How to Fix Hackmate v2.0.0 Release 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:
DONT SCROLL PAST THIS IF YOU NEED HELP!!!!
Starting off again, 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!
its grown a lot since my last post. biggest thing, its not linux only anymore.
I'm building a tool called HackMate that automates the entire process of creating a bootable OpenCore hackintosh USB.
whats new in v2.0:
- windows support. full exe now, no python install needed. same hardware scan, same config.plist/SSDT generation, just packaged for windows too
- added a GUI (tkinter) if you don't want to use the terminal version
- dual boot support, it scans your disks, finds your other OSes, and can set OpenCore up to boot next to windows/linux instead of needing a dedicated usb every time
- partition resize wizard, shrinks ntfs/ext4/btrfs in place so you don't need a separate tool to make room for macos
- last post i said you still have to run USBToolBox yourself after. not anymore, it auto downloads it and walks you through port mapping in app
- can inject your wifi creds into itlwm.kext so you're online during the installer itself, useful if you don't hav ethernet
- SSDT generation now has a 3 tier fallback (SSDTTime, then a template, then a bundled precompiled one if SSDTTimejust cant do it). fixes some i2c trackpads that were silently failing before
- EFI Health Check, fixes a few boot breaking bugs that could end up in generated EFIs from older versions
- more hardware support now, 9th/14th/15th gen intel, better amd handling, igpu headless setups, cpuid spoofing for unsupported cpus
- built in auto updater so you're not manually redownloading every release
also fixed some reliability stuff under the hood, ssl cert failures during the recovery download, download stalls with
zero feedback, and a windows ethernet detection bug where it could grab the wrong adapter
tested on my t480s (i5-8350U, UHD 620, ALC257, I219, intel 8265 wifi) plus a bunch of different laptops/desktops from people in the community reporting back in issues, ryzen boxes, different intel gens, different audio codecs and trackpads. thats basically how the hardware/kext database grew this much, people testing on stuff i don't own and telling me what broke
why its safe to run: its fully open source, every line is on github, nothing hidden. macOS itself comes straight from Apple's own servers through macrecovery, not from some mirror. the kexts come straight from acidanthera's official GitHub releases, same binaries the Dortania guide itself points you to. nothing gets patched, cracked, or modified, it just automates typing the same commands you'd type by hand following the guide. no telemetry, no accounts, no analytics phoning home, its just a script
right now its at 98 stars, 14 forks, 4 people who've contributed code, and about 1200 exe downloads plus way more from people cloning/running it straight from source. had close to 650 unique people pull the repo in just the last two weeks. 8 open issues right now which is mostly just people asking hardware specific stuff, not it being broken
would love feedback from anyone with different hardware, especially windows users now that its actually supported there, and anyone trying dual boot since thats the newest and least tested part
PLEASE LIKE THIS POST TO SPREAD ITS ONLY 1 CLICK ILL APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH!!
github.com/riftaway7-code/hackmate
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