Thanks for the charts! Really useful for an oversight.This build is using an 18,3 as well, and I'm not noticing any issues.
Have a look here, this charts out the models.
So Hackintool leads in your case to a i5 as well?I am still using 18.3. I think Hackintosh tool is wrong. I notice itd as well.
I don't think Apple cares about the S/N and whether it ties to actual hardware in our case.Thanks for the charts! Really useful for an oversight.
They show that there are existing iMac 18,3 with i7 or i5 cpus.
In my case, I use an i7. But, as I described in my last post, Hackintool indicates me that my serial number is connected to an i5 iMac18,3. So i was curious, if this could lead to problems.
So Hackintool leads in your case to a i5 as well?
Quite welcome!JCMunsonII, thank you for your great instructions and sifting through a myriad of data to present us with your working build! I hope I can join you all here. My first build in (Dec'17), which followed your h/w - including migrating to Vega 64 - developed problems. I had supposed something became corrupted. After checking the Mobo, the memory, the M.2 NvME... I discovered it was an intermittent power supply. I am now ready to start building again.
Is there a way to begin with, say, Catalina if my drive no longer has Sierra or High Sierra installed? Or, do you recommend beginning as you did with Sierra and upgrading, step by step, to Catalina? I am concerned, for example, that I'd miss a myriad of fixes and tweaks along the way - such as when you changed from iMac 14,2 to 18,3, added Vega 64, etc, etc...
Thank you! StGeorge1
Since you are starting with a Vega64, you would obviously drop any NVidia-related items.Thank you!
Is there a reference that might give me some basic background, even a tutorial? For example, do I make the various Nvidia tweaks even though I am using Vega64? Of course I would not, but this one's easy because I know what a GPU is and know Nvidia is replaced later. Please bear with my Freshman knowledge. But what are plists? What role do kexts play and where are they found? Does CPUID matter because later Multibeasts might overcome that? How does one operate Clover? Etc. Etc. I have some knowledge, but apparently just enough to get me into trouble!
If this information does not exist, perhaps I could make my list of changes by combing your work, then list those things I do not understand and post those here? I appreciate your mentoring.