<< Solved >> XPS 9560 - UEFI boot drive not detected

[InertiaSelling]

Hi. I've been trying to install macOS on my Dell XPS 15 9560 (7700hq, 1050, 16GB, 512GB, FHD, 97Wh) for some time now, and I always encounter the same issue: my UEFI boot drive is not detected, no matter how it was created. I've tried with Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave; I've tried USB 2.0 and 3.0 peripherals; I've tried different ports; I've followed different boot drive creation guides; I've reset the BIOS to factory settings; I've updated the BIOS to the version used in each guide I've tried to follow. But that computer just doesn't want to detect a hackintosh boot drive; it works fine with Linux UEFI drives though. And the worst thing is, I can use these drives with other computers, both laptops and desktops. So, I'm quite certain the issue is with the computer itself, but I can't seem to find it. Any help is welcome.

EDIT: I should have mentioned, the drives show up as legacy devices if I enable the option, but of course nothing happens if I try to boot from them, as they are indeed UEFI devices. They show up as UEFI on other systems.

 

[RehabMan]

Hi. I've been trying to install macOS on my Dell XPS 15 9560 (7700hq, 1050, 16GB, 512GB, FHD, 97Wh) for some time now, and I always encounter the same issue: my UEFI boot drive is not detected, no matter how it was created. I've tried with Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave; I've tried USB 2.0 and 3.0 peripherals; I've tried different ports; I've followed different boot drive creation guides; I've reset the BIOS to factory settings; I've updated the BIOS to the version used in each guide I've tried to follow. But that computer just doesn't want to detect a hackintosh boot drive; it works fine with Linux UEFI drives though. And the worst thing is, I can use these drives with other computers, both laptops and desktops. So, I'm quite certain the issue is with the computer itself, but I can't seem to find it. Any help is welcome.

EDIT: I should have mentioned, the drives show up as legacy devices if I enable the option, but of course nothing happens if I try to boot from them, as they are indeed UEFI devices. They show up as UEFI on other systems.

Perhaps you didn't disable secure boot.

 

[InertiaSelling]

I did, every single guide mentioned it. But I've actually just found a solution after months of head scratching, so I'll leave it here in case someone has the same problem: the boot option had to be created manually, and if memory serves, it didn't work properly on earlier BIOS versions. Everything is fine with the latest one.

 

[Kirisuke]

try the following steps. It worked for me, when my mac Os partition on my ssd wasn't found. But i can't ensure, that it would work with thumb drives as well

go to bios -> boot sequence
in boot list option click on add boot option
choose a boot option name, for example ''Mac''
and under file name choose \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi
it should hopefully show up as a boot option, when you spam F12 while booting