some general questions for newbies

[Accu]

Hi guys,

I'm fairly new to here and its my first Hackintosh I have built.
Hence I have collected a bunch of newbie questions and hope some of you can help me with.

1. Updates: I have a fresh Hackintosh running pretty smooth of what I can see on Catalina 10.15.3. What about future updates? Say apple releases some security update or new builds. Can I simply install them as I would normally do, or would this break my installation?
2. Backup of my system: can I somehow backup or clone my system in case something gets broken? Do I need to backup the EFI partition and can simply copy it back in case of an emergency? I want to avoid to run through then entire lengthy process of setting up the system again.
3. Bluetooth: I have not yet received my Wifi/BT card for the motherboard yet. However, I have those tiny USB dongles which come with my BT mouse (Logitech MX Master 3). Unfortunately it appears that the BT dongle is not recognized by the system. Is there an easy way I can get my mouse working?
4. Kext updates: I'm using the Hackintool /w Kextbeast for my Kexts. It shows that some of the Kext seem to be outdated (pfa). Unfortunately whatever I do I can't get them updated. My process: I use Hackintool to download new versions and then Kextbeast to pick them up from the desktop. Then reboot. When I then check again - nothing has changed. Still red lines indicating not up-to-date Kexts. Is there any better way to ensure I get the most up-to-date Kexts?

Thanks for your help.

 

[jaymonkey]

@Accu,

1. Updates: Sometimes it is necessary to update Clover and/or certain kexts such as Lilu, WhatEverGreen .. etc before running the MacOS installer. We always start a new thread for a major or minor MacOS update. It's always best to check on each update thread if there are any recommended actions to take prior to installing an update.

2. You can clone your MacOs drive by using Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper both are very similar in function.
You can back up your EFI just by mounting the partition and copying the EFI folder. If you copy it to the EFI partition of your MacOS clone then that drive will be bootable.

3. Bluetooth on MacOS only works well with a Broadcom WiFi/BT combo card, there are a few USB BT dongles that work with MacOS see the "Accessories" section of our buyers guide for more info.

4. Use Hackintool to install the updated kexts on MacOS Catalina see this guide for more info :-

[GUIDE] Installing 3rd Party Kexts - El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina

Installing 3rd Party Kexts in /Library/Extensions Note: This guide was originally written to support MacOS Mojave and older versions (< r5200) of the Clover boot-loader. The methods detailed here are now considered legacy methods and should only used with older versions of MacOS as detailed...

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Cheers
Jay

 

[Bustycat]

The issue of red rows caused by unreleased new versions is fixed.

[Release] Hackintool v3.x.x

New version 3.2.0 looks great! One question though, why does it always indicate a new version, but when I go to URL or download, it is not the newer version listed:

www.tonymacx86.com