How To Install OS X Yosemite Using Clover

[P1LGRIM]

I finally have Clover installed and Yosemite is working well. One problem I have is when I go to Shutdown Yosemite will shutdown but will restart again. I went into the BIOS and I already have Wake on Lan disabled. Anyone else have the same problem?

Have you installed EvOreboot.kext ?
You can do it with Multibeast.

Good Luck

 

[Hamstor]

Hi All,

I'm really struggling her, I've tried a few different computers, and a few different memory sticks with the same results.

I create the USB Clover/Yosemite boot stick as per the instructions however when I boot from it on both of my systems all I get is what I think is a Clover BIOS screen. I have seen the normal Clover boot loader screen and this is not it. There is a continue

(one is an older Asus P7P55DLE i5 motherboard, the other an older Asus Core2 laptop, both are just old school BIOS). The P7 board is "16 Mb Flash ROM , AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 "

I have found this but nothing as to how to resolve this issue:

Q: A BIOS-like interface with five options appears, with Continue as topmost one.

A: This means that the boot file was successfully loaded and is working but it cannot find the file CloverX64.efi. Either the according partition is not found or the whole device. Explore the options and try to figure out what is wrong.

Thanks for any assistance.

Guy

 

[raketa]

I'm trying to get iMessage working with very little success.

First of all this is a new Clover installation. I've been running iMessage over many year very successfully until Apple complicated everything. I do have a serial number on the iCloud with a different serial number from when iMessage worked.

Now when I run iMessage_debug I get completely different settings and I keep getting an Activation error.

I've run CC over and over again with various settings ... Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Rackham]

Clover 2988 is buggy on many systems, stick with 2976

been trying for hours to get it working with 2988, took me 15 minutes once i realized it was 2988 causing the problem


thanks for the guide Tony!

 

[Hamstor]

Clover 2988 is buggy on many systems, stick with 2976

been trying for hours to get it working with 2988, took me 15 minutes once i realized it was 2988 causing the problem


thanks for the guide Tony!

wow, thanks for the tip, downloaded, and tried with 2976 and it just booted into Clover straight up (at least on the laptop so far). Now to shut this system down and try in with a different HDD to test Fingers Crossed.

 

[moemedimrtn]

How to Install OS X Yosemite using Clover​

Clover is a new and exciting open source EFI bootloader. Developed over the past 2 years by a group of developers at Project OS X led by Slice, Clover aims to solve problems inherent in existing OS X installation methods and legacy bootloaders:

• Boots troublesome desktop and laptop BIOS/UEFI
• Uses native OS X installation media
• Ability to patch DSDT/kernel/kexts at boot time
• Creates OS X Recovery partition
• No boot0 error with 4K Advanced Format drives
• Solves multi-boot issues with Linux and Windows 7/8
• Solves traditional bootloader NVRAM issues related to iMessage/FaceTime

Clover has a completely different system of configuration with a decidedly steep learning curve. It can be confusing for those who have only ever used the more traditional Chameleon or Chimera.

Clover is also in beta stage, and is not guaranteed to work well for all systems. Development has been fast and furious, with many major changes appearing in the code all the time. Clover can be a moving target, difficult to pin down- almost, it seems, by design. Recent changes, however, have stabilized things enough to be a reliable alternative for those adventurous enough to learn something new.

Overview
1. Download the OS X Yosemite Application from the Mac App Store
2. Prepare a Installer USB flash drive
3. Install OS X Yosemite
4. Install the bootloader and drivers to system drive


STEP 1: Download OS X Yosemite
The full operating system is a free download for anyone who has purchased Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion. Download the Application from the Mac App Store using your Apple ID on any Mac or functional computer running Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later.

1. Open Mac App Store
2. Log in with your Apple ID
3. Download OS X Yosemite

The Application Install OS X Yosemite will appear in /Applications.


STEP 2: Prepare Bootable USB Drive
This step extracts the OS X Installer contents, then installs Clover bootloader to the USB stick.

1. Insert the USB drive
2. Open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
3. Highlight the USB drive in left column

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4. Click on the Partition tab
5. Click Current and choose 1 Partition
6. Click Options...
7. Choose GUID Partition Table
8. Under Name: type USB (You can rename it later)
9. Under Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
10. Click Apply then Partition
11. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
12. Type the following, enter password and hit enter. This command completely erases the USB, then creates native OS X installer media from the Install OS X Yosemite Application.

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app --no interaction

Upon completion, the USB will be renamed Install OS X Yosemite.

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13. Download the latest version of Clover from sourceforge
14. Open Clover package installer
15. Hit Continue, Continue, Change Install Location...
16. Choose the USB, now called Install OS X Yosemite
17. Hit Customize and install Clover to the same USB with the following Custom Install settings:

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NOTE: There are a few different ways to setup Clover on the USB. Using Legacy Mode is the simplest and most reliable for 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 Series Gigabyte motherboards with standard default BIOS or UEFI settings. For all other UEFI-based systems such as ASUS 7, 8, and 9 Series motherboards, use UEFI Boot Mode to install to the EFI partition of the USB for UEFI booting only.

A few more changes need to be made to the default Clover installation:

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20. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/ and replace default config.plist with attached config.plist*
21. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/ and create a folder called 10.10
22. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10/ and add FakeSMC.kext
23. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10/ and add your ethernet kext
24. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10/ and add NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
25. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI/ remove VBoxHfs-64.efi and add HFSPlus.efi
26. (Optional) Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/ and add DSDT.aml and SSDT.aml

*See attached config.plist for a working minimal configuration.


STEP 3: Install OS X Yosemite
Unlike UniBeast, this is a 3 part installation process. The system will reboot twice in order to finish the installation and the recovery partition.

1. Turn on the computer
2. Press the hotkey to choose boot device
3. Choose USB

If using a USB 3.0 port, the boot manager screen may appear, at which point proceed with steps a-b.

a. Choose Boot Manager
b. Choose EFI USB Device

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4. When Clover boot screen is visible, choose Boot OS X Install from OS X Install OS X Yosemite
5. The system will then boot into OS X Installer
6. For a new installation of OS X, you MUST erase and format the destination drive according to the following steps before continuing. If you are upgrading from Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion and you want to keep your files and apps, skip steps a-j.

a. Choose Disk Utility​

b. Highlight your target hard drive for the Yosemite installation in left column.
c. Click Partition tab
d. Click Current and choose 1 Partition
e. Click Options...
f. Choose GUID Partition Table
g. Under Name: type Yosemite (You can rename it later)
h. Under Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
i. Click Apply then Partition
j. Close Disk Utility​

7. When the installer asks you where to install, choose Yosemite, or your existing install.
8. Upon completion, system will restart a 1st time
9. Press the hotkey to choose boot device
10. Choose USB
11. When Clover boot screen is visible, choose Boot OS X Install from OS X Install OS X Yosemite

The system will boot into the new drive, create the recovery partition, and complete the installation. Upon completion, system will restart a 2nd time.

12. Press the hotkey to choose boot device
13. When Clover boot screen is visible, choose Yosemite
14. The system will launch OS X Setup

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Help guys, i cant pass: STEP 3: Install OS X Yosemite

 

[Dnerve]

Clover 2988 is buggy on many systems, stick with 2976

been trying for hours to get it working with 2988, took me 15 minutes once i realized it was 2988 causing the problem


thanks for the guide Tony!

I switched from 2976 on a USB drive I was experimenting on to setup clover to 2988 on my main drive to say bye bye to Chimera and have no issues with it.

 

[Dub_master77]

Hi,
I have managed to install Yosemite on my Customac Mini Deluxe successfully with Clover and get facetime and imessage up and running. This was not without a load of pain but it was truly worth it.
I am now tweaking the system to get it up and running exactly how I want it to run.
Please can someone let me know if there is any way that I can get the system to boot directly into the OS without getting it to go into the bootloader Clover Screen?
I didn't realise that this was the case with the OS and if it is so, remote reboots are a major problem as it wont boot into Yosemite without manual intervention.
Look forward to any responses.

 

[defbref]

Set timeout to 0 for boot straight to OSx in clover:

From the wiki

[h=2]Timeout[/h]<key>Timeout</key>
<integer>5</integer>The boot loader will pause for 5 seconds after starting before automatically loading an operating system. If a key is pressed during this period of time, the countdown is stopped. Options:

• 0 - GUI is not invoked, the OS is loaded instantly
• -1 - GUI is invoked, automatic OS loading is turned off

Clover must have be able to find a default entry for it to automatically boot into an OS see DefaultVolume below.
NOTE: If the Timeout integer is set to 0, hold any key when powering on to invoke the bootloader GUI.

 

[AgentZ]

Struggled with Clover V2988 as others have noted. I used V2953 and now all is well with the world!!! Used standard plist on both the USB and Yosemite drive. Recognized my GTX-660 OOB. Installed audio drivers by using MultiBeast. I have a Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H and used BOTH 898 and optional EFI Audio selection. Works perfectly. Hope this info is of some help to someone.

Thanks to Tony for a Guide that actually works when you follow it. I appreciate your efforts to help others get things working with a clear and informative approach. I now have the best computer I have ever owned!!!