[Release] macOS Tahoe 26

[verdazil]

57 minutes ago, ivak4eto said:

The adapter works on Sequoia, but not in Tahoe. Any ideas why would be highly appreciated!

First you need to install OCLP-mod, then KDK. The sequence matters. It's worth reading carefully again about installing the driver, perhaps you missed something.

Edited September 17, 2025 by verdazil

[crazybirdy]

As usual for RX460, 26.0.0.25A354.

MacPro7,1 to flesh install without WhateverGreen during the installation,

iMac20,1 to boot system with WhateverGreen after installation complete.

Everything works fine as 15.x.😎👍

 

[sok5]

HP Z840 OTA upgrade from Sequoia -> Tahoe Release without any problem.

 

[D-an-W]

Thanks to everyone in the beta thread I am sat here with a nice shiny macOS 26 install 

[mengshi]

I got issues. 

 

Thank goodness I have 2 Ventura installations on 1 computer. Tried it on a separate SSD.

 

Jumped from Ventura without reading the forum. LOL

 

1. Used Apple upgrade to upgrade. It went to the welcome screen and etc but it my Intel i218-LM Ethernet using Intelmausi.kext 1.08 is not detected. Will try Intelmausiethernet.kext when I manage to get back in again.

 

2. USB issue of course. So jumped back to working Ventura and did the USBMap fix -> Got the mouse and keyboard to "work" but I think the keyboard is spitting out gibberish because my password basically does not work. Can someone tell me how to get the virtual keyboard up at the login screen to type in the password? 

 

3. Will need to apply OCLP-MOD above to get the Broadcom wifi to work.

 

4. Highly likely will roll back using Recovery and perhaps try sequential.

 

 

What's up with Whatevergreen.kext. Do I need it or not?

 

I also note that Tahoe has higher CPU work-load (Intel Power Gadget). 

 

FileVault was turned on during the Welcome process. How tro turn this off?

 

 

Edited September 17, 2025 by mengshi

[mengshi]

6 hours ago, Max.1974 said:

Hi all folks! I think I got it right, with the patch updater it wasn’t necessary to disable SIP and it didn’t enable FileVault!!

Now it seems that CLT is more stable with Xcode 26  

 

 

 

Hi. What is this?

 

 

[verdazil]

Hi, @mengshi.

It would be correct to follow this concept: one post - one question, otherwise the discussion turns into a Greek salad...

 

1. Upgrading from a fairly old system to a new one (macOS 13 ---> macOS 26) on our Hackintoshes isn't the best solution. With such a radical update, it is often difficult to understand whether the problem lies in the bootloader settings or in the update process itself. A new system is released once a year, and it's better to spend a couple of hours on a clean installation than many hours fixing update issues. Let me make it clear that this is only my personal opinion, based on personal experience.

 

2. There is no virtual keyboard for this situation. If you have encryption enabled, add the OpenUsbKbDxe.efi OpenCore driver. 

 

3. The current OCLP-mod release does not support your Wi-Fi.

 

4. Whether a WhateverGreen.kext is needed depends on the graphics card. Generally, it is. But, for example, my RX 6600 doesn't need one, as it works perfectly fine without it.

 

4a. I don't know what you (and others) are doing to force the FileVault to be turned on (without the user's prompt) during installation or update. I've done many Tahoe installations on machines with processors of different generations, and I've always received a prompt to turn on FileVault, which I could always decline.

[jlrycm]

1 hour ago, verdazil said:

Hi, @mengshi.

It would be correct to follow this concept: one post - one question, otherwise the discussion turns into a Greek salad...

 

1. Upgrading from a fairly old system to a new one (macOS 13 ---> macOS 26) on our Hackintoshes isn't the best solution. With such a radical update, it is often difficult to understand whether the problem lies in the bootloader settings or in the update process itself. A new system is released once a year, and it's better to spend a couple of hours on a clean installation than many hours fixing update issues. Let me make it clear that this is only my personal opinion, based on personal experience.

 

2. There is no virtual keyboard for this situation. If you have encryption enabled, add the OpenUsbKbDxe.efi OpenCore driver. 

 

3. The current OCLP-mod release does not support your Wi-Fi.

 

4. Whether a WhateverGreen.kext is needed depends on the graphics card. Generally, it is. But, for example, my RX 6600 doesn't need one, as it works perfectly fine without it.

 

4a. I don't know what you (and others) are doing to force the FileVault to be turned on (without the user's prompt) during installation or update. I've done many Tahoe installations on machines with processors of different generations, and I've always received a prompt to turn on FileVault, which I could always decline.

To prevent the FileVault issue, we should use apfs_aligned.efi in UEFI → Drivers and disable EnableJumpstart in UEFI → APFS. The driver can be found in the link below.
 

https://github.com/acidanthera/OcBinaryData/blob/master/Drivers/apfs_aligned.efi

[Cyberdevs]

Finally found some time to update my Z690 rig to macOS Tahoe, I used the full installer and everything went smoothly.

Still waiting on the WiFi patch, but I'm going to stay on Sequoia as my daily driver.

Next step is to update the Z270 rig and see how it goes. (i7 7700K + RX580)

[Zevgoli]

I just had to reinstall Tahoe via Recovery due to a screw up.  This went smoothly but what was so amazing was that I was brought back to my last desktop profile with everything intact.  I didn't have to use migration assistant to restore anything.  Is this a new feature?

 

Cheers, Howard

[Cyberdevs]

9 minutes ago, Zevgoli said:

I just had to reinstall Tahoe via Recovery due to a screw up.  This went smoothly but what was so amazing was that I was brought back to my last desktop profile with everything intact.  I didn't have to use migration assistant to restore anything.  Is this a new feature?

 

Cheers, Howard

No, that has been a thing for a long while now. When you reinstall macOS from recovery it keeps your data intact unless you use Disk Utility and erase the disk first.

[schrup21]

17 hours ago, ivak4eto said:

I tried to use TP-Link T2U Nano with Tahoe, but it doesn't work.

What I have tried so far:

- Installed the lastest KDK

- Used OCLP-mod for USB patches

- Installed chris1111's big_sur driver

 

The adapter works on Sequoia, but not in Tahoe. Any ideas why would be highly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

 

1. USBToolbox's UTBMap.kext needs an additional entry in each port (info.plist), like this:

 

2. OCLP-Mod(the Pre-Release) Root Patch with the legacy-USB flag

 

3. install "Wireless USB OC Big Sur Adapter V17"

https://github.com/chris1111/Wireless-USB-OC-Big-Sur-Adapter/releases/download/V17/Wireless.USB.OC.Big.Sur.Adapter-V17.zip 

 

4. et voila - enjoy WiFi (at least this was working for me)

 

 

[Zevgoli]

Is there a list of kexts for Tahoe that are common to all hackintoshes?  I know there are many that are needed to customize certain PC"s. In other words are there must haves that should be in all EFI'S?

 

Cheers, Howard

1 hour ago, Cyberdevs said:

No, that has been a thing for a long while now. When you reinstall macOS from recovery it keeps your data intact unless you use Disk Utility and erase the disk first.

 

 

Well I'll be darned. Here I have always assumed you have to format the disk before reinstalling the OS.  Can you imagine all the time I wasted over the years doing this.  🤣

 

Cheers, Howard

[dpunx]

16 hours ago, crazybirdy said:

As usual for RX460, 26.0.0.25A354.

MacPro7,1 to flesh install without WhateverGreen during the installation,

iMac20,1 to boot system with WhateverGreen after installation complete.

Everything works fine as 15.x.😎👍

 

Can you shae your EFI? I've the same system and not works (only change the RX 580)

Thanks

[crazybirdy]

On 9/18/2025 at 3:46 AM, dpunx said:

Can you shae your EFI? I've the same system and not works (only change the RX 580)

Thanks

 

I use legacy BIOS, not UEFI, FYI.

 

install with OC, normal boot with OC and Clover works fine.

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ASUS B85M-G / i5-4590 /  RX460

EFI-OC.zip

 

EFI-Clover.zip

 

MacPro7,1 to flesh install without WhateverGreen during the installation,

iMac20,1 to boot system with WhateverGreen after installation complete.

Everything works fine as 15.x.😎👍

Edited October 2, 2025 by crazybirdy

[kaoskinkae]

After a few days of using macOS 26 Tahoe in the final version. I had already used the beta versions since beta 1.

One of the things that has changed is the management of sound and brightness through the keyboard. In this version, it appears at the top along with the system date and time.

 

The sound is displayed perfectly and you can turn it up and down at will. But the brightness is another issue, although it works, and you can turn the brightness of the connected monitors down at will. It isn't represented as the sound with a bar that goes up and down. 

 

The brightness works perfectly, but it doesn't work like it did in previous versions of Mac.

I don't know if the program we use for this isn't adapted to the new way sound and brightness are displayed. I use NativeDisplayBrightness, which is present at system startup. I've even compiled and adapted it to macOS Tahoe. Is there any way to fix this?

 

https://github.com/Bensge/NativeDisplayBrightness

 

 

[jm26200]

Done .....

 

[gsxb]

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Edited September 18, 2025 by gsxb

[Max.1974]

7 hours ago, kaoskinkae said:

After a few days of using macOS 26 Tahoe in the final version. I had already used the beta versions since beta 1.

One of the things that has changed is the management of sound and brightness through the keyboard. In this version, it appears at the top along with the system date and time.

 

The sound is displayed perfectly and you can turn it up and down at will. But the brightness is another issue, although it works, and you can turn the brightness of the connected monitors down at will. It isn't represented as the sound with a bar that goes up and down. 

 

The brightness works perfectly, but it doesn't work like it did in previous versions of Mac.

I don't know if the program we use for this isn't adapted to the new way sound and brightness are displayed. I use NativeDisplayBrightness, which is present at system startup. I've even compiled and adapted it to macOS Tahoe. Is there any way to fix this?

 

https://github.com/Bensge/NativeDisplayBrightness

 

 

 

Hi my friend, here is another option (I’m not using it) but it works quite well.  

 

https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl 

 

Im think is not free (but you can try use trial version) 

[Zevgoli]

Hey,  I'm having ongoing issues with Bluetooth on the final release.  It continually turns on and off each reboot or turning on fresh.  The only way I can get it to turn on and detect my keyboard is clearing NVRAM every single time which is a real pain.  This is outside installing something and having to reboot or restart.  Can you look at my Config file?

Thank you!

 

config.plist

Edited September 18, 2025 by Zevgoli
Add text

[CloverLeaf]

@Zevgoli Mine only worked correctly when adding boot arg -lilubetaall. I have all the kexts updated to the latest available versions.

Edited September 18, 2025 by CloverLeaf

[Max.1974]

1 hour ago, Zevgoli said:

Hey,  I'm having ongoing issues with Bluetooth on the final release.  It continually turns on and off each reboot or turning on fresh.  The only way I can get it to turn on and detect my keyboard is clearing NVRAM every single time which is a real pain.  This is outside installing something and having to reboot or restart.  Can you look at my Config file?

Thank you!

 

config.plist 50.07 kB · 2 downloads

 

Remove the unused one (Broadcom or Intel). Having both is what causes the issue 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2025 by Max.1974

[kaoskinkae]

1 hour ago, Max.1974 said:

 

Hi my friend, here is another option (I’m not using it) but it works quite well.  

 

https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl 

 

Im think is not free (but you can try use trial version) 

I have tried it and I am not convinced, it is too complex. The good thing about the other is that there is no icon next to the time and it is completely hidden and very functional. It is a shame that I do not know how to program to try to modify it, but let's see if I look at it and get something.

[Max.1974]

4 minutes ago, kaoskinkae said:

I have tried it and I am not convinced, it is too complex. The good thing about the other is that there is no icon next to the time and it is completely hidden and very functional. It is a shame that I do not know how to program to try to modify it, but let's see if I look at it and get something.

 

 

NativeDisplayBrightness.zip

 

Good Lucky  

I think Clover compiler from Slice project have this one too. 

[Max.1974]

Building from Clover Builder works fine on my Hackintosh 😀

 

 

NDBrightness.zip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2025 by Max.1974