MSzturc Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) Hello everyone! I know that a lot of you are using a Lenovo Thinkpad as Hackintosh. For those i've created an Assistant Application that allows you to use all your Function Keys on your Laptop. It should be compatible to all T-, R-, X- and E-Series Models with the right Keyboard mapping. Features Fn+F4: Mute / Unmute Microphone Fn+F7: Screen mirroring / Screen extending Fn+F8: Activate / Deactivate Wi-Fi Fn+F9: Open System Preferences Fn+F12: Open Launchpad Demo Spoiler Keymapping Spoiler For those who want give it a try make sure to use the following keyboard mapping: - Fn+F4 -> F20 - Fn+F7 -> F16 - Fn+F8 -> F17 - Fn+F9 -> F18 - Fn+F12 -> F19 or you can take my SSDT from my lastest openCore build from here (dont forget to add ACPI patches in you config.plist) Download & Changelog GitHub Edited May 4, 2020 by MSzturc 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I don't have this laptop, but I appreciate the effort that folks like you do to not just help yourself but the community as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 A new version is out here @junaed.rx & @simprecicchiani thx for testing & bug reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunglq2ah Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 i question about ThinkpadAssistant. Can use it for Clover and if can how to use? thanks for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 10 hours ago, dunglq2ah said: i question about ThinkpadAssistant. Can use it for Clover and if can how to use? thanks for you! It should work in a Clover based build too. You have to copy the ssdt to ACPI/patched and patch the acpi's in your config.plist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 I released today ThinkpadAssistant 1.2.0. You can download it here The biggest change is multi language support. Currently I support only english and german but more could be added if you provide me a translation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, IDON-NO said: Why it doesn't work with High Sierra ? That's because i developed it on Catalina. Im not sure if it's running on older Systems without modifications. I've attached a Version with all needed dependencies to run. It might work but i couldn't test it since i dont have an older OSX running. ThinkpadAssistant.app.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 I released today ThinkpadAssistant 1.2.1. You can download it here I've added Chinese language support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Today I released ThinkpadAssistant 1.3.0. The new Version is now able to activate F4 Status LED when microphone is muted. Therefore a patched SSDT-KBRD.dsl is needed which I attached inside the release notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Today I released ThinkpadAssistant 1.4.0. You can download it here Changelog: feature: New Hotkey management solution. Now we are able to determine which key got pressed without MASShortcut Framework. This allows us to listen for more specific keys like right_shift or left_command. Beside Thinkpad Assistant is now 300kb smaller bugfix: mute shortcut used key combos thats affected by Swap command and option property. You have to patch you SSDT-KBRD.dsl (example: here ) bugfix: Statusbar icon size reduced to 18px bugfix: proper menuIcon highlighting Added Italian language support ( thx @simprecicchiani ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 (edited) Today I released ThinkpadAssistant 1.5.1. You can download it here Changelog: Popup window's style is looks now more like the system's original ones Added About Dialog with Version informations Edited May 14, 2020 by MSzturc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Today I released ThinkpadAssistant 1.6.0. You can download it here Changelog: Added Shortcut Left Shift+F17 to toggle Bluetooth Added Czech language Bluetooth toggle is bound to left shift+F17(WLAN toggle). If you a X1 Carbon user you could bound it to your Bluetooth Button on your Keyboard in ACPI with this snippet: // Left Shift + F17 Notify (\_SB.PCI0.LPC.KBD, 0x012a) Notify (\_SB.PCI0.LPC.KBD, 0x0368) Notify (\_SB.PCI0.LPC.KBD, 0x01aa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunglq2ah Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) On 5/6/2020 at 7:31 PM, MSzturc said: I released today ThinkpadAssistant 1.2.0. You can download it here The biggest change is multi language support. Currently I support only english and german but more could be added if you provide me a translation. thanks. i can question about OC i take EFI of you to install Mac OS but i cant, i get error in pic. Can u see help me? My laptop T460- 6600- HD520- ALC 293- SSD Intel 256- Broadcom943260cs. I install with clover it OK? BUT OC it stop here. Edited May 24, 2020 by dunglq2ah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 @dunglq2ah I've created an issue at the repository with an possible answer. Issue #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSzturc Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Today I released ThinkpadAssistant 1.7.0. You can download it here Changelog: Added Keyboard Backlight HUD. To enable it you have to patch your ACPI (_Q1F), see Sample T460 Mojave support ( use 10.14.6 ) bugfix: getDisplayCount returns 1 on mirrored displays. This causes an error where switching back to extending is not working Demo: Spoiler For those who update from v1.6 and before: A SSDT modification is needed to get keyboard backlight hud working. Here is the change i made for T460 Edited May 27, 2020 by MSzturc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivaTv Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 There is a limited amount of upgrade options for your notebook. The CPU is soldered to the main system board, and as such not upgradable. The memory has multiple options, but limited to 8gb per stick. Viva TV Download For Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aostvapp Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Thanks for the best one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max.1974 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) Hi all, im wish ask if the ThinkPad Assist is compatible with Clover, because im was using with Opencore and works very fine, its an excellent program, my Keys is nice. Works only Caps Lock Keyboard. My Lenovo is a E470 Séries. Im boot with Clover but not know is is necessary some special config. Thanks a lot!! EDIT: Im fix with ACPI patches and works fine with Clover r5156 Edited February 16 by Max.1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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