Clover and friends [part 1]

Step 1: Prepare Clover

For this part of the guide you'll install and prepare clover for the ramble.

There is an issue with the latest Clover releases where the network kexts dont get injected into macOS Recovery/Installer environments. The latest known good Clover that did inject them properly is r5092. Please use this release then update it afterwards.

Some users have reported r5103 had this issue fixed.

Install Clover

  1. For Windows, you already did with the tool before, skip to Prepare Clover

  2. For Linux or macOS:

    1. Download the latest Clover LZMA r5092 (Clover LZMA latest) from Dids' repo (thanks bb ❤️)

    2. For linux, use p7zip or file roller or whatever you use, to extract the LZMA and TAR inside it until you get the iso

    3. For macOS, use keka (google it) or The Unarchiver (AppStore, Free) to extract the LZMA and TAR inside it until you get to the iso

  3. Mount the ISO

    1. On linux, use mount command with -o loop,ro or with gnome-disks by right-clicking the iso > mount image

    2. On macOS, double click

  4. Copy the EFI folder from the ISO to the CLOVER USB 1. you should have CLOVER (USB) > EFI (folder) > CLOVER & BOOT

  5. Note for macOS users who want to use legacy on the destination machine: 1. If you're booting from UEFI on the destination go to step 2: Mount the ISO (do not follow this note) 2. Download the pkg from the source above 3. Open the installer 4. Select the destination as "CLOVER" (USB) 5. Select Customize 6. Choose: 1. Boot Sectors : Install boot0ss in MBR 2. Clover for BIOS (legacy) booting: Clover EFI 64-bits SATA 3. Themes: (a theme, choose clovy) 4. BIOS Drivers, 64 bit: ApfsDriverLoader - AppleImageLoader 5. Uncheck the rest of there is anything checked 7. Install 8. Go to Step 7 below

Prepare Clover folder

  1. Open CLOVER > EFI > CLOVER 1. delete doc and OEM (remove if any found) 2. Make a folder named ACPI with subfolders: origin patched WINDOWS (case sensitive)

  2. Clover Drivers (EFI drivers, not to be confused with kexts, which are macOS drivers) 1. for UEFI users:

    • Open drivers > UEFI, delete everything, BUT ApfsDriverLoader - OcQuirks - FwRuntimeServices - HFSPlus

      • (If AptioMemoryFix or HFSPlus are missing, copy them from drivers > off)

      • for Legacy users:

    • go to drivers > BIOS, keep it as it is.

      • (If AptioMemoryFix or HFSPlus are missing, copy them from drivers > off)

  3. Delete now: 1. UEFI users, delete: 1. drivers > BIOS 2. Legacy users, delete: 1. drivers > UEFI

Prepare macOS Kexts

Go to kexts > Other

  • Go to Goldfish64's Kext Repo

  • Download these: [Note: Explore each folder and you'll find a Zip file, get that Zip file, not the whole folder]

NECESSARY KEXTS

Kext

Mandatory

Description

Lilu

✅

An open source kernel extension bringing a platform for arbitrary kext, library, and program patching throughout the system for macOS.

VirtualSMC

✅ Better with Lilu

Advanced Apple SMC emulator in the kernel.

WhateverGreen

✅ Requires Lilu

Various patches necessary for certain ATI/AMD/Intel/Nvidia GPUs

USBInjectAll

✅ (may get deprecated soon™️)

Kext to inject all USB ports for the installed Intel EHCI/XHCI chipset automatically.

VoodooPS2Controller

✅ for laptops and desktops with PS2 peripherals

Enables PS/2 Support on macOS.

NETWORK KEXT

Wired Network Kext

Devices to use with

AppleIntele1000

Old Intel Cards (IntelMausi should be better)

HoRNDIS

Android RNDIS Tethering. Pre-compiled kext only and official website to get the latest release whenever possible.

IntelMausi

For most Intel NICs

AtherosE2200Ethernet

For some Atheros/QualcommAtheros/Killer(some) NICs

BCM5722D

For Broadcom BCM5722 NetXtreme and NetLink family

BCM57xx

(other than 5722) get FakePCIID zip folder, and use FakePCIID + FakePCIID_BCM57XX_as_BCM57765

RealtekRTL8100

For 10/100 Realtek Cards (Realtek FE)

RealtekRTL8111

For Gigabit Realtek Cards (Realtek GbE)

SmallTreeIntel211

for some Intel ethernet chipsets, link for the binary.

Wireless Kext

Devices to use with

none

USB Wifi Users: NO [won't work while the install, look for the driver after the install]

AirPortBrcmFixUp

For Broadcom chipsets: BCM4360, BCM4352, BCM4350 (found in DW1830, DW1560, DW1820A -- not recommended card --, Apple BRCM94360CS2/2CS/CD)

ProbookAtheros.kext

for Atheros based chips (AR5B95/195/97/197, based on AR9280/AR9285 SoC): go to HP Probook 4x30 DSDT Patch extract the zip explore to kexts get ProbookAtheros.kext The kext will not work on Catalina/Mojave anymore, AppleAtheros40 kext has been deprecated in 10.14+ and will need special workaround that will not work in a recovery environment.

none

Intel: NOPE - Change it

none

QComAtheros: NOPE - Change it

ATH9KFixUp

for Atheros based on AR95XX-AR94XX: ATH9KFixUp with proper boot argument options seen in the original github repo or rehabman's fork (DO NOT install it in /S/L/E, just use Clover's folder). The kext will not work on Catalina/Mojave anymore, AppleAtheros40 kext has been deprecated in 10.14+ and will need special workaround that will not work in a recovery environment.

  1. Extract every zip

    • Note: a kexts is a macOS driver, and it's in a form of a a_folder_name.kext, on windows it will show as a folder, on macOS it will show as a file.

  2. Now copy: VirtualSMC.kext - Lilu.kext - WhateverGreen.kext - USBInjectAll.kext - AppleALC.kext - [your_ethernet_driver].kext (and any extra kext you needed from above) and put it in CLOVER (USB) > EFI > CLOVER > kexts > Other. [skip the sensor kexts, they may cause kernel panics, aka KP. For VirtualSMC, copy over SMCProcessor if you want to, leave the rest out]

  3. Basically what you should end up with:

    • Lilu.kext

    • VirtualSMC.kext

    • WhateverGreen.kext

    • USBInjectAll.kext

    • VoodooPS2Controller.kext (for laptops and PS2 users)

    • a network driver.kext

    • other kext if needed.kext

  4. Now you're mostly done with Clover and macOS installer preparation.

Extra note for X299 people:

You may need to add GenericUSBXHCI kext from the kext repository above, along VoodooTSCSync if you can't enable Core Syncing in your firmware, more on that here [USB] and here [Go to the BIOS section, as it's the most important part of that whole talk].

Important

You must check [MUST READ] Config.plist Basics section before getting to [part 2].

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