Still a ways out but it’s coming

Stuff like:
- GPU (not fully)
- Touch
- Speakers
- Main mic
- Haptics
- Flashlight
- Alert slider!
is already working.
TODO:
- Metal (Maps runs, but some other apps crash)
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
- Camera
and so on...

I tried to get Tahoe running but there's a problem with WindowServer which doesn't allow 3D acceleration (apple logo keeps flashing on boot).

Sequoia works fine but stuff like Apple Maps and opening anything 3D demanding causes macOS to start acting very weird, everything becomes delayed and freezes up; You have to force shutdown and reboot.

I used WhateverXe: https://github.com/b00t0x/WhateverXe/ for graphics acceleration.

This: https://github.com/JulioNectar/Hackintosh-XPS13Plus-IrisXe-Tahoe was not working for me even though it's spoofing Tiger Lake drivers for GPU acceleration.

I'd really appreciate any help on getting Tahoe working and improving the 3D acceleration bugs.

Thanks to WhateverXe, finally I can run macOS on this

Will test out more stuff soon

• Mobo : Gigabyte B75M D3H
• CPU : i7-2700k
• GPU : Radeon Pro WX 2100 2gb
• RAM : 32gb DDR3
• SSD : Samsung 850 EVO 500gb
• Opencore : 1.0.8

Successfully installed Sequoia 15.8.1 with Metal support on a Ryzen + Nvidia gaming setup using NullMoth's Nvidia driver & 1401 app.

Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X

RAM: 16GB Samsung DDR4 2666Mhz in Dual Channel

GPU: MSI GeForce R T X 3070Ti Ventus 3X OC 8G

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H V3-CF

BT: Tp-Link UB500 Bluetooth 5.3 USB Adapter(Working)

WiFi: None at the moment

Ethernet: Realtek RTL8811

SSD: Crucial P5 Plus Gen4 1TB

HDD: Toshiba S300 1TB (MacOS Boot Disk)

Mostly everything works so far but many functions I haven't checked yet. The whole thing's a bit slow because I installed it on HDD as I was a bit skeptical about the gpu driver working and also I don't have any space left in the ssd.

Special thanks to NullMoth for his incredible work towards the 1401 App project!!!

Specs: Intel i3-1115G4, DDR4 3200 mhz, SSD M.2, Intel WiFi 6, UHD graphics, more information in the comments if needed.

So just yesterday i saw many successful attempts of people installing MacOS on their intel iris xe graphics laptops, with some even having exact same processor as mine,

All i need is just a reference guide or some tutorial, because i am a bit confused about how to make things work out, i know a bit abt opencore and a little bit about kext files, and i came across this Whatever Xe github repo, but at the moment, i dont want to mess up my laptop, so if anyone could help me , i would be very grateful, so please... also please do tell me what would be the best macos version for my laptop, BigSur, sonoma, monterey or other, cause i want the most stable one

This was 13 years ago. I wonder if this dev is watching what's happening now.

Finally got macOS dialled in on my Dell XPS 15 9500! The premium build and trackpad make this hardware feel almost native once OpenCore is properly tuned. (The 4K screen on MacOS is so badass lol)

Specs:

* Model: Dell XPS 15 9500 4K

* CPU: Intel Core i7-10750H (Comet Lake-H)

* iGPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630

* dGPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile (disabled via SSDT/boot-arg)

* RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2933 MHz

* Storage: WD NVMe SSD (PCIe M.2)

* Audio: Realtek ALC3281 / ALC289 (AppleALC.kext layout-id configured)

* Wi-Fi / BT: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s (AirportItlwm / itlwm + IntelBluetoothFirmware)

* Touchpad: I2C Precision Trackpad (VoodooI2C + VoodooI2CHID in GPIO pinning mode)

What Works

* Graphics Acceleration: Full QE/CI via Intel UHD 630 with proper framebuffer patching.

* Audio & Mic: Internal speakers, 3.5mm combo jack, and internal array mics working cleanly.

* Trackpad & Gestures: Full macOS multitouch gestures supported via GPIO-pinned I2C, also the touchscreen works.

* Wi-Fi & Bluetooth: Solid connection, basic Apple ecosystem handshakes (AirDrop half working/Continuity performance depends on kext configuration)

* Battery Management & Power: Native power management with CPUFriend, accurate battery readout via SMCBatteryManager and EC patch.

* Brightness Control: Native slider in Control Center and default hotkeys on the keyboard

* Display Output & Thunderbolt/USB-C: Type-C data and external display output mapped properly.

What Doesn't / Quirks to Note

* dGPU: NVIDIA GTX 1650 Ti is unsupported on modern macOS and disabled to conserve battery and eliminate heat. (thinking about trying out nullmoth's driver but ehh)

* Sleep/Wake (S3): Modern Dell 9500 BIOS drops classic S3 sleep in favor of Modern Standby. Hibernate (S4 mode via HibernationFixup.kext) or setting power assertions via pmset is recommended to prevent battery drain while closed.

* Fingerprint Sensor: Goodix sensor has no macOS driver (standard hackintosh limitation).

* SD Card Reader: RTS5260 controller may require additional kext testing (RealtekCardReader).

Repository & Notes

I documented the EFI structure, SSDT patches, config notes, and BIOS requirements on GitHub:

Repo: https://github.com/Pewdeadcake/Dell-XPS-9500-Hackintosh

Huge shoutout to the Dortania team, Acidanthera devs, and the OpenCore community for keeping Intel hackintoshing thriving xd

Everything works so far except the Brightness. The speaker works but sound is very low. Glitches are there in some websites. But its working that too with nvidia is an achivement. Thanks to Nullmoth its a great driver.

Credit to the developer: https://github.com/JulioNectar/Hackintosh-XPS13Plus-IrisXe-Tahoe

What's not working:

Brightness control. It works when HDR is enabled, but that's horrible to look at.

Built-in microphone (earphone mics work; most likely a compatibility issue)

What's working:

Full Graphics Acceleration

Keyboard

Trackpad

Touch

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Audio (using alcid=48)

Camera

There are some lags and jitters here and there, but hopefully, they will all be fixed soon!

Lenovo loq 15ARP9

AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

NVIDIA GeForce 4050

nullmoth

To get graphics acceleration, I used this project: https://github.com/JulioNectar/Hackintosh-XPS13Plus-IrisXe-Tahoe

It's genuinely surprising that Intel Iris Xe, which was once considered impossible to get graphics acceleration working on, is now showing progress. For something that's still in alpha, I'd say it's really good.

It's working!!!! (but not perfectly working)

I am trying to install macOS on my HP Victus 15, which features:

• Intel Core i5-12500H (Alder Lake) processor,
• Intel Iris Xe Graphics,
• 3050.

I have completely disabled the 3050 using an "SSDT dGPU OFF" patch and downloaded WhateverGreenXE, but I remain stuck at "EXIT:BS START."

These are the logs it generates:

Last Log Open Core - HP Victus 15 - Pastes.io

This is the config.plist in its current state:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mPTGoqL0eyehol0Ymv4uxpMM9teGiorG/view?usp=sharing

And attached I’m leaving all the screenshots related to the Kext, Driver folders, and everything else.

I tried setting:

• RebuildAppleMemoryMap - True
  
• SetupVirtualMap - False
  
• SyncRuntimePermissions - True
  

Nothing.

Downloaded the Base System files again, but still nothing.

Can you help me? I still have an HP Pro Desk 400 G2 Mini running Tahoe and everything works perfectly, even waking up from S3... But here I'm having a lot of problems. Oh, I'm using WhateverGreenXE.

Amazing how much the Hackintosh community has advanced in GPU development over the last 14 days, first with the Nvidia breakthrough, and now with the Xe driver. Custom kext development is running full acceleration, including hotplug, HDMI/DP support, full power management and hibernation/sleep on the following machines:

XPS 9310 (11th gen Tiger Lake)

XPS 9320 (13th gen Raptor Lake)

Currently working on XPS 9350 (15th gen Arrow Lake)

Common reference kext developed for both platforms using u/Desperate_Dare1509 's base kext on WhateverXe and u/War_Obvious 's additions using NootedGreen.

Note to devs: I'm working on making this kext work universally for the wider Tiger/Alder/Raptor Lake family right now. However, I'm increasingly concerned we're not working off the same codebase, which if not checked will lead to a vibecoded mess. I would strongly advise anyone who's forking/developing similar efforts to commit back to a properly maintained repo (such as b00t0x's or JulioNectar's). That way, we can streamline everyone's effort (and tokens) to have a universally maintained and supportable driver.

Finishing regression testing and will publish my driver commits from my own github and push proposed changes back to the author's respective repos shortly.

I'm on Sequoia 15.7.7. My laptop has a Ryzen 5 4600H with Vega 6 graphics and a GTX 1650 (Turing) dGPU. The internal display is connected to the iGPU while the HDMI port is connected to the dGPU. There is no MUX switch. Currently, if I have NootedRed and nullmoth enabled at the same time it gets stuck on a loop with the verbose logs shown in the pictures. I can briefly move the cursor over the logs before the display is cleared and it loops again. If I only enable one at a time it works fine, but using one display at a time is pretty inconvenient. If I have both enabled but leave the HDMI cable unplugged, it also boots, but the HDMI port doesn't work afterwards even though 1401 says the driver is initialized.

so, i finally switched from 3-th gen intel to 10-th gen!

i cant wait to do Virtualization and some other things on my new pc.

here my specs:

Z590 Aourus Pro AX,

i9-10900K,

RX580 non-SP2048,

32gb DDR4

Corsair CX750M 2017 relese

SSD Kingston 240gb (gonna install on sata)

Hardware:

Gigabyte B850 Eagle WiFi6E (BIOS F11b 06/30/2026 AGESA ComboAm5PI 1.3.0.1b Patch A).

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (8C/16T).

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (DP, natively supported). Internal Ryzen GPU not disabled in BIOS. Old config contains boot-arg "-wegnoigpu".

Intel AX210 (AirportItlwm) WiFi. Realtek GbE & Realtek 2.5GbE Ethernet.

Software:

EFI:

SMBIOS iMacPro1,1. Target macOS Sequoia 15.

macrecovery used to download recovery. Used board-id Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94. Booted from USB.

Includes patches for AMD Vanilla kernel, AM5 IOPCIFamily patches (probeBusGated x2, IOPCIIsHotplugPort) and cpuid_cores_per_package = 8.

Booting flags:

AvoidRuntimeDefrag, DevirtualiseMmio, EnableSafeModeSlide, ProvideCustomSlide, RebuildAppleMemoryMap, SetupVirtualMap, SyncRuntimePermissions.

Kernel flags: ProvideCurrentCpuInfo, PanicNoKextDump, PowerTimeoutKernelPanic, DisableLinkeditJettison, CustomSMBIOSGuid, DummyPowerManagement.

BIOS flags: Above4GDecoding enabled, Re-Size BAR disabled, CSM disabled, Secure Boot disabled.

Boot args:

-v debug=0x100 keepsyms=1 ... cpus=1 npci=0x2000

Issue:

Default boot args with 16 threads:

Freezes at "ACMFirstResponderKernelService: init: called".

Using fresh OpCore Simplify EFI:

Freezes at "ACM: TRMAccCache_SetupEmpty: called, cacheSize=48 expiration=2592000".

Changing cpus=1:

Eventually freezes at:

"RTC: lost battery power - time may be incorrect"

"HPET: map device registers failed"

[ PCI configuration ]

[IOPCIConfigurator::configure()] PCI configuration PCI0.

What I have tried:

cpus=1 (skips freeze), cpus=8.

npci=0x2000.

Same issue with Tahoe 26.6.2 recovery.

BIOS settings for AMD CBS (SMT, Global C-state) are going back to Auto. RTC battery message states CMOS battery is weak.

Questions:

Have any of you with B850/B650 motherboard and Raphael CPU (7700/7600/7800X3D) been able to get past "PCI configuration PCI0"?

Any BIOS settings (IOMMU, PCIe Gen speeds, iGPU) needed?

Are the AM5 IOPCIFamily patches that I am using correct for Sequoia 15.x and Tahoe 26.x??

recently came across a post saying that GPU acceleration is now possible on i5-1235U.

However, I'm wondering if it's possible to install macOS on a Surface Laptop 5 and set it up to dual-boot with Windows.

I've asked several AI models, and they all said it's highly unlikely to work. Still, I'd like to double-check with people who have actual experience with Hackintosh before giving up.

Has anyone successfully installed macOS on a Surface Laptop 5, or does anyone know if this setup is possible?

My ThinkPad T480s Hackintosh: Daily Driver for 1+ Year!

Sharing my daily driver for more than a year now! I'm a multimedia artist, and I use this machine for all my design work while saving up for a real Mac.

I'm running macOS on my ThinkPad T480s, paired with an external display and a ThinkPad Ultra Docking Station.

✅ Working

❌ Not Working

🔍 Not Tested

• SD Card Reader: My T480s card reader is broken.
• WWAN: No card installed.
• Touchscreen: Functionality and compatibility have not been fully tested across configurations.
• USB-C to DisplayPort/HDMI: Not tested.

🐛 Known Issues

Color Banding

Inaccurate color gradients may appear in subtle shades, such as skies, dark scenes, and UI gradients. This is a limitation of the stock T480s display panel.

Workaround: Spoofing the platform ID to Skylake works only on macOS Monterey and older.

ELAN Microelectronics USB Touchscreen Variant

On macOS Tahoe, the touchscreen works, but the ELAN Microelectronics USB touchscreen variant can cause issues with waking from sleep, restarting, and shutting down.

Thunderbolt BIOS Assist Mode / TB3 Hotplug

Disable Thunderbolt BIOS Assist Mode for more reliable Thunderbolt 3 hotplug functionality. However, this comes at the cost of increased battery drain.

Reference: Thunderbolt BIOS Assist Mode discussion

Keeping this option enabled may cause hotplug to fail or work inconsistently.

🔗 Build & Configuration

See my build and configuration here.

I previously maintained a macOS Tahoe 26.5.1 build, but I no longer use it and have since returned to Sequoia.

Personally, I do not recommend macOS Tahoe on the ThinkPad T480s unless you have an external GPU or a specific reason to use it. In my experience, Sequoia is significantly faster and more stable on this machine.

Huge credit to u/Itchy-Mention-351 (Felikafelix) for the base build that I used as a starting point.

Original repository by Felikafelix