[Guide] Acer Swift 3 i5-8250U Mojave

RehabMan · Jun 25, 2018

Noisequik said:
Hello and thanks for this guide!

I’m going to try with my TravelMate P2510 which is almost similar.

I don’t see Clover installation on the USB drive (create bootable usb). Is it missing?

See guide:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/

wonderfulnx · Jun 26, 2018

Thanks for the excellent guide!
I just finished my own building of Swift 3 SF314-52 exactly following your guide.
I meet a problem with headset. While the speaker works fine, the sound from the headset seem to be strange with a lot of noise. I solved it by putting the CodecCommander.kext in /Library/Extension.
So I wonder whether you guys have this problem and how did you solve it.

hero47 · Jul 14, 2018

Great tutorial. Thanks for the writeup.

@wonderfulnx , did you have to make any further customizations?
I have a Swift 3 SF314-51 with i5 6200U/HD520. Installation went ok, I can boot to macOS using the usb as a bootstrapper but when I try to boot from the internal SSD I get errors regarding the graphics initialization(see pic). I followed the tutorial as instructed.

There’s something regarding the Clover EFI configuration that I’m missing.

RehabMan · Jul 15, 2018

hero47 said:
Great tutorial. Thanks for the writeup.

@wonderfulnx , did you have to make any further customizations?
I have a Swift 3 SF314-51 with i5 6200U/HD520. Installation went ok, I can boot to macOS using the usb as a bootstrapper but when I try to boot from the internal SSD I get errors regarding the graphics initialization(see pic). I followed the tutorial as instructed.

There’s something regarding the Clover EFI configuration that I’m missing.

No "Problem Reporting" files attached.
Read FAQ, "Problem Reporting" again. Carefully. Attach all requested files/output.
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/

PavelIT · Jul 28, 2018

hero47 said:
There’s something regarding the Clover EFI configuration that I’m missing.

Yeah, my guide is only for Kaby-Lake R modification, i'm afraid you should find another guide on a laptop with HD520, because it wouldn't work with my setup for sure. Btw this guide is a bit outdated, i'm working on refreshed version now.

motoyang · Aug 4, 2018

PavelIT said:
Yeah, my guide is only for Kaby-Lake R modification, i'm afraid you should find another guide on a laptop with HD520, because it wouldn't work with my setup for sure. Btw this guide is a bit outdated, i'm working on refreshed version now.

It's great!

I have the same laptop and macOS 10.13.6 works well on it. I added some HOTPATCH files to DSDT instead of modifying the origin DSDT files.

Does your intel 600p worded well? I had to replace my intel 600p with samsung pm961 because of slow performance, lag and freeze issues.

Thanks.

PavelIT · Sep 29, 2018

macOS 10.14.0 Mojave on Acer Swift 3 SF315-51-518S

Hi there! I got my laptop 5 days ago (SF315-51-518S) and my first idea was to install macOS on it, so... That happened and now I wanna share things I did with tonymacx86!

Specs

CPU : Intel Core i5-8250U (Kabylake-R)
Graphics : Intel UHD 620
RAM : 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz (non-replaceable)
SSD : 256 GB Intel 600p series (SSDPEKKW256G7) (M.2 2280 NVMe, SHOULD BE REPLACED, bugs under macOS as freezes KP, etc., I have Samsung EVO 970)
Screen : 15-inch 1920 x 1080 IPS with glass
Ports : 1xUSB 3.1 Gen-1 Type-C, 2xUSB 3.0, 1xUSB 2.0, 1xHDMI (full-size), 1xAudio jack
Wifi/Bluetooth : Intel AC-7265, (M.2 NGFF, should be replaced, not supported under macOS. I have BCM94352Z)
Audio : ALC255 (ven id:10ec, dev id:0255)
SD Card Reader : Realtek USB2.0-CRW (ven id:0bda, dev id:0129)
Back-lit keyboard
I2C Trackpad + PS2 keyboard (why?)

What is working

Graphics
Audio
- Speakers, headphones and internal mic (layout id: 3, patched CodecCommander needed)
Built-in Bluetooth
Keyboard
- Backlit is fine
Trackpad
USB
Webcam
- PhotoBooth works fine

Sleep/Wake
- Lid also working
- To my knowledge, no weird things after sleep/wake
  - If you disable the wifi with Acer's keyboard shortcut (Fn+F3) and go to sleep, wifi won't be able to be enabled. You'll have to reboot the laptop.
At least 6 hours battery life
- Tested with 10.13.4 (max brightness, 720p on safari, USB wifi dongle)
Pretty much everything else except things in not working list below

What is NOT working

Built-in Wifi
- Must be replaced (My choice is BCM94352Z)
Built-in SSD causes awful lags
- Must be replaced (Samsung NVMe SSD work fine)
Built-in SD card reader (Didn't looked into it, people say it's not working and never will)
Fingerprint is detected but it is useless, ~~so I decided to disable that port~~ found NoTouchID kext (I got shitloads of BiometricKit errors without it)

What was not tested

HDMI

What must be done

Replace Wi-Fi module
- I ordered DW1560
Replace SSD
- Samsung SSD are cheap&nice
Follow my guide

About this guide

I'm just sharing my success in hackintoshing this laptop, I seen many people just not buying latest model of this laptop because it just don't tested by anyone. Now I can say that it's working just fine and I'm glad that gamble paid off.

Also, my first language is Russian so I'm sorry if some things are not clear enough.

Updating BIOS to the latest version and BIOS configuration

Install latest BIOS with fixes for your laptop, it can be found in "Support" tab on official Acer website.

Once the update is done, go in your BIOS setup. For my model, I must presse F2 at boot. Press F9 to reset default settings. Enable "F12 Boot Menu" in Main tab. Set Supervisor Password in Security tab. Disable "Secure Boot" in Boot tab. Also, disable VT-d in BIOS settings. Save changes.

Create bootable USB

Next, you'll need to make a bootable USB drive with macOS installer. There are plenty of methods, the one of popular ones is UniBeast, but it required internet connection on install when I wasn't able to do something (I don't have compatible Wi-Fi card or RJ45 dongle atm). So, I decided to prepare Installer with "createinstallmedia" method. You may check it here, but in short, you need to format your flash drive to GUID partition table and FS HFS+, download latest installer from Mac App Store and write your flash drive by that command

Code (Text):

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/*YOUR FLASH DRIVE NAME* --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app

Easy install (for newbs, only for laptops without NVidia GPU):

Just download my EFI folder at the end of this message
Mount EFI partition of your flash drive
Copy EFI folder to the flash drive.
Boot from flash drive > install > reboot
Boot from flash drive and select SSD partition.
Setup macOS
Mount EFI partition on SSD
Copy EFI folder there.
Eject flash drive, reboot.

All should be fine

Details (not for noobs and for interested ones):

Install clover to the flash drive. Add this kexts in the flash drive's EFI partition in folder EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other.
Add the following kexts:

VirtualSMC
VoodooPS2Controller
- https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller
- I encountered a problem with later versions of this kext, 1.9+ versions leads to KP on my side, so I installed old one. The most strange thing is that panic is omitted when using "Don't reboot on panic", and all works fine. I need to have a conversation with RehabMan about that. For now, no palm rejection as old kext needed

Download other kexts, config.plist and other useful apps for post-install purposes

On your flash drive, create a folder named "Post-Install". In that folder, copy the following files and applications :

Clover kexts

ACPIBatteryManager.kext obviously for battery
AppleALC.kext for sound (use release version)
- We got ALC255, so with layout 3 all seems to work fine, you may try also 13, 17, 27 or 28
CodecCommander.kext for sound after sleep
- I had to mod it a bit to make audio work after sleep. I changed
  Code:
```
ALC283,etc
```
  section like this:
  Code:
```
<key>Perform Reset</key>
[*]<true/>
[*]<key>Send Delay</key>
[*]<integer>300</integer>
```
Modded VoodooI2C and VoodooI2CHID for trackpad. Big thanks to stevezhengshiqi and goodwin to make it work under Mojave.
- TRACKPAD IS FREAKING LOVELY! Works just like MacBook's in terms of gestures, using MagicTrackpad 2 simulation
Lilu.kext needed for live system patching
WhateverGreen for graphics

Apps

Clover EFI bootloader
Clover Configurator (not recommended to use it, nice for newbies anyway)
MaciASL
Karabiner-Elements (optional)

Base config.plist

I downloaded one from stevezhengshiqi for Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro because I'm just too lazy to make it up from the ground, and as the hardware is really have a lot in common it works with some small modifications

Additional Clover files

~~You may need to download apfs.efi and HFSPlus.efi, it depends on your Clover installer. For being safe I recommend to search it and download latest files too, just in case.~~ ApfsEfiLoader.efi is preferable way to do this.

Once all this is downloaded and copied to your flash drive, reboot the laptop.

Installation

You must press F12 for this Acer laptop at boot to select USB flash drive. I plugged the flash drive in the USB3 port.
When the installation is over and the laptop reboots, it will probably give you an error at boot (Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed). Select OK and, again, boot on your USB flash drive. At Clover bootloader, choose to boot on your new macOS drive. This step is normal because there is no Clover bootloader yet on your SSD. Keep in mind this step because if you have problems booting from your SSD in the future, this could be handy.

Allow apps downloaded from Anywhere and other useful configurations

In Terminal, type the following :
Code (Text):
sudo spctl --master-disable
In Finder>Preferences>General>Select to show hard disks on the desktop

It just speeds up the configuration. You can put it back as it was after this guide.

Clover EFI bootloader installation

Install Clover

Choose your High Sierra drive as destination
Select the following in the customize installation
- Install for UEFI booting only
- Install Clover in the ESP
- Drivers64UEFI/AptioMemoryFix-64
Click Install

Copy files to EFI partition

After the Clover installation, a new volume named EFI will be on the desktop and in Finder. Copy the files and apps from your USB flash drive to the following locations :

In EFI Volume, EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other
- All kexts you downloaded.
In EFI Volume, EFI/CLOVER
- Replace config.plist with the one on your USB flash drive.
In EFI volume, EFI/CLOVER/Drivers64UEFI
- Look for apfsEfiLoader.efi. If there is no one, you wouldn't able to find your macOS partition and boot.

Configure config.plist in Clover Configurator

Copy Clover Configurator in Applications
Open EFI/CLOVER/config.plist (it should open in Clover Configurator)
- Config your boot volume
SMBIOS
- I used MacBookPro15,2 SMBIOS, but it works only on Mojave. You may want to leave it 14,1 if you want to install macOS High Sierra
I additionally added "abm_firstpolldelay=10000" flag to boot options for ACPIBatteryManager, because with stock value battery indicator freezes sometimes. I can't be sure I did it right but after that my battery indicator works as it should. Don't enable if you're fine with stock one.
Also I added Audio Injection Layout 3 in Devices tab, as without it audio is not working.

SSDT Hotpatching

Well, I don't want to reinvent bicycle, so I just took most of the patches from RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config patches folder. I took this files:

Code:

SSDT-ALS0

SSDT-GPRW

SSDT-PMCR

SSDT-PNLF

SSDT-PTSWAK

SSDT-RMCF

Also, I did a SSDT patch for making trackpad work, it's based on

Old DSDT Guide (not preffered)

Reboot the laptop. At Clover boot screen press F4. This will dump files in EFI/Clover/ACPI/origin.
Boot into macOS
Mount your EFI drive in Clover Configurator
Copy DSDT.aml and all SSDT*.aml from EFI/Clover/ACPI/origin to a new folder named DSDT on your desktop.
Copy MaciASL from your USB flash drive to Applications

The guide talks about duplicate SSDTs and comparing their size. I have two SSDTs with the same size but not the same content so there will be no problems later on.

In Terminal:

Code:

git clone https://github.com/RehabMan/Intel-iasl.git iasl.git

It should ask you to install git. Install git.

Code:

git clone https://github.com/RehabMan/Intel-iasl.git iasl.git

Yes, you must do it again.

Code:
```
cd iasl.git
```
Code:
```
make
```
Code:
```
sudo make install
```

Code:

sudo cp /usr/bin/iasl /Applications/MaciASL.app/Contents/MacOS/iasl61

Code:
```
cd *drag and drop your DSDT folder*
```
- This will put you back to DSDT folder
Code:
```
iasl -da -dl *.aml
```

Open MaciASL
- In preferences, sources tab
- Add RehabMan's Laptop Patches
  - Site : http://raw.github.com/RehabMan/Laptop-DSDT-Patch/master
- Add VoodooI2C patch repo (needed for touchpad)
  - https://github.com/alexandred/VoodooI2C-Patches
Open all of your dsl files from your DSDT folder.

You should have pretty much the same files as me if you have the same laptop.

For DSDT.dsl, wait for the file to load completely
- Search and Replace all "GFX0" for "IGPU"
- Search and Replace all "HDAS" for "HDEF"
- Apply Brightness fix patch
- Apply VoodooI2C GPIO Patch and Windows 10 Patch
- Find your touchpad device (mine was TPL1), scroll to _INI section and replace
- Code:
```
If (LEqual (SDM1, Zero))
[*]                {
[*]                    SHPO (GPLI, One)
[*]                }
[*]
```
  to
- Code:
```
SHPO (GPLI, One)
[*]
```
- I.e delete If condition so it would load in any case
- Additionally I had to add
  Code:
```
\_SB.PCI0.I2C1.TPL1._INI ()
```
  to _WAK method to make touchpad work after sleep
- Compile and if no errors, save the file as AML file (replace if needed).
- I also applied some generic patches like "HPET patch" they can't harm but I don't sure is it needed, so I applied it and it's just working fine, it's up to you.
For every other .dsl
- Search and Replace all "GFX0" for "IGPU"
- Compile and if no errors, save the file as AML file (replace if needed)
Copy ONLY EDITED (don't copy if you didn't replace anything) files from DSDT folder to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched

Optimize

Kexts
- In /ESP/EFI/CLOVER/Kexts/Other/VoodooPS2Controller/Contents/Plugins delete mouse and trackpad kexts, because it may interrupt VoodooI2C.
config.plist
- You may delete all DSDT patches related to Nvidia if your laptop have only Intel GPU.
- You may change boot entries, timeout and add additional boot args if you want.

Reboot

In System Preferences, Display, you should now see the Brightness slider. You may remap brightness change to F10-F11 as did I, anyway you can't use stock brightness shortcut without Karabiner.

Fn Keyboard Shortcuts (same as on Windows)

F3 : Disconnect from your wireless network. Pressing it again won't connect you back. You'll have to manually reselect your wireless network.
F4 : Put laptop to sleep
F5 : Switch between displays (when you have another monitor)
F6 : Disable/Enable main display
F7 : Disable/Enable trackpad
F9 : Disable/Enable keyboard's backlight
Up/Down: Volume

Messages and Facetime fix

The simplest guide I found was the one here : https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/simple-imessage-guide-for-yosemite-and-el-capitan.186276/

P.S

I can be wrong! Maybe I forgot something writing the guide, maybe something is not right at all, please correct me if you found an error.

Credits:

Apple for macOS

Acer for the laptop

RehabMan for great guides and useful files

alex.daoud for VoodooI2C kext and hints for making it work with the trackpad.

stevezhengshiqi for making great repository for Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro, I took a lot of things from this.

ioreknanou for making guide for older model, this one is edit of this

Other Useful Links

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312759-fix-macos-sierra-dp1-bcm94532z-wifi/

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-patching-dsdt-ssdt-for-laptop-backlight-control.152659/

Tacchan · Oct 1, 2018

PavelIT said:
macOS 10.14.0 Mojave on Acer Swift 3 SF315-51-518S

Hi there! I got my laptop 5 days ago (SF315-51-518S) and my first idea was to install macOS on it, so... That happened and now I wanna share things I did with tonymacx86!

Specs

CPU : Intel Core i5-8250U (Kabylake-R)

Graphics : Intel UHD 620

RAM : 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz (non-replaceable)

SSD : 256 GB Intel 600p series (SSDPEKKW256G7) (M.2 2280 NVMe, SHOULD BE REPLACED, bugs under macOS as freezes KP, etc., I have Samsung EVO 970)

Screen : 15-inch 1920 x 1080 IPS with glass

Ports : 1xUSB 3.1 Gen-1 Type-C, 2xUSB 3.0, 1xUSB 2.0, 1xHDMI (full-size), 1xAudio jack

Wifi/Bluetooth : Intel AC-7265, (M.2 NGFF, should be replaced, not supported under macOS. I have BCM94352Z)

Audio : ALC255 (ven id:10ec, dev id:0255)

SD Card Reader : Realtek USB2.0-CRW (ven id:0bda, dev id:0129)

Back-lit keyboard

I2C Trackpad + PS2 keyboard (why?)

What is working

Graphics

Audio

Speakers, headphones and internal mic (layout id: 3, patched CodecCommander needed)

Built-in Bluetooth

Keyboard

Backlit is fine

Trackpad

USB

Webcam

PhotoBooth works fine

Sleep/Wake

Lid also working

To my knowledge, no weird things after sleep/wake

If you disable the wifi with Acer's keyboard shortcut (Fn+F3) and go to sleep, wifi won't be able to be enabled. You'll have to reboot the laptop.

At least 6 hours battery life

Tested with 10.13.4 (max brightness, 720p on safari, USB wifi dongle)

Pretty much everything else except things in not working list below

What is NOT working

Built-in Wifi

Must be replaced (My choice is BCM94352Z)

Built-in SSD causes awful lags

Must be replaced (Samsung NVMe SSD work fine)

Built-in SD card reader (Didn't looked into it, people say it's not working and never will)

Fingerprint is detected but it is useless, ~~so I decided to disable that port~~ found NoTouchID kext (I got loads of BiometricKit errors without it)

What was not tested

HDMI

What must be done

Replace Wi-Fi module

I ordered DW1560

Replace SSD

Samsung SSD are cheap&nice

Follow my guide

About this guide

I'm just sharing my success in hackintoshing this laptop, I seen many people just not buying latest model of this laptop because it just don't tested by anyone. Now I can say that it's working just fine and I'm glad that gamble paid off.

Also, my first language is Russian so I'm sorry if some things are not clear enough.

Updating BIOS to the latest version and BIOS configuration

Install latest BIOS with fixes for your laptop, it can be found in "Support" tab on official Acer website.

Once the update is done, go in your BIOS setup. For my model, I must presse F2 at boot. Press F9 to reset default settings. Enable "F12 Boot Menu" in Main tab. Set Supervisor Password in Security tab. Disable "Secure Boot" in Boot tab. Also, disable VT-d in BIOS settings. Save changes.

Create bootable USB

Next, you'll need to make a bootable USB drive with macOS installer. There are plenty of methods, the one of popular ones is UniBeast, but it required internet connection on install when I wasn't able to do something (I don't have compatible Wi-Fi card or RJ45 dongle atm). So, I decided to prepare Installer with "createinstallmedia" method. You may check it here, but in short, you need to format your flash drive to GUID partition table and FS HFS+, download latest installer from Mac App Store and write your flash drive by that command

Code (Text):

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/*YOUR FLASH DRIVE NAME* --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app

Easy install (for newbs, only for laptops without NVidia GPU):

Just download my EFI folder at the end of this message

Mount EFI partition of your flash drive

Copy EFI folder to the flash drive.

Boot from flash drive > install > reboot

Boot from flash drive and select SSD partition.

Setup macOS

Mount EFI partition on SSD

Copy EFI folder there.

Eject flash drive, reboot.

All should be fine

Details (not for noobs and for interested ones):

Install clover to the flash drive. Add this kexts in the flash drive's EFI partition in folder EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other.
Add the following kexts:

VirtualSMC

VoodooPS2Controller

https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller

I encountered a problem with later versions of this kext, 1.9+ versions leads to KP on my side, so I installed old one. The most strange thing is that panic is omitted when using "Don't reboot on panic", and all works fine. I need to have a conversation with RehabMan about that. For now, no palm rejection as old kext needed

Download other kexts, config.plist and other useful apps for post-install purposes

On your flash drive, create a folder named "Post-Install". In that folder, copy the following files and applications :

Clover kexts

ACPIBatteryManager.kext obviously for battery

AppleALC.kext for sound (use release version)

We got ALC255, so with layout 3 all seems to work fine, you may try also 13, 17, 27 or 28

CodecCommander.kext for sound after sleep

I had to mod it a bit to make audio work after sleep. I changed

Code:

ALC283,etc

section like this:

Code:

<key>Perform Reset</key> [*]<true/> [*]<key>Send Delay</key> [*]<integer>300</integer>

Modded VoodooI2C and VoodooI2CHID for trackpad. Big thanks to stevezhengshiqi and goodwin to make it work under Mojave.

TRACKPAD IS FREAKING LOVELY! Works just like MacBook's in terms of gestures, using MagicTrackpad 2 simulation

Lilu.kext needed for live system patching

WhateverGreen for graphics

Apps

Clover EFI bootloader

Clover Configurator (not recommended to use it, nice for newbies anyway)

MaciASL

Karabiner-Elements (optional)

Base config.plist

I downloaded one from stevezhengshiqi for Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro because I'm just too lazy to make it up from the ground, and as the hardware is really have a lot in common it works with some small modifications

Additional Clover files

~~You may need to download apfs.efi and HFSPlus.efi, it depends on your Clover installer. For being safe I recommend to search it and download latest files too, just in case.~~ ApfsEfiLoader.efi is preferable way to do this.

Once all this is downloaded and copied to your flash drive, reboot the laptop.

Installation

You must press F12 for this Acer laptop at boot to select USB flash drive. I plugged the flash drive in the USB3 port.

When the installation is over and the laptop reboots, it will probably give you an error at boot (Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed). Select OK and, again, boot on your USB flash drive. At Clover bootloader, choose to boot on your new macOS drive. This step is normal because there is no Clover bootloader yet on your SSD. Keep in mind this step because if you have problems booting from your SSD in the future, this could be handy.

Allow apps downloaded from Anywhere and other useful configurations

In Terminal, type the following :

Code (Text):

sudo spctl --master-disable

In Finder>Preferences>General>Select to show hard disks on the desktop

It just speeds up the configuration. You can put it back as it was after this guide.

Clover EFI bootloader installation

Install Clover

Choose your High Sierra drive as destination

Select the following in the customize installation

Install for UEFI booting only

Install Clover in the ESP

Drivers64UEFI/AptioMemoryFix-64

Click Install

Copy files to EFI partition

After the Clover installation, a new volume named EFI will be on the desktop and in Finder. Copy the files and apps from your USB flash drive to the following locations :

In EFI Volume, EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other

All kexts you downloaded.

In EFI Volume, EFI/CLOVER

Replace config.plist with the one on your USB flash drive.

In EFI volume, EFI/CLOVER/Drivers64UEFI

Look for apfsEfiLoader.efi. If there is no one, you wouldn't able to find your macOS partition and boot.

Configure config.plist in Clover Configurator

Copy Clover Configurator in Applications

Open EFI/CLOVER/config.plist (it should open in Clover Configurator)

Config your boot volume

SMBIOS

I used MacBookPro15,2 SMBIOS, but it works only on Mojave. You may want to leave it 14,1 if you want to install macOS High Sierra

I additionally added "abm_firstpolldelay=10000" flag to boot options for ACPIBatteryManager, because with stock value battery indicator freezes sometimes. I can't be sure I did it right but after that my battery indicator works as it should. Don't enable if you're fine with stock one.

Also I added Audio Injection Layout 3 in Devices tab, as without it audio is not working.

SSDT Hotpatching

Well, I don't want to reinvent bicycle, so I just took most of the patches from RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config patches folder. I took this files:

Code:

SSDT-ALS0 SSDT-GPRW SSDT-PMCR SSDT-PNLF SSDT-PTSWAK SSDT-RMCF

Also, I did a SSDT patch for making trackpad work, it's based on

Old DSDT Guide (not preffered)

Reboot the laptop. At Clover boot screen press F4. This will dump files in EFI/Clover/ACPI/origin.

Boot into macOS

Mount your EFI drive in Clover Configurator

Copy DSDT.aml and all SSDT*.aml from EFI/Clover/ACPI/origin to a new folder named DSDT on your desktop.

Copy MaciASL from your USB flash drive to Applications

The guide talks about duplicate SSDTs and comparing their size. I have two SSDTs with the same size but not the same content so there will be no problems later on.

In Terminal:

Code:

git clone https://github.com/RehabMan/Intel-iasl.git iasl.git

It should ask you to install git. Install git.

Code:

git clone https://github.com/RehabMan/Intel-iasl.git iasl.git

Yes, you must do it again.

Code:

cd iasl.git

Code:

make

Code:

sudo make install

Code:

sudo cp /usr/bin/iasl /Applications/MaciASL.app/Contents/MacOS/iasl61

Code:

cd *drag and drop your DSDT folder*

This will put you back to DSDT folder

Code:

iasl -da -dl *.aml

Open MaciASL

In preferences, sources tab

Add RehabMan's Laptop Patches

Site : http://raw.github.com/RehabMan/Laptop-DSDT-Patch/master

Add VoodooI2C patch repo (needed for touchpad)

https://github.com/alexandred/VoodooI2C-Patches

Open all of your dsl files from your DSDT folder.

You should have pretty much the same files as me if you have the same laptop.

For DSDT.dsl, wait for the file to load completely

Search and Replace all "GFX0" for "IGPU"

Search and Replace all "HDAS" for "HDEF"

Apply Brightness fix patch

Apply VoodooI2C GPIO Patch and Windows 10 Patch

Find your touchpad device (mine was TPL1), scroll to _INI section and replace

Code:

If (LEqual (SDM1, Zero)) [*] { [*] SHPO (GPLI, One) [*] } [*]

to

Code:

SHPO (GPLI, One) [*]

I.e delete If condition so it would load in any case

Additionally I had to add

Code:

\_SB.PCI0.I2C1.TPL1._INI ()

to _WAK method to make touchpad work after sleep

Compile and if no errors, save the file as AML file (replace if needed).

I also applied some generic patches like "HPET patch" they can't harm but I don't sure is it needed, so I applied it and it's just working fine, it's up to you.

For every other .dsl

Search and Replace all "GFX0" for "IGPU"

Compile and if no errors, save the file as AML file (replace if needed)

Copy ONLY EDITED (don't copy if you didn't replace anything) files from DSDT folder to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched

Optimize

Kexts

In /ESP/EFI/CLOVER/Kexts/Other/VoodooPS2Controller/Contents/Plugins delete mouse and trackpad kexts, because it may interrupt VoodooI2C.

config.plist

You may delete all DSDT patches related to Nvidia if your laptop have only Intel GPU.

You may change boot entries, timeout and add additional boot args if you want.

Reboot

In System Preferences, Display, you should now see the Brightness slider. You may remap brightness change to F10-F11 as did I, anyway you can't use stock brightness shortcut without Karabiner.

Fn Keyboard Shortcuts (same as on Windows)

F3 : Disconnect from your wireless network. Pressing it again won't connect you back. You'll have to manually reselect your wireless network.

F4 : Put laptop to sleep

F5 : Switch between displays (when you have another monitor)

F6 : Disable/Enable main display

F7 : Disable/Enable trackpad

F9 : Disable/Enable keyboard's backlight

Up/Down: Volume

Messages and Facetime fix

The simplest guide I found was the one here : https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/simple-imessage-guide-for-yosemite-and-el-capitan.186276/

P.S

I can be wrong! Maybe I forgot something writing the guide, maybe something is not right at all, please correct me if you found an error.

Credits:

Apple for macOS

Acer for the laptop

RehabMan for great guides and useful files

alex.daoud for VoodooI2C kext and hints for making it work with the trackpad.

stevezhengshiqi for making great repository for Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro, I took a lot of things from this.

ioreknanou for making guide for older model, this one is edit of this

Other Useful Links

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312759-fix-macos-sierra-dp1-bcm94532z-wifi/

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-patching-dsdt-ssdt-for-laptop-backlight-control.152659/

It works PERFECTLY! Oh my God, never ever experienced a similar experience on an hackintosh!
Thank you SO much.

Ps. Let's talk about how SMOOTH the trackpad experience is now??

hotscoop · Oct 4, 2018

I have the Nvidia version of the laptop what are some things I need to know

RehabMan · Oct 5, 2018

hotscoop said:
I have the Nvidia version of the laptop what are some things I need to know

Read the FAQ regarding dual GPU/Nvidia Optimus:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.html

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