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Please read carefully the message from vit9696, it is always an excellent source of information about the evolution of OpenCore and hackintosh in general.
This time changes and improvements are a lot.
OpenCanopy has been revamped with changes in any aspect related to the picker graphical interface. New icons have been added, labels have been improved, initial pointer position has been changed, keyboard and mouse behaviour have been improved, etc. It is almost a new driver due to the big amount of modifications.
Other drivers as well have improvements, CrScreenshotDxe for example.
External tools have also been improved, especially ocvalidate and ocpasswordgen. The same applies to OpenCore tools: OpenShell, ControlMsrE2 (successor to Brumbaer's CFGLock), etc.
Config.plist file brings several changes, the most significant being new UEFI > AppleEvents section that allows you to configure keyboard and mouse behavior.
Apart from all this, documentation has been reviewed and updated.
Anyway, OpenCore developers have worked very hard and offer us this 0.6.8 version much improved compared to the previous one.
config.plist
OpenCanopy driver
Huge list of improvements, it is probably one of the OpenCore elements that receives the most changes in this new version:
CrScreenshotDxe driver
Improved screenshot making driver, saving images to the root of OpenCore partition (ESP) or any available writeable filesystem, upon pressing F10. This is a modified version of CrScreenshotDxe driver by Nikolaj Schlej.
ocpasswordgen
Although ocpasswordgen utility exists since version 0.6.7, new icons specific to this feature have been added: Dot, Lock, Password and Enter.
To set a password to OpenCore you have to run ocpasswordgen in Terminal.
2 hashes are generated, PasswordHash and PasswordSalt, which must be entered in the text boxes of the same name in Misc > Security, also selecting the EnablePassword option.
This way, OpenCore presents the dialog to enter password to access to the menu.
This time changes and improvements are a lot.
OpenCanopy has been revamped with changes in any aspect related to the picker graphical interface. New icons have been added, labels have been improved, initial pointer position has been changed, keyboard and mouse behaviour have been improved, etc. It is almost a new driver due to the big amount of modifications.
Other drivers as well have improvements, CrScreenshotDxe for example.
External tools have also been improved, especially ocvalidate and ocpasswordgen. The same applies to OpenCore tools: OpenShell, ControlMsrE2 (successor to Brumbaer's CFGLock), etc.
Config.plist file brings several changes, the most significant being new UEFI > AppleEvents section that allows you to configure keyboard and mouse behavior.
Apart from all this, documentation has been reviewed and updated.
Anyway, OpenCore developers have worked very hard and offer us this 0.6.8 version much improved compared to the previous one.
config.plist
- A lot of changes to make text more readable and understandable, including typos corrected
- ACPI > Patch: added 2 new properties, Base and BaseSkip:
Base (String): ACPI path base for patch lookup (ex. \ _SB.PCI0.LPCB.HPET), it can be empty
BaseSkip (Integer): number of found Base occurrences to skip before finds and replacements are applied, it can be zero - Booter > Quirks: added ForceBooterSignature (Boolean) for set macOS boot-signature to OpenCore launcher, it can be False
- Misc > Boot > LauncherOption (String): until now there were 3 options, Disabled, Full and Short, added a 4th option System that creates no boot option but assume specified custom option is blessed. Most of us use Disabled or Full.
- UEFI > added new section AppleInput that provides more detailed control of Apple Event protocol. It has 6 properties:
AppleEvent (String): determines whether OC builtin or OEM Apple Event (if available) protocol is used. In general OpenCore’s re-implementation should be preferred. It can be Auto (failsafe), Builtin and OEM. I use Builtin
CustomDelays (String): enables custom key repeat delays. It can be Enabled (the values KeyInitialDelay and KeySubsequentDelay are used), Disabled (Apple default values of 500ms (50) and 50ms (5) are used) and Auto (failsafe) (treated as Enabled when KeySupport is true and Disabled otherwise). I use Auto
KeyInitialDelay (Number): when not using KeySupport, this option will configure the initial delay before key repeat as expected. The Apple OEM default value is 50 (500ms). I have 0 (acts as 50, or 500ms)
KeySubsequentDelay (Number): configures subsequent keyboard repeat delay in OpenCore. The Apple OEM default value is 5 (50ms). I have 5 (acts as 25, or 250ms)
PointerSpeedDiv (Number): configures the divisor for pointer movements. Failsafe value is 1. 0 is an invalid value for this option. I use 2 to have a slower pointer.
PointerSpeedMul (Number): configures the multiplier for pointer movements. The Apple OEM default value is 1. - UEFI > ProtocolOverrides: deleted
AppleEvent.
OpenCanopy driver
Huge list of improvements, it is probably one of the OpenCore elements that receives the most changes in this new version:
- Improvements in almost every aspect of the driver
- Improved presentation of labels
- Improved presentation when UIScale=2
- Improved support for mouse pointer that is now displayed centered on the screen by default. For it to work you must enable pointer control in the picker: the value of Misc > Boot > Picker Attributes must be 17 (0x11) if you normally use 1 (0x01).
- Added new icons, required icons currently are:
1. AppleRecv / 2. AppleTM / 3. BtnFocus / 4. Cursor / 5. Dot / 6. Enter / 7. HardDrive / 8. Left / 9. Lock / 10. Password / 11. Restart / 12. Right / 13. Selected / 14. Selector / 15. SetDefault / 16. Shell / 17. ShutDown / 18. Tool / 19. Windows.
But some others can be added to improve the design: Apple, ExtAppleRecv, ExtAppleTM and ExtHardDrive. Even ResetNVRAM or Linux icons.
Notes about OpenCanopy:
- Resources > Image folder must have one item of each type of icon to get graphic picker (External). You can download the Resources folder with all required elements from acidanthera. These are the default icons made by OpenCore developers. Its purpose is to display the picker as it is displayed on real Macs.
But there are already some OpenCore 0.6.8-capable themes designed by others users. For example, Default-StarWars by chris1111 or BsxDarkFence series by blackosx, all of them high quality themes. - Left and Right only appear when the row of icons does not fit the width of the screen, they are used to move along entries.
- Restart and ShutDown icons are placed at the bottom of the screen, they can be reached by mouse pointer or by Tab key. These icons are highlighted by BtnFocus when selected
- Dot, Lock, Password an Enter are used if we have configured password for OC.
- Selector changes to SetDefault when you press the Ctrl key so that, if you press ENTER at the same time, the entry is marked as default bootable device.
- Recovery entries now have (dmg) suffix.
- macOS volumes are shown with the generic HardDrive.icns icon but, if there is an Apple.icns icon, they are shown with this specific icon (this isn't related to OpenCore 0.6.8, just to remember).
- Really default cursor position isn't fully centered but has a slight offset to the right to match Apple picker.
CrScreenshotDxe driver
Improved screenshot making driver, saving images to the root of OpenCore partition (ESP) or any available writeable filesystem, upon pressing F10. This is a modified version of CrScreenshotDxe driver by Nikolaj Schlej.
ocpasswordgen
Although ocpasswordgen utility exists since version 0.6.7, new icons specific to this feature have been added: Dot, Lock, Password and Enter.
To set a password to OpenCore you have to run ocpasswordgen in Terminal.
Bash:
>> ./ocpasswordgen
Please enter your password: acidanthera
PasswordHash: <63ebfabb7271ba639b74688b45e99ea7b1ef9f8e71b113f5a27de914a577b705fd2a062445cc6af6fa921b49e5d1f9cdee94f4b4a7d75be15352eb39a5ad6c
PasswordSalt: <de0cd941ed93a97e0927c86f7ab052e1>This way, OpenCore presents the dialog to enter password to access to the menu.
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