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[GUIDE] DELL Optiplex 3020 Tower Mac OS X Mojave (Budget iMac Build)
Image Credits: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...plex-7010-9010-desktop-pc-revision-ii.251736/
Introduction: I have recently completed installing Mac OS Mojave on to a Mini Tower Dell Optiplex 3020. This is a quick and hopefully simple guide for you to create your own. It took me over 3 days of forum and guide searching and hardware swapping since there a no guides out there that give clear instructions of how to do this.
Recommendation: Optiplex 3020 makes a very cheap well performing Hackintosh. It cost's around $120 on eBay (+$20 for SSD which I would highly recommend).
Additionally I have learned that the Nvidia GT 710 is natively supported on this build, so if you wish you can add this GPU (and probably any of the Kepler gen cards) to speed up PC or do some very light gaming.
+$40 for GT 710
Instructions:
Before you begin! if you are using the built in HD4600 graphics make sure your monitor connection is using display port. Apple dropped support for VGA a while ago and your hackintosh will not work.
Step 1: Creating Mojave USB Installer
The first step is to create a bootable usb installer for your hackintosh. For this build we will be using UniBeast, a very easy tool to use. To do this get a USB flash drive with a capacity of 16GB or more. (I used 32GB.) Once you have plugged your USB drive in, go to Launchpad and type Disk Utility, press enter. Then click erase on your flash drive (make sure you have backed up any data you wish to keep). Title it however you'd like (it will be changed later) and Mac OS Extended Journaled and GUID.
The second step is to download the Mac OS installer app. Link: Get macOS Mojave (NOTE: You will need to have an Apple computer already to install the app, note that apple prevents downgrading from Mojave and above hence you will not be able to download this app if your apple computer already has Mojave or Catalina Installed. Here is a helpful guide to downgrade your existing apple computer enough to obtain the installer app: https://macpaw.com/how-to/downgrade-from-mojave
After you have finished downloading the installer. Make sure you have an icon like this in your applications folder. Next right click the icon, press "Get Info" and make sure it is above 5Gb (top left). If you get an installer that is around 22MB this will not work. Use this link to see how to get full version. http://osxdaily.com/2018/09/29/download-full-macos-mojave-installer/
After you finish downloading you will get a popup with a button that says continue. Close the app by going up to top left, click on the app name and click quit application.
Next you will want to download UniBeast for Mojave from tonymacx86.org. Link: https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/unibeast-9-2-0-mojave.426/.
Double click the installer click "continue" a few times and "agree". Next click on your USB as the location, then Mojave app, then UEFI. Don't check any of the boxes unless you are using a graphics card (Normally Must be AMD Brand but there are some exceptions. Search for Mojave Hackintosh GPU compatibility if your interested) in your hackintosh. For this build we are using the integrated HD 4600 on the cpu (no drivers necessary). In the end your screen should look like this:
Step 2: Editing EFI Partition
Download:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SNzuPE2_pzjmIGvqe46YzXQ0OfVTXrHx/view?usp=sharing
Now you are ready to edit the EFI Partition. First Download the zip file "EFI FOLDER OPTIPLEX 3020". Double click on the "EFI" Drive on your Desktop. Open the folder "EFI" and then "Clover". Go to ACPI -> Patched. Do the same on the EFI Folder Optiplex 3020. Now delete the existing .aml file(s) on your EFi Drive and replace it with the ones from the downloaded folder. Now go back to Clover, then to "Drivers64EUFI". (It might just be called "Drivers64" on your device.) Do the same on the downloaded folder. Delete existing files and replace them with the ones on the downloaded folder. Now go back to clover and go to "Kexts" and then to "Other". Do the same on downloaded folder. Delete existing .kexts from drive and replace them with ones from the downloaded folder. Finally go back to clover on both folders, and delete the config.plist on your drive and replace it with the one from the downloaded folder. Your EFI Drive should now look identical to the EFI Folder you downloaded.
Now eject the drive (hit eject all when prompted).
Step 3: Installing Mac OS on to Optiplex 3020
Now plug the USB drive into one of the front ports on your Optiplex PC. (I used the Mini Tower version, this should work on all form factors in theory- however, I have not tried it on any other form factors). Power on the Optiplex and hit the F2 key repeatedly until you are in the BIOS. Go to General -> Drives and check the boot in UEFI mode. Then click apply. The click Load Defaults, Yes, and restart your PC. Now when it boots hit the F12 key until you see a boot menu. Find your flash drive under UEFI and press enter on it. If you did everything correctly a menu should pop op with a Clover on it. Press space on the selected drive (should be "Install Mac OS from Install Mac OS."). Then press space and press enter to check the box next to "verbose -v", click down arrow and press enter. Now press "enter" on the drive icon. This Part will take a while and you will see a bunch of text scroll by on the screen. This means it's working. You will then see a menu like this:
Click on "Disk Utility" find your hard drive (Hopefully an SSD) make sure it is the right one by looking at the storage capacity. Now click erase and title it what you would like. (I titled it Hackintosh HD) Now click done and click on the red x to go back to the menu.
Step 4: Configuring your PC for Mac OS.
The first thing to do when you get into Mac OS is click on launchpad (bottom left rocket icon) and type "terminal". Open terminal and type:
Code:
sudo spctl --master-disable
Close the terminal window and Download the Clover Bootloader:
Click continue on the installer until you get to "change location" Make sure to select your Hackintosh Hard Drive. Do not press continue. Instead click customize. Then Check 'Clover for UEFI booting only and Check Install clover in the ESP. Now go to the drop down menu of UEFI Drivers and check the following: AudioDxe DataHubDxe FSInject SMCHelp VBoxHfs ApfsDriverLoader AptioMemoryFix EmuVariableUefi OsxAptopFixDrv and PartitionDxe. In the end your bootloader will look like this:
Click "install". When the process is complete you may exit the clover bootloader.
Next, we need to install the Kext Files from our EFI Folder to Our Hackintosh.
First, select all the kexts in the "other" forlder of your EFI Drive. Right click and select copy items. Paste these kexts on to your desktop.
We will now install these in two places. First, download KextBeast https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/kextbeast-2-0-2.399/
[EDIT: The Following Step is not necessary, KextBeast rebuilds the caches automatically. I will keep this step in for those interested]
Next we need to rebuild the kernel caches. To do this download "KextUtility" https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1FRw16nzMHyjToINSqhFsZsFCpqC-3zfI
Simply run the kextutility app. DO NOT Drag and drop anything in the windows as it suggests. Let it run until you see a quit button and text saying the process is complete. This could take a while.
Next you will need to copy and paste all the kexts on your desktop to the Hard Drive EFI Folder.
Go to Finder preferences and check "hard disks".
Note that this is different from your usb drive EFI folder. To access the Hard Drive EFI Folder you will need a tool called EFI Mounter v3: https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/efi-mounter-v3.280/
Run this tool, click allow, select the disk (usually disk1 or disk2 not 0). Click mount. If you chose the right disk a drive called "EFI" Will pop-up on your desktop. This drive will have the same icon as your internal hard drive.
If you are using a dedicated AMD or NVIDIA Graphics card now is the time to install the web drivers for those cards.
You man now eject the flashdrive and reboot your pc. On the clover boot-loader select "boot Mac OS from Hard drive."
Step 5: iCloud Setup
If you do not want to link your iCloud to this Hackintosh (yes, it's safe to do), you can consider your new Hackintosh all setup.
Install the latest Clover configurator from here: https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/clover-configurator.429/
Once again mount the EFI Partition as in Step 4. This time right click the config.plist and select open with clover configurator. Now go to Rt Variables and use In the Rt Variables section - From the ROM dropdown list select UseMacAddr0
Then go to the SMBios and do the following: (select iMac 15,1 under "Select SMBios")
Then Click Check Coverage (lower right) Enter the Serial number you got (under system). Put it into the serial number box and enter the ReCaptcha. If Apple says "serial number isn't valid" that means you can use your iCloud! If it brings up an image of an iMac go back to the Clover configurator and click generate new (also click generate new smUUID a few times after you have found a working serial number.
Go to file > Save and close the Configurator.
Now your all set up with your Hackintosh!
Please comment if this was helpful for you or if something didn't work. I will edit this tutorial when I receive my dedicated AMD GPU.
Thanks!
Again, some of the images used were taken from a similar guide for Optiplex 10 series. (Please note this guide will not work for 10 series, as neither will the 10 series guide for this one) https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...plex-7010-9010-desktop-pc-revision-ii.251736/
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