I'd like to thank Mslily and Rehabman for making this
effortless.
This is an updated guide. I have copied the authors original guide, but changed a few steps from the 10.8.5 install guide from here (by the same author):
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...8-installation-guide-acer-v5-572p-6858-a.html
NOTE:
Only the first few steps have been updated. The 10.8.5 guide was updated for the same reasons. The Mavericks guide should also reflect these changes
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THE GUIDE
This is a 10.9 installation guide ported from Mountain lion installation guide here:
Installation guide for Acer V5-572p-6858
1) Mac OS X Disk partition preparation
***Under windows 8, use disk management to shrink hard drive partition C. Save at least 20GB up to whole available spaces for Mac OS X****
You might need to run Command "CHKDSK c: /F" before you can really shrink the hard drive
After you shrink the disk in Windows 8, you will see something like this:
There are 5 partitions.
1. Healthy recovery (400mb)
2. Healthy EFI recovery (300mb)
3. Windows C partition (xxx GB --- your decision here)
4. Unused partition of (all the empty space, recommend 50-100GB. But you can make it more)
5. Another healthy recovery partition thats about 12 GB
In Windows 8, create another partition for the unused space (either FAT32 or NTFS, doesn't matter) and name it "MACOSX"
2) Prepare USB installation drive as guided in tonymacx86.com (link below)
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibea...-based-pc.html
When you prepare this installation USB, remember to select " Laptop support" during UniBeast installation
3) Copy the following files to the USB installation disk
Multibeast (5.5.2)
ProBook Installer 6.1.6.pkg
RehabMan-Voodoo-2013-0918.zip
RealtekRTL8111.kext.zip
ACPIBatteryManager.kext.zip
4) Installation
Restart computer and click F2 during computer bootup to enter BIOS mode
Change boot from EFI to legacy
Insert USB installation disk above and restart computer
During restarting, click F12 to select boot from USB disk to start installation with kernel flag "-f dart=0"
5) After installation completed, reboot system with same USB installation drive
***After installation completed, reboot system with same USB installation drive but select the just installed Mountain Lion system on hard drive***
to be safer, use "-v -x" instead of -f dart=0.
6) Modification
Run MultiBeast and select:
UserDSDT or DSDT-free installation
Patched AppleIntelCpuPowerManagement (OS X 10.8.5)
VoodooHDA v2.8.4
Chimera 2.2.1 r2248
USB 3.0 -Universal (not necessary if you don't want to attach usb2.0 device into the USB3.0 port)
FakeSMC V5.3.820
FakeSMC v5.3.820 Plugins
Power Management Hibernate Mode (Laptop)
Without restart, install from HP Probook Installer (6.1.6):
Kext Wizard
MaciASL
System definitions (i3/i5 ivy bridge, you might change to MacBook air 5.2 later)
SSDT generator
Without restart, edit /Extra/org.Chameleon.Boot.plist, add kernel flag:
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>dart=0</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>DropSSDT</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>RestartFix</key>
<string>Yes</string>
(Make sure GraphicsEnabler is set to Yes, if not, add it too)
Without restart, install Synaptics trackpad to /S/L/E as guided below
https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller
Without restart, install the attached Mieze's RealtekRTL8111.kext for ethernet support
Install RehabMan's ACPIBatteryManager kext to /S/L/E to get battery support and sleep support (Some error message will shown but works)
7) Boot Fix
Now reboot the system again with the USB installation drive to fix the hard drive boot up problem
http://www.tonymacx86.com/25-boot0-e...ial-guide.html (Guide)
dd if=/Volumes/USB/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/disk0s5 (Important! select your own 10.9, most likely 5)
8) Unplug USB installation drive and boot up into Mac OS X normally
prepare dsdt.aml to include Brightness control
How to create your own DSDT using MaciASL (Guide)
# Brightness control fix
into device label PNLF remove_entry;
into scope label \_SB insert
begin
Device (PNLF)\n
{\n
Name (_HID, EisaId ("APP0002"))\n
Name (_CID, "backlight")\n
Name (_UID, 0x0A)\n
Name (_STA, 0x0B)\n
}\n
end;
into definitionblock code_regex External\s+\(\\TNOT\) remove_matched;
9) That's all have to do.
If want to boot to Windows 8, change BIOS to EFI boot first, otherwise, leave to Legacy boot for Mac OS X
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MY NOTES:
Potential Issue: Your sound might not work.
If you have followed the instructions in the guide, it is possible your sound might not work.
SOLUTION: I do not know if this will work for you. It may depend on your hardware. However, assuming our hardware is the same... I suggest post #151 from
osanekun in this thread:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...-guide-acer-v5-572p-6858-a-16.html#post697408
I had the same problem as you did. Good to know I wasn't the only one. Here's my solution, click online below and it will download folder, "2746-VoodooHDA-v2". Inside launch "VoodooHDA-v2.8.4.pkg". After installation speaker, mic works perfectly.
http://www.osx86.net/files/getdownlo...pkg-installer/
Install the normal package. Note:
I DID NOT INSTALL THE LION PACKAGE. Follow the instructions. When you're finished, reboot. This worked for me.
Thanks again.