Hi xhyann,
I also have Surface Pro 4 with same configuration as yours and would like to know if you're successful in installing High Sierra or Mojave successfully. If yes, it everything working properly ? Please advise and let me know if you can help in installing the same on my Surface Pro 4 too as it's also with same configuration. Awaiting your reply. Thanks
Hey Jogindar,
yes, I was indeed successful in installing Mojave on my SP4 but there are three flaws I was just not able to fix.
First of all, you will of course need a WLAN USB-Module which is kinda annoying with such a slim, good looking device (keep in mind: just one usb port - so either internet or a usb stick etc.) If you want high Speed / higher range, you need to choose a big antenna. There are nothing you can do about this since you cant really open this device to change your NIC.
Second and for me even more annoying than the WLAN/USB issue, your Trackpad won't be supporting Multigestures. I spent days looking up a solution, but this was the reason I finally removed macOS from the Surface and use Windows / Ubuntu dualboot instead. (Ubuntu will support your NIC and Multigestures if configured properly). The generic mouse kext may work (for one finger) but I included Multigestures heavily into my workflow. This rendered the Surface more into something I could show off than something to be productive with.
The third issue, a smaller one, i couldn't get the webcam to work.
Besides that, I managed to get most of the things working. I didn't bother with things like FaceTime etc. because I don't use that. It shouldn't be neccessary to say that touch won't work on macOS. With a fully charged battery you would last about 3 hours mediocre use. (This was at least too short for me since you reach somewhat about 6h under Windows).
You'll face issues here:
- Graphics Acceleration (ofc, follow this thread)
- Brightness Slider (funnily, an app will help you out: Brightness slider from the app store)
- Sound (Input and Output, just install voodoohda kexts)
- Battery Indicator (there is a regedit patch for this one)
- Annoying 'charger connected' sound all the time if you're 100% charged already (there is a console command to deactivate that, you could autorun it after booting)
- App Store (use nullethernet.kext)
- I also had problems with restarts while I didn't use the device (for example, I went to bed and the next morning clover greeted me and the Display was hot (worked around that with a timeout but never found the issue tho)
Maybe there will be more problems but these are all I could think of atm.
All in all if you ask me, this is a nice opportunity to learn something about Hackintosh, but you'll definetly get rid of this Setup sooner or later. The Hardware isn't even strong enough to do specific things you only can do on macOS (thinking about Final Cut or Logic Pro). I do rather use Windows with a long(er) lasting battery and no usb antenna for tasks you'd be able to do on macOS, despite the fact I don't really like Windows.
I included a picture with my WLAN Module so you know how it would look...
I wanted to upload a hq tutorial for the Surface Pro 4 on YouTube but haven't had enough time to do that yet. Maybe I will in the future. If you really want to do it and stumble upon any questions, ask them here or pn me and i'll look into it when I got time.
Good luck and cheers, mate.