Mojave AppleHDA Audio

[toleda]

Mojave AppleHDA Audio

Installation - Native AppleHDA.kext, install one method only, uninstall previous audio methods
Note: 887/889/892/898/1150/1200/1220 codec and layout 1, 2 or 3. Desktop support with this thread.

A. MultiBeast 11 - Downloads/MultiBeast 11.x - Mojave (MultiBeast 10.4/Audio does not support Mojave)

1. See Uninstall Previous Audio Methods (below)
2. Supports AppleALC method below
3. MultiBeast > Drivers > Audio √ AppleALC
   • If applicable,
     • Skylake/Kaby Lake/Coffee Lake motherboards: √ 100 / 200 / 300 Series Audio Support (HDAS > HDEF)
     • X299 motherboards: X299 Series Audio Support (CAVS > HDEF)
     • 3 port motherboard audio (2 In/1 Out > 3 out): √ Optional 3 port (5.1) Audio
     • 3 port motherboard audio (2 In/1, native): √ Optional 3 port (native) Audio (TBA)
   • Example: AppleALC + 100/200/300 Series motherboard
     
   • Build/Install
4. Set Audio (clean install only, no config.plist edit required for High Sierra to Mojave upgrade)
   1. Select layout
      • If Desktop (887/889/892/898/1150/1200/1220), skip to 5. Restart
      • See Supported codecs · acidanthera/AppleALC Wiki
   2. Set layout
      • config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout
      • Example: Desktop/layout = 1 (recommended)
        
5. Restart

B. Acidanthera/AppleALC - AppleALC (Any SIP, any bootloader)

1. See Uninstall Previous Audio Methods (below)
2. Downloads
   1. AppleALC
   2. Lilu
3. Install Downloads/AppleALC.kext and Lilu.kext to Library/Extensions with KextBeast
4. Set Audio (clean install only, no config.plist edit required for High Sierra to Mojave upgrade)
   1. Select layout
      • See Supported codecs · acidanthera/AppleALC Wiki
   2. Set layout
      • config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout
      • Desktop/layout = 1 (recommended)
      • If 3 port motherboard audio, 2 In/1 Out:
        • repurpose for 3 out: Desktop/layout = 2
        • native, 2 In/1 Out: Desktop/layout = 3
   3. If applicable, see Fixes (below):
      • 300-Coffee Lake/200-Kaby Lake/100-Skylake motherboards (HDAS > HDEF)
      • X299 motherboards (CAVS > HDEF)
      • X99 motherboards (ALZA > HDEF)
      • Legacy motherboards (AZAL > HDEF)
5. Optional (macOS Public Beta)
   • Add config.plist/Boot/Arguments/ -lilubeta -alcbeta
6. Restart

Problems - No audio devices/Installation failure

1. 885/887/889/892/898/1150/1220 codec and 1/2/3 layout Desktop support only:
   • See:No Audio Devices - AppleHDA Realtek Audio/Post #1/Problem Reporting
2. All other codecs and layouts:
   • Post: AppleALC — dynamic AppleHDA patching
3. Problems posted to this thread will be removed.

Fixes - macOS/HDEF Audio: Intel 100/200/300 Series, X299, X99 Unsupported

1. 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)
   • Legacy motherboards (AZAL > HDEF)

Native AppleHDA.kext required (skip, if clean install)

1. Choose one option
   • Run Mojave installer over existing install
   • See Restore native AppleHDA [Guide].pdf

Uninstall Previous Audio Methods (skip, if clean install)

1. See AppleHDA Realtek Audio/Post #1/X. Uninstall AppleHDA Realtek Audio

Details - AppleHDA Realtek Audio

 

[CrashMidnick]

Awesome, thanks mate for all you've done again !

 

[msh]

Thanks Teleda. Before this thread, I allways have sound issues with ALC898 codec. Because wrong layout, now I found the right one and now all works fine.

 

[YBuyAMac]

Mojave AppleHDA Audio

Installation - Native AppleHDA.kext, install one method only, uninstall previous audio methods
Note: 885/887/889/892/898/1150/1220 codec and layout 1 or 2 Desktop support on this site.

A. MultiBeast 11/Mojave: Available soon after Mojave Release

1. Supports AppleALC method below
2. Select layout
   • See Supported codecs · acidanthera/AppleALC Wik

• Set layout
  • config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout

• MultiBeast > Drivers > Audio > AppleALC
  • Build/Install/Restart

B. Acidanthera/AppleALC - AppleALC (Any SIP, any bootloader)

1. Downloads
   1. AppleALC
   2. Lilu
2. Install Downloads/AppleALC.kext and Lilu.kext to EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other
3. Set Audio layout
   1. Select layout
      • See Supported codecs · acidanthera/AppleALC Wiki
   2. Set layout
      • config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout
4. Optional (Beta)
   • Add config.plist/Boot/Arguments/ -lilubeta -alcbeta
5. Restart

Problems - No audio devices/Installation failure

1. 885/887/889/892/898/1150/1220 codec and 1/2/3 layout Desktop support only:
   • See: No Audio Devices - Realtek ALC AppleHDA/Post #1/Problem Reporting
2. All other codecs and layouts:
   • Post: AppleALC — dynamic AppleHDA patching
3. Problems posted to this thread will be removed.

Fixes - macOS/HDEF Audio: Intel 100/200/300 Series, X299, X99 Unsupported

1. See Realtek ALC AppleHDA/Post #1/VII. Unsupported/Non-working Realtek ALC AppleHDA:

1. 100/200/300 Series/Intel High Definition Audio (HDAS > HDEF)
2. X299/Intel High Definition Audio (CAVS > HDEF)
3. X99/Intel High Definition Audio (ALZA > HDEF)

Native AppleHDA.kext required (skip, if clean install)

1. See Restore native AppleHDA [Guide].pdf

Uninstall Previous Audio Methods (skip, if clean install)

1. See Realtek ALC AppleHDA/Post #1/VIII. Uninstall Realtek ALC AppleHDA

Details - Realtek ALC AppleHDA

This worked great. Thank you so much for the tutorial. Now, something strange. Audio levels are great and adjustable. But, when I use Facetime -- it defaults to an over-modulated state. The levels in settings don't physically change. But, visually, it's easy to see the levels are higher on the graph. I checked FT settings and the correct mic is being used.

Let me know if you have any ideas.

 

[MysticalOS]

So with 10.14 and having ALC1220 I can kill off 3rd party solutions and just use native? Or because it's layout 11, still need 3rd party?

 

[toleda]

So with 10.14 and having ALC1220 I can kill off 3rd party solutions

Examples?

Or because it's layout 11, still need 3rd party?

AppleALC/1220: see Post #1/Set Audio layout/1. Select layout
All layouts supported

 

[elgipsy]

Hi,
I have updated from 10.13.6 and as expected I lost sound (was using audioCloverALC). I understand that the method has now changed to enable sound and I would like to make sure I got it right in terms of needed steps:

1. remove cloveralc kext from EFI and use clean config plist
2. restore native HDA using the method described in OP
3. download AppleALC and Lilu kexts and place them in EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other
4. open config.plist, look for config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout and replace with config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout 1
5. save config.plist
6.restart

Are the steps correct? Many thanks!

 

[Khaibit]

Hi,
I have updated from 10.13.6 and as expected I lost sound (was using audioCloverALC). I understand that the method has now changed to enable sound and I would like to make sure I got it right in terms of needed steps:

1. remove cloveralc kext from EFI and use clean config plist
2. restore native HDA using the method described in OP
3. download AppleALC and Lilu kexts and place them in EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other
4. open config.plist, look for config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout and replace with config.plist/Devices/Audio/Inject/layout 1
5. save config.plist
6.restart

Are the steps correct? Many thanks!

The layout ID will differ based on which audio chipset you have; check https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleALC/wiki/Supported-codecs for notes. It may be 1, but it might be something else.

As an aside, the 'ideal' configuration is to place these kexts into /Library/Extensions/, and set "SystemParameters/InjectKexts" to "Detect" in your config.plist. Ideally the only kexts which should go in EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ are kexts which are absolutely essential to boot the installer or recovery and nothing else -- sound is not one of these things Inject Kexts = Detect causes Clover to check the kext cache on your installation, and if the FakeSMC kext is there, it ignores everything in EFI/CLOVER/Kexts/Other. That being said, placing them in EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other should work, it's just not where they "should" go.

 

[toleda]

1. remove cloveralc kext from EFI and use clean config plist

See Post #1/Uninstall Previous Audio Methods

2. restore native HDA using the method described in OP

Mojave installer restores Mojave native AppleHDA.kext, no action required

Are the steps correct?

See Post #1/B. Acidanthera/AppleALC

 

[toleda]

It may be 1, but it might be something else.

For users updating to Mojave, the Audio ID will be the same as it was for High Sierra. No research required, no config.plist edit required for Mojave audio.