How to Fix Stuck on installation script errors [MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI, i7-12700F]

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. Verify your network controller model (Intel, Broadcom, Realtek).
2. Ensure the correct kext (e.g., AirportItlwm or BrcmPatchRAM) is loaded in your config.
3. Clear network interfaces and reset NVRAM if changes don't apply.

Verification

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

Original Question:

Hi,

I'm trying to install Big Sur (11.6.8), and getting desperate about making it work...

I followed this guide:

MSI PRO Z690 A DDR4 + i7-12700K + AMD RX 580

NATA's Intel Alder Lake i7-12700K: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 + i7-12700K + AMD RX 580 (also applies to MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4) Before we begin... Credit goes to the people involved in the Z690 Chipset and Alder Lake CPUs thread. Those kind people paired with the hard workers of OpenCore and...

www.tonymacx86.com

I'm stuck during the USB installer on with error "lowest level disk is not mounted" and "generation from SMC report as 2"

I have:

• MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk Wifi
• i7-12700F
• Samsung 2TB 980 Pro NVMe
• MSI GT 710

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Author: Basso

How to Fix macOS big sur 11.6.5 to 11.6.6–lost bluetooth

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. Verify your network controller model (Intel, Broadcom, Realtek).
2. Ensure the correct kext (e.g., AirportItlwm or BrcmPatchRAM) is loaded in your config.
3. Clear network interfaces and reset NVRAM if changes don't apply.

Verification

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

Original Question:

I use a fenvi t919 and macOS Big Sur. Computer specs below and to the left. The bluetooth chipset is still supported. I have noticed many users posting about losing Bluetooth when going from 11.6.5 to 11.6.6.

Initially, an nvram reset fixes the problem and bluetooth is restored. Then, the next cold boot after that Bluetooth is gone again. Attached is the EFI I'm using if anyone has any ideas. I've tried re-mapping the USB ports and also swapped out USBports kext with the old USBinjectall...

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Author: LoveAppleTimmu

How to Fix MacOS catalina 10.15.7 = Asus GTX 780 DIRECTCU II driver issue

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. Check if your GPU requires WhateverGreen or specific boot-args (e.g., agdpmod=pikera).
2. Ensure Metal acceleration is fully supported for your macOS version.
3. Update Lilu and WhateverGreen to the latest versions.

Verification

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

Original Question:

hello everyone

I have a Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H motherboard

graphics card is Asus GTX 780 DIRECTCU II

I installed MacOS catalina 10.15.7 (19H15)

almost everything done but I can't found graphics card driver. I searched but I didn't understand is it supported for Catalina or not

and also I couldn't worked for audio setups.

I need professional helps of yours.

thank you so much!!

Author: emresisi

How to Fix Intel Nuc D54250WYK Catalina

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. Verify your network controller model (Intel, Broadcom, Realtek).
2. Ensure the correct kext (e.g., AirportItlwm or BrcmPatchRAM) is loaded in your config.
3. Clear network interfaces and reset NVRAM if changes don't apply.

Verification

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

Original Question:

Hi Everyone,

I have an old nuc that wasnt being used for anything. I installed High Sierra on it and then direct upgrade to Catalina. When I open up the app store, the machine freezes. It boots quickly has sound and network working (wired, I dont have a wireless card installed yet). I was curious of any thought on why that would happen?

The specs are:

i5-4250U
8gb of ram (playing on upgrading to 16)
Intel HD-5000 graphics
Crucial 240gb SSD

Author: JustGeeGz

How to Fix rt.gv wake failure after installer reboot

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:

Hi, let's start with the device config:
CPU: i3-4160
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3V plus
No display card.
SSD: Intel 545s 256GB SATA SSD

As I would like to install MacOS Big Sur 11.7.4 in the PC, I prepared the Opencore EFI (using 0.9.0 release) based on Dortania Guide for Haswell Desktop. It went smooth during the first few minutes of the installation.

When the countdown shows "12 minutes remaining", the computer rebooted itself and entered the MacOS installer in the SSD. The...

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Author: aqqaaqqa

How to Fix Clover bootloader stuck at logo with Catalina

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:

Hello Folks,

I searched several Threads through google and found probably the same issue at other users, but none of their solutions were satisifying.

My Clover installtion is stuck at the boot logo with the error shown in the file. Does anybody recall a solution for this kernel related issue. I remember, that when I installed Catalina on VMWare I had to add the following parameter to the vmx file:

cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:1010:0101"

Do I have to add the same value...

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Author: TheBestUserNow

How to Fix Not creating bootable USB

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:

Hi,

I'm trying to get my hackOSX going again after I broke it a few years back... been lasy and running on windows as well as a straight MBP.

I'm thinking to put it on Catalina as that's what I'm currenty on on my MBP.. separate question - should I just skip Catalina and go straight to Big Sur, Monteray or Ventura? I'm on a (pretty old now) Haswell set up with a 4770k processor.

I have "csrutil" disable and checked the status to confirm that.
I've run Unibeast several times now using...

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Author: BakeTheJakeCake

How to Fix Strange display issue

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. Check if your GPU requires WhateverGreen or specific boot-args (e.g., agdpmod=pikera).
2. Ensure Metal acceleration is fully supported for your macOS version.
3. Update Lilu and WhateverGreen to the latest versions.

Verification

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

Original Question:

Hi everyone.

I have a working dual-monitor setup with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760.
Until short my monitors consisted of 1) some AOC 21,5" (1920x1080) monitor and 2) an quite old Acer 22" (1680x1050).
"Until short" means, the second monitor (the Acer) died a couple of days ago and I replaced it with an PB Viseo243D (still had this somewhere in storage).

Now, my issue is: MacOS does not seem to recognize the new monitor but thinks that the Acer is still connected and thus I cannot change the...

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Author: sodom76

How to Fix Big Sur 11.7.4 Permissions denied

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. Review your system logs and verbose boot output for specific error codes.
2. Ensure your OpenCore and kexts are up to date.
3. Compare your configuration with the official Dortania guidelines.

Verification

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

Original Question:

I've loaded 11.7.4 onto my imac 14,4 gen 4 gigabyte z97. Installed on a WD black 850 2 tb nvme on a pci card. Everything went fine except I cannot change read & write permissions for the drive and therefore cannot even copy a tiny file onto the drive. get info shows - system, wheel, everyone and only system can read & write? I didn't have this problem running 11.6.5 on a regular ssd.
Anybody know how to fix this so I can use the remaining 1.75 tb on this drive?
Thanks, Al

Author: ac69

How to Fix Struggling to get Catalina upgrade working on clover or opencore. 9900K Z390 rx580.

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. Check if your GPU requires WhateverGreen or specific boot-args (e.g., agdpmod=pikera).
2. Ensure Metal acceleration is fully supported for your macOS version.
3. Update Lilu and WhateverGreen to the latest versions.

Verification

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

Original Question:

Hi.
I had a happy high sierra install for the last few years. I finally need to upgrade it so just purchased a Sapphire RX580 to replace geforce 980ti.

The rest of machine is intel 9900K on Gigabyte z390 aorus pro, Samung Evo 970 ssd.

I have tried Clover and Opencore - neither working

(1) Clover - Booting but no screen
I eventually managed to get the high sierra to install after various attempts at upgrading clover and the kexts.
It now boots with clover 5119 but the monitors do not work...

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Author: tommytastic

How to Fix Mojave Installation Fails on Skylake Computer

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:

My "Mini-ITX 2" Skylake computer (listed below) is running Monterey 12.6.3. I have two 1 TB SATA drives. I want to downgrade this computer to run Mojave 10.14.6. I have made a Kingston Traveler USB 2 flash drive Mojave installer using Apple's "createinstallmedia" tool. I have repeated this procedure 3 times. Once from my computer at left (running Mojave 10.14.6), once from my "Mini-ITX 1" High Sierra computer, and finally from the "Mini-ITX 2" Monterey computer. Every time I try an...

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Author: wstrohm

How to Fix Problem with HD4600 7mb Mojave / ga z87x-ud3h Intel 4770k

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. Check if your GPU requires WhateverGreen or specific boot-args (e.g., agdpmod=pikera).
2. Ensure Metal acceleration is fully supported for your macOS version.
3. Update Lilu and WhateverGreen to the latest versions.

Verification

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

Original Question:

Hello! i have successfully installed Mojave but i can not get my graphics to work fine.
The Intel HD4600 shows only 7mb on the description.

Any ideas?
Thanks so much i am a newbie...

Author: mrcrowly

How to Fix GA-Z87X-UD3H 4770K HD4600 and Mojave OSX

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. Review your system logs and verbose boot output for specific error codes.
2. Ensure your OpenCore and kexts are up to date.
3. Compare your configuration with the official Dortania guidelines.

Verification

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

Original Question:

Hello! i am planning to install Mojave on my computer. I am currently running Maverick. Is it possible with my hardware components?
Thanks so much! I am an amateur.

All the best.

Author: mrcrowly

How to Fix Blackscreen OC 0.7.6, ASUS Z490

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:

Hi.
I'm trying to install Big Sur on my PC (see account hardware). I use OpenCore 0.7.6 and the Dortania guide for desktop Comet Lake config.
I select Install macOS Big Sur (external) in OC menu. When the Apple logo is going to appear the screen gets black (no video signal).

What I tried:
1) AAPL,ig-platform-id 07009B3E and 00009B3E
2) BigSur and Catalina
3) iMac20,1 and iMac19,1

Attachments:
- EFI folder (removed)
- last loading screen

Please, help. Thanks.

P.S. It...

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Author: MagTux