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OpenCore Visual Beginners Guide
  • 📗Step-by-Step
    • Intro & Hardware
    • Create EFI & Config - OCAuxiliaryTools
    • Create macOS Installer - OCLP
    • Install & Postinstall
      • USB Port Mapping
    • Use Debug Versions
    • Upgrade OpenCore
    • Hackintosh Checklist
    • Tools and Boot Keys
  • 📙Alternatives
    • Create macOS Installer - TINU
    • USB Mapping on Windows
  • 📘Advanced Topics
    • Open Core Legacy Patcher (OCLP)
      • Broadcom Wifi on macOS Sequoia
    • Using Alder Lake (or Raptor Lake)
    • BIOS Settings Explained
    • OpenCore UEFI Shell
      • acpiview - command
    • Dual-Boot Options
      • Dual-Boot on Single Disk
      • Create rEFInd BOOTer
    • Common Boot Args for macOS
    • Block Update Notifications
    • Low End GPUs
    • Tips & Tricks (WIP)
  • Hackintosh Opinions
    • Olarila - Not Recommended
    • Hack Studio SFF
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Hackintosh Checklist

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Useful tools and utilities

Desktop and General

OpenCore Booting

Display

Graphics Acceleration

Audio

Sleep & Power

Use Energy Saver > Restore Defaults

CPU

Disk

Test with AJA System Test Lite or AmorphousDiskMark

Sensors

Check with HWMonitorSMC2

Keyboard

USB

Check with USBToolBox or Hackintool (shows connection speed)

Test external drive speed with AJA System Test Lite

ThunderBolt

Ethernet

Wifi & Bluetooth

OS Features

Laptop Specific

additional checks relevant for Notebooks including MacBooks with Legacy Patchers

Display

Audio

Sleep & Power

Battery

Sensors

Keyboard & Trackpad

, select Sleep

CPU Power Management

Handoff and which requires macOS Catalina & iOS 13+

requires macOS Catalina or later and a compatible iPad using iPadOS 13 or later.

Location of Checklist:

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Checklist Tools
Verifying if you have working NVRAM
Check Apple Coverage
Press and hold power button for 1.5 seconds
Optimizing Power Management
System requirements for Continuity
Use Continuity
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