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    macOS 10.15 Catalina is Now Available on the Mac App Store

    No they are not, and not likely this year. Why? Coz Apple is yet to release their 2019 Mac Pro, which uses the 7nm GCN platform, not RDNA. Metal API also needs to be rewritten for RDNA, and Apple would not do this until after they have gotten rid of/ released their proprietary AMD Vega Pro II...
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    Introducing the macOS Catalina Critter!

    The hills have eyes....
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    High Sierra. Hdd's are no hot plug capable anymore.

    Sorry, I haven't checked Tonymacx86 for a while. You can use the plist editor to just add the values, or use a plaintext editor. If you use clover configurator, you need to have the values converted from base64 to hex. I'm not sure if this fix works anymore, since 10.13.4... but let me know if...
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    Getting USB 3.1 ports working

    Cool, I didn't realise that Asmedia is now supported. Nice to know. Firmwares still need upgrading via the windows side? I also found that the Intel Alpine Ridge controller will enable macOS to load the AppleXHCIAR kexts (think that is name, anyways, it ends with AR for Alpine Ridge). Do the...
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    Getting USB 3.1 ports working

    The Z270X runs ASmedia USB controllers, and thus difficult to make compatible with OSX. I knew that the 2XX series motherboards all use ASMedia, and was reluctant to get the latest a greatest last year for my Hackintosh. Instead I purchased the Z170N Gaming 5, which uses an Intel native Alpine...
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    High Sierra. Hdd's are no hot plug capable anymore.

    Please refer this post about problems I've found with the above approach. https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/enable-hotswapping-hotplugging.240073/#post-1669351
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    Enable Hotswapping/Hotplugging?

    In reference to my last post, I’ve done some testing with hotswapping with my other drives with this patch. I can safely say that this issue is to do with the update to AppleAHCIPort.kext v329. While most of my SATA HDD and SSDs can now be hotswapped, the same cannot be said for my SAMSUNG 850...
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    High Sierra. Hdd's are no hot plug capable anymore.

    Issue with High Sierra AppleAHCIPort.kext v329 not playing nice with Intel ICH10 and other controllers. Fix is given by sunki from InsanelyMac. Obviously use either a plist editor, or Clover Configurator to insert the patch.... All values are in base64 in plist formatting, convert to HEX...
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    Enable Hotswapping/Hotplugging?

    I'm not sure how you have your system setup, but I've recently stumbled upon a KextToPatch fix for SATA Hotplugging by patching the AppleAHCIPort.kext. Obviously use either a plist editor, or Clover Configurator to insert the patch.... Enjoy. **link**...
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    High Sierra. Hdd's are no hot plug capable anymore.

    This is a real shame. It was a very useful thing to do with your drives. I've tried DSDT edits on my SATA ports to no avail. Port Injectors do not work. I am hoping there will be a Clover KextToPatch solution to this soon. So far, I have not seen any. I do notice however, that if you leave the...
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    Enable Hotswapping/Hotplugging?

    This is not entirely true, I have had hot swap work since Yosemite. The problem I am now faced with is that under High Sierra, hot swapping doesn't seem to be working on my Z87N WIFI. I yet to test my Z170N GAMING 5, however. So I know from past experience Hot swapping is possible. Just a...
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    So is handoff broken for everyone in Seirra? (BCM94360CD)

    I have the same problem, I have MacBook Air, and Handoff and Continuity works well with my iPhone 6S. I've gotten all the BT and WIFI to do continuity, but it is often slow, and it fails to 'resume' the work I was doing on another device be it the MacBook air or iPhone. I'll look into this...
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    How long life time will a hackintosh have?

    Hey buddy, without sounding like I'm telling you to suck eggs... Check out how to generate your own SSDT. This may solve your sleep problems. Generating your own DSDT and patching it with common fixes can also help with the latter being my preferred method first. HDMI/ DP audio is a common...
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    How long life time will a hackintosh have?

    I welcome you to the hackintosh world! I still remember my first hackitnosh was a small ASUS netbook 1005ha-h. It was a real struggle back then to try to get 10.5.x it to work 100%. These days, with the support you get from forums, it is very easy to find solutions to problems, especially with...
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    How Many Monitors Do You Use?

    I have a 24" premier color dell u2413 display, and one 13" Gechic 1303H. Dell's my flagship monitor for color critical work, and daily driver. My gechic plugs to my hackintosh via a single minidisplay port cable. minimal cable mess as it's usb powered.
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