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

[jkbuha]

In Cloverconfigurator in SMBIOS generate new serial and a new SmUUID and in Rt Variables check "from SMBIOS" and generate ROM.
I had same problem as you but this solved it

More specifically, don't use the UseMacAddr0 field for ROM in Clover anymore, but generate your own ROM value (either from your wifi mac address or randomly).

A few weeks back Apple made a change to their servers that places more rigorous checks on the ROM field. I got caught out by this as well, took me ages to figure out that a bug in this machine makes CLOVER set the ROM value to 00000000, which until recently went unnoticed by Apple.

 

[rikof1]

I have a 9360 and ordered a WD Blue 1TB because I saw in the first post a SATA III would be better than NVME. But after reading what you guys are recommending now, WD Black... I'm kinda worried if I did the right choice. WD Blue or Black if my main objective is more battery life?

 

[jkbuha]

I have a 9360 and ordered a WD Blue 1TB because I saw in the first post a SATA III would be better than NVME. But after reading what you guys are recommending now, WD Black... I'm kinda worried if I did the right choice. WD Blue or Black if my main objective is more battery life?

Good choice. WD Blue is excellent for battery life. I have the 2TB version on one 9360 and a 2TB NVMe on another. There's about 8-12% battery life difference, roughly the same gains with proper undervolting.

 

[rikof1]

Good choice. WD Blue is excellent for battery life. I have the 2TB version on one 9360 and a 2TB NVMe on another. There's about 8-12% battery life difference, roughly the same gains with proper undervolting.

On the WD Blue did you have to format it to 4k sectors?

 

[jkbuha]

On the WD Blue did you have to format it to 4k sectors?

Yes, 4k is the best solution for modern SSDs. There are quite a few guides out there detailing how to format it to 4k, best way is to use Linux.

 

[moenchp]

I successfully got 10.15.4 running on my i5 8GB RAM XPS 3960 running. I still have 2 newbie questions:
- How to disable the boot chime? Tried changing clover and nvram SystemAudioVolume without success.
- I could not get sleep working. Followed https://markperez.dev/blog/install-macos-mojave-xps-13-9360/ but my XPS does not wake up after sleep.
Thank you for your guidance.

 

[rikof1]

I successfully got 10.15.4 running on my i5 8GB RAM XPS 3960 running. I still have 2 newbie questions:
- How to disable the boot chime? Tried changing clover and nvram SystemAudioVolume without success.
- I could not get sleep working. Followed https://markperez.dev/blog/install-macos-mojave-xps-13-9360/ but my XPS does not wake up after sleep.
Thank you for your guidance.

Check this

Btw, may I ask, did you use darkvoids EFI or you made your own? I have the i5 8250u and with his EFI I could not boot into macOS, however yesterday I did with my own settings on OpenCore however most hardware was not working properly.

 

[moenchp]

Check this

Btw, may I ask, did you use darkvoids EFI or you made your own? I have the i5 8250u and with his EFI I could not boot into macOS, however yesterday I did with my own settings on OpenCore however most hardware was not working properly.

Thanks! I used darkvoids efi (the i5 one), although is not for the 8250, but I will try these:

GitHub - MasonGao/XPS-9360: macOS on Dell XPS 9360 i5-8250U

macOS on Dell XPS 9360 i5-8250U. Contribute to MasonGao/XPS-9360 development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Variant]

Thanks a lot for this guide, it's been fantastic. Referencing this and darkvoid's repository, my XPS13 is running Catalina without any issues.

Has anyone managed to do anything with the SD card reader? I built the open source driver kext to no avail, was wondering if there was any other options to try. For now I've just disabled it, it's not the end of the world, but it'd definitely be cool to just have it available.

 

[moenchp]

Thanks a lot for this guide, it's been fantastic. Referencing this and darkvoid's repository, my XPS13 is running Catalina without any issues.

Has anyone managed to do anything with the SD card reader? I built the open source driver kext to no avail, was wondering if there was any other options to try. For now I've just disabled it, it's not the end of the world, but it'd definitely be cool to just have it available.

Which code did you take? These are the repos I found:

GitHub - cholonam/Sinetek-rtsx: macOS driver for Realtek SD card readers.

macOS driver for Realtek SD card readers. Contribute to cholonam/Sinetek-rtsx development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

GitHub - sinetek/Sinetek-rtsx: macOS driver for Realtek SD card readers.

macOS driver for Realtek SD card readers. Contribute to sinetek/Sinetek-rtsx development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

I just found this, maybe it helps:

Kartenleser : Sinetek-rtsx.kext bei Realtec RTS522A in Nuc8i7Beh2 - Hackintosh-Forum - Deine Anlaufstelle für Hackintosh & mehr...

Funktioniert der Sinetek-rtsx.kext unter Catalina und mit Realtec RTS522A in Nuc8i7Beh2 ?wo kann man Sinetek-rtsx.kext herunterladen ?Reicht ein hineinkopieren in kext/others ?Hat vielleicht jemand Erfahrung damit oder kann mir ein paar Hinweise geben…

www.hackintosh-forum.de

At the bottom is the download Sinetek-rtsx.kext.zip

Or from here:

Sinetek's Driver for Realtek "RTSX" SDHC Card Readers

www.insanelymac.com