Checklist Tools

Checklist Tools, Boot Key Combinations, and Links

Tools for Checking

• Menu Bar SIP Detector: menu bar app that displays the current status of SIP

• GLview: OpenGL Extensions Viewer

• Metal benchmark: Geekbench

• Disk Speedtest: AJA System Test Lite

• Battery checker: coconutBattery useful for Laptops

• USB Port Mapper: USBToolBox or Hackintool

• System Info: Hackintool

• IORegistryExplorer IORegistryClone

• CPU Torture Test: Prime95

• CPU monitoring: Intel Power Gadget

• Hardware Monitor: HWMonitorSMC2

• Hardware Decode Acceleration (linked from here): VDADecoderChecker

• Gfxutil: https://github.com/acidanthera/gfxutil/releases

OpenCore Boot Key Combinations

• Mac startup key combinations.

• Enable KeySupport & PollAppleHotKeys in Config.plist.

• For PC keyboard: enable KeySwap.

• Keys can be pressed after power on or when OpenCore Picker is shown.

  • CMD+V — verbose mode.

  • CMD+S — single user mode.

  • CMD+R — boot into macOS recovery partition.

  • CMD+OPT+P+R — reset NVRAM.

  • OPT or ESC or Zero — at startup to show OpenCore Picker.

  • CTRL+ENTER at highlighted boot picker to set default boot option.

Links

• OpenCore Post-Install

  • covers iGPU, Audio, Sleep, Power Management, USB mapping, NVRAM, Security, Battery, Multibooting, DRM, iMessage, etc.

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