Intel HD Graphics 3000 on macOS Mojave 10.14.x and macOS Catalina 10.15.x

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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Recently, Apple announced their next release i.e macOS Mojave 10.14 for which we have been waiting for. macOS Mojave includes many new features. The most attractive feature is the Dark Theme and the GUI. With each release of macOS, Apple remove...

How to Disable Discrete Graphics in Dual GPU Laptops (NVIDIA/AMD) on macOS

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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Many laptop has a dual graphics such as AMD Radeon or NVIDIA Geforce which utilizes a switching mechanism to switch from the integrated graphics(Intel HD) to the discrete graphics as per the graphics demand. When using NVIDIA, this feature is referred...

How to Boot macOS Installer on Laptops using Clover (UEFI/Legacy)

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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Booting macOS installer on laptops can be a challenge for the new users. This guide covers a complete step to boot the macOS installer on your Laptop using Clover bootloader. Those who are not using Clover, can update their configuration for clover and...

How to Patch DSDT for a working Battery Meter

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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For a laptop, a working battery meter is must. Enabling Battery meter will help you to monitor your Battery so that you do not over charge your Laptop or you don’t get out of your Battery. In macOS, the battery meter doesn't works out of the box. This...

How to Enable Intel IGPU HDMI/DP Audio on macOS

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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Audio is an essential component of any system. Having a HDMI/DP Audio is a great pleasure on Mac. With this feature enabled, you can enjoy watching movies, shows on your big screen television or external Monitor.

The following is a guide for enabling...

How to Enable Intel UHD Graphics 620/630 on Laptop

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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macOS supports a wide range of Intel HD Graphics (also referred to as iGPU) but some of them might not work out of the box.
This guide will enable Full QE/CI on your Hackintosh.
This fix is for the Hackintosh users who are using Intel HD Graphics as...

How to Patch Laptop DSDT and SSDTs

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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To enable macOS features and enable various hardware and maintain stability, DSDT and SSDT patching is required. By patching the DSDT and SSTDs, it makes the perfect functioning of the laptop and also avoid issues and conflicts with the hardware.

This...

[Guide] Install macOS Sierra on PC

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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The following guide is a complete installation guide for installing a fresh copy of macOS Sierra. The post-installation has been covered in another section. The required tools and downloads are available at the forum.

Before you start with this guide...

Install macOS High Sierra on PC

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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The following guide is a complete installation guide for installing a fresh copy of macOS High Sierra. The post-installation has been covered in another section. The required tools and downloads are available at the forum.

Before you start with this...

How to upgrade macOS Sierra or macOS High Sierra to macOS Mojave

Cyberdevs Jan 10, 2020

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This is a quick guide on how to upgrade macOS Sierra or macOS High Sierra directly to macOS Mojave.

The process is pretty simple and straight forward but you need to make sure that there are few things that you check before attempting to update to...

Enabling WiFi Support for Atheros Based WiFi Adapters

Cyberdevs Jan 10, 2020

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As of the first release of macOS Mojave, Apple has removed the support for Atheros based WiFi adapters by removing the AirPortAtheros40.kext file from the IO80211Family.kext/Contents/Plugins so if you have been using one of those cards you need to add...

[Guide] Install macOS Mojave on PC

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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The following guide is a complete installation guide for installing a fresh copy of macOS Mojave. The post-installation has been covered in another section. The required tools and downloads are available at the forum.

Before you start with this guide...

[Guide] Install macOS Catalina on PC

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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The following guide is a complete installation guide for installing a fresh copy of macOS Catalina. The post-installation has been covered in another section. The required tools and downloads are available at the forum.

Before you start with this...

How to Extract DSDT/SSDTs

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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Extracting DSDT/SSDTs is very easy and has minimal requirements. To extract the DSDT/SSDT, follow the steps below.

1. Install Clover Bootloader either on your System Drive or the Bootable USB.

How to generate SSDT for Unknown Processor Models using ssdtPRGen script

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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Piker-Alpha has developed a script called ssdtPRGen which will generate a SSDT for your CPU. But for few CPUs which is not listed, or are the latest CPUs from Intel, has not been added to the...

How to create custom SSDT-UIAC

Cyberdevs Jan 10, 2020

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Few years ago I wrote a guide on How to install macOS Sierra on GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 and a friend of mine...

How to Generate SSDT for CPU Power Management [Clover/OpenCore]

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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Piker-Alpha has developed a script called ssdtPRGen which will generate a SSDT for your CPU. By implementing the CPU power management, you would be able to achieve the maximum amount of power...

How to Enable Audio on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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Audio is an integral part of computer and needs to be enabled. The following is a guide for enabling audio on your hardware. This will enable on-board audio for desktop motherboards. This guide provides files and instructions for enabling native macOS...

[Fix] No Audio after Sleep/Wake Function

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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After enabling Audio, you might encounter no Audio after sleep/wake. To fix this issue, follow the steps below.

How to Restore Native/Vanilla AppleHDA

EliteMacx86 Jan 10, 2020

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For most of the time, when you try to fix audio on your hardware, you forget to backup the vanilla AppleHDA. When fixing, if there's any issue, and the audio doesn't works, you try to fix it in other ways. But as the different AppleHDA is there, so the...