How to Fix HackMate – a TUI tool that fully automates OpenCore EFI creation onto your USB on macOS
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AWDL, Continuity and Location Services problems usually come from chipset support, kext pairing, privacy settings or network-location corruption. On Hackintosh systems, Location Services and Continuity depend on working Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AWDL and correct AirportItlwm or itlwm/HeliPort behaviour.
Quick Checks
- Backup current state: Save a copy of your working EFI and run a full system backup before changing settings.
- Identify hardware components: Note down your exact CPU, GPU, Wi-Fi card, and motherboard/laptop model.
- Ensure utility alignment: Keep OpenCore, OCLP, and ProperTree updated.
Fix Steps
- Create a rollback point: Make a Time Machine backup and keep a copy of your last working EFI folder before editing OpenCore, kexts or root patches.
- Confirm the exact chipset: Identify the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Ethernet controller from System Information, Hackintool or Linux/Windows device manager.
- Use the correct network stack: Match AirportItlwm, itlwm, HeliPort, IntelBluetoothFirmware and BlueToolFixup to the exact macOS version.
- Reset macOS network state: Remove the current Wi-Fi service, reboot, add it again, then reconnect to a simple WPA2 network before testing advanced features.
- Check privacy permissions: Open System Settings and confirm Location Services, Maps, Weather and system services are enabled.
- Test Apple features separately: Verify normal internet first, then Bluetooth, then AirDrop/Continuity. Do not debug all three at the same time.
Do Not Continue If
- Do not continue if: you do not have a working EFI backup, a Time Machine backup, or another bootable macOS installer.
- Stop and capture evidence: if the machine stops booting, take a photo of the last verbose line before changing more settings.
Verify It Worked
- Maps can locate you without falling back to a stale location.
- Wi-Fi reconnects after reboot and sleep.
- Bluetooth remains available after a cold boot.
- Console no longer shows repeated wireless or location daemon errors.
Rollback
- Restore the previous EFI if Wi-Fi disappears completely.
- Switch from AirportItlwm to itlwm + HeliPort, or the reverse, if the issue is specific to one driver path.
- Use Ethernet or USB tethering while testing so you do not lose access to downloads.
Next Action
- Test now: reboot twice, reproduce the original problem, and confirm whether the same symptom returns.
- If it still fails: record the Mac model, macOS build, OpenCore or OCLP version, GPU, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chipset, and the last visible error.
- Read next: use the related searches below for the nearest OpenCore or OCLP fix before making another change.
Related iATKOS Searches
- OpenCore · OCLP · EFI · kexts · config.plist · macOS troubleshooting
Original Reddit Discussion:
Originally posted on r/hackintosh:
I'm building a tool called HackMate that automates the entire process of creating a bootable OpenCore hackintosh USB. No manual config.plist editing, no hunting down kexts, no macrecovery commands.
BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING! This isn't a beast tool or distro, it automates the Dortania guide steps using the same tools they recommend (macrecovery, SSDTTime, acidanthera kexts from GitHub releases). macOS comes directly from Apple. Nothing is patched or modified!
Here's what it does automatically:
Scans your hardware — CPU generation/codename, iGPU, audio codec (reads /proc/asound), ethernet chipset, WiFi chipset, touchpad type (PS/2, I2C-ELAN, I2C-HID, RMI, etc.), NVMe, Thunderbolt
Shows compatible macOS versions — filtered by your CPU gen and GPU vendor (e.g. no Sonoma+ for pre-7th gen, no Mojave/Catalina for Nvidia)
You pick your USB drive — only shows actual USB drives, filters out internal disks
Then it runs fully automated:
- Formats USB as FAT32, creates EFI/OC/BOOT structure
- Downloads macOS recovery directly from Apple CDN via macrecovery
- Generates a valid SMBIOS (serial, MLB, UUID, ROM with real Apple OUIs)
- Generates config.plist with correct framebuffer patches, ALC layout-id, booter/kernel quirks for your hardware
- Downloads the right kexts from GitHub releases (104 kexts in the database, it picks based on your hardware)
- Downloads latest OpenCore release and copies BOOTx64.efi, OpenCore.efi, drivers
- Generates SSDTs automatically using SSDTTime — reads your actual DSDT from /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT, no dumping required
What you still need to do after:
- Run USBToolBox to map your USB ports and replace USBMap.kext
- That's basically it
Tech: Python + Textual TUI. Runs on Linux (needs root for disk access). Color-coded logs, and an "Advanced" panel that shows every raw command being run.
Tested on a ThinkPad T480s (i5-8350U, UHD 620, ALC257, I219, Intel 8265 WiFi). Successfully booted Tahoe recovery.
Still working on it — would love feedback from people with different hardware to see how well the kext selection holds up.
I plan on building it for windows too, but for now, only available on linux distrubutions, any of them, as long as you have python installed (v. 3.10+)
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