eSaF Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 1 hour ago, D3v1L said: .LoL i love Opera Browser xD Never can have too many. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3v1L Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 but...i've open only one instance ahahahhahha btw, now i'll switch to Opera Developer...stop issue 😛🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdesign Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Oh man! I've used Onyx for years with no issues. This gives me pause 😵 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3v1L Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 7 minutes ago, pkdesign said: Oh man! I've used Onyx for years with no issues. This gives me pause 😵 yep me too...but when starting using OCLP, I see onyx etc, make much disaster than resolve issue...so....... xD LoL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blesh Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) On 11/2/2023 at 6:19 PM, pkdesign said: Oh man! I've used Onyx for years with no issues. This gives me pause 😵 I made the mistake of trying to improve my Mac's performance by running a maintenance task and leaving the default check options (System, Internet, Application, etc.). However,apps stopped working afterwards. Even native apps like iMessage and later Spotify were affected, and the situation only got worse. Learned the hard way that it's best to follow the old saying "Never touch a running system." and NEVER touch Onyx. Edited November 4, 2023 by Blesh 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3v1L Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/4/2023 at 11:12 AM, Blesh said: it's best to follow the old saying "Never touch a running system." and NEVER touch Onyx. LoL ABSOLUTELY! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cipha Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Hey guys, I really struggle in optimizing my EFI. I was probably a bit naive to just use the delivered EFI in this thread instead of building my own from scratch. The hackintosh works for a few years but it gets slower and slower and I'm not able to update anymore. Booting needs close to 60 seconds... I tried to follow your advice and optimize the EFI but I just don't don't understand what to do. Since a few months I can't update anymore since I don't know what in the config needs to change to make it boot again and I always return to my old config Whenever I have some spare time I tried to fix it but it always failed. Before I give up for good and sell the machine, I just wanted to ask if anybody would be fine in helping me, maybe in a private session going through my efi and teach me. I value your time, so it doesn't have to be for free. I totally understand that this isn't the purpose of hackintosh and I have no hard feelings if nobody is willing to but I don't find the time to start all over again. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Cipha said: Hey guys, I really struggle in optimizing my EFI. I was probably a bit naive to just use the delivered EFI in this thread instead of building my own from scratch. The hackintosh works for a few years but it gets slower and slower and I'm not able to update anymore. Booting needs close to 60 seconds... I tried to follow your advice and optimize the EFI but I just don't don't understand what to do. Since a few months I can't update anymore since I don't know what in the config needs to change to make it boot again and I always return to my old config Whenever I have some spare time I tried to fix it but it always failed. Before I give up for good and sell the machine, I just wanted to ask if anybody would be fine in helping me, maybe in a private session going through my efi and teach me. I value your time, so it doesn't have to be for free. I totally understand that this isn't the purpose of hackintosh and I have no hard feelings if nobody is willing to but I don't find the time to start all over again. Thanks in advance. Hi, First off zip and upload your working EFI Folder here so that we can have a look at it and see if there are any potential problems that is causing slow boot times or anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cipha Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Hey! Here's my EFI. I might have uploaded here before (or it was another forum) and people told me it's horrible 🙈https://drive.google.com/file/d/134w5IynfX8sR35YcMlEXIDzZEWE7TDD-/view?usp=sharing I had to upload to G Drive since it's a few kb larger than 10mb Thanks for your effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Cipha said: Hey! Here's my EFI. I might have uploaded here before (or it was another forum) and people told me it's horrible 🙈https://drive.google.com/file/d/134w5IynfX8sR35YcMlEXIDzZEWE7TDD-/view?usp=sharing I had to upload to G Drive since it's a few kb larger than 10mb Thanks for your effort! Hi, based purely on your uploaded EFI Folder, I have updated the OC version to the latest as yours was very old plus your kext files were also out dated. I have now rectified all out dated files and kexts within this attached EFI for you to try. I noticed your S/N and SmUUID data is missing from the config.plist, if the omissions are deliberate for security purposes then I understand, if not, you'll need to rectify. Good luck. EFI.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cipha Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Thank you very much! I will give it a try immediately. And yes, I deleted the serial numbers on purpose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cipha Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 (edited) it boots fine and it's now at around 35-40 seconds boot time. still slow but it gained a little bit Did you spot anything I could improve? Some said there are wrong ssdts and i should try another smbios. Or do you think a clean install of sonoma instead of updating is a better way for the start. PS: I already swapped the Samsung SSD for a WD Black, since it was causing really slow booting a few versions back. so this is not the reason ... Edited November 17, 2023 by Cipha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Cipha said: it boots fine and it's now at around 35-40 seconds boot time If this Boot Time is from a Cold Boot then I would say it is comparable Boot Time to my own system. Considering you had a Boot Time around a minute, I think 35-40 Seconds is a vast improvement. Any faster I would consider buying a real Mac and be done with it. 4 hours ago, Cipha said: Did you spot anything I could improve? Yes, try keeping up with newly released OC and kext versions, they are offered for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cipha Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 6 hours ago, eSaF said: If this Boot Time is from a Cold Boot then I would say it is comparable Boot Time to my own system. Considering you had a Boot Time around a minute, I think 35-40 Seconds is a vast improvement. Any faster I would consider buying a real Mac and be done with it. Yes, try keeping up with newly released OC and kext versions, they are offered for a reason. I usually do with ocat, but last updates always threw an error and I was unable to fix it. Would changing the smbios to mac pro make a difference in performance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Cipha said: Would changing the smbios to mac pro make a difference in performance? That is a question I cannot answer definitively, it may, it may not, or offer any real world difference. Only you can provide that answer by putting your thoughts into reality to satisfy that troubling curiosity and experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdesign Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 (edited) Oops! I replied about eSaf's new EFI, not the OP's one! Looks great to me. i see some things I have different but I don't think matter. I have keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 in boot-args I have no entries in NVRAM>LegacySchema PlatformInfo>Generic>AdviseFeatures>YES Booter>Quirks>EnableWriteUnprotector>YES Booter>Quirks>SetupVirtualMap>YES Page 121 of the Configuration guide has an explanation such as it is. Basically whatever works for your system SSDT-PLUG is not required for macOS 12.43 and up But if your system is up and working, I'd probably leave it alone. Edited November 17, 2023 by pkdesign 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juan e. jot Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Here's a weird one (and I'm sorry if someone's already mentioned it; search is… what search is, on here. Around the introduction of Sonoma (full version; I tend not to do betas of 🍎 stuff), the ability to select HDMI audio just… vanished. I wondered it it was a new OpenCore version (went from 0.9.5 full through 0.9.7 DEV) or AppleALC, tried different alcid's (which of course only screwed things up for all the other audio, which had been working fine). Know what fixed it? Switching back on the verbose ("-v") boot arg. I guess that's how we keep it honest that it reads the whole config.plist, cuz it has to display it all? Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cipha Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 (edited) @eSaF @pkdesign Thank you very much! I cleaned up the EFI from unnecessary entries / files and successfully upgraded to Sonoma. Had to fix my Wifi card but it was an easy fix. Aside from Dropbox constantly crashing everything is running smoothly again But I think Dropbox is just a faulty version, in dropbox forum there are some posts about this already. Edited November 18, 2023 by Cipha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdesign Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 To use Dropbox, you have to use the AMFIPsss.kext and NOT the boot arg. Otherwise it will crash. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cipha Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Thanks @pkdesign. That did the trick. It also fixed microsoft teams for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3v1L Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Really...i've say before that i love Opera? ahahahahahahahahhahaha omg what a lovely bugged software xD btw...from OC screen to MacOS completely start, 19sec here.. (with z390+crucial p nvme) but it takes up to 19 sec 'couse they need to check 3 ext hdd on start related to TM and CCC task ...tedious... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob1980 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 So, anyone using Sonoma with OCLP and have everything working ok including wifi etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3v1L Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 So, anyone using Sonoma with OCLP and have everything working ok including wifi etc?Me.... Inviato dal mio RMX3363 utilizzando Tapatalk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, D3v1L said: Me.... I am with you Bro, all working good like a real Mac. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3v1L Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 well..ok...except for Opera aahhahahhahahhahaahahhaahhahah LoL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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