OpenCore General Discussion

[verdazil]

4 minutes ago, STLVNUB said:

i think the advantages out weight the negatives, but each to there own, thanks for your input

You may be right. The decision depends on personal preference. But, admittedly, the decision to allocate a FAT32 Partition instead of ESP goes against Apple's standards.

[deeveedee]

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Edited December 8, 2024 by deeveedee

[deeveedee]

I upgraded OC from 1.0.2 -> 1.0.3 on my HackBookPro6,2 (2010 Dell Latitude E6410), including updated AppleALC, Lilu and VoodooPS2Controller.  Upgrade of OC and kexts was flawless, including application of LegacyBoot and LogoutHook.  Booting Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, Sonoma and Sequoia with OC 1.0.3 and I couldn't be more pleased.  

 

OC Devs, CLOVER Devs and those continuing to maintain our kexts - you're awesome!  I know how much work it is just to maintain and document my hacks which is just a drop in the bucket compared to your efforts.  Thank you!

[deeveedee]

2 hours ago, Anto65 said:

Since we don't have at least the plist, we can guess endlessly 😁

I wouldn't have much to post if not for my guesses.

[meg2014]

Okay, time for a mea culpa.....

 

I use a plist editor called PLIST editor.app, and I like it, but like any other application it has some Idiosyncrasies.  One is that if you click somewhere while editing your config.plist file, it will create a line in your config plist.  It doesn't ask, it just does it.  Well for years now, that's never been a problem.  But somehow, while checking my config.plist file I must have clicked in an area and missed the creation of a "new item".   

 

So this time I searched for "new" and there it was, a new item, unconfigured, but present in a place I just never expected it to be at.  Once removed, the mystery was solved. 

 

Ocvalidate shows my config.plist file as clean now.

 

thanks to all who commented!

3 hours ago, Anto65 said:

Since from ver. 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 there has been no change in the plist. I assume that a new " Item " was added inadvertently but left empty, precisely because of the notification.
Since we don't have at least the plist, we can guess endlessly 😁

 

Your answer was pretty much right on. See my comment below for a greater explanation of what happened.  Thanks!

Edited December 8, 2024 by meg2014

[Anto65]

I would have bet on it also because it happened to me several times 🙂
only that going to find where the "new element" was added is like looking for a needle in a haystack ... not having the plist then I would say it's a bit difficult 😁
Important that you solved even if it is not a critical warning it can be annoying to see that string at boot

[Anto65]

Who said it happened by updating OC ? 😁

[meg2014]

4 minutes ago, Anto65 said:

Who said it happened by updating OC ? 😁

 

It did not happen during a attempted update to OC, btw......🙃

[Anto65]

Yes this is true
most of the time the mistake is between the chair and the desk 

[miliuco]

@meg2014

 

Is this the app you are using?

 

Spoiler

 

I yes, this is my default plist editor for a very long time, never had the issue that you say if I disabled in Settings the option "Show + and - buttons on the row tracked by mouse". This option if enabled add 2 buttons when clicking a row, one button + to add a new row, if you inadvertently clic on this button a new empty row is added.

 

Spoiler

 

It is a poorly useful setting but the app, excepting this issue (easily fixable), is very good for me.

 

Edited December 8, 2024 by miliuco
Typo

[meg2014]

16 hours ago, miliuco said:

@meg2014

 

Is this the app you are using?

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

I yes, this is my default plist editor for a very long time, never had the issue that you say if I disabled in Settings the option "Show + and - buttons on the row tracked by mouse". This option if enabled add 2 buttons when clicking a row, one button + to add a new row, if you inadvertently clic on this button a new empty row is added.

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

It is a poorly useful setting but the app, excepting this issue (easily fixable), is very good for me.

 

 

Yes, and I've used it for a long time.  It's been great, but it has, like every app, some idiosyncracies that I have to be more watchful about.

[deeveedee]

On 12/7/2024 at 12:16 PM, eSaF said:

Hi, it looks like you're running an old OC EFI folder and config.plist files within that needs updating.

The app OCAT will actually point to the exact error or section in the config.plist.

 

Try updating the OC files and kexts first and see if the error is still there.

Good luck.

 

PS - I just thought you maybe running what I call a hybrid config.plist that has this unofficial line 'Enable For All'

This line is not included in the official OC releases, so whenever you update OC, it will throw up that error.

That confusion was mine.  I was not confused over the term hybrid, but rather why an error which was clearly a config.plist syntax error would be corrected by updating OC files and kexts.  No worries - the issue has been resolved.

[STLVNUB]

On 12/9/2024 at 3:12 AM, verdazil said:

You may be right. The decision depends on personal preference. But, admittedly, the decision to allocate a FAT32 Partition instead of ESP goes against Apple's standards.

Hackintosh Doesn't go against Apple's Standards?

[STLVNUB]

1 hour ago, verdazil said:

Of course not! He always tries to live up to these standards as much as possible.

Each To Their Own, Personal Preference

[deeveedee]

On 12/8/2024 at 2:36 PM, Anto65 said:

most of the time the mistake is between the chair and the desk 

 

I have found that to be true way more than I'd like to admit. If the problem gets worse, I may need to stand at my desk.

[cankiulascmnfye]

I just stumbled over this: https://github.com/lzhoang2801/OpCore-Simplify

 

It automatically generates an OC EFI with a config settings (device properties, etc.), ACPI patches, drivers and kexts, based on the detected hardware. I think this might be the coolest hackintosh-related project I came across this year. I don't think that it is capable of generating something as complex as an OC EFI for laptops yet, but desktops shouldn't be an issue. I had no chance to test it yet, since I am out of town and don't have a boot stick with me.

[cankiulascmnfye]

8 minutes ago, verdazil said:

@cankiulascmnfye, this is a project of dubious quality, which at best can be called "better than nothing"

 

Same could be said about your comment

[Max.1974]

This project is very good, and a few weeks a go, @Hnanoto  made release video on YT explain how use it. 

 

Lenovo E480 step by step 

 

Hackintosh on Lenovo E480: EFI from Windows to macOS with Opcore Simplify

 

English version 

 

 

Credits: Hackintosh and Beyond 

 

 

Works on my all Hacks too, but im using Clover. 

Edited December 29, 2024 by Max.1974

[jlrycm]

16 hours ago, cankiulascmnfye said:

I just stumbled over this: https://github.com/lzhoang2801/OpCore-Simplify

 

It automatically generates an OC EFI with a config settings (device properties, etc.), ACPI patches, drivers and kexts, based on the detected hardware. I think this might be the coolest hackintosh-related project I came across this year. I don't think that it is capable of generating something as complex as an OC EFI for laptops yet, but desktops shouldn't be an issue. I had no chance to test it yet, since I am out of town and don't have a boot stick with me.

For newbies that are just creating their first hackintosh it can be a great tool, but advanced users that foster the learning dortania way to create the EFI it’s not going to get a lot of cheering. I tried it once and compared the resulting EFI with my working EFI and it was comparable but not 100% equal as there were nuances in my EFI such as USB ports requiring additional configuration and thunderbolt 4 AIC which requires custom SSDT. I still prefer the Dortania way.

Edited December 30, 2024 by jlrycm

[Stefanalmare]

5 hours ago, cankiulascmnfye said:

I just stumbled over this: https://github.com/lzhoang2801/OpCore-Simplify

 

It automatically generates an OC EFI with a config settings (device properties, etc.), ACPI patches, drivers and kexts, based on the detected hardware. I think this might be the coolest hackintosh-related project I came across this year. I don't think that it is capable of generating something as complex as an OC EFI for laptops yet, but desktops shouldn't be an issue. I had no chance to test it yet, since I am out of town and don't have a boot stick with me.

 

I'm impressed! Tested on my main hack, z690 Aorus Master i9-12900k. Almost ready EFI. Just a few touches and the result is TOP. Better performances compared with my EFI. I will try it on others desktops and laptops and report.

[cankiulascmnfye]

@eSaF Well, the tool includes a script that detects the system's hardware components, dumps the acpi tables, runs the dsdt through ssdttime, creates the required ssdts, adds them to the config and efi. And based on the detected hardware, it also pre-selects the required kexts and lets you edit the list – it even notified me about the incompatible fingerprint sensor on my laptop. As fare as I can tell, it pretty much includes every relevant kext, even the ones from OCLP required to install macOS 13+ on legacy systems. In my test, it even added the `sbvmm` NVRAM entry for RestrictEvens. That's pretty impressive, imo.

 

@Stefanalmare That's cool. Thanks for the checking. On the repo there's also a discussion section where users can report successfull working systems:  https://github.com/lzhoang2801/OpCore-Simplify/discussions/23

 

[cankiulascmnfye]

 @eSaF True, but looking back at the last 15 years, I think this might be the closest thing to having a semi-automated, hassle-free method for creating a vinalla hackintosh system eversince the dubious tools from tony-you-know-who… I will test it on some systems once I am back

[MakAsrock]

15 hours ago, cankiulascmnfye said:

I just stumbled over this: https://github.com/lzhoang2801/OpCore-Simplify

 

It automatically generates an OC EFI with a config settings (device properties, etc.), ACPI patches, drivers and kexts, based on the detected hardware. I think this might be the coolest hackintosh-related project I came across this year. I don't think that it is capable of generating something as complex as an OC EFI for laptops yet, but desktops shouldn't be an issue. I had no chance to test it yet, since I am out of town and don't have a boot stick with me.

I tried this tool and was surprised. I was able to boot with the EFI it generated, but I had to tweak the USB ports a bit. For beginners, this is a good tool.

[cankiulascmnfye]

I found an old USB flash drive at my mom's place and threw an EFI folder generated with OpCore Simplify for my Lenovo T490 on it, which requires a lot of kexts (30+) and settings to work and it booted instantly with the generated efi! out of the box, display was working, sound was working, touchpad was wokring, wifi was working. BT was not available since I forgot to add my own USBMap.kext. I never expected this to work on a Laptop.

Edited December 30, 2024 by cankiulascmnfye

[pkdesign]

Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. Yes, it might be a great way for a total newbie to get started but I found a lot of things that were not appropriate or correct for my system, i.e,  SSDT-PLUG is not needed anymore, no idea why XHCI-unsupported.kext is included SSDT-GPRW (which I need for sleep) is not included, SSDT-MCHC.kext is included for some unknown reason, etc.

 

Again, this may be a great tool for someone who has never created an EFI, but I feel like there are some things that you really need to understand with you system. I also found the instructions a bit lacking or not easy to understand.