[WIll add a photo soon.]
I finally managed to install macOS 13 Ventura onto my custom-built Desktop. The relevant system specs are given below :
CPU : i3-7100 (Kaby Lake)
GPU : UHD 630 (iGPU only, no dGPU)
SMBIOS used - iMac18,1
This installation was done by following the OpenCore Installation Guide (and later improvised using the Post-Install Guide).
NOTE : The system is now on macOS 14 Sonoma, and for this the SMBIOS was changed to iMac19,1. Relevant details will be included in a separate post.
A BIG shoutout to u/tuanpekoe who helped me out with the numerous issues that I faced. I tried several times and kept failing, but once they started helping me, the whole process went on like butter.
The EFI that I used for this build is based off the EFI uploaded by u/tuanpekoe on GitHub. I simply modified it according to my needs. The repository has a pre- and post-installation EFI which makes matters MUCH simpler when transitioning to an on-hard-drive EFI. The CPUs used (by them and by me) were incredibly similar which helped a lot too.
Kaby Lake support has been dropped for Sonoma I believe, yet, the upgrade from Ventura to Sonoma was very simple, and I will cover that in another post perhaps.
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