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- Dec 20, 2018
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- Motherboard
- NUC 7i7DNHE
- CPU
- i7
- Graphics
- UHD 620
- Mac
I would encourage you to download the EFI folder from this post which is for NUC7. All you have to change is your serial number for your NUC. If you don't know how to do that it is easy and takes like only a few easy steps.
Now your question about kexts. Rehabman's guide is NO LONGER updated or works for a STABLE NUC. Leesureone wrote about kext location recently. Most of us have all our Kests in the EFI partition /kexts/other folder and have zero problems with our NUC's so I could say for a number of reasons I won't list keep them there.
If you copy and paste the below NUC7 efi the kexts are all in one place the kexts/other folder. Now you will have to delete duplicate kexts from your /Library/Extensions/ folder and then most importantly after the new efi is copied REBUILD YOUR KEXT cache.
Here is a link:
How to rebuild cache and repair permissions of kexts in a Hackintosh
After installing 3rd-party kexts in /Library/Extensions, or replacing vanilla kexts with patched kexts in System/Library/Extensions, you may...www.travelertechie.com
The below has the latest clover and also kexts updated too and much more.
NUC7 EFI link below:
[Guide] Intel NUC7/NUC8 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7Bxx,NUC8i7Bxx,etc)
I guess you are running GeekBench 5, which changed the scoring base and reports scores 75% lower than GeekBench 4 :) I was going crazy too, just download GeekBench 4. Search https://www.tonymacx86.com/members/hedgehog2k.2300330/ Hedgehog2k posted lots of logs both GeekBench 4 and 5 and...www.tonymacx86.com
Here is a GUIDE to making a CATALINA install usb drive for a clean install and it is easy and quick to do because the EFI folder has all the hard work done for you already.
[Guide] Intel NUC7/NUC8 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7Bxx,NUC8i7Bxx,etc)
Can you clarify more on "Bluetooth working in Catalina" IF Dual Booting. Are you saying Bluetooth is stable in MAC OS Catalina? I don't understand what the relationship that Bluetooth working has with NEEDING Windows as Dual Booting. So it seems you are saying if you unplug the power source...www.tonymacx86.com
Thank you @spottsy. So I took the plunge and rebuilt my hackintosh from scratch (following the most up to date guide). all the old kexts are gone and everything is clean now. I had a heck of a time getting my wifi and bluetooth to work. Wifi was a kext not in the prebuilt EFI folder, and internal bluetooth is a write-off for now and am using a dongle.
A couple things still not working (or working correctly):
1. Still no accelerated graphics. (See screenshot)
2. When my machine is left overnight, when I access it, the screen will be frozen, if I click a bit, it will bering me back to the login screen. When I try to log back in, it will reboot.
Again, thanks to this community! So close I can taste it!