Tough Guy Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thanks for the tip. Now downloading the High Sierra full installer through the App Store. Hopefully it will work for the upgrade process. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2522605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxedwin Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Hello All, Is anyone else having trouble with their dvd bay hd caddy after switching to High Sierra? Under High Sierra mine now shows the disk in Disk Utility, but it shows as Uninitialized and I then if I try to format it cannot complete the format. I tried with same drive under he previous Sierra and all is good. Anyone have any suggestions? I know about the little switch, that is good, I am wondering if a particular file changed... Thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2524328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adaml75 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Hi, there is a bug in AHCIport kext in Sierra, there are ways to patch it (google). After patch second HDD works fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2525183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetonne Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Hi, there is a bug in AHCIport kext in Sierra, there are ways to patch it (google). After patch second HDD works fine. i found : - http://hackintosher.com/guides/updating-hackintosh-high-sierra-10-13/ - http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/815-appleahciportkext/ Le credit revient ➤Sunki @adaml75 : could have been great to share the solution here Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2525240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tluck Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 @adaml75 -- thanks for the tip... I put the 2 patches listed by fusion71au from here (from SunKi): http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/815-appleahciportkext. on my system for initial testing on a 500GB drive that would always say its not initialized and it is now working the bay. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2525248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetonne Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Great news : ) more information #13 and #185 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2525530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eman.morales Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 @adaml75 -- thanks for the tip... I put the 2 patches listed by fusion71au from here (from SunKi): http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/815-appleahciportkext. on my system for initial testing on a 500GB drive that would always say its not initialized and it is now working the bay. Hey luck!! Thanks for updating the files on Github, and my HDD in the bay works now. Also you should add how to hide the FileVault Preboot. I got my clover boot.log, and specifically looked for my SDD UUID. APFS makes it a little more difficult. The values will be different for everyone but I am sure they are in order. in Clover boot loader the boot options are in order with the values below so i think it is safe to guess. Just add the highlighted options to GUI->Hide with clover configurator. For example the numbers highlighted in purple, if that was put in the Hide section then all of the macOS boot options would disappear. 0:947 0:000 - [11]: Volume: PciRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)\HD(2,GPT,C579DF26-5998-4689-A33C-3F6C31EA32EF,0x64028,0xEE18260)\VenMedia(BE74FCF7-0B7C-49F3-9147-01F4042E6842,5099D6D270886A46AFF5AE46BEE18F49) FileVault Preboot 0:947 0:000 - [12]: Volume: PciRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)\HD(2,GPT,C579DF26-5998-4689-A33C-3F6C31EA32EF,0x64028,0xEE18260)\VenMedia(BE74FCF7-0B7C-49F3-9147-01F4042E6842,7A51D523D905E434866EF6CB5680EDAD) High Sierra I knew this was the partition for HS because in system profiler my HS partition UUID ended in DAD. 0:947 0:000 - [13]: Volume: PciRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)\HD(2,GPT,C579DF26-5998-4689-A33C-3F6C31EA32EF,0x64028,0xEE18260)\VenMedia(BE74FCF7-0B7C-49F3-9147-01F4042E6842,E4DAED4C6A40334485F883440991BD6D) This is the Recovery Partition 0:947 0:000 - [14]: Volume: PciRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)\HD(2,GPT,C579DF26-5998-4689-A33C-3F6C31EA32EF,0x64028,0xEE18260)\VenMedia(BE74FCF7-0B7C-49F3-9147-01F4042E6842,F6B2A461E22027458931C7D5C812D 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2525683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetonne Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Thanks again tluck for this new pack Have a nice day Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2525719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tluck Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 @eman - To hide Preboot, I can add this to the config.plist files - this is all i have in my GUI section <key>Hide</key> <array> <string>Preboot</string> </array> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2525821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1111 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 The Sunki patch Hot pLug works also for eSATA Hot plug on 7 serie and 6 Serie 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2525851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoal2007 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 anyone tried 10.13.1 yet? According to Apple, update also includes: Fixes a bug where Bluetooth appeared as unavailable during Apple Pay transactions. Improves the reliability of Microsoft Exchange message sync in Mail. Fixes an issue where Spotlight does not accept keyboard input. Improves the reliability of SMB printing. Makes Touch ID preferences accessible while logged in as a mobile account on MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Adds support for unlocking a FileVault-encrypted APFS volume using a recovery keychain file. For details, enter man diskutil in Terminal. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2526332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tluck Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 @skoal2007 - i enroll in the beta program so get an OS beta update about every 2 weeks. So Yes 10.13.1 final is available and is way less buggy. 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2526664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kami11o Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 First of all, big thanks to @tluck for great work. I've recently switched from T520 with Intel card only, which have been working perfectly on High Sierra, to W520 with nvidia card onboard. It is working fine, although I have some issues: No image on external display on Intel card using display port. I've read that this is supported only on nvidia card, which leads to another issue. Nvidia card is not working on thinkpad's LCD, I've installed latest web driver 'WebDriver-378.10.10.10.15.121.pkg' http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/126157/en-us andswitched to MacBook Pro 10,1 profile with no luck. Two USB 3.0 ports - after adding mXHCD.kext from @jenyunhuang, it works but it is terribly slow. Does someone else experienced this issue? Would somebody be willing to share theirs W520 configuration (config.plist, DSDT, kexts, etc...) or maybe give some advice on the above issues? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2526901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoal2007 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 First of all, big thanks to @tluck for great work. I've recently switched from T520 with Intel card only, which have been working perfectly on High Sierra, to W520 with nvidia card onboard. It is working fine, although I have some issues: No image on external display on Intel card using display port. I've read that this is supported only on nvidia card, which leads to another issue. Nvidia card is not working on thinkpad's LCD, I've installed latest web driver 'WebDriver-378.10.10.10.15.121.pkg' http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/126157/en-us andswitched to MacBook Pro 10,1 profile with no luck. Two USB 3.0 ports - after adding mXHCD.kext from @jenyunhuang, it works but it is terribly slow. Does someone else experienced this issue? Would somebody be willing to share theirs W520 configuration (config.plist, DSDT, kexts, etc...) or maybe give some advice on the above issues? yeah, if there is installation guide for w520, I will switch to w520 too, since it can take 32gb ram at max, and w520 much cheaper than t460 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoal2007 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 @skoal2007 - i enroll in the beta program so get an OS beta update about every 2 weeks. So Yes 10.13.1 final is available and is way less buggy. cant upgrade to 10.13.1, have same issue as below https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/10-13-1-update-not-possible-clover-does-not-show-install-volume.236099/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tluck Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 @skoal2007 - did you update your esp to the latest zip? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoal2007 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 @skoal2007 - did you update your esp to the latest zip? yes, i did. I am not using apfs, not sure if it is the reason Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtddd Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 First of all, big thanks to @tluck for great work. I've recently switched from T520 with Intel card only, which have been working perfectly on High Sierra, to W520 with nvidia card onboard. It is working fine, although I have some issues: No image on external display on Intel card using display port. I've read that this is supported only on nvidia card, which leads to another issue. Nvidia card is not working on thinkpad's LCD, I've installed latest web driver 'WebDriver-378.10.10.10.15.121.pkg' http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/126157/en-us andswitched to MacBook Pro 10,1 profile with no luck. Two USB 3.0 ports - after adding mXHCD.kext from @jenyunhuang, it works but it is terribly slow. Does someone else experienced this issue? Would somebody be willing to share theirs W520 configuration (config.plist, DSDT, kexts, etc...) or maybe give some advice on the above issues? i always run sierra 12.6 on w520 now...the nvidia card of w520 cant enable in high sierra.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifero Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Not bad for an "old" Lenovo T420. More powerful than the actual Macbook Pro mid 2017, costing 2.105,59 € 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoal2007 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Not bad for an "old" Lenovo T420. More powerful than the actual Macbook Pro mid 2017, costing 2.105,59 € mine got Single-Core Score: 2585 Multi-Core Score: 5690 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifero Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 mine got Single-Core Score: 2585 Multi-Core Score: 5690 CPU was replaced for 2720QM Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoal2007 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 CPU was replaced for 2720QM oh, mine is t420s, cpu can be replaced Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somez Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Hey tluck! I'm still on Sierra but plan to upgrade to High Sierra and would like to know what does not work at this point with your latest package compared to Siera. I'm especially worried about the optibay HDD but I saw a comment that there is a solution already. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kami11o Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 @xtddd, still I would be grateful if you could share your setup from Sierra. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifero Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 oh, mine is t420s, cpu can be replaced If it`s possible, you can find a I7-2720QM for a few bucks. really makes a difference. I haven`t had problemes with heat, not a single one, even running virtual machines. But I think that T420s is slimmer. It´s all about testing. https://www.ebay.es/itm/Intel-Core-i7-Mobile-i7-2720QM-Quad-core-2-2GHz-6Mb-Socket-G2-SR014-CPU/263280414221?hash=item3d4cbc4e0d:g:bywAAOSwa0VZ8OF4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/page/154/#findComment-2527415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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