GUIDE How to Configure Post Installation on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

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How to Configure Post Installation on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]​

Before you configure the Post Installation for your System, make sure you have installed macOS. If you have not installed macOS yet, follow one of the installation guides linked below.

Clover Installation Guide

GUIDE - How to Boot macOS Installer on Desktops and Laptops using Clover [UEFI/Legacy] - Clover Install Guide

How to Install macOS on PC/Laptop using Clover [UEFI/Legacy] - Clover Install Guide Installing OS X/macOS can be adventurous on non-Apple computers. However, booting the OS X/macOS installers on a non-Apple computer can be challenging for new users. It's one of the major challenges you'll face...

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OpenCore Installation Guide

GUIDE - How to Boot macOS Installer on Desktops and Laptops using OpenCore [UEFI/Legacy] - OpenCore Install Guide

How to Boot macOS Installer on Desktops and Laptops using OpenCore [UEFI/Legacy] - OpenCore Install Guide Booting the OS X/macOS installers on a non-Apple computer can be challenging for new users. This guide is intended for those who wish to use OpenCore as a Bootloader and it covers a...

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Before you start fixing the different areas of the post installation, you should make a note of working and non-working things. Depending on the System and with how much precision the guide was followed, you will have:

Desktops

• Graphics Acceleration with QE/CI (If using a compatible GPU)
• Audio (Onboard and HDMI/DP)
• Ethernet
• WiFi/BT (If using compatible WiFi/BT hardware). See WiFi/BT Hardware Compatibility for more information
• AirDrop and Handoff function (If using compatible WiFi/BT hardware). See WiFi/BT Hardware Compatibility for more information
• Encoding (H.264/H.265 (If using compatible GPU))
• Power Management (Ivy Bridge and older requires fixing)
• Thunderbolt HotPlug not working

Laptops

• Graphics Acceleration with QE/CI (If using a compatible GPU)
• External Display using HDMI/DP/Type-C (Requires Framebuffer Patching)
• PS/2 Keyboard and Trackpad (I2C requires fixing)
• Brightness using Slider in System Preferences>Displays
• Audio (HDMI/DP Audio requires Framebuffer Patching)
• Ethernet
• WiFi/BT (If using compatible WiFi/BT hardware). See WiFi/BT Hardware Compatibility for more information
• AirDrop and Handoff function (If using compatible WiFi/BT hardware). See WiFi/BT Hardware Compatibility for more information
• Encoding (H.264/H.265 (If using compatible GPU))
• Power Management (Ivy Bridge and older requires fixing)
• Brightness Control not working
• Battery Status not working
• Thunderbolt HotPlug not working

For each issues you might have with your system, there may be a combination of DSDT/SSDT patches required or kexts or ACPI renames. Hackintool can be used to determine the various hardware devices installed you need drivers/fixes for.


Universal

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The universal section contains the general post installation in order to have a stable system. This is required for Desktop as well as Laptop users, wherever applicable. Both the bootloaders are supported by this guide.

Booting from System Drive without Bootable USB

GUIDE - How to Boot macOS without USB [Clover/OpenCore] - Installing Bootloader on the macOS/OS X Drive

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Graphics and Displays

Intel

GUIDE - How to Enable Intel HD and UHD Graphics on macOS - Intel Framebuffer Patching Guide

How to Enable Intel HD and UHD Graphics on macOS - Intel Framebuffer Patching Guide An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers fixing Intel HD and UHD Graphics on macOS. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Intel Graphics with acceleration on macOS with full QE/CI on your...

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Ventura Specific [For Skylake Users only]

GUIDE - How to Enable Intel Skylake Graphics (Intel HD Graphics 515, 520, 530, 540, 550 and 580) on macOS Ventura and Later

How to Enable Intel Skylake Graphics (Intel HD Graphics 515, 520, 530, 540, 550 and 580) on macOS Ventura and Later An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers fixing Intel Skylake Graphics on Desktops and Laptops for macOS Ventura and Later. By following this guide, you'll be able to...

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NVIDIA

GUIDE - How to Enable NVIDIA Graphics on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable NVIDIA Graphics on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of NVIDIA Graphics on macOS for Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable NVIDIA Graphics on macOS using Clover or OpenCore Bootloader...

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GUIDE - How to Enable NVIDIA Graphics on macOS Monterey and Later

How to Enable NVIDIA Graphics on macOS Monterey and Later An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of NVIDIA Graphics on macOS Monterey and Later. By following this guide, you'll be able to achieve full QE/CI on your system. Overview Apple has been supporting...

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GUIDE - How to Enable NVIDIA WebDrivers on macOS Big Sur and Monterey

How to Enable NVIDIA WebDrivers on macOS Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of NVIDIA WebDrivers on macOS Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable NVIDIA WebDrivers on macOS...

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AMD

GUIDE - How to Enable AMD Graphics in macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable AMD Graphics in macOS An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of supported AMD GPU on macOS. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable AMD Graphics on macOS using Clover or OpenCore Bootloader. Overview Apple has been using a wide range of...

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Apple VTD

GUIDE - How to Enable Apple VTD on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Apple VTD on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of the Apple VTD function on macOS for Desktops and Laptops. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable VT-d on macOS using Clover or OpenCore Bootloader. Overview...

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Network

Ethernet

GUIDE - How to Enable Ethernet on macOS [Broadcom, Realtek, Atheros, Intel, Aquantia, Mellanox, Chelsio, Myricom and Solarflare]

How to Enable Ethernet on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] This guide covers the implementation of Ethernet on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Ethernet on macOS using Clover or OpenCore Bootloader. The guide supports numerous Ethernet vendors such as...

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WiFi

GUIDE - How to Enable Broadcom WiFi and Bluetooth on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Broadcom WiFi and Bluetooth on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] This guide describes how to enable Broadcom WiFi and Bluetooth on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Broadcom WiFi and Bluetooth on your non-Apple computer running macOS using...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Intel WiFi and Bluetooth on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Intel WiFi and Bluetooth on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] This guide describes how to enable Intel WiFi and Bluetooth on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Intel WiFi and Bluetooth on your non-Apple computer running macOS using Clover or...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Atheros WiFi on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Atheros WiFi on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Atheros WiFi on macOS using Clover or OpenCore Bootloader. Overview Back in the day, Apple used Atheros based WiFi Cards in its Mac lineups but Apple dropped the support for Atheros based...

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Bluetooth

GUIDE - How to Enable Intel Bluetooth on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Intel Bluetooth on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of Intel Bluetooth on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Bluetooth on macOS using Clover or OpenCore Bootloader...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Broadcom Bluetooth on macOS

How to Enable Broadcom Bluetooth on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of Broadcom Bluetooth on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Broadcom Bluetooth on macOS using Clover or OpenCore...

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Audio

GUIDE - How to Enable Audio on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Audio on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of Audio on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Audio on macOS using Clover or OpenCore Bootloader. This guide can be used for...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Intel IGPU HDMI/DP Audio on macOS

How to Enable Intel IGPU HDMI/DP Audio on macOS An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of Intel IGPU HDMI/DP Digital Audio on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Intel IGPU HDMI/DP Audio on macOS for your Desktop or...

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GUIDE - How to Enable NVIDIA and AMD HDMI/DP Audio [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable NVIDIA HDMI/DP Audio This guide covers the implementation of DP/HDMI Audio on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. Overview Audio is an essential component of any system. Having an HDMI/DP Audio is a great pleasure on Mac. With this feature enabled, you can enjoy watching movies...

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GUIDE - Audio Distortion when using Headphones on Laptops [Clover/OpenCore]

Fix Audio Distortion when using Headphones on Laptops [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers fixing of Audio Distortion when using Headphones on Laptops using Clover and OpenCore. Overview After enabling the Audio, you might encounter audio distortion/crackling...

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GUIDE - How to Fix Audio Stuttering, Distortion, Lags and Crackling Audio on macOS with AMD CPUs

How to Fix Audio Stuttering, Distortion, Lags and Crackling Audio on macOS with AMD CPUs An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the fixing of Audio Stuttering, Distortion, Lags, Delays and Crackling Audio on macOS with AMD CPUs. By following this guide, you'll be able to fix Audio...

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USB Ports

GUIDE - How to Fix USB Ports on macOS

How to Fix USB Ports on macOS This guide covers fixing of USB Ports on macOS. By following this guide, you'll be able to fix your USB Ports on macOS. This guide is applicable for both Desktops and Laptops and supports Clover and OpenCore Bootloader. Overview When using macOS, the USB ports...

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GUIDE - How to Map your USB Ports on macOS

How to Map your USB Ports on macOS An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the mapping of USB Ports on macOS. By following this guide, you'll be able to map your USB ports and can also achieve a proper speed for your USB ports. I. Overview Often, the USB ports are not well...

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Card Reader

GUIDE - How to Enable Card Reader on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Card Reader on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of Card Reader on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. Overview A card reader can be an essential requirement for users who are into editing or photography. On some of the...

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Power Management

GUIDE - How to Enable CPU Power Management on macOS [Intel/AMD]

How to Enable CPU Power Management on macOS [Intel/AMD] This guide covers the implementation of CPU Power Management for Intel and AMD CPUs on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable Intel or AMD CPU Power Management on macOS using Clover or OpenCore...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Intel IGPU Power Management on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Intel IGPU Power Management on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] For Discrete GPU Power Management, refer to the guide linked below https://www.elitemacx86.com/threads/how-to-enable-discrete-gpu-power-management-nvidia-amd.657/ STEP 2: Rename GPU Device To enable GPU Power Management...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Discrete GPU Power Management [NVIDIA/AMD]

How to Enable Discrete GPU Power Management on macOS [NVIDIA/AMD] This guide covers the implementation of Discrete Graphics (DGPU) Power Management for Intel and AMD CPUs on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable NVIDIA or AMD Graphics Power Management...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Intel CPU Power Management on X79/C606 Motherboards [Sandy Bridge-E/EP and Ivy Bridge-E/EP]

How to Enable Intel CPU Power Management on X79 Motherboards [Sandy Bridge-E/EP and Ivy Bridge-E/EP] This guide covers the implementation of Intel CPU Power Management on X79/C606 chipset based Motherboards. This guide is supported on Sandy Bridge-E/EP and Ivy Bridge-E/EP CPUs lineup, up to...

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GUIDE - How to Enable CPU Power Management on X99 Motherboards [Haswell-E and Broadwell-E]

How to Enable CPU Power Management on X99 Motherboards [Haswell-E and Broadwell-E]

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Sleep/Wake

GUIDE - How to Fix Sleep/Wake on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Fix Sleep/Wake Function on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] Overview The most common reason to have an improper Sleep/Wake function is due to incorrect configured Devices. Typically, for a Sleep/Wake function, the devices get an S3 Call (for sleep) and S0 (for wake), the devices must be powered...

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iServices

App Store

GUIDE - How to Fix App Store Login Issues

Mac App Store is one of the most amazing features on Mac which lets you quickly download all the Mac related Applications at one place. On a Hackintosh, users might face some issues when logging into App Store. So here's a quick guide to fix all those login related issues. For a working App...

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DRM

Laptop Specifics

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Disable Discrete Graphics in Dual GPU Laptops

GUIDE - How to Disable Discrete Graphics in Dual GPU Laptops (NVIDIA/AMD) on macOS

How to Disable Discrete Graphics in Dual GPU Laptops (NVIDIA/AMD) on macOS An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers disabling Discrete Graphics in Dual GPU Laptops for NVIDIA and AMD on macOS. By following this guide, you'll be able to disable discrete graphics (NVIDIA/AMD) on your...

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Battery Meter

GUIDE - How to Patch DSDT for a working Battery Meter

How to Patch DSDT for a working Battery Meter An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of the Battery meter on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. This will also enable Trackpad Preferences under System Preferences>Trackpad. Overview For a laptop, a working battery...

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Trackpad

How to Fix Trackpads on Laptops including Gestures [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Fix Trackpads on Laptops including Gestures An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers implementation of Trackpad or Touchpad on Laptops using Clover and OpenCore. Overview On a Laptop, you might have faced issue that the trackpad doesn't works. It's very common that the...

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Backlight

GUIDE - How to Enable Backlight Control on Laptops [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable Backlight Control on Laptops [Clover/OpenCore] This guide describes the implementation of backlight control on Laptops and AIO using Clover and OpenCore bootloader. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable backlight control on your Laptop and AIO. In addition, this will...

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Keyboard Backlight

Brightness Hotkeys

GUIDE - How to Remap Brightness Hotkeys on Laptops

How to Remap Brightness Hotkeys on Laptops An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the mapping of Brightness Hotkeys on Laptops I. Overview After enabling the backlight which results in adding a slider in SysPrefs->Displays, the brightness hotkeys will not work. This guide will...

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DSDT and SSDT Patching

GUIDE - How to Patch Laptop DSDT and SSDTs

How to Patch Laptop DSDT and SSDTs This guide covers patching Laptop DSDT and SSDTs for macOS/OS X. By following this guide, you'll be able to patch your OEM DSDT/SSDTs. I. Overview To enable macOS features and various hardware and maintain stability, DSDT and SSDTs patching are required...

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Security

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Password in OpenCore Menu

GUIDE - How to Enable Password in OpenCore

How to Enable Password in OpenCore Boot Picker This guide describes how to Enable Password in OpenCore Boot Picker. Starting from OpenCore 0.6.1, you can set an SHA-512 password to ensure security with the configuration. This will enable a password prompt whenever the following tasks are...

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FileVault

GUIDE - How to Enable FileVault on macOS [Clover/OpenCore]

How to Enable FileVault on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] This guide covers the implementation of FileVault on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. FileVault is a solution provided by Apple which encrypts your complete drive. The credentials to unlock the drive are stored either in the iCloud or the user...

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Miscellaneous

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Encoding

GUIDE - How to Enable H.264 and HEVC/H.265 encoding on macOS

How to Enable H.264 and HEVC/H.265 encoding on macOS This guide describes How to Enable H.264 and HEVC/H.265 Encoding on macOS using Clover and OpenCore booatloader. By following this guide, you'll be able to enable H.264 and HEVC/H.265 encoding on macOS using Clover or OpenCore bootloader...

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Thunderbolt

GUIDE - How to Enable ThunderBolt on macOS

How to Enable ThunderBolt 2, Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4 on maOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers implementation of Thunderbolt 2, Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4 on macOS using Clover and OpenCore. Overview This guide covers the implementation of...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Thunderbolt 3 Hotplug on macOS

How to Enable Thunderbolt 3 Hotplug on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of Thunderbolt™ 3 Hotplug on macOS for single and multiple Thunderbolt 3 Cards. Overview An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - In our previous post, we covered a...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Thunderbolt 4 Hotplug on macOS

How to Enable Thunderbolt 4 Hotplug on macOS [Clover/OpenCore] An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers implementation of Thunderbolt 4 Hotplug on macOS for built-in and Add In Card (AIC) Thunderbolt hardware. Overview Recently, Intel and Apple announced their new Thunderbolt...

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GUIDE - How to Enable Antelope, PreSonus, Slate Digital, Focusrite and Apogee Audio Interface on macOS

How to Enable Antelope, PreSonus, Slate Digital, Focusrite and Apogee Audio Interface on macOS An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the implementation of Antelope, PreSonus, Slate Digital, Focusrite and Apogee Audio Interface on macOS for Thunderbolt compatible systems. Overview...

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GUIDE - How to Setup Thunderbolt eGPU on macOS

How to Setup Thunderbolt eGPU on macOS An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers the setup of Thunderbolt eGPU on macOS. Overview On Laptops, the Mac only works with Intel HD/UHD Graphics which cannot be enough for users who are into editing, film production, or users who need GPU...

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Temperature and Monitoring

GUIDE - How to Enable Temperature Monitoring and Fan Control on macOS

How to Enable Temperature Monitoring and Fan Control on macOS An EliteMacx86 Exclusive Guide - This guide covers temperature monitoring and fan control on macOS for PC and Laptop users. Overview The Hack users have been using HWMonitor since a long time which uses FakeSMC and other related...

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Cosmetics

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PCIe Device Implementation

GUIDE - PCI Device Implementation on macOS

WIP

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OpenCore GUI

GUIDE - How to Enable GUI in OpenCore Boot Picker

How to Enable GUI in OpenCore Boot Picker By default, OpenCore boots without GUI mode, simply entries for booting. To enable GUI in OpenCore Boot Picker, follow the steps below 1. Download OpenCore Pkg. 2. Download OcBinaryData. 3. Mount your ESP. 4. Copy OpenCanopy.efi from OpenCore X.X.X...

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OpenCore Background

GUIDE - How to Add Background in OpenCore Boot Picker

How to Add Background in OpenCore Boot Picker This guide describes how to add a background in OpenCore Boot Picker. To add a background in OpenCore Boot Picker, follow the steps below. 1. Enable OpenCore GUI 2. Download OpenCore Pkg. 3. Copy icnpack from OpenCore X.X.X RELEASE/Utilities to your...

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Boot Chime

GUIDE - How to Enable Boot Chime [Clover/OpenCore]

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Multiboot