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High Sierra AppleHDA Audio
Installation - Native AppleHDA.kext, install one method only, uninstall previous audio methods
Note: 885/887/889/892/898/1150/1200/1220 codec and layout 1, 2 or 3 Desktop support on this site.
A. MultiBeast 10.4
- See Uninstall Previous Audio Methods (below)
- Download
- Supports AppleALC method below
- MultiBeast > Drivers > Audio > √ AppleALC
- If applicable,
- Skylake/Kaby Lake/Coffee Lake motherboards: √ 100 / 200 / 300 Series Audio Support (HDAS > HDEF)
- Kaby Lake: 200 Series/Z370/X299 motherboards: √ 200 / Z370 / X299 Audio Device ID Patch
- 3 port motherboard audio (2 In/1 Out > 3 Out): √ Optional 3 port (5.1) Audio
- Example (all possible choices, select attributes that apply to your motherboard):
- Build/Install
- If applicable,
- Set Audio (clean install only, no config.plist edit required for High Sierra to Mojave upgrade)
- Select layout
- If Desktop (885/887/889/892/898/1150/1200/1220), skip to 6. Restart
- See Supported codecs · acidanthera/AppleALC Wiki
- Set layout
- Select layout
- Restart
- See Uninstall Previous Audio Methods (below)
- Downloads
- Install Downloads/AppleALC.kext and Lilu.kext to Library/Extensions with KextBeast
- Set Audio (clean install only, no config.plist edit required for High Sierra to Mojave upgrade)
- Select layout
- Set layout
- Xcode/edit: config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout
- Desktop/layout = 1 (recommended)
- If 3 port motherboard audio, 2 In/1 Out:
- repurpose to 3 Out: Desktop/layout = 2
- native, 2 In/1 Out: Desktop/layout = 3
- As applicable, see IX. Unsupported/Non-working AppleHDA Realtek Audio (below):
- 300/200/100 Series motherboards (HDAS > HDEF)
- 300-Coffee Lake/200-Kaby Lake/100-Skylake
- X299 motherboards (CAVS > HDEF)
- X99 motherboards (ALZA > HDEF)
- 300/200/100 Series motherboards (HDAS > HDEF)
- Restart
- 885/887/889/892/898/1150/1200/1220 codec and 1/2/3 layout Desktop support only:
- See:No Audio Devices - AppleHDA Realtek Audio/Post #1/Problem Reporting
- All other codecs and layouts:
- Problems posted to this thread will be removed.
- See AppleHDA Realtek Audio/Post #1/IX. Unsupported/Non-working AppleHDA Realtek Audio:
- 100/200/300 Series/Intel High Definition Audio (HDAS > HDEF)
- X299/Intel High Definition Audio (CAVS > HDEF)
- X99/Intel High Definition Audio (ALZA > HDEF)
- Choose one option
- Run High Sierra installer over existing install
- See Restore native AppleHDA [Guide].pdf
- See AppleHDA Realtek Audio/Post #1/X. Uninstall AppleHDA Realtek Audio
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