[Guide] Dell XPS 13 9360 on MacOS Sierra 10.12.x - LTS (Long-Term Support) Guide

[imEgo]

Do as this guide(https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...etting-dvmt-in-insydeh20-bios-laptops.165104/) to patch DVMT, but Universal IFR Extractor can not recognize the rom file, protocol is unknown...

 

[ccarrieta]

So I manage to patch the DVMT without killing my laptop : ) ... I also downloaded OSX sierra 10.12.3 and created the USB boot disk using my mac.. This is where I need some help.. All those patches in the guide including the DSDT patches are done before or after the installation ?

 

[RehabMan]

So I manage to patch the DVMT without killing my laptop : ) ... I also downloaded OSX sierra 10.12.3 and created the USB boot disk using my mac.. This is where I need some help.. All those patches in the guide including the DSDT patches are done before or after the installation ?

ACPI patching is a post-install task.

 

[bozma88]

Small follow-up to the SATA drive swap.
I notice greatly (20%) improved battery life with the SATA drive, with no discernible speed difference.
The bottom lid stays completely cold.
If you want to swap your drive for a bigger one, definitely go with a SATA one.
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 is a good choice.

I think that we have ironed-out all the small issues of the 10.12.5 hot-patching assets, so I'll update the main guide in a few days.

EDIT:
10.12.6 is out, so we'll skip 10.12.5 and go directly to 10.12.6!

 

[jkbuha]

Looks like you're going to 'force' me into upgrading my SSD... for a very important cause obviously

I had my eyes on this one... shame it's not SATA
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/63g/Samsung-M-2-2280-Express-NVMe-Solid-State-Drive/B01M7P06DY/

Does anyone know of a 1TB SATA M.2 SSD?

UPDATE - Found a few actually, around the 200-300 mark.

 

[bozma88]

Looks like you're going to 'force' me into upgrading my SSD... for a very important cause obviously

I had my eyes on this one... shame it's not SATA
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/63g/Samsung-M-2-2280-Express-NVMe-Solid-State-Drive/B01M7P06DY/

Does anyone know of a 1TB SATA M.2 SSD?

850 evo comes in 1tb too.

 

[bozma88]

Looks like you're going to 'force' me into upgrading my SSD... for a very important cause obviously

I had my eyes on this one... shame it's not SATA
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/63g/Samsung-M-2-2280-Express-NVMe-Solid-State-Drive/B01M7P06DY/

Does anyone know of a 1TB SATA M.2 SSD?

Also remember that we have 2 of 4 active PCI lanes, so the 960 is not going to perform up to specs.

 

[ccarrieta]

do I need to replace any of the kext files in the created CLOVER folder with the ones in the zip file ?

 

[bozma88]

do I need to replace any of the kext files in the created CLOVER folder with the ones in the zip file ?

Yes.

 

[ccarrieta]

thanks bozma sorry for the question in your zip file there is a EFI folder an a EFI BASIC install folder which one should replace the EFI folder in the boot disk ? Basically what I am doing is installing clover into the boot disk that has two partitions one for clover and the other for the OSX installer. I am installing clover into the clover partition and then replacing the contents of the EFI folder with the contents of your zip file.