[Guide] Gigabyte B360 Aorus Gaming 3 WiFi - Intel Core i5 9400F - RX580

[Striker]

Complete installation guide for installing macOS Catalina 10.15 (198583) on a Custom Build PC

Specifications :

Motherboard : Gigabyte B360 AORUS Gaming 3 WiFi
CPU: Intel Core i5 - 9400F
RAM: 32 GB 3200MHz
IGPU: None
Graphics: 2 X Sapphire Nitro Plus RX580 4GB
SSD: Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD 1TB
Audio: Realtek ALC 892
Display: 25" (2560x1080)

Summary :

What's works?

Audio
Graphics
Ethernet
HDMI
Power Management
iMessage
FaceTime
iCloud
USB 2.0, 3.0, 3.1 Ports
Type C, Type A

Not working

Everything works

Bootable Media Creation

STEP 1

To create Bootable USB for installation

Insert USB Flash Drive and open Disk Utility

Select USB Flash Drive and Erase it with following parameters

Name : USB
Format : OS X Extended (Journaled)
Scheme : GUID Partition Map

Launch Terminal

Copy and paste the following sudo command in terminal

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB

Enter Password, when it asks

Press (Y) for confirmation of the proceeding process and press Enter key

Close Terminal after execution of the process

STEP 2

Download Clover EFI Bootloader from the Forum Downloads Section

Run Clover EFI bootloader installer package

In Clover Bootloader click on Change Install Location and select installation Drive i.e Install macOS Mojave.

Click on Customize and configure the following settings.

Install Clover for UEFI booting only
Install Clover in the ESP
Themes: Select any
Drivers64UEFI: AptioMemoryFix-64 , ApsDriverLoader-64

Confirm the above options and click on Install. Enter Password when it asks.

Click on Close after execution of the process

STEP 3 :

Now you'll have to place the necessary Files, Kexts & Config.plist

Navigate to: EFI/CLOVER
Download the Config.plist file from here: https://www.elitemacx86.com/threads/guide-creating-a-basic-config-plist-file-for-booting-macos.257/
Change the SMBIOS to iMac Pro 1,1
Rest will be as it is

Navigate to: EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI/
Place HFSPlus.efi : https://github.com/JrCs/CloverGrowerPro/raw/master/Files/HFSPlus/X64/HFSPlus.efi

After that
Navigate to: EFI/CLOVER/kexts/

Place following kexts in the folder
FakeSMC.kext: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-FakeSMC-kozlek
VoodooPS2Controller.kext: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller
USBInjectAll.kext: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-USB-Inject-All
Lilu.kext: https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu
WhateverGreen.kext: https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen
EmuVariableUefi-64.efi: From Clover Bootloader

Now, everything is done USB is fully prepared for installation

UEFI settings

Set X.M.P to Profile 1.
Set CSM Support to Disabled.
Set XHCI Hand-of to Enabled.
Set SATA Mode to AHCI.
Set VT-d Option to Disable
Set Windows 8/10 Feature to Other OS

Booting the Installer using USB

After preparing installation USB

Plug the USB flash drive in USB 2.0/3.0 port and boot to boot menu

Select USB with the UEFI prefix and press enter to boot

Use following boot args :
-v
nv_disable=1
slide=0

Select Boot macOS Install from Install macOS Mojave and press enter to boot

When at installation screen

select preferred language and continue

Select Disk Utility and continue

click on View and select Show all Devices

select Hard Drive or SSD on which you want to install macOS

Select the Drive and click on Erase button

Erase it with following parameters

Name : Macintosh HD* (You can rename it later on)
Format : APFS
Scheme : GUID Partition Map

After execution of the process Close Disk Utility

Select Install macOS and continue with the options.

Now select Macintosh HD* and click on Install.

When the PC restarts, select Boot macOS Install from Macintosh HD or (Drive name) and press enter

After installation, boot it using USB, but this time select Macintosh HD or (Drive name) and press enter

When you're at the welcome screen, continue with the basics options such as Keyboard setup, Network, Computer Account and Privacy settings

Post Installation

Boot from System Drive

Mount the EFI Partitions of BOTH USB as well as Hard Drive/SSD

Open EFI Partition of Hard Drive

Select EFI folder and then move to Trash

Open EFI Partition of USB

Copy the EFI folder to EFI Partition of Hard Drive.

Graphics

AMD RX580 is supported and will run in full QE/CI OOTB

Network

The PC uses Intel I219V-7 Ethernet Chipset. Install Realtek IntelMausiEthernet.Pkg

Audio

The PC uses a Realtek ALC 892 Audio Codec

Download AppleALC.kext & Lilu.kext

Move the files to EFI/Clover/Kexts/10.15 and place both the kexts

Open config.plist

Use layout ID = 99

Check "ResetHDA"

For more info: Follow Up

USB Ports

All USB Ports works OOTB

Add USB port limit patch

Mount EFI Partition
Open config.plist file using Clover Configurator
Navigate to kernel and kext patches tab and add the following patch in config.plist.

Name: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
Find* [HEX]: 83FB0F0F 870B0400 00
Replace* [HEX]: 883FB3F0F 870B0400 00
Comment: USB 10.15.x by PMHeart

Name: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
Find* [HEX]: 4183FF0F 0F839404 0000
Replace* [HEX]: 4183FF3F 0F839404 0000
Comment: USB 10.15.x by PMHeart

Name: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
Find* [HEX]: 83E30FD3 E34109DF
Replace* [HEX]: 83E33FD3 E34109DF
Comment: USB 10.15.x by PMHeart

Save config.plist file

Restart PC for implementing the changes

Miscellaneous

App Store
iMessage
FaceTime
iCloud

To activate App Store iMessage FaceTime & iCloud, follow the instructions below :

Mount EFI partition

Open config.plist

Navigate to SMBIOS Tab

Generate a new SMBIOS for "iMac Pro 1,1"

Save config.plist

Restart PC

Login into App Store, iMessage, FaceTime and iCloud.


By following the above Guide, A full working macOS Mojave on Custom Build PC can be installed

Credits:
A special Thanks to @EliteMacx86 and @DSM2 for the wonderful guides which is super easy to follow.

 

[taidz]

Hello , can you share efi folder .. thanks

 

[EliteMacx86]

Hello , can you share efi folder .. thanks

Follow the guide above. Everything is explained.

 

[Sinaloense]

Thanks, I have my first hackintosh!
All is working.

 

[EliteMacx86]

Thanks, I have my first hackintosh!
All is working.

Perfect, enjoy.

 

[siddharthnaidu]

Hi Thanks for the detailed guide to install catalina on gigabyte b360 aorus gaming 3 wifi board, i've successfully installed catalina on my machine, everything working fine except imessage and facetime, i actually want these 2 services up and running since i've iPhone. Could you please guide me how to fix imessage and facetime issues on my machine.

1. gigabyte b360 aorus gaming 3 wifi
2. intel core i3-9100f 9th gen desktop processor
3. Sapphire 11265-05-20G Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB GDDR5
4. Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 3000 (PC4-24000) x 4

 

[EliteMacx86]

Hi Thanks for the detailed guide to install catalina on gigabyte b360 aorus gaming 3 wifi board, i've successfully installed catalina on my machine, everything working fine except imessage and facetime, i actually want these 2 services up and running since i've iPhone. Could you please guide me how to fix imessage and facetime issues on my machine.

1. gigabyte b360 aorus gaming 3 wifi
2. intel core i3-9100f 9th gen desktop processor
3. Sapphire 11265-05-20G Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB GDDR5
4. Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 3000 (PC4-24000) x 4

It's related to Serial, MLB and ROM. I'll try to post a guide soon.

 

[siddharthnaidu]

It's related to Serial, MLB and ROM. I'll try to post a guide soon.

Okay, thanks in advance.

 

[EliteMacx86]

Okay, thanks in advance.

You're welcome!

 

[siddharthnaidu]

You're welcome!

Any luck on this?