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pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

You transplanted a drive with macOS already installed on it and it would just reboot?

Yea, I used CCC and made a back up. It did get further into the boot up than installing from USB directly.

I've had a bit of a search and seems people cant boot/install macOS with Optane installed as its not supported by macOS. It would make sense as its the only thing i've changed over three Z370 boards, and the two I've attempted to install macOS with Optane installed wouldn't go to the Apple logo at all if I hadn't turned off Optane in BIOS. I thought that would be enough.

On the 1st Z370 board I had didn't have any issue at all. It was ITX, and I wanted to install a Firewire card (hopefully that isn't the issue but I doubt it).

So, I'm in the process of disabling it and removing it completely; hopefully that will work. Its a bummer because it works well with my mechanical drive. But, I'd rather have macOS as I've got proprietary Apple hardware id like to use.

UPDATE: bootable straight into MacOS once Optane was uninstalled.
 
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Chef, are you planning an upgrade to an i7 / i9 9xxx processor? I'm interested what it will do on this build.
P.S. its getting boring this topic ... too much successful Mojave deployments thanks to your guide and EFI pack ;-)
 
Chef, are you planning an upgrade to an i7 / i9 9xxx processor? I'm interested what it will do on this build.
P.S. its getting boring this topic ... too much successful Mojave deployments thanks to your guide and EFI pack ;-)

Yes, I have pre-ordered an i9-9900K. My plan is to do a drop-in replacement of my i7-8700K. Intel seems to be very slow at getting the new CPUs delivered so I don't know how long I will have to wait...
 
Hello, first of all, thank you for this great guide.
I was able to assemble the computer, install Mojave, following this as a tutorial step by step and all the files you shared, everything I tested worked great! (WIFI, BT, sleep-wake up, even audio through HDMI)

Now the stupid part, of course, my fault. I got naive and greedy, I tried to restore my Time Machine backup into this new install, not just my data, I said to restore it all, including computer settings.

The restore completed after a few hours and the machine never booted again. As soon as it starts it throws a lot of messages and 2 seconds later black screen and reboot. I thought I can get something checking /var/log folder, there is nothing saved there after the time machine restore finished. I will try to take a few pictures of these messages, is there any way to capture them in a better way?

My HW config is just basic, ASUS Z370-G, i5 8600, 2x 16GB 3000Mhz, BCM94360CS2 using the NGFF(M.2) Key A/E Adapter, no other graphics card yet.

So, I connected the SSD to my MBP.

a. The EFI partition/folder looks untouched, exactly the same as the r4.4.4, just added verbose and UseIntelHDMI parameters. EFI folder attached.

b. This is /Library/Extensions
drwxr-xr-x 15 503 20 480 Oct 23 00:16 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 73 503 20 2336 Oct 23 00:16 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Apr 24 2018 ACS6x.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 May 8 14:06 ATTOCelerityFC8.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 May 7 08:53 ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 May 7 08:54 ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Sep 5 2017 ArcMSR.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Aug 31 2013 CalDigitHDProDrv.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 May 3 17:31 HighPointIOP.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Dec 5 2017 HighPointRR.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Mar 31 2017 PromiseSTEX.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jul 24 2017 SiLabsUSBDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Apr 24 19:09 SoftRAID.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Nov 26 2015 intelhaxm.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Nov 2 2015 usbserial.kext



c. And /System/Library/Extensions:
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 ALF.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD10000Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD7000Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD8000Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD9000Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD9500Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:02 AMDMTLBronzeDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonVADriver2.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX4000.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX4000GLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX4000HWServices.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX5000.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX5000GLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX5000HWServices.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:02 AMDRadeonX5000MTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:02 AMDRadeonX5000Shared.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX6000HWServices.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:02 AMDShared.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDSupport.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:44 AirPortBrcmNIC-MFG.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 Apple16X50Serial.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 AppleACPIPlatform.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleAHCIPort.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleAPIC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 AppleAVEBridge.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:29 AppleActuatorDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:45 AppleBCMWLANBusInterfacePCIe.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:44 AppleBCMWLANCore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:45 AppleBCMWLANCoreV3_Datastore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleBacklight.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 503 20 192 Sep 20 23:19 AppleBacklightExpert.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:30 AppleBluetoothMultitouch.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:30 AppleBluetoothRemote.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 AppleBusPowerController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 30 18:34 AppleCameraInterface.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:40 AppleCredentialManager.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jun 2 2015 AppleDataSetManagement.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleEFIRuntime.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:46 AppleEffaceableNOR.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:46 AppleEffaceableStorage.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 AppleEmbeddedOSSupportHost.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:47 AppleFDEKeyStore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleFIVRDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:19 AppleFWAudio.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleFileSystemDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:50 AppleFileUtil.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:47 AppleGFXHDA.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleGraphicsControl.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:54 AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:48 AppleHDA.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleHIDALSService.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 14:54 AppleHIDKeyboard.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 14:54 AppleHIDMouse.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleHPET.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleHPM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleHSSPIHIDDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleHSSPISupport.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleHV.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleHWSensor.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleIRController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:26 AppleInputDeviceSupport.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelBDWGraphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelCFLGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelFramebufferAzul.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelFramebufferCapri.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelGraphicsShared.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHD4000Graphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelHD4000GraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelHD4000GraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHD4000GraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHD5000Graphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelHD5000GraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelHD5000GraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHD5000GraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHSWVA.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelIVBVA.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelKBLGraphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:37 AppleIntelLpssDmac.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:37 AppleIntelLpssGspi.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssI2C.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssI2CController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:37 AppleIntelLpssSpiController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssUARTCommon.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssUARTv0.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssUARTv1.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleIntelMCEReporter.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:45 AppleIntelPCHPMC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelSKLGraphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelTGLGraphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelTGLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelTGLGraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelTGLGraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelTGLGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 16:59 AppleKextExcludeList.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:48 AppleKeyStore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:45 AppleLPC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:41 AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 AppleMCCSControl.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleMCP89RootPortPM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:51 AppleMIDIBluetoothDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:17 AppleMIDIFWDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:50 AppleMIDIIACDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:50 AppleMIDIRTPDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:50 AppleMIDIUSBDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 AppleMatch.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:32 AppleMikeyHIDDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jul 17 13:17 AppleMobileDevice.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleMobileFileIntegrity.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:49 AppleMultitouchDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 AppleOSXUSBNCM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 24 21:35 AppleOSXWatchdog.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleOnboardSerial.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 ApplePlatformEnabler.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleRAID.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleRAIDCard.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 AppleRTC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleSDXC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleSEPManager.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleSMBIOS.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:31 AppleSMBusController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:31 AppleSMBusPCI.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleSMC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleSMCLMU.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleSMCRTC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleSRP.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 AppleSSE.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleStorageDrivers.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleSystemPolicy.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleThunderboltDPAdapters.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleThunderboltEDMService.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:31 AppleThunderboltIP.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleThunderboltNHI.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleThunderboltPCIAdapters.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:43 AppleThunderboltUTDM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:30 AppleTopCase.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBACM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:47 AppleUSBAudio.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBCDC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBCHCOM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleUSBCommon.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBDMM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleUSBDisplays.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBECM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBEEM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBEthernet.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:41 AppleUSBFTDI.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleUSBMultitouch.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBNCM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBNetworking.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBPLCOM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 AppleUSBRealtek8153Patcher.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBSerial.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBTopCase.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBWCM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleUSBiBridge.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:47 AppleUpstreamUserClient.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:58 AppleVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleWWANAutoEject.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleXsanScheme.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 Apple_iSight.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 503 20 192 Sep 20 23:20 AudioAUUC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:35 BCMWLANFirmware4364_Datastore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 BCMWLANFirmware4364_Hashstore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 BootCache.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 BridgeAudioCommunication.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 BridgeAudioController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 CellPhoneHelper.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 CoreStorage.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 CoreTrust.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 DSACL.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 DSAuth.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 19:14 DVFamily.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 EAP-KRB.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:22 EAP-RSA.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 EAP-TLS.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 8 2012 FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:07 GeForce.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:54 GeForceAIRPlugin.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:00 GeForceGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:57 GeForceMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:07 GeForceVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 HFS.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:27 HFSEncodings.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 May 9 2011 HSSDBlockStorage.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 IO80211Family.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 IO80211FamilyV2.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 IOACPIFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 IOAHCIFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 IOATAFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 IOAVBFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:28 IOAccelerator2D.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 IOAcceleratorFamily2.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:45 IOAudioFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 IOBDStorageFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 14:49 IOBluetoothFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 14:49 IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 IOBufferCopyController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 IOBufferCopyEngineFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 IOCDStorageFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 IODVDStorageFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:17 IOFireWireAVC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 IOFireWireFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 IOFireWireIP.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:17 IOFireWireSBP2.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 503 20 224 Sep 20 23:20 IOGraphicsFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 IOHDIXController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 IOHIDFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 IOImageLoader.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 503 20 192 Sep 20 23:19 IONDRVSupport.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 IONVMeFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 IONetworkingFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 503 20 192 Sep 20 23:20 IOPCIFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 IOReportFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 IOSCSIParallelFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 IOSMBusFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 IOSerialFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 IOSkywalkFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 IOSlaveProcessor.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 IOStorageFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 IOStreamFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 IOSurface.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:17 IOThunderboltFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 IOTimeSyncFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 IOUSBAttachedSCSI.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:47 IOUSBFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 IOUSBHostFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:41 IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 IOUSBMassStorageDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 IOUserEthernet.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 IOVideoFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jul 30 2012 InstantOn.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 May 9 2011 JMB38X.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 May 22 2012 JMicronATA.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 KXLog.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 KernelRelayHost.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 L2TP.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:26 Libm.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jun 11 13:23 NVDAGF100Hal.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jun 11 13:23 NVDAGK100Hal.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jun 11 13:23 NVDAResman.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jun 11 13:23 NVDAStartup.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:17 NVMeSMARTLib.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 NVSMU.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 OSvKernDSPLib.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Dec 31 2000 PCIeISASerial.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jan 15 2009 PCIeSerial.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 PPP.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:27 PPPSerial.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 PPPoE.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 PPTP.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:47 Quarantine.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jul 28 2011 RBIOKitHelper.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 Radius.ppp
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:18 SMARTLib.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 SMCMotionSensor.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Mar 18 2010 SXUPTP.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 Sandbox.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 503 20 192 Aug 22 22:18 System.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 TMSafetyNet.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:46 acfs.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:46 acfsctl.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 30 18:33 apfs.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 autofs.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 cd9660.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 cddafs.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 corecapture.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:26 corecrypto.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Apr 25 2011 daspi.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:31 eficheck.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 exfat.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:41 iPodDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 mcxalr.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 msdosfs.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 ntfs.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 pmtelemetry.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 pthread.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 smbfs.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 triggers.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 udf.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Dec 24 2013 usb.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:43 vecLib.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:26 webcontentfilter.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 webdav_fs.kext



What is your suggestion? if it got really messed I can start again from scratch, and be more careful next time I try to restore my backup. But if it can be saved the way it is now, I would really prefer to learn how to troubleshoot it.

Thank you
Jorge
 

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Hello, first of all, thank you for this great guide.
I was able to assemble the computer, install Mojave, following this as a tutorial step by step and all the files you shared, everything I tested worked great! (WIFI, BT, sleep-wake up, even audio through HDMI)

Now the stupid part, of course, my fault. I got naive and greedy, I tried to restore my Time Machine backup into this new install, not just my data, I said to restore it all, including computer settings.

The restore completed after a few hours and the machine never booted again. As soon as it starts it throws a lot of messages and 2 seconds later black screen and reboot. I thought I can get something checking /var/log folder, there is nothing saved there after the time machine restore finished. I will try to take a few pictures of these messages, is there any way to capture them in a better way?

My HW config is just basic, ASUS Z370-G, i5 8600, 2x 16GB 3000Mhz, BCM94360CS2 using the NGFF(M.2) Key A/E Adapter, no other graphics card yet.

So, I connected the SSD to my MBP.

a. The EFI partition/folder looks untouched, exactly the same as the r4.4.4, just added verbose and UseIntelHDMI parameters. EFI folder attached.

b. This is /Library/Extensions
drwxr-xr-x 15 503 20 480 Oct 23 00:16 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 73 503 20 2336 Oct 23 00:16 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Apr 24 2018 ACS6x.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 May 8 14:06 ATTOCelerityFC8.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 May 7 08:53 ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 May 7 08:54 ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Sep 5 2017 ArcMSR.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Aug 31 2013 CalDigitHDProDrv.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 May 3 17:31 HighPointIOP.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Dec 5 2017 HighPointRR.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Mar 31 2017 PromiseSTEX.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jul 24 2017 SiLabsUSBDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 503 20 96 Apr 24 19:09 SoftRAID.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Nov 26 2015 intelhaxm.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Nov 2 2015 usbserial.kext



c. And /System/Library/Extensions:
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 ALF.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD10000Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD7000Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD8000Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD9000Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMD9500Controller.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:02 AMDMTLBronzeDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonVADriver2.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX4000.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX4000GLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX4000HWServices.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX5000.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX5000GLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX5000HWServices.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:02 AMDRadeonX5000MTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:02 AMDRadeonX5000Shared.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDRadeonX6000HWServices.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:02 AMDShared.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 23:03 AMDSupport.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:44 AirPortBrcmNIC-MFG.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 Apple16X50Serial.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 AppleACPIPlatform.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleAHCIPort.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleAPIC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 AppleAVEBridge.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:29 AppleActuatorDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:45 AppleBCMWLANBusInterfacePCIe.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:44 AppleBCMWLANCore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:45 AppleBCMWLANCoreV3_Datastore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleBacklight.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 503 20 192 Sep 20 23:19 AppleBacklightExpert.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:30 AppleBluetoothMultitouch.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:30 AppleBluetoothRemote.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 AppleBusPowerController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 30 18:34 AppleCameraInterface.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:40 AppleCredentialManager.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jun 2 2015 AppleDataSetManagement.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleEFIRuntime.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:46 AppleEffaceableNOR.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:46 AppleEffaceableStorage.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 AppleEmbeddedOSSupportHost.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:47 AppleFDEKeyStore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleFIVRDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:19 AppleFWAudio.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleFileSystemDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:50 AppleFileUtil.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:47 AppleGFXHDA.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleGraphicsControl.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:54 AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:48 AppleHDA.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleHIDALSService.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 14:54 AppleHIDKeyboard.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 14:54 AppleHIDMouse.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleHPET.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleHPM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleHSSPIHIDDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleHSSPISupport.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleHV.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleHWSensor.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleIRController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:26 AppleInputDeviceSupport.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelBDWGraphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelBDWGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelCFLGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelFramebufferAzul.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelFramebufferCapri.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelGraphicsShared.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHD4000Graphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelHD4000GraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelHD4000GraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHD4000GraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHD5000Graphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelHD5000GraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelHD5000GraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHD5000GraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelHSWVA.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelIVBVA.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelKBLGraphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelKBLGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:37 AppleIntelLpssDmac.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:37 AppleIntelLpssGspi.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssI2C.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssI2CController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:37 AppleIntelLpssSpiController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssUARTCommon.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssUARTv0.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleIntelLpssUARTv1.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleIntelMCEReporter.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:45 AppleIntelPCHPMC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelSKLGraphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelSKLGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelTGLGraphics.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelTGLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelTGLGraphicsGLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:03 AppleIntelTGLGraphicsMTLDriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 29 15:04 AppleIntelTGLGraphicsVAME.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 16:59 AppleKextExcludeList.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:48 AppleKeyStore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:45 AppleLPC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:41 AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 AppleMCCSControl.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleMCP89RootPortPM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:51 AppleMIDIBluetoothDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:17 AppleMIDIFWDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:50 AppleMIDIIACDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:50 AppleMIDIRTPDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 17 17:50 AppleMIDIUSBDriver.plugin
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 AppleMatch.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:32 AppleMikeyHIDDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Jul 17 13:17 AppleMobileDevice.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleMobileFileIntegrity.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:49 AppleMultitouchDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 AppleOSXUSBNCM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 24 21:35 AppleOSXWatchdog.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleOnboardSerial.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 ApplePlatformEnabler.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleRAID.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleRAIDCard.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 AppleRTC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleSDXC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleSEPManager.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleSMBIOS.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:31 AppleSMBusController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:31 AppleSMBusPCI.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleSMC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleSMCLMU.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleSMCRTC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:25 AppleSRP.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 AppleSSE.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:28 AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleStorageDrivers.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleSystemPolicy.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 AppleThunderboltDPAdapters.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:33 AppleThunderboltEDMService.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:31 AppleThunderboltIP.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleThunderboltNHI.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleThunderboltPCIAdapters.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:43 AppleThunderboltUTDM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Sep 20 20:30 AppleTopCase.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBACM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:47 AppleUSBAudio.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBCDC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBCHCOM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 AppleUSBCommon.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBDMM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleUSBDisplays.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBECM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBEEM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBEthernet.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:41 AppleUSBFTDI.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleUSBMultitouch.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBNCM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBNetworking.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBPLCOM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:42 AppleUSBRealtek8153Patcher.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBSerial.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:39 AppleUSBTopCase.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleUSBWCM.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 AppleUSBiBridge.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 23 21:47 AppleUpstreamUserClient.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 20 20:58 AppleVADriver.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:43 AppleWWANAutoEject.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 AppleXsanScheme.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 Apple_iSight.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 503 20 192 Sep 20 23:20 AudioAUUC.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:35 BCMWLANFirmware4364_Datastore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:34 BCMWLANFirmware4364_Hashstore.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 BootCache.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 BridgeAudioCommunication.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:36 BridgeAudioController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:38 CellPhoneHelper.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:30 CoreStorage.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:29 CoreTrust.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 503 20 96 Aug 22 22:24 DSACL.ppp
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What is your suggestion? if it got really messed I can start again from scratch, and be more careful next time I try to restore my backup. But if it can be saved the way it is now, I would really prefer to learn how to troubleshoot it.

Thank you
Jorge

I can't see anything wrong with /Library/Extensions/ or /System/Library/Extensions/...

Also, with the latest WhateverGreen, it's advised to NOT enable "UseIntelHDMI".

What system are you trying to restore from? Was it a real Mac or a hackintosh?

Here's what I would try before starting from scratch:
  1. Plug the SSD back in to your hack.
  2. Plug your USB installer in to your hack.
  3. Boot from the USB installer and boot to the Mojave installer.
  4. Once the Mojave installer has fully booted, choose to install macOS and select your SSD.
  5. Let the installer do its thing. When the installer reboots the computer, select the "install" partition at the Clover Boot Menu. Do this every time it reboots until the "install" partition is no longer there.
  6. Try booting in to your SSD normally.

In regards to troubleshooting, there's not much to learn... I just rely on memory of what untouched /Library/Extensions and /System/Library/Extensions/ folders should have. Very often, users attempt other installation methods before trying my EFI folders and end up with kexts in those two folders which would clash with what's in my EFI folders and cause problems.

As you've already experienced, with the most recent tools/techniques, installing hackintosh related kexts in to those two folders can be completely avoided. Although, I must state that people far smarter and experienced than I suggest against installing these hackintosh kexts strictly in the EFI folder. That being said, I've been doing it this way for upwards of two years now and have not had ANY problems. I prefer doing it this way because it allows me to freely move system drives between different my hacks and real Macs and they will just work. I feel it's cleaner and more elegant to keep all the hackintosh stuff contained in one location and will continue to use this method until encounter problems.
 
Thanks Chef for your prompt response.

I didn't know the advice was to avoid UseIntelHDMI with the latest WhateverGreen, I already turned back off.
The backup is from a real mac, a MBP 2017 (MacBookPro14,1).

I followed your suggestions, and the result is quite confusing.

Booted from the installer in the USB, completed the first part of the install, reboot, then selected "Boot macOS Install Prebootet from Preboot", 2 seconds later I got a really bad error message:
-IwDInXMMYvdxPa6ltxk6sBZABjEI4xeeGgT7ccv-vXuAZiEtDoOX9RAXb0gK89zOUywYYaynvswWTj6cFr1v3dv2G95-V0NhuloT0p4n-AzAeKiWFHo7Ja__otUWmGYRNQ2BQiK_JWIFVDnO9dmxLH-c-VZX1wdxYz-xl5LSPp4pEXKmzSdZQSiBD2uu8I8pyBdqOKtgK58dxyJs6F5P6xvZaJ4vp9cN1WMgctfU30fly2eUh-tCSTga0wUNdCLJF_WjBOEhBtV_VePC3xZqvCQgCO0jSXPSlwFjfkZja9JyHS5yqDz3o6EMwtw3_1IRHCAbSKUkEHxlrNcNyBhh2AjM9b-BYkKgkBxosmBYdUvRQFfWsLWilsSPIWASQ3H_2wamBdXdOyesE0Y4tgijejI-k7DGKSFLpiwBTBuIsqMzrLXDh5yq6j-StTsXJy-Si-DwPETCMpUulMueV5-cP2Zk-sKEOc6MEq4F1tY5hkfMsrkUuMAgka7sB6B94ETwGRnTDFOpkTI-PXDoyI_80O2dkpw7-WWxXRoZExKzH8tXbPSu4vPg8G6t2xXqUb37A1H83YUhTCESKEeqFvFeyijBy04zfgn-ODSAhUAHgETy8T0l93YT97PMigrRUS-=w1111-h833-no


I was making my mind to start all over again, ...I just wanted to try one last time to boot from SSD, and it worked.

The restore completed successfully, I found the new user, all applications, settings, even the printer is set up; and everything seems to work.

Should I worry about these 2 Preboot options I have in the clover boot menu?, In case not, is there any way to remove them? (one is macOS inatall, the other FailVault):

c02-sKe1T8pobURoqykvoCQxN1T2em7_ubxOTnNhQABIpWETOzVRQZ6BlYORLR7es6IRL8GoHsPJpZMJ8CjzIDEnHPlLb6tBG84DxCzdWLD-atCulhTjR65rMtMcyTwTfKoUMOuHQMDNdvX2P_vLwI4JL9r-EviDFl-sBteHtblK37KI_hXyJaQm0gyW0ELeYm9Z2AV1kiLOM7IeZO9nzCYuLF4dlIt2iFIi-VeO8bih8FYz234ys3UgIUTfeQrF_38BMTA8e0X4zzY8gBisz5wgilJb6bAsPZ_U5y1lk9zqnYhYhTucjylmNYKPd-xAIoEtGWWEfp9qX2B0Ykwppqf78xxTQDhZtaxHZW7fUpTtAyge7JTt9XMzn6yaMDWkz-FQqa0lYoONERL1kr-6SYVedp435m_Hf4tIrdi-ulC_bvn7YikabyoR8dkpuH-HhDzbUBVxIBVs1Lf2sWuJsJv6P5Y-Wh1yzsTiaG61lE3yVPok_GKLzJoLUxsnGuVMuISKowEqscI0r6OrXzeqznvrUVSN7-GuSkMgvmOQNZaruVfO2GRVe2vCIemF-hBwgGqdfR0D91GtFTe9LPM9nYg_w_Nqnd2Rsyn8SVvm9FCKCD5nimk1BRuTBMVZzkFw=w1176-h882-no
 
Thanks Chef for your prompt response.

I didn't know the advice was to avoid UseIntelHDMI with the latest WhateverGreen, I already turned back off.
The backup is from a real mac, a MBP 2017 (MacBookPro14,1).

I followed your suggestions, and the result is quite confusing.

Booted from the installer in the USB, completed the first part of the install, reboot, then selected "Boot macOS Install Prebootet from Preboot", 2 seconds later I got a really bad error message:
-IwDInXMMYvdxPa6ltxk6sBZABjEI4xeeGgT7ccv-vXuAZiEtDoOX9RAXb0gK89zOUywYYaynvswWTj6cFr1v3dv2G95-V0NhuloT0p4n-AzAeKiWFHo7Ja__otUWmGYRNQ2BQiK_JWIFVDnO9dmxLH-c-VZX1wdxYz-xl5LSPp4pEXKmzSdZQSiBD2uu8I8pyBdqOKtgK58dxyJs6F5P6xvZaJ4vp9cN1WMgctfU30fly2eUh-tCSTga0wUNdCLJF_WjBOEhBtV_VePC3xZqvCQgCO0jSXPSlwFjfkZja9JyHS5yqDz3o6EMwtw3_1IRHCAbSKUkEHxlrNcNyBhh2AjM9b-BYkKgkBxosmBYdUvRQFfWsLWilsSPIWASQ3H_2wamBdXdOyesE0Y4tgijejI-k7DGKSFLpiwBTBuIsqMzrLXDh5yq6j-StTsXJy-Si-DwPETCMpUulMueV5-cP2Zk-sKEOc6MEq4F1tY5hkfMsrkUuMAgka7sB6B94ETwGRnTDFOpkTI-PXDoyI_80O2dkpw7-WWxXRoZExKzH8tXbPSu4vPg8G6t2xXqUb37A1H83YUhTCESKEeqFvFeyijBy04zfgn-ODSAhUAHgETy8T0l93YT97PMigrRUS-=w1111-h833-no


I was making my mind to start all over again, ...I just wanted to try one last time to boot from SSD, and it worked.

The restore completed successfully, I found the new user, all applications, settings, even the printer is set up; and everything seems to work.

Should I worry about these 2 Preboot options I have in the clover boot menu?, In case not, is there any way to remove them? (one is macOS inatall, the other FailVault):

c02-sKe1T8pobURoqykvoCQxN1T2em7_ubxOTnNhQABIpWETOzVRQZ6BlYORLR7es6IRL8GoHsPJpZMJ8CjzIDEnHPlLb6tBG84DxCzdWLD-atCulhTjR65rMtMcyTwTfKoUMOuHQMDNdvX2P_vLwI4JL9r-EviDFl-sBteHtblK37KI_hXyJaQm0gyW0ELeYm9Z2AV1kiLOM7IeZO9nzCYuLF4dlIt2iFIi-VeO8bih8FYz234ys3UgIUTfeQrF_38BMTA8e0X4zzY8gBisz5wgilJb6bAsPZ_U5y1lk9zqnYhYhTucjylmNYKPd-xAIoEtGWWEfp9qX2B0Ykwppqf78xxTQDhZtaxHZW7fUpTtAyge7JTt9XMzn6yaMDWkz-FQqa0lYoONERL1kr-6SYVedp435m_Hf4tIrdi-ulC_bvn7YikabyoR8dkpuH-HhDzbUBVxIBVs1Lf2sWuJsJv6P5Y-Wh1yzsTiaG61lE3yVPok_GKLzJoLUxsnGuVMuISKowEqscI0r6OrXzeqznvrUVSN7-GuSkMgvmOQNZaruVfO2GRVe2vCIemF-hBwgGqdfR0D91GtFTe9LPM9nYg_w_Nqnd2Rsyn8SVvm9FCKCD5nimk1BRuTBMVZzkFw=w1176-h882-no

No, not the "Preboot" options. Choose the one to the right of the two Preboot options.
IMG_20181023_114446.jpg

If this doesn't work, you can do the following:
  1. Clone your MacBook Pro system drive to your hack's SSD.
  2. Copy the EFI folder to the EFI partition of your hack's SSD.
  3. Plug the SSD back in to your hack.
  4. Boot.
 
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I don't think any of the Z370 motherboards need emulated NVRAM. Just use AptioMemoryFix.
Really unsure about that one because as soon as I remove nvram.plist, it boots then if I move the mouse the computers rash and reboots...
 
Really unsure about that one because as soon as I remove nvram.plist, it boots then if I move the mouse the computers rash and reboots...

I think you have stuff installed from other guides that are still in your system. I don't have nvram.plist anywhere and I move my mouse all day without a crash.
 
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