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So I finally got my hackintosh to work! - The only problem so far is an occasional black screen that lasts for 1 second and then goes back to normal. What could be causing this? I'm using the onboard Intel HD4600 graphics and it must be contributing something to this. Specs: Dell optiplex 9020...

OK, thanks. I did that and it all works! WOOT! Thank you SO much! This really has been a 9-day odyssey! I learned more than I wanted to about all this, but a good experience nonetheless. Getting the wrong version of the optiplex and trying to get that work was the only bad part! Hopefully it...

OK so do all the set_var's - it won't do anything to my new install of catalina, right? One more thing, like I said it is not booting automatically. It says "no bootable devices found" but when I use the usb drive the option for "Mac" (which I think I named my drive) the option comes up and it...

Not really afraid just did not see that I had to do this on dortania which seems to be the bible of this. but here they are, from the optimac guide: Changing the Dell OptiPlex Hidden BIOS/UEFI Settings (Only use for the 7020/9020 USFF/SFF/MT) 1. Unlock CFG 2. Increase DVMT Pre-Allocation to...

Well how important is it? I was kind of kidding

Alright! It's booting and I even installed it but now after the first reboot it is not booting to catalina. It keeps wanting to go back to windows installation even without a usb installer in there. - I have not yet done those hidden bios yet, I'm afraid to. O.O EDIT: I can boot to it using...

Ok, thank you so much!

Ok, well I just ordered another of the same model. Did you say the odds are that I will get one with a 1, right? Should I contact them and ask? What should I ask? I'm not sure how to describe this problem. Thanks

OK mine is a 3, with ME disabled. What can I do about it? Thanks.

It's just not feasible for me to use a mac right now. :(

Yes I have done that. I was trying your guide originally, you were helping me a week or so ago but I gave up on that and used dortania to create it all myself. - I used their BIOS settings so maybe it's something there I guess. I have reset the BIOS to default since then. How important are the...

My setup: dell optiplex 9020 USFF - Dell motherboard - CPU: Intel Core i7-4770S - iGPU: Intel HD4600 graphics. - Trying to install latest Catalina. I know this has had many inquiries already, so I apologize, but I am getting the macOS could not be installed error with nothing else with it. The...

I looked through it and I don't have an nvme drive or multiple drives. Just one 512 GB SSD. :mad:

Yeah I am a beginner. I don't know if I can do much more than copy/paste at the moment. I tried your personal efi file - didn't work - tried the no sbus one - no luck either. I tried it again on ethernet hooked directly up to the modem and it still errored. The particular error is: Installer...

I'm not sure what the problem is. Every time I extract the .zip the first EFI file has that same date. The _MACOSX one changes to todays date. But why would that matter? I'm sorry, I know I'm doing something wrong.

I thought I just deleted the generated EFI folder and copy/paste your EFI folder in there?

Ok I tried 3 of the ports on the back. I got excited because I found a mistake I made. In the makeinstall i was just selecting the usb drive by putting in "2" but I also needed to select opencore install or "2o". This still did not make a difference. I'm sure my ethernet is working. For my...

Thanks for the replies. No, I was referring to this: In the command prompt where you pick your OS version there is a few more options other than catalina. Could I pick an earlier version of catalina? (Not the number 15 one like in the example, if that makes sense). EDIT: I looked at the OC...

Ok well I redid it and followed your directions to a T. I got a "installer resources were not found" error after it reboots. I am 95% sure the installer is correct, so that leaves BIOS settings which I am following with the first guide. Could you help me with these questions: Thanks again!

I did the hidden bios settings, I was supposed to, right? What about when the usb drive being formatted in the feartech method and being 196 mbs instead of the full 56 gigs of my usb 2.0 drive? Would it be ok to try an earlier version of the FULL catalina install or even mojave in feartech...