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On that drive, as it will be deleted forever.Download El Capitan Without App StoreSet the Name to El Capitan. Set the Format to OS X Extended (Journaled). Set the Scheme to GUID Partition Map.Click Erase to format the drive.Install OS X to the Target DriveExit the Disk Utility and click Install OS X. Click Show All Disks and select the drive you just formatted to install OS X on it. Finally, click Install.The process takes about 25 minutes. Be patient. For me, it hung at the end ('1 second remaining') for around 5 minutes. Don't be tempted to reset or cancel the installation.When that's done, the system will reboot. Make sure to boot from the USB device again, and select Boot OS X Install from Install OS X El Capitan once again, in verbose mode. The installation is a two-part process that continues once you re-boot into the USB drive.Finally, after about 25 more minutes, OS X El Capitan should be successfully installed on the target drive.Boot into El Capitan via the USB DeviceAfter the second reboot, boot from the USB device once again, but this time, select Boot OS X from El Capitan, and select verbose mode.Press Enter and cross your fingers again. If all goes well, you'll be presented with the setup wizard:Take a minute to set up your new Hackintosh. Once you're done, there are a few things you need to do to finish off the installation.Reinstall Clover on the Hackintosh DriveMac Os El Capitan IsoIn the previous step, we used Clover on our USB drive to boot our Hackintosh. This is fine, but most of us aren't going to keep that USB drive plugged in forever. Let's make it possible to boot El Capitan independently by reinstalling Clover on it.Go back up to the Install Clover on Your USB Drive section and follow the steps again, but this time, select your El Capitan volume instead of the USB drive.Once again, copy the essential kexts to the EFI partition that shows up after installing Clover. Finally, make sure to add Clover EFI boot options which is possible

By pressing Clover Boot Options in the Clover boot window (if there are 2 boot options -- find the one for your SATA drive). I literally spent 3 hours figuring out why Clover would not boot when I disconnected the USB drive before I figured out that I need to manually add the EFI boot options.Now you'll be able to boot directly from the El Capitan hard drive, as it should be!Audio and NetworkingDownload El Capitan Installer Without App StoreIf you're lucky, audio and networking will work right out of the box. If not, you're on your own from here. You'll need to research your exact hardware (by using System Information in Applications/Utilities) and searching Google to find the right kext or installer to make it work on El Capitan.Clover ThemesOs X El Capitan AppThe default Clover theme is pretty ugly (no offense). Check out this theme database to improve Clover's appearance. This is YosemiteLogin by xenatt:Enjoy!That's it! Enjoy your new Hackintosh, and if you absolutely love it, consider buying a Mac!

Should have finished.Installing a BootloaderIf you tried to boot from the USB drive as is after the previous step on a PC, it wouldn't work. We need a bootloader that makes it possible to boot OS X on x86 and x86_64 PCs.There are 3 popular bootloaders to choose from.CloverChameleonChimeraI went with Clover as it seems to be the most popular choice among other El Capitan installers, mostly for the following reasons:Clover is an open-source EFI-based bootloader created on Apr 4, 2011. It has a totally different approach from Chameleon and Chimera. It can emulate the EFI portion present on real Macs and boot the OS from there instead of using the regular legacy BIOS approach used by Chameleon and Chimera. For many, Clover is considered the next-gen bootloader and soon it will become the only choice since BIOS in being replaced by UEFI in every new motherboard. One big feature of Clover is that iMessage, iCloud, the Mac App Store works along with Find My Mac, Back To My Mac and FileVault since Clover can use the EFI partition. (Read more)Install Clover on Your USB DriveInstalling Clover on your USB drive is relatively easy. It involves running an installation wizard and selecting some options.Download the latest Clover installer from here.Run the installer. Click Continue twice. Click Change Install Location and set it to your formatted USB drive. Click Customize and check the following options: [x] Install for UEFI booting only[x] Install Clover in the ESP[ ] Drivers64UEFI[x] OsxAptioFixDrv-64 - fixes memory map created by AMI Aptio EFI. Booting OS X is impossible otherwise.Click Install and wait for the installation to finish. It shouldn't take more than a minute.Copy Essential Kexts to the USB DriveNext, we'll need to copy some kexts (kernal extensions, similar to drivers on Windows) to the USB drive.FakeSMC.kext - open source SMC device driver/emulator developed by netkas. Tricks OS X into thinking it's installed on Apple hardware. Absolutely required for Hackintosh installation.NullCPUPowerManagement.kext - disables AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext which may cause kernel panics when you try to boot from the USB drive. It's optional, copy it only if you get

Else you have to use the same boot flag after the InstallationHackintosh Yosemite How To Install Dmg Windows 7Chameleon will be installed as default boot loader but you can choose Clover if you can manage it or you can give it a try Clover UEFI is not recommended in this release because it cause some issues in many computersNetwork and Audio Kexts (Kexts are drivers) will be auto installedGraphics may become a problem if your Graphics card or Graphics chipset is not supportedyou may end in Black / Grey Screen or Monitor Turn Off Issue to resolve it ReInstall Yosemite with all the Backup GraphicsExtensions package selected (If you want to resolve it without a reinstallation you can use the “grafix” solution found in this article click Here)Most of the Chipset kexts are installed to ensure it boots in every system without troubleFakeSMC is the most Required kext for Hackintosh Do not unselect itAfter Customizing Click OK and Select Continue to InstallAfter the Installation The System will RebootIf you run into any Installation Error Save the Installer Log to a Some Pen drive and Create a new topic in the forum (It is very important to attach the Installer Log)Read also... [How to Fix Still Waiting for Root Device in Hackintosh]After the Installation There are chances you may run into a few issuesBlack / Grey Screen, Monitor Turn Off Issues & Missing Bluetooth Controller TransportTo fix reinstall with all the Backup Graphics Extensions Packages Selected or take a look atFix Grey/Black/White Screen HackintoshFakeSMC: [Fatal] failed to initialize SMC device ErrorDSMOS has arrived / waiting for DSMOS[Still waiting for root device( Configuration Begin: to fix it you may have to boot with the following Boot Flags(In my personal experience i was stuck in PCI Configuration Begin with the boot-arg npci=0x2000 but give it a try)Errors (Kernel Panic) related to VooDoo HDA / AppleHDA ReInstall & In the Customize section Unselect Auto Install Audio KextsErrors (Kernel Panic) related to AppleIntelE1000, AppleBCM, ALXEthernet, Brcm, Attansic and Realtek ethernet & WifiReInstall & In the Customize section Unselect Auto Install Network KextsIn some rare cases

HackintoshA Hackintosh running macOS Sonoma 14.5 with a i5-8400 and a Gigabyte Z370-HD3P.StatusMay 20th, 2024: Ventura to Sonoma (OpenCore 0.9.9)I was able to upgrade from Ventura to macOS Sonoma 14.5 and OpenCore 0.9.9 at the same time. I had to switch several things in my config.plist to do the upgrade and avoid a boot loop during installation – I don't know if all were necessary. I switched SecureBootModel to Disabled, DisableSecurityPolicy to true, and added revpatch=sbvmm in my boot args. I reverted these changes after the installation.You can download the final EFI Folder for Ventura 13.6.7 with OpenCore 0.9.9 here or browse the repo for this old version here.May 28th, 2023: Monterey to Ventura (OpenCore 0.9.2)I was able to upgrade from Monterey to macOS Ventura 13.4 and OpenCore 0.9.2 at the same time.You can download the final EFI Folder for Monterey 12.6.6 with OpenCore 0.9.2 here or browse the repo for this old version here.Feb 3rd, 2022: Big Sur to Monterey (OpenCore 0.7.7)I was able to upgrade from Big Sur to macOS Monterey 12.2 and OC 0.7.7 at the same time. I had to switch back from iMac19,2 to Macmini8,1 as SMBIOS to make my DVI work again. Don't forget to generate new serials if you do that change too.You can download the final EFI Folder for Big Sur 11.6.3 with OpenCore 0.7.6 here or browse the repo for this old version here.Dec 19th, 2021: Upgrade OpenCore from 0.7.1 to 0.7.6In order to prepare the installation of macOS 12 Monterey, I spent a few time upgrading OpenCore to the latest version as today, which is 0.7.6. If everything works correctly, I will upgrade macOS in the following weeks.Aug 7th, 2021: Catalina to Big Sur (OpenCore)I smoothly made the upgrade to macOS Big Sur 11.5.1 through the System Preferences after a few days on Catalina and OpenCore. You can download the final EFI Folder running Catalina 10.15.7 with OpenCore 0.7.1 here or browse the repo for this old version here.Jul 24th, 2021: Clover to OpenCore 0.7.1 (Catalina)I finally switched from Clover to OpenCore in order to prepare the upgrade to macOS Big Sur in a few weeks (if everything is stable). You can find the final EFI Folder running Clover for Catalina 10.15.7 here or browse the repo for this old version here.Aug 18th, 2020: Mojave to Catalina (Clover)I recently updated my Hackintosh from Mojave 10.14.6 to Catalina 10.15.7. You can find the latest and final EFI Folder for Mojave here and browse the repo for this version here.If you're curious, I changed two things in my config.plist to fix Catalina:I added igfxonln=1 to the boot arguments because I was getting a black screen after waking up from sleep. It fixed the problem but AppleALC, the kext that handles the Audio, was crashing my system (Kernel Panic) after waking up.To avoid the Kernel Panic after waking up, I had to disable the audio through HDMI. Since I don't use it, it was not a problem. To do that, I set-up the