[Guide] Dell Inspiron 13 5378 (2-in-1) - MacOS 10.12.6

[heistsj]

Thanks for the advice. I thought it would work given that krosseyed had gotten the 5378 working.

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks for the advice. I thought it would work given that krosseyed had gotten the 5378 working.

You two should compare notes.

 

[heistsj]

Good point!

Actually, if anyone that has a 5378 with a working touchscreen and 10.12.6 I would be interested to hear what they've done. Thanks in advance all!

I'm using the framebuffer hack rather than modifying my BIOS like krosseyed. I wonder if that hack is potentially causing me the issue.

 

[BhAvZzZ]

Heistsj, the touchscreen is working on my 5379, but I haven’t been able to boot without safe mode as yet. Still need to get the clover installed on the drive properly.

 

[heistsj]

What did you do to get the touchscreen working? And, did you modify your BIOS as was recommended by krosseyed? I don't think that's the issue though.

 

[BhAvZzZ]

Nothing different to what the guide says. But I haven’t been able to try getting the system to boot off the disk. I have to boot from my usb to just get into the os.

 

[XxTrippyNinjaxX]

Also got myself Dell Inspiron 13 5379, and got it running without using this guide.
I wonder if I should create another thread/guide for 5379, or if this guide covers both 5378 and 5379

I'm thinking about buying this model. Does it run smoothly and with little incompatibilities?

 

[dmitry_matora]

I'm thinking about buying this model. Does it run smoothly and with little incompatibilities?

After using it for a few weeks I've discovered some issues
- I keep getting black screen on waking from lid opening
- no brightness key are working
- and external monitor waking take about 30 seconds
I'm gonna follow this guide and see if it fixes it

 

[XxTrippyNinjaxX]

After using it for a few weeks I've discovered some issues
- I keep getting black screen on waking from lid opening
- no brightness key are working
- and external monitor waking take about 30 seconds
I'm gonna follow this guide and see if it fixes it

Was the install of macOS similar to this guide?

 

[dmitry_matora]

Was the install of macOS similar to this guide?

Hardware behaviour has nothing to do with the way you install macOS, it's defined by bootloader configuration, which is obviously different