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- Nov 5, 2020
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- Motherboard
- Asus ROG GL502VS
- CPU
- Core i7-6700HQ
- Graphics
- GTX 1070
This thread heavily relies on the thread linked in this text. Give a huge thanks to OP and all the people in the comments who made all this possible
[NOTE: THIS IS ONLY THE EFI FILES TO RUN CATALINA, I RECOMMEND FOLLOWING THE GUIDE FROM THE THREAD LINKED ABOVE AFTERWARDS].
[FOR TRACKPAD SUPPORT, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THELATEST VOODOOI2C KEXTS [Only use version 2.3, I don't know why the latest kext refuses to work], MOUNT YOUR PARTITION AS ROOT "sudo mount -uw /", AND ADD "VoodooI2C.kext", "VoodooI2CELAN.kext", and "VoodooI2CHID.kext" TO "/System/Library/Extensions"".]
[FOR KEYBOARD BACKLIGHT, USE THIS APP: https://github.com/black-dragon74/ROG-HID ]
Welp, I got my GL502VS-DB71 running Catalina. Originally, I wanted to run Big Sur, and while it worked, there were some issues, especially with their snapshot-only filesystem that made adding some kexts into /System/Library/Extensions a pain in the ass. Also made "installing" the Nvidia web drivers impossible. By the way, before I get crucified, I know the drivers don't offer hardware acceleration in macOS versions beyond high sierra, I'm well aware, but I find the web drivers to offer better performance than running the system without them at all.
Ended up switching to OpenCore, despite how scary it looked at first, it actually wasn't that bad. Configuring the plist from scratch was surprisingly easy, and a lot of the tweaks you usually add to clover come pre-bundled. I don't know whether I should make a new post, or upload the EFI files here. I'd recommend using OpenCore configurator, it made life a lot easier.
I know there's some malpractices in this config, with the DSDT being in the plist being one of them. I'm still extremely new at hackintoshing, much more to OpenCore, so there's some stuff I don't fully understand completely. I'd recommend generating a new DSDT using the method in this guide, and also adding the AsusSMC patches as well.
I removed the platform info section, but you can add a new one in the OpenCore configurator by going to: PlatformInfo; and click on that little button with 2 arrows next to "Check Coverage" near the bottom. Then check on "MacBookPro,13,3".
Also, I also heavily recommend re-enabling debug mode if this is your first install, ya know, just in case something inevitably goes wrong, as it's with anything hackintosh-related. You can do this by going to Misc: Debug: and click on "Disable Watchdog", "AppleDebug", and "ApplePanic".
This config has intel wifi and intel Bluetooth working straight out of the box perfectly from my experience, and everything works perfectly except for video hardware acceleration, and the keyboard not working on boot sometimes.
Anyways, love ya guys, and thank you SO MUCH for all the guides and comments that made all this possible.
[NOTE: THIS IS ONLY THE EFI FILES TO RUN CATALINA, I RECOMMEND FOLLOWING THE GUIDE FROM THE THREAD LINKED ABOVE AFTERWARDS].
[FOR TRACKPAD SUPPORT, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE
[FOR KEYBOARD BACKLIGHT, USE THIS APP: https://github.com/black-dragon74/ROG-HID ]
Welp, I got my GL502VS-DB71 running Catalina. Originally, I wanted to run Big Sur, and while it worked, there were some issues, especially with their snapshot-only filesystem that made adding some kexts into /System/Library/Extensions a pain in the ass. Also made "installing" the Nvidia web drivers impossible. By the way, before I get crucified, I know the drivers don't offer hardware acceleration in macOS versions beyond high sierra, I'm well aware, but I find the web drivers to offer better performance than running the system without them at all.
Ended up switching to OpenCore, despite how scary it looked at first, it actually wasn't that bad. Configuring the plist from scratch was surprisingly easy, and a lot of the tweaks you usually add to clover come pre-bundled. I don't know whether I should make a new post, or upload the EFI files here. I'd recommend using OpenCore configurator, it made life a lot easier.
I know there's some malpractices in this config, with the DSDT being in the plist being one of them. I'm still extremely new at hackintoshing, much more to OpenCore, so there's some stuff I don't fully understand completely. I'd recommend generating a new DSDT using the method in this guide, and also adding the AsusSMC patches as well.
I removed the platform info section, but you can add a new one in the OpenCore configurator by going to: PlatformInfo; and click on that little button with 2 arrows next to "Check Coverage" near the bottom. Then check on "MacBookPro,13,3".
Also, I also heavily recommend re-enabling debug mode if this is your first install, ya know, just in case something inevitably goes wrong, as it's with anything hackintosh-related. You can do this by going to Misc: Debug: and click on "Disable Watchdog", "AppleDebug", and "ApplePanic".
This config has intel wifi and intel Bluetooth working straight out of the box perfectly from my experience, and everything works perfectly except for video hardware acceleration, and the keyboard not working on boot sometimes.
Anyways, love ya guys, and thank you SO MUCH for all the guides and comments that made all this possible.
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