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Desktop and General
OpenCore Booting
Correct OS choices shown in OpenCore Menu/GUI
Keyboard shortcuts working (see details below in OpenCore Boot Key Combinations)
CMD+V — verbose mode (check KeySwap)
NVRAM working: Verifying if you have working NVRAM​
Apple -> System Preferences -> Startup Disk (uses NVRAM).
Security (especially SIP) use Menu Bar SIP Detector
FileVault (if used)
Windows 10 and/or Linux Multi-Boot
Recovery (macOS) Boot
Serial Number: ensure that it does not exist elsewhere, Check Apple Coverage (and not uploaded to Github)
Display
Display via HDMI
Display via DisplayPort
Display via DVI
Native Resolution
Refresh rates
Multimonitor displays
Graphics Acceleration
dGPU dedicated GPU
In Terminal: gfxutil -f GFX0 or check in IORegistryExplorer
iGPU internal GPU
In Terminal: gfxutil -f IGPU or check in IORegistryExplorer
QE/CI (full acceleration requires both Quartz Extreme and Core Image)
Check for transparent menu bar and fast smooth UI.
VDA (Video Decode Acceleration framework)
Hackintool -> System -> System -> VDA Decoder (should show 'fully supported')
Or use VDADecoderChecker
Metal
System Information -> Graphics/Displays -> Metal: Supported
GLView
Geekbench -> Compute -> Metal
Intel Quick Sync, H.264 & HEVC (H.265) hardware decoding/encoding
Intel Power Gadget > GFX (green line) check while exporting H.264 from FCP-X
dGPU hardware acceleration
Audio
Audio out (see in Audio MIDI Setup)
Audio in
Frontpanel audio connectors
Audio over HDMI
Audio quality
Sleep & Power
Use Energy Saver > Restore Defaults
Check Hibernate Mode (desktop 0, laptop 3): pmset -g | grep hibernatemode
Shutdown (from Apple menu)
Restart (from Apple menu)
Manual Sleep (Apple menu -> Sleep)
​Press and hold power button for 1.5 seconds, select Sleep
Auto Sleep (System Preferences -> Energy Saver)
Wake by keyboard
Wake by mouse/trackpad
CPU
CPU Power Management Optimizing Power Management​
Check with IORegistryExplorer
Temperatures and stability with 100% CPU
Use Prime95 Torture Test
Disk
Test with AJA System Test Lite
NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen3 or Gen4 speeds)
SATA SSD
TRIM support (System Information -> SATA -> SSD drive)
Sensors
Check with HWMonitorSMC2
CPU
GPU
SSD, NVMe, HD
Fans
Keyboard
Option/Command correctly mapped in macOS
For PC Keyboards swap in: System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys
Press Spacebar and the key left of the Spacebar. This should show Spotlight
Fn keys working (Audio Volume keys, etc.)
USB
Check with USBToolBox or Hackintool (shows connection speed)
Test external drive speed with AJA System Test Lite
USB 2 ports
USB 2 on USB 3 ports
USB 3 and 3.1 ports (check transfer speed during copy)
USB Type-C ports
SD Card Reader
Camera (Photo Booth, Facetime, Zoom)
Fingerprint reader
ThunderBolt
File transfer
Display
Ethernet
Gigabit LAN (System Preferences-> Network -> Ethernet -> Advanced -> Hardware -> Speed should be 1000baseT)
2.5GBase-T (especially on Comet Lake and above boards)
10GBase-T (Aquantia with updated firmware)
Wifi & Bluetooth
Wifi transmission speed (Option Click -> Wifi menu bar icon -> check Tx Rate)
Bluetooth devices (trackpad, mouse, keyboard, headset)
AirDrop (test with iDevices)
AirPlay to Mac (macOS Monterey or later, test with iOS 14 or later devices)
tap the AirPlay icon on your Apple device to share videos to your Hackintosh
Handoff System requirements for Continuity and Use Continuity which requires macOS Catalina & iOS 13+
​Sidecar requires macOS Catalina or later and a compatible iPad using iPadOS 13 or later.
OS Features
iMessage, FaceTime, App Store, iTunes Store
DRM support (iTunes Movies, Apple TV+. Amazon Prime and Netflix, and others - test in Safari. Requires AMD Polaris or newer GPU.)
Laptop Specific
additional checks relevant for Notebooks including MacBooks with Legacy Patchers
Display
Backlight setting
Backlight sensor
Backlight Fn keys
Audio
Internal Speakers
Internal Microphone
3.5 mm Jack Headphones
3.5 mm Jack Microphone
Sleep & Power
Sleep by close lid
Sleep by close lid with external display
Wake by open lid
Battery
Showing percentage
Showing capacity/health
coconutBattery
Charge plug/unplug detected
Sensors
Battery
Keyboard & Trackpad
Keyboard (possibly PS2 based)
Brightness and other Fn Keys
Touchpad basic functions
Touchpad Gestures
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