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[Success] GIGABYTE Z370 Gaming 7 + Intel Core i7-8700K + RX 580 + (2x) Dell P2715Q 4k @ 60Hz

I have almost the same rig. But I use Clover. and I want to migrate to OpenCore.
Can you share your EFI folder?
Thank you
Don't forget to clear caches before you try booing with OC. All the old Clover stuff will still be cached and it will likely not work.
 
I haven't done the update from Catalina to Big Sur. I have a spare SSD for testing. But I suppose that you can do it as you say. Make a backup first :)

For sure:) Can’t wait until I get home from vacation and make the move to OC. I’ll make a Carbon Copy before the fun stuff begins:thumbup:
 
Don't forget to clear caches before you try booing with OC. All the old Clover stuff will still be cached and it will likely not work.
Is there and advantage to using OC as opposed to Clover?
 
I just switched from 3 years using Clover which for the most part worked well. But I wanted to update to 15a BIOS to use Thunderbolt, so OpenCore it is. After a few days, I can say it is cleaner, feels lighter and boots a little faster - sorta like loosing a few pounds. Hoping to get Titan ridge card any day now - another adventure awaits.

Shout out to Svart and Plexi for making it simple. See here if you want to give it a whirl:

Remember to back up your bios should you want to revert to clover, while it can be as simple as renaming EFI-myclover or EFI-myopencore. Your DSDT will differ.
 
Which is the best way to do that?
Terminal: sudo kextcache -i /

At the OpenCore picker menu, also a good idea to reset NVRAM. In the upper left corner of the boot menu screen you'll see the option.
 
Hey, glad to help!

Update: It's been over two years of using this machine that I built (and I'm writing on it now) and it's still going strong with no issues whatsoever for me. Then again, I'm still using the latest version of High Sierra (10.13.6) and never found the need to update to Mojave, or later. This machine has been my daily driver since day one, and has been a completely stable "Mac". I never updated the BIOS or went beyond High Sierra (10.13.6) so it's been truly functional without any headaches.

Hope others have had success with this build as well. Cheers all.

I've been running my copy of your build since a couple weeks after you posted. I am still on 10.13.6 as well. Still runs great!
I have some xcode issues building to iOS related to me being on 10.13.6 so I build to iOS off my laptop.

Thanks!
 
Hey, glad to help!

Update: It's been over two years of using this machine that I built (and I'm writing on it now) and it's still going strong with no issues whatsoever for me. Then again, I'm still using the latest version of High Sierra (10.13.6) and never found the need to update to Mojave, or later. This machine has been my daily driver since day one, and has been a completely stable "Mac". I never updated the BIOS or went beyond High Sierra (10.13.6) so it's been truly functional without any headaches.

Hope others have had success with this build as well. Cheers all.
Hi, I'm so grateful to you for this build, which I followed to the letter. Do you have any plans to upgrade your OS from HS? I discovered that Premiere Pro doesn't seem to run very well on HS. And I fear that there will be other software compatibility issues coming up. If you, the creator of the system, ever decide to upgrade your OS, please let us know. I will follow in your footsteps.
 
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