[SUCCESS] Yosemite on GA-Z97X-UD3H / i7-4790K / GTX 960

Hello everyone, this took me some time but I finally got OS X Yosemite working on the GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD3H. Everything works fine with a few errors here and there but I've got everything sorted. iMessage and FaceTime obviously don't work with Chimera but you can follow this guide to fix it: How to fix iMessage

Specifications:
Intel Core i7-4790K (Stock at 4GHz)
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK
G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1866MHz RAM
EVGA GTX 960 SuperSC (2GB GDDR5 VRAM)
Crucial M500 240GB SSD (Windows 8.1 Pro)
Crucial MX100 256GB SSD (Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.2)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Hard Drive (Storage)
Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Peral)
Corsair RM Series 650W Power Supply
ASUS USB N13 USB WiFi Adapter (RaLink Wireless Utility)

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IMPORTANT: You most likely will get a boot0 error. Don't worry because there's a fix however I recommend doing it before install OS X and after formatting the drive you're going to install OS X on. You can follow this guide to fix the problem: boot0 Error: The Official Guide
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Install Guide (with) Graphics Card
IMPORTANT: Remove ALL Stick(s) of RAM except for ONE stick
OPTIONAL: Unplug all HDDs and SSDs except for one you're going to install OS X on
Bootflags: -x -v nv_disable=1 -no -zp

OPTIONAL: After you install OS X and go through setting up your user account. Shut down the computer and remove your GPU then boot up with bootflags: -x -v then install MultiBeast and the NVIDIA Web Driver. This process makes installing drivers easier.

Install MultiBeast with these options:
Quick Start > DSDT Free
Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > ALC1150
Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA
Drivers > Disk > TRIM Enabler > 10.10.x TRIM Patch (SSD ONLY)
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.14.1364
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.14.1364 Plugins
Drivers > Misc > USB 3.0 - Universal
Drivers > Network > Intel > AppleIntelE1000e v3.0.4.1a
Bootloaders > Chimera v4.0.1
Customize > Boot Options > 1080p Display Mode
Customize > Boot Options > Basic Boot Options
Customize > Boot Options > Hibernate Mode - Desktop
Customize > Boot Options > Kext Dev Mode
Customize > Boot Options > Verbose Boot

Hit Install and watch the magic happen!

You need the "Quadro & GeForce Mac OS X Web Driver Release 343.02.02" from NVIDIA's website. Once you download, just install and before you restart, go into settings and make sure you have "NVIDIA Web Driver" selected.

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Install Guide (without) a Graphics Card [Intel HD Graphics]
IMPORTANT: Remove ALL Stick(s) of RAM except for ONE stick
OPTIONAL: Unplug all HDDs and SSDs except for one you're going to install OS X on
Bootflags: -x -v

Install MultiBeast with these options:
Quick Start > DSDT Free
Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > ALC1150
Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA
Drivers > Disk > TRIM Enabler > 10.10.x TRIM Patch (SSD ONLY)
Drivers > Graphics > Intel Graphics Patch for Mixed Configurations
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.14.1364
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.14.1364 Plugins
Drivers > Misc > USB 3.0 - Universal
Drivers > Network > Intel > AppleIntelE1000e v3.0.4.1a
Bootloaders > Chimera v4.0.1
Customize > Boot Options > 1080p Display Mode
Customize > Boot Options > Basic Boot Options
Customize > Boot Options > Hibernate Mode - Desktop
Customize > Boot Options > Kext Dev Mode
Customize > Boot Options > Verbose Boot

Hit Install and watch the magic happen!

YES ! Thanks alot Sir, you saved my day.

I have an almost identical setup but with the GA-Z97X-UD5H, so I had to enable the drivers for the second ethernet adapter (Atheros Killer E2200).

The only thing I noticed is that the sound output stops working after my Hackintosh went to sleep once. Ideas ?

Nevermind, found a solution in a different post, will try it tomorrow.

Thanks for posting this! Saved me a lot of time not to mention the headache. Used it to set up my wife's hackintosh for her photography editing station. This allowed me to look smarter than i actually am, so to you sir - Thank you.

Can someone please post the driver Quadro & GeForce Mac OS X Web Driver Release 343.02.02 when I go to the link the NVIDIA site says please try again later? Thanks.

Try this link, it just worked for me:
http://www.nvidia.com/drivers/results/81212

It's not the same driver version, I don't know if it will work

Ed

Hi,
Thank you for this successful report.
I have exactly the same configuration, but I am stuck at step 5/12, that is to say the very last one.
I have installed multiBeast, but yosemite won't boot now.
I will try again from step 1, but I was just wondering why we have to remove memory sticks ?
Thank you

You, my friend, are a legend. I have a very similar build to yours and this guide worked a treat.

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7
GPU: Gigabyte GTX960
CPU: Intel i7 4790k
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16gb

I didn't disconnect any additional HD's or the GPU during the process, but I did remove one stick of ram, leaving just the one 8gb. I installed this after running multibeast and downloading web drivers as you said.

Audio, wifi and graphics card all seem to be stable so far..

Thanks so much!

harvey.hayes said:

I didn't disconnect any additional HD's or the GPU during the process, but I did remove one stick of ram, leaving just the one 8gb. I installed this after running multibeast and downloading web drivers as you said.

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Yeah you don't need to disconnect the additional HDDs but I do because one time I messed up one of my hard drives by converting it into a RAW drive. I only remove the GPU because it's so slow when installing drivers.

Hi all,

Is HDMI audio working?