How to Fix OpenCore boot menu, no MacOS option

By Ufuk Durgun
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How to Fix OpenCore boot menu, no MacOS option

This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.

Prerequisites

  • Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
  • Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.

Fix Steps

  1. Boot with -v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 to identify the exact kernel panic.
  2. Validate your config.plist using ocvalidate.
  3. Ensure your EFI matches the Dortania guide specifications for your CPU generation.

Verification

  • Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.

Original Question:

I'm trying to test an OpenCore config on a working Clover installation before switching.

First, I created an Open Core EFI folder with the right configuration for my hardware, following the installation guide https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/clover-conversion/, and copied to the EFI partition to an empty USB. Then, I selected the USB as boot device from the BIOS.

I'm then greeted from the OpenCore boot menu with only 2 entries (I have one ssd with macOs and one with Windows)

> EFI

> Windows

selecting Windows I can correctly boot into it, but selecting EFI brings me to a Clover boot menu (?) with the same version that I have on my main drive (5142) and only Windows as options (no MacOS again).

What am I doing wrong?

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