jake Lo, Health & calm permitting, I will try those. I might also clone on SSD a vanilla Catalina working on a real Mac macmini7,1 & try Clover & OpenCore on it as there is more work on Catalina & forward than older High Sierra, Mojave. Thanks to you all for support. Stay Safe.

As I linked up I'm not the only one. I also tried pre-OC merge Clover v5119, it does not recognise apfs fusion drive, I have hfs Mojave too, it will choke at boot up. The apfs version is as vanilla as it can be as I updated it through the Mac OS Recovery Drive. The only thing extra is getting patches to run them on MacBook Air 4,2 (mid 2011), they both run perfectly well. The apfs one runs perfectly on macmini7,1 so acts as vanilla. I am tired, I got everything working bar graphics, I will use the laptop for other OSes, time to have fun with Chrome OS (Tails, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Windows 10, 8.1, 11 all work perfectly well oob). Thanks & sorry for wasting your time, I might come back to it later on insanelymac where I have put 2 threads there. Chameleon was easier to handle for me up to Sierra. Be Safe. theNabster

Hi Jake, I didn't move any FakePCI* to /L/E/ Hi Herve, Clover v5155 brings me to square -1: It gives me usual graphical menu, only shows what is on the drive that has the EFI it's installed on, (I have two drives or more; USB3 & eSATA attached with several versions of OS X, Sierra, High Sierra, etc) when I select the only option it shows which is obviously Mojave all I get is a blank screen. I tried to run config.plist by the latest configurator & saved it to boot, same thing, again I tried re-install Clover with standard options over what I installed already (please note I installed the first instance on a blank EFI partition, then added kexts & ACPI patches & overwrote config.plist). no go... as I said earlier, I experimented with Clover before & the only one that worked for me was version 5102. I note that you used I think a lower version for your setup 509x I think. Don't forget this is a 2019 laptop, so quite old, I had the same problem with Motherboard Asus P8H67-M LE High Sierra & Mojave which was solved working 100%. I will try to reinstall again without the config.plist & see if it will boot but I strongly doubt it. Clover v5155 does not work for me, I get a blank screen no matter what I try. Will search to see if there is a solution but I remember on my work for a custom made PC I built with motherboard Asus P8H67-M LE, the best Clover was v5102. Yes it is documented here after 5120 black screen for Clover... https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/issues/269

Sorry for delay, Long Covid symptoms... I did as you said for the config.plist, there is an improvement, system profiler now identifies the graphics card as the compatible one 0x1626 (see below) , but not yet fully accept it, just to make sure I copied AppleALC.kext Lilu.kext & WhateverGreen.kext to /Library/Extensions/ & ran Kext Utility. What I haven't done yet is upgrade Clover & its configurator which I will do next. current amended as per your advice config.plist attached... Intel HD Graphics 5500: Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 5500 Type: GPU Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 7 MB VRAM (Dynamic, Max): Vendor: Intel Device ID: 0x1626 Revision ID: 0x0009 Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded Displays: Display: Resolution: 1920x1080 (1080p FHD - Full High Definition) UI Looks like: 1920 x 1080 Framebuffer Depth: 24-Bit Colour (ARGB8888) Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Automatically Adjust Brightness: No config.plist.zip I upgraded the Clover configurator but I have a problem for Clover itself, it says cannot contact server, I need to look elsewhere for the latest clover... I am also upgrading Hackintool to 3.9x (I have 2.9). Found Clover through latest Hackintool, it is version 5155, let's see if it will accept to boot my system...

Thanks for the help Herve. For me it is guesswork, I am not an expert on Clover settings. I will try your suggestion tomorrow, however in my experience this is the only version of Clover that works for me (*5102*). I will first make the changes you advised with what I am using, if it does not work I will try to update Clover & its configurator. Cheers. PS I have also upgraded to the latest versions of AppleALC.kext Lilu.kext & WhateverGreen.kext using Hackintool. The rest are up to date.

How do I get the exact CPU reference model, the vendor said it was i5 fifth generation, & I got from Windows it is revision 09. in fact I keep getting in any instance of trial the following message at boot up: unsupported CPU unsupported PCH but then it loads & works perfectly with all drivers working that is apart from graphics acceleration, but at boot up the iGPU is perfectly recognised & said to be valid only then it says [iGPU] graphics driver failed to load, could not register with the framebuffer driver.

OK Mr Hervé. Just rebooted, didn't work with AAPL,ig-platform-id 06002616 DATA

OK, I am inputing this into the config.plist which I will test then send to you if it doesn't work. AAPL,ig-platform-id 06002616 DATA Thanks for taking the time to help me with this btw. config.plist.zip

It was in the ioreg file, anyways fwiw Hakintool gives this patch for graphics to inject, which didn't work either, in fact it freezes the boot at Airport check... I will try to modify as you advised the AAPL,... Q: which versions of kext you mean? the ones in Clover? or the rest in /S/L/E & /L/E? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Devices</key> <dict> <key>Properties</key> <dict> <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1b,0x0)</key> <dict> <key>AAPL,slot-name</key> <string>Internal@0,27,0</string> <key>device_type</key> <string>Audio device</string> <key>hda-gfx</key> <string>onboard-2</string> <key>layout-id</key> <data> AAAAAA== </data> <key>model</key> <string>Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller</string> </dict> <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)</key> <dict> <key>AAPL,ig-platform-id</key> <data> AAAGFg== </data> <key>AAPL,slot-name</key> <string>Internal@0,2,0</string> <key>device-id</key> <data> FhYAAA== </data> <key>device_type</key> <string>VGA compatible controller</string> <key>enable-lspcon-support</key> <data> AQAAAA== </data> <key>framebuffer-con2-has-lspcon</key> <data> AQAAAA== </data> <key>hda-gfx</key> <string>onboard-1</string> <key>model</key> <string>Intel HD Graphics 5500</string> </dict> </dict> </dict> </dict> </plist>

Thanks, here is the ioreg zipped. Dell-E5550.ioreg.zip I did all as you said, still no iGPU loading, also your config.plist removed access to the SSD with the Mojave afps partition (fusion) I could only test it on the hfs+ partition which is an identical clone to apfs one. I wonder which setting in config.plist removed access to afps file system? So not working & no access to apfs. * checking FixSATA in ACPI dsdt section fixed accees to apfs. * For graphics still same as hfs+. +* also I removed VirtualSMC, & kept all FakeSMC's* Thanks for the effort. I checked, there is no Optimus settings in BIOS settings for the Dell Latitude E5550 I have.

Hi Herve, I did exactly as you suggested, did not work, I even removed the reference to ig-plaform-id in the Graphics tab, does not work, same mesage on boot: [iGPU] Graphics driver failed to load, could not register with framebuffer driver... Here is the section you wanted me to inject to replace the one i got from Rehabman file: <key>Properties</key> <dict> <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)</key> <dict> <key>framebuffer-fbmem</key> <data>AACQAA==</data> <key>framebuffer-patch-enable</key> <data>AQAAAA==</data> <key>framebuffer-stolenmem</key> <data>AAAwAQ==</data> <key>framebuffer-unifiedmem</key> <data>AAAAgA==</data> </dict> </dict> Any other thing to try? Thanks.

Thanks Hervé, I will do as you said when I have a chance & report back. Regards Nabil H @inabster

Dell Latitude E5550 Intel Core i5 5th Gen. Intel graphics 5500 GF840m disabled 16GB RAM ALC293 audio 128GB SSD + 500GB HDD Notes: OS X Mojave - both HFS+ & APFS OK sound OK (using Voodoo in S/L/E) bluetooth OK webcam OK ethernet OK integrated keyboard with backlight OK trackpad OK, USB 3 OK. Graphics is good no glitches despite no acceleration. One annoying issue: file seeking very slow when copying to usb sticks. Now some details... I have included in the Clover folder a few configs .plist the best is used. Will now look into how to get the rest working - gfx accel, maybe also activate NVidia instead of Intel, WiFi, sdcard... NVidia cannot activate because there are no drivers for Mojave, + it cannot be installed in High Sierra even though NVidia produced one. Found a good resource for tinkering CLOVER config.plist https://tipsmake.com/how-to-create-hackintosh-usb-with-clover-bootloader I followed all the advice as poster has same Graphics card to no avail, no graphics accelration no QE/CI. so no games & no videos. First major success for me as I managed to remember how to deal with injecting device info into the config.plist file of Clover. So I got the SDCard finally to work, I will lay out how I managed to understand it giving the links that got me sorted too Using this patch, but one needs to be careful to first add a section through the Clover configurator then carefully paste it in the correct section: I will try & use the same method to insert the details of the gpu to get QE/CI working. Link: Latest Clover EFI folder (mk4 so far) which includes the above patch for sdcard detection & usage in the config.plist Clover configuration file: EFI_mk4.zip I have two identical Mojaves installed in 2 different SSDs using this same Clover EFI file, one is hfs+ & the other uses the apfs file system. I get this in the card reader section of the system profiler: Built in SD Card Reader: Vendor ID: 0x1217 Device ID: 0x8520 Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x106b Subsystem ID: 0x062c Revision: 0x0001 Link Width: x1 Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s SDXC Card (Class 10): Product Name: SDSU64G Manufacturer ID: 0x03 Revision: 8.0 Serial Number: 79886448 Manufacturing Date: 2012-12 Specification Version: 3.0 Capacity: 63.86 GB (63,864,569,856 bytes) Removable Media: Yes BSD Name: disk0 Partition Map Type: MBR (Master Boot Record) Volumes: STORE: Available: 63.85 GB (63,846,481,920 bytes) Capacity: 63.86 GB (63,859,326,976 bytes) Writable: Yes File System: ExFAT BSD Name: disk0s1 Mount Point: /Volumes/STORE Content: Windows_NTFS Volume UUID: xxx What remains is graphics acceleration, Rehabman offered a few configurations for Dell Latitude laptops in his github account, but I couldn't get it to work: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config Second little success is to get the local network card recognized as Airport which is done here through ITLWM kext. Macs used Broadcom, the Dell Latitude E5550 laptop uses an Intel card... Tested seems to work well browsing the Internet & navigating the local network. Next step is to get the graphics acceleration as it is all that remains to be sorted, Rehabman did put a github entry I am currently looking into, it's a daunting task... So putting this in the air if someone managed to crack it & provide guidelines. Appreciated, thanks & peace... Nabil H @inabster @ @X #Twitter.