[GUIDE] macOS Big Sur 11 on Z390 Aorus Elite board

[miliuco]

@Talanca this EFI folder is like mine with these changes: iMac19,1 + alcid 29 + iGPU enabled in headless mode. It is made with OpenCore 0.6.4, latest version.
You can test it this way: remove your EFI Clover folder (full) from the EFI partition, save it in case you need it again, copy my EFI folder (full) to the EFI partition, on the first boot choose ResetNVRAM icon on the OpenCore menu to empty the keys that Clover has created, it restarts and returns to the Clover menu and this time you choose the icon of your disk with macOS although it should also start automatically in 5 ".
If my EFi folder works well, it should work the same for Catalina and Big Sur for when you want to test it.
If you open the config.plist file, do it with a text editor or plist file editor, don't do it with a graphical configurator. Of course always having a backup of that file in case something is modified by mistake and boot fails.
And it is also convenient to have an install USB, in case the EFI fails, to be able to enter macOS and return to your previous EFI.

Remember: I have CFG Unlocked in BIOS so I don't need to mark KernelPM and KernelXCPM patches, which are essential to boot macOS in Hackintosh with CFG Locked. If you have it locked, it is imperative to select those 2 patches.

 

[Talanca]

@Talanca this EFI folder is like mine with these changes: iMac19,1 + alcid 29 + iGPU enabled in headless mode. It is made with OpenCore 0.6.4, latest version.
You can test it this way: remove your EFI Clover folder (full) from the EFI partition, save it in case you need it again, copy my EFI folder (full) to the EFI partition, on the first boot choose ResetNVRAM icon on the OpenCore menu to empty the keys that Clover has created, it restarts and returns to the Clover menu and this time you choose the icon of your disk with macOS although it should also start automatically in 5 ".
If my EFi folder works well, it should work the same for Catalina and Big Sur for when you want to test it.
If you open the config.plist file, do it with a text editor or plist file editor, don't do it with a graphical configurator. Of course always having a backup of that file in case something is modified by mistake and boot fails.
And it is also convenient to have an install USB, in case the EFI fails, to be able to enter macOS and return to your previous EFI.

Remember: I have CFG Unlocked in BIOS so I don't need to mark AppleCpuPmCfgLock and AppleXcpmCfgLock (Kernel / Quirks) patches, which are essential to boot macOS in Hackintosh with CFG Locked. If you have it locked, it is imperative to select those 2 patches.

Thanks! I'll try if your EFi works with my config. Already have the MSR unlocked, the problem with Clover seems to be that I can't get the Quirks config right

 

[miliuco]

Thanks! I'll try if your EFi works with my config. Already have the MSR unlocked, the problem with Clover seems to be that I can't get the Quirks config right

I think yo can try this in config.plist in Clover for Big Sur and Catalina:

Acpi> DSDT: change HECI to IMEI / change SAT0 to SATA
Acpi> Fixes: FixShutdown
Acpi> Drop OEM_DSM
Acpi> Drop Tables> DMAR / MATS
Acpi> SSDT> PluginType selected (Plugin Type number blank)
Acpi> Halt Enabler / FixHeaders

Boot> Boot Arguments> slide = 0 / darkwake = 8

Devices> USB> Inject / FixOwnership / HighCurrent
Devices> Audio> Inject 11

Kernel and Kext Patches> Apple RTC selected

System Parameters> Inject Kexts: Yes / Inject System ID: selected.

Quirks > select DevirtualiseMmio – EnableSafeModeSlide – ProtectUefiServices – ProvideConsoleGopEnable – ProvideCustomSlide – SetupVirtualMap – SyncRuntimePermissions and set ProvideMaxSlide = 0.
Note: in Catalina you can also set true AvoidRuntimeDefrag.

 

[Talanca]

I think yo can try this in config.plist in Clover for Big Sur and Catalina:

Acpi> DSDT: change HECI to IMEI / change SAT0 to SATA
Acpi> Fixes: FixShutdown
Acpi> Drop OEM_DSM
Acpi> Drop Tables> DMAR / MATS
Acpi> SSDT> PluginType selected (Plugin Type number blank)
Acpi> Halt Enabler / FixHeaders

Boot> Boot Arguments> slide = 0 / darkwake = 8

Devices> USB> Inject / FixOwnership / HighCurrent
Devices> Audio> Inject 11

Kernel and Kext Patches> Apple RTC selected

System Parameters> Inject Kexts: Yes / Inject System ID: selected.

Quirks > select DevirtualiseMmio – EnableSafeModeSlide – ProtectUefiServices – ProvideConsoleGopEnable – ProvideCustomSlide – SetupVirtualMap – SyncRuntimePermissions and set ProvideMaxSlide = 0.
Note: in Catalina you can also set true AvoidRuntimeDefrag.

Thank you so much for your support. Do I need the RTC kernel patches? Im using it right now with clover without patches and MSR unlocked, all kernel and kext patches empty and works perfect. I assume those settings are very Quirks related
Attached my Clover EFI

 

[miliuco]

Thank you so much for your support. Do I need the RTC kernel patches? Im using it right now with clover without patches and MSR unlocked, all kernel and kext patches empty and works perfect. I assume those settings are very Quirks related
Attached my Clover EFI

Yes, you can try without RTC. Later I’ll comment about your EFI, now I’m not at home.

 

[miliuco]

Thank you so much for your support. Do I need the RTC kernel patches? Im using it right now with clover without patches and MSR unlocked, all kernel and kext patches empty and works perfect. I assume those settings are very Quirks related
Attached my Clover EFI

What version of Clover do you have on the EFI that I downloaded? Is the latest 5126? In config.plist I don't see the quirks section at the end, after SystemParameters. I believe that Clover for several versions has not used the OcQuirks.plist file that you have in the Drivers / UEFI folder. Instead it uses a quirks section that is usually at the end of config.plist.

I have added quirks to your config.plist and some minor changes. I also send SSDT-EC-USBX.aml to be included in Acpi / Patched. Try it.

 

[Talanca]

What version of Clover do you have on the EFI that I downloaded? Is the latest 5126? In config.plist I don't see the quirks section at the end, after SystemParameters. I believe that Clover for several versions has not used the OcQuirks.plist file that you have in the Drivers / UEFI folder. Instead it uses a quirks section that is usually at the end of config.plist.

I have added quirks to your config.plist and some minor changes. I also send SSDT-EC-USBX.aml to be included in Acpi / Patched. Try it.

Thanks miliuco! just tested your config file, works OK with Clover 5122 but then when I've upgraded to 5126 the Clover GUI freezes as just as I hit enter to select the bootdrive or waiting it to auto-start. Also tried to make a verbose boot but it freezes

 

[miliuco]

Thanks miliuco! just tested your config file, works OK with Clover 5122 but then when I've upgraded to 5126 the Clover GUI freezes as just as I hit enter to select the bootdrive or waiting it to auto-start. Also tried to make a verbose boot but it freezes

I think Clover 5123 is the latest version without integrating OpenCore. If this is the case, to start Big Sur you need version 5124 or newer.
Can you install or run Big Sur with OpenCore 5122? Or do you use it with Catalina?
If Clover 5126 is not working on your system, it may be due to some improper configuration. From what you say, it stops immediately after selecting boot disk. Have you tried selecting Preboot instead of the one named as the macOS disk? Did you clear NVRAM before booting the first time with 5126? NVRAM in Clover is cleared by pressing F11 when you are in the Clover menu.
Sooner or later you have to try OpenCore. It's hard for you to decide because now you know Clover and OpenCore seems like an unknown world but on Dortania website are some excellent guides written by the developers of OpenCore and here we can help you too.
If Clover 5122 works fine on your PC with Catalina, stay there and don't update. But you won't be able to go to Big Sur with that version.

 

[MacInTheNet]

Hi, I hope you can help me a little
I have the Z390 Aorus I Pro WiFi with 9600K and no other GPU (I'm helping a friend right now, it's not mine) and I have the possibility to disable the CFG Lock from bios.
I know absolutely nothing about Open Core and it's 4 years I don't touch Clover... XD
Can you tell me if I might use your EFI or, in case, what I have to change?
Thanks in advance

 

[miliuco]

Hi, I hope you can help me a little
I have the Z390 Aorus I Pro WiFi with 9600K and no other GPU (I'm helping a friend right now, it's not mine) and I have the possibility to disable the CFG Lock from bios.
I know absolutely nothing about Open Core and it's 4 years I don't touch Clover... XD
Can you tell me if I might use your EFI or, in case, what I have to change?
Thanks in advance

Try this EFI that has some changes thinking about your hardware but I don't guarantee that it will work well. Wifi will not work, my EFI does not have a driver for it, you will have to add it later. I hope it works. It carries OpenCore 0.6.4.