Install macOS Catalina on Any Supported Intel-based PC

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UniBeast:InstallmacOSCatalinaonAnySupportedIntel-basedPC Threadstarter tonymacx86 Startdate Jan6,2020 1 2 3 … 15 Next 1of15 Next Last tonymacx86 Administrator Staffmember Joined Nov18,2009 Messages 7,181 Motherboard PRIMEZ490-A CPU i510600K Graphics Vega56 Mac ClassicMac MobilePhone ​ThefollowingguideisacompletewalkthroughforupdatingtoorinstallingafreshversionofmacOSCatalina.Itrequiresnoexperienceandallofthebasicinstallationandpost-installationtoolsareavailableontonymacx86.com. TableofContents Step1:DownloadmacOSCatalina​ Step2:CreateaBootableUSBwithUniBeast​ Step3:RecommendedBIOSSettings​ Step4:InstallmacOSCatalina​ Step5:PostInstallationwithMultiBeast​ TroubleshootingandOptimizations​ BeforeYouBegin Registerhereattonymacx86!Ifyoudon'thaveauseraccount,createone! GetourlatestUniBeastandMultiBeasttoolsfromthedownloadssection. Purchasea16GBor32GBUSBdrive. Doafullbackupofyoursystem.WestronglyrecommendperformingafullbackupofyourexistingsystemusingCarbonCopyCloner.Bydoingthis,youcanalwaysgobacktoyourworkinginstallation. UniBeastisatoolthatcreatesabootableinstalleroutofyourdownloadedversionofmacOS.Inordertostartfresh,you'llneedaccesstoafunctionalcomputerrunningOSXMountainLion10.8.5orlater.Thisisarequirement,asyouneedaccesstotheMacAppStoretodownloadmacOSandcreatetheinstallationdrive.Tostartfromscratch,bootingthe10.6SnowLeopardRetailDVDdirectly,checkoutiBoot+MultiBeast. ExistingCloverusersmaydoadirectupdatetomacOSCatalinabysimplyrunningtheInstallmacOSCatalinaappasnormalMacuserswould.Followthesesteps:UpdateDirectlytomacOSCatalina. ​STEP1:DownloadmacOSCatalina ThefulloperatingsystemisafreedownloadforanyonewhohaspurchasedMacOSXSnowLeopard,Lion,orMountainLionorhasaMacpreloadedwithOSXMavericks,Yosemite,ElCapitan,macOSSierra,macOSHighSierra,ormacOSMojave. ​1.DownloadtheApplicationfromtheMacAppStoreusingyourAppleIDonanyofthesespecificMacs:​MacBook(Early2015ornewer)​MacBookAir(Mid2012ornewer)​MacBookPro(Mid2012ornewer)​Macmini(Late2012ornewer)​iMac(Late2012ornewer)​iMacPro(2017)​MacPro(Late2013modelornewer)​​(NOTE:IfyoudonothaveaccesstooneoftheseMacs,youcanstilldownloadandinstallthelatestversionofmacOS.Followtheinstructionshere.)​ 2.OpenMacAppStore​3.LoginwithyourAppleID​4.DownloadmacOSCatalina​ TheApplicationInstallmacOSCatalinawillappearin/Applications. ​STEP2:CreateaBootableUSBDrivewithUniBeast Takeadeepbreathandtakeyourtime-thisisprettysimple,butit'seasytomissthingsifyourush.Followeachsteptotheletter. IfyouareusingaMacrunningmacOSCatalinathathasSystemIntegrityProtection(SIP)enabled,youmustdisableitusingthefollowingsteps: RestartyourMac. BeforemacOSstartsup,holddownCommand-RandkeepithelddownuntilyouseeanAppleiconandaprogressbar.Release.ThisbootsyouintoRecovery. FromtheUtilitiesmenu,selectTerminal. AttheprompttypeexactlythefollowingandthenpressReturn: Code: csrutildisable TerminalshoulddisplayamessagethatSIPwasdisabled. Fromthemenu,selectRestart. InserttheUSBdrive Open/Applications/Utilities/DiskUtility HighlighttheUSBdriveinleftcolumn(Note:intheCatalinaversionofDiskUtility,youmustfirstselectView/ShowAllDevicesbeforeyoucanseetheUSBdrivethere) ​5.ClickErasebutton​6.ForName:typeUSB(Youcanrenameitlater)​7.ForFormat:chooseMacOSExtended(Journaled)​ ​8.ClickErasethenDone​ ​9.DownloadandrunUniBeast​9.ClickContinue,Continue,Continue,Continue,Agree​10.AtDestinationSelect,chooseUSBandclickContinue​ ​11.AtSelectOSInstallationscreenchooseCatalinaandclickContinue​12.AtBootloaderOptionsscreenchooseUEFIBootModeorLegacyBootMode.UEFIBootModeisrecommendedfor7/8/9/100/200/300SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallUEFIcapablesystems.LegacyBootModeisrecommendedfor5/6SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallBIOSbasedsystems.​ ​13.(Optional)AtGraphicsConfigurationscreenchoosetheappropriategraphicsoptionforyoursystemandclickContinue.​14.Verifyinstallationoptions,thenclickContinue,enterpasswordandclickInstall​​UniBeastwillnowcreatethebootableUSBdrive.Theprocesswillonlytakeabout10minutes,dependingonsystemanddrivespeed.Donotunplugorstopduringthistime. ​15.DragMultiBeasttoyourcompletedUSBdrive.​ CloverNote:UniBeastdeliversbasicbootloadersupportbasedonourtestingonrecommendedCustoMacsystems.Forfurtherbootloadercustomization,downloadandruntheofficialCloverpackage.AdvancedusersmayalsocompileCloverbydownloadingthefullsource. STEP3:RecommendedBIOSSettings Ifyou'reinstallingonarecommendedCustoMacdesktopwithAMIUEFIBIOS,theoptionsaresimple.ForothersystemsmakesuretosetyourBIOStoOptimizedDefaults,andyourharddrivetoAHCImode.HerearestandardAMIUEFIBIOSsettingsfor GigabyteAMIUEFIBIOS,GigabyteAWARDBIOS,ASUSAMIUEFIBIOS,andMSIAMIUEFIBIOS. ToaccessBIOS/UEFISetup,pressandholdDeleteonaUSBKeyboardwhilethesystemisbootingup LoadOptimizedDefaults IfyourCPUsupportsVT-d,disableit IfyoursystemhasCFG-Lock,disableit IfyoursystemhasSecureBootMode,disableit SetOSTypetoOtherOS IfyoursystemhasIOSerialPort,disableit SetXHCIHandofftoEnabled Ifyouhavea6seriesorx58systemwithAWARDBIOS,disableUSB3.0 Saveandexit. ​STEP4:InstallmacOSCatalina You'realmostdone!AllyouneedtodoisbootfromtheUSBdriveandinstall! Turnonthecomputer Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards) ChooseUSB 4.AtCloverbootscreen,chooseBootmacOSInstallfromInstallmacOSCatalina​5.WhenyouarriveattheInstaller,chooselanguage.​ Ifyouhaveissuesreachingtheinstaller,youcanusespacebaronbootscreentoenteralternatebootmodessuchasverboseandsafemode.FormoreinstructionsonenteringbootflagsseeCloverBasicsandSwitchingAdvice. 6.ForanewinstallationofmacOS,youMUSTeraseandformatthedestinationdriveaccordingtothefollowingstepsbeforecontinuing.​a.FromthemacOSUtilitiesmenu,openDiskUtility​b.Inupperleftcorner,chooseView.ThenShowAllDevices.​c.HighlightyourtargetdrivefortheCatalinainstallationinleftcolumn.​d.ClickErasebutton​e.ForName:typeCatalina(Youcanrenameitlater)​f.ForFormat:chooseAPFS​g.ClickErase​h.CloseDiskUtility​ 7.Whentheinstallerasksyouwheretoinstall,chooseCatalina​8.Uponcompletion,thesystemwillautomaticallyrestart.​9.Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards)​10.ChooseUSB​11.AttheBootScreen,chooseCatalina​12.CompletemacOSinstallation.Thesystemwillautomaticallyreboot.​ STEP5:PostInstallationwithMultiBeast MultiBeastisanall-in-onepost-installationtooldesignedtoenablebootfromharddrive,andinstallsupportforAudio,Network,andGraphics.Theinstallationiscomplete,butthedriveisn'tbootableyet.BootfromtheUSBagain,thistimechoosingCatalina. Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards) ChooseUSB AttheBootScreen,chooseyournewCatalinainstallation. CompletemacOSsetup OpenandrunMultiBeast ​6.Ifthisisafreshinstallation,clickQuickStart.UEFIBootModeisrecommendedfor7/8/9/100/200/300SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallUEFIcapablesystems.LegacyBootModeisrecommendedfor5/6SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallBIOSbasedsystems.​​7.ChoosetheappropriateDriversoptionsforyoursystem.​​8.ClickBootloadersandCustomizeforfurtheroptions​​9.ClickPrintorSavetobackupyourconfiguration​10.ClickBuildthenInstall​​11.Reboot​ Yay!YounowhaveafullyupdatedbootableversionofmacOSCatalinaonyourCustoMac!AndasuperhandyUSBrescuedrive.It'seasytogetfrustrated,butdon'tgiveup!Ifyougetstuck,therearemanyuserswithsimilarhardwareinthetonymacx86Forumtoprovidesupport. Thankstoallofthehardworkingdevelopers,hackers,andtestersallovertheworldwithoutwhomthisguidewouldneverhavebeenpossible. ​TroubleshootingandOptimizations: Afteryou'vecompletedtheguide,thingssuchasHDMIaudioandiMessagemaynotworkautomatically.Thelistbelowshouldservetofullyoptimizeyoursystemafterinitialsetup. UpdateDirectlytoMacOSCatalina MacOSCatalina(10.15)ProblemsandWorkarounds UniBeastTroubleshootingNotes macOSCatalinaCleanup:RemoveKextsFrom/Library/ExtensionsandRecache macOS10.15Catalina:HowtoMountRootPartitionRead/WriteforPost-Installation EFIMounterv3.1 VideoGuidetomakingaUniBeastInstaller [GUIDE]Installing3rdPartyKexts-ElCapitan,Sierra,HighSierra,Mojave+ FullAccelerationforIntelHD3000andolderNVIDIAGraphicsinmacOSCatalina AniDiot'sGuideToLiluanditsPlug-ins AniDiot'sGuideToiMessage TheNewBeginner'sGuidetoUSBPortConfiguration [Release]Hackintool(configurationutility) [GUIDE]GeneralFramebufferPatchingGuide(HDMIBlackScreenProblem) [Guide]IntelFramebufferpatchingusingWhateverGreen macOSNativeCPU/IGPUPowerManagement [TOOL][GENERATEPROPERPROBLEMREPORTINGFILES] [FAQ]READFIRST!LaptopFrequentQuestions [Guide]BootingtheOSXinstalleronLAPTOPSwithClover Thislistwillbeupdated. CloverNote:UniBeastandMultiBeastdeliverbasicbootloadersupportbasedonourtestingonrecommendedCustoMacsystems.Forfurtherbootloadercustomization,downloadandruntheofficialCloverpackage.AdvancedusersmayalsocompileCloverbydownloadingthefullsource. ContainsClover5.0r5106 UniBeastandMultiBeastcontainanddeliverfilesfromtheCloverEFIBootloaderproject.Cloverisanopensourcebootloaderprojectbasedondifferentprojects:Clover,rEFIt,XNU,VirtualBox.Copyright©2019CloverHackyColor.Sourceandofficialdownloadsareavailablehere. Developers: Slice,withhelpofKabyl,usr-sse2,jadran,Blackosx,dmazar,STLVNUB,pcj,apianti,JrCs,pene,FrodoKenny,skoczy,ycr.ru,Oscar09,xsmile,SoThOr,rehabman,Download-Fritz,Zenit432,cecekpawon… Sourcecodecreditsto: Intel,Apple,Oracle,Chameleon,rEFItandXom.Copyright©2012-2020 CloverSourceandDownloads: Github:Clover   Lastedited:Apr9,2020 400Series PrimeZ490-A |  i510600K |  RadeonRXVega56AirBoost 300Series Z370NWIFI |  i78700K |  HD630 200Series GA-Z270X-UD5 |  i37100 |  HD630 100Series GA-Z170X-UD5TH |  i56600K |  GeForceGTX770 9Series GA-Z97-D3H |  i74790K |  HD4600 pabloh Joined May2,2013 Messages 10 Motherboard GigabyteAORUSZ390Pro CPU i7-9700K Graphics RX580 Mac MobilePhone Uhthanksalot.InstalledMojaveyesterdayonmycompletenewHaciwiththeguideofof@CaseySJ. Becausethesystemisstillempty(waitingforthenewgraphiccard),I'llwipeeverythinganddothesameinstallationpartyonthenextweekendwithUniBeastCatalinaagain. Thanksfortherelease!   Hacki_2020 Z390AORUSPRO |  i79700K |  RX580Pulse8GB Hacki_2013 GA-Z77X-UD5H |  i73770K |  GTX980Ti brewmattster Joined Jan24,2011 Messages 60 Motherboard GigabyteGA-Z170X-UD5 CPU i7-6700K Graphics RX580 MobilePhone CreatedanewUniBeastdisk,testedandworksperfectly,thanksforthegreatwork!   HackPro GA-Z170X-UD5 |  i76700K |  RX580Pulse8GB taipuna Joined Oct13,2013 Messages 16 Motherboard GigabyteZ87X-UD3H CPU i7-4770K Graphics RX580 Hi,Ihavedonethefirstinstallation,Graphicsisokok,butusbdriveenkeydon'tmount,ican'tmakepostinstallation...   tonymacx86 Administrator Staffmember Joined Nov18,2009 Messages 7,181 Motherboard PRIMEZ490-A CPU i510600K Graphics Vega56 Mac ClassicMac MobilePhone taipunasaid: Hi,Ihavedonethefirstinstallation,Graphicsisokok,butusbdriveenkeydon'tmount,ican'tmakepostinstallation... Clicktoexpand... Reminder-thisisnotatroubleshootingthread.Ifyouneedhelp,pleasecreateanewthreadintheCatalinaDesktopSupportsection.Also,pleasefilloutyoursystemspecsinyourprofile.   400Series PrimeZ490-A |  i510600K |  RadeonRXVega56AirBoost 300Series Z370NWIFI |  i78700K |  HD630 200Series GA-Z270X-UD5 |  i37100 |  HD630 100Series GA-Z170X-UD5TH |  i56600K |  GeForceGTX770 9Series GA-Z97-D3H |  i74790K |  HD4600 ebm Joined Jan21,2011 Messages 36 Motherboard GigabyteZ370Gaming7 CPU 8700K Graphics iGPU MobilePhone Thankyouforthehardwork. WhencanweexpectUniBeast11? YouknowI'mjustkidding.   rubikcar89 Joined Mar22,2019 Messages 224 Motherboard HPElite8300MT CPU i5-3470 Graphics GT710 Mac ClassicMac MobilePhone Nicework! I'llbewaitinguntilCatalina10.15.3toupdate   HPElite8300SFFGT710 Q77Board |  i53470 |  GeForceOther HPElite8200SFFGT710 Other |  i52400 |  GeForceOther foster Joined Mar10,2011 Messages 348 Motherboard GigabyteDesignareTRX40 CPU Ryzen3970x Graphics RX5700XT Mac MobilePhone 10.15.3willbeoutsoon   Attachments ScreenShot2020-01-03at10.04.02PM.png 232.7KB ·Views:10,528 pintolcv Joined Feb3,2014 Messages 81 Motherboard GigabyteGA-H87M-D3H CPU i5 Graphics HD4600 Mac MobilePhone tonymacx86said: Viewattachment431173​ThefollowingguideisacompletewalkthroughforupdatingtoorinstallingafreshversionofmacOSCatalina.Itrequiresnoexperienceandallofthebasicinstallationandpost-installationtoolsareavailableontonymacx86.com. Pleasenote:UniBeast10forCatalinaisavailable,howeverMultiBeast12forCatalinahasnotbeenreleasedyet.Itwillbeavailableshortly.Untilthen,forafreshpost-installationuseMultiBeast11.3forMojavetoinstallaSMBIOSandserialnumber.Thenmanuallyinstallessentialkextsandoptionalpatches. TableofContents Viewattachment443832Step1:DownloadmacOSCatalina​ Step2:CreateaBootableUSBwithUniBeast​ Step3:RecommendedBIOSSettings​Viewattachment443833Step4:InstallmacOSCatalina​ Step5:PostInstallationwithMultiBeast​ TroubleshootingandOptimizations​ BeforeYouBegin Registerhereattonymacx86!Ifyoudon'thaveauseraccount,createone! GetourlatestUniBeastandMultiBeasttoolsfromthedownloadssection. Purchasea16GBor32GBUSBdrive. Doafullbackupofyoursystem.WestronglyrecommendperformingafullbackupofyourexistingsystemusingCarbonCopyCloner.Bydoingthis,youcanalwaysgobacktoyourworkinginstallation. UniBeastisatoolthatcreatesabootableinstalleroutofyourdownloadedversionofmacOS.Inordertostartfresh,you'llneedaccesstoafunctionalcomputerrunningOSXMountainLion10.8.5orlater.Thisisarequirement,asyouneedaccesstotheMacAppStoretodownloadmacOSandcreatetheinstallationdrive.Tostartfromscratch,bootingthe10.6SnowLeopardRetailDVDdirectly,checkoutiBoot+MultiBeast. ExistingCloverusersmaydoadirectupdatetomacOSCatalinabysimplyrunningtheInstallmacOSCatalinaappasnormalMacuserswould.Followthesesteps:UpdateDirectlytomacOSCatalina. Viewattachment431176​STEP1:DownloadmacOSCatalina ThefulloperatingsystemisafreedownloadforanyonewhohaspurchasedMacOSXSnowLeopard,Lion,orMountainLionorhasaMacpreloadedwithOSXMavericks,Yosemite,ElCapitan,macOSSierra,macOSHighSierra,ormacOSMojave. ​1.DownloadtheApplicationfromtheMacAppStoreusingyourAppleIDonanyofthesespecificMacs:​MacBook(Early2015ornewer)​MacBookAir(Mid2012ornewer)​MacBookPro(Mid2012ornewer)​Macmini(Late2012ornewer)​iMac(Late2012ornewer)​iMacPro(2017)​MacPro(Late2013modelornewer)​ 2.OpenMacAppStore​3.LoginwithyourAppleID​4.DownloadmacOSCatalina​ TheApplicationInstallmacOSCatalinawillappearin/Applications. ​STEP2:CreateaBootableUSBDrivewithUniBeast Takeadeepbreathandtakeyourtime-thisisprettysimple,butit'seasytomissthingsifyourush.Followeachsteptotheletter. InserttheUSBdrive Open/Applications/Utilities/DiskUtility HighlighttheUSBdriveinleftcolumn(Note:intheCatalinaversionofDiskUtility,youmustfirstselectView/ShowAllDevicesbeforeyoucanseetheUSBdrivethere) ​4.ClickErasebutton​5.ForName:typeUSB(Youcanrenameitlater)​6.ForFormat:chooseMacOSExtended(Journaled)​ ​7.ClickErasethenDone​ ​8.DownloadandrunUniBeast​9.ClickContinue,Continue,Continue,Continue,Agree​10.AtDestinationSelect,chooseUSBandclickContinue​ ​11.AtSelectOSInstallationscreenchooseCatalinaandclickContinue​12.AtBootloaderOptionsscreenchooseUEFIBootModeorLegacyBootMode.UEFIBootModeisrecommendedfor7/8/9/100/200/300SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallUEFIcapablesystems.LegacyBootModeisrecommendedfor5/6SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallBIOSbasedsystems.​ ​13.(Optional)AtGraphicsConfigurationscreenchoosetheappropriategraphicsoptionforyoursystemandclickContinue.​14.Verifyinstallationoptions,thenclickContinue,enterpasswordandclickInstall​Viewattachment443829​UniBeastwillnowcreatethebootableUSBdrive.Theprocesswillonlytakeabout10minutes,dependingonsystemanddrivespeed.Donotunplugorstopduringthistime. ​15.DragMultiBeasttoyourcompletedUSBdrive.​ CloverNote:UniBeastdeliversbasicbootloadersupportbasedonourtestingonrecommendedCustoMacsystems.Forfurtherbootloadercustomization,downloadandruntheofficialCloverpackage.AdvancedusersmayalsocompileCloverbydownloadingthefullsource. STEP3:RecommendedBIOSSettings Ifyou'reinstallingonarecommendedCustoMacdesktopwithAMIUEFIBIOS,theoptionsaresimple.ForothersystemsmakesuretosetyourBIOStoOptimizedDefaults,andyourharddrivetoAHCImode.HerearestandardAMIUEFIBIOSsettingsfor GigabyteAMIUEFIBIOS,GigabyteAWARDBIOS,ASUSAMIUEFIBIOS,andMSIAMIUEFIBIOS. ToaccessBIOS/UEFISetup,pressandholdDeleteonaUSBKeyboardwhilethesystemisbootingup LoadOptimizedDefaults IfyourCPUsupportsVT-d,disableit IfyoursystemhasCFG-Lock,disableit IfyoursystemhasSecureBootMode,disableit SetOSTypetoOtherOS IfyoursystemhasIOSerialPort,disableit SetXHCIHandofftoEnabled Ifyouhavea6seriesorx58systemwithAWARDBIOS,disableUSB3.0 Saveandexit. Viewattachment431177​STEP4:InstallmacOSCatalina You'realmostdone!AllyouneedtodoisbootfromtheUSBdriveandinstall! Turnonthecomputer Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards) ChooseUSB Viewattachment443836​ 4.AtCloverbootscreen,chooseBootmacOSInstallfromInstallmacOSCatalina​5.WhenyouarriveattheInstaller,chooselanguage.​ Ifyouhaveissuesreachingtheinstaller,youcanusespacebaronbootscreentoenteralternatebootmodessuchasverboseandsafemode.FormoreinstructionsonenteringbootflagsseeCloverBasicsandSwitchingAdvice. 6.ForanewinstallationofmacOS,youMUSTeraseandformatthedestinationdriveaccordingtothefollowingstepsbeforecontinuing.​a.InthetopmenubarchooseUtilities,andopenDiskUtility​b.HighlightyourtargetdrivefortheCatalinainstallationinleftcolumn.​c.ClickErasebutton​d.ForName:typeCatalina(Youcanrenameitlater)​e.ForFormat:chooseMacOSExtended(Journaled)​f.ClickErase​g.CloseDiskUtility​ 7.Whentheinstallerasksyouwheretoinstall,chooseCatalina​8.Uponcompletion,thesystemwillautomaticallyrestart.​9.Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards)​10.ChooseUSB​11.AttheBootScreen,chooseCatalina​12.CompletemacOSinstallation.Thesystemwillautomaticallyreboot.​ STEP5:PostInstallationwithMultiBeast Pleasenote:UniBeast10forCatalinaisavailable,howeverMultiBeast12forCatalinahasnotbeenreleasedyet.Itwillbeavailableshortly.Untilthen,forafreshpost-installationuseMultiBeast11.3forMojavetoinstallaSMBIOSandserialnumber.Thenmanuallyinstallessentialkextsandoptionalpatches. MultiBeastisanall-in-onepost-installationtooldesignedtoenablebootfromharddrive,andinstallsupportforAudio,Network,andGraphics.Theinstallationiscomplete,butthedriveisn'tbootableyet.BootfromtheUSBagain,thistimechoosingCatalina. Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards) ChooseUSB AttheBootScreen,chooseyournewCatalinainstallation. CompletemacOSsetup OpenandrunMultiBeast ​6.Ifthisisafreshinstallation,clickQuickStart.UEFIBootModeisrecommendedfor7/8/9/100/200/300SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallUEFIcapablesystems.LegacyBootModeisrecommendedfor5/6SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallBIOSbasedsystems.​ ​7.ChoosetheappropriateDriversoptionsforyoursystem.​8.ClickCustomizeforfurtheroptions​ ​9.ClickPrintorSavetobackupyourconfiguration​10.ClickBuildthenInstall​ ​11.Reboot​ Viewattachment443844​ Yay!YounowhaveafullyupdatedbootableversionofmacOSCatalinaonyourCustoMac!AndasuperhandyUSBrescuedrive.It'seasytogetfrustrated,butdon'tgiveup!Ifyougetstuck,therearemanyuserswithsimilarhardwareinthetonymacx86Forumtoprovidesupport. Thankstoallofthehardworkingdevelopers,hackers,andtestersallovertheworldwithoutwhomthisguidewouldneverhavebeenpossible. ​TroubleshootingandOptimizations: Afteryou'vecompletedtheguide,thingssuchasHDMIaudioandiMessagemaynotworkautomatically.Thelistbelowshouldservetofullyoptimizeyoursystemafterinitialsetup. UpdateDirectlytoMacOSCatalina MacOSCatalina(10.15)ProblemsandWorkarounds UniBeastTroubleshootingNotes macOS10.15Catalina:HowtoMountRootPartitionRead/WriteforPost-Installation EFIMounterv3.1 [GUIDE]Installing3rdPartyKexts-ElCapitan,Sierra,HighSierra,Mojave+ AniDiot'sGuideToLiluanditsPlug-ins AniDiot'sGuideToiMessage TheNewBeginner'sGuidetoUSBPortConfiguration [Release]Hackintool(configurationutility) [GUIDE]GeneralFramebufferPatchingGuide(HDMIBlackScreenProblem) [Guide]IntelFramebufferpatchingusingWhateverGreen macOSNativeCPU/IGPUPowerManagement [TOOL][GENERATEPROPERPROBLEMREPORTINGFILES] [FAQ]READFIRST!LaptopFrequentQuestions [Guide]BootingtheOSXinstalleronLAPTOPSwithClover Thislistwillbeupdated. CloverBootloaderCredits UniBeastcontainsanddeliversfilesfromtheCloverEFIBootloaderproject.FormoreinformationandsourcesusedseeCloverEFIbootloader.Cloverv2isopensourcebasedondifferentprojects:Clover,rEFIt,XNU,VirtualBox.ThemainisEDK2latestrevision. CloverNote:UniBeastdeliversbasicbootloadersupportbasedonourtestingonrecommendedCustoMacsystems.Forfurtherbootloadercustomization,downloadandruntheofficialCloverpackage.AdvancedusersmayalsocompileCloverbydownloadingthefullsource. CloverDevelopers: Slice,withhelpofKabyl,usr-sse2,jadran,Blackosx,dmazar,STLVNUB,pcj,apianti,JrCs,pene,FrodoKenny,skoczy,ycr.ru,Oscar09,xsmile,SoThOr,rehabman… Sourcecodecredits: Intel,Apple,Oracle,Chameleon,rEFItandXom. CloverSourceandDownloads: Sourceforge:Clover Clicktoexpand... tonymacx86said: Viewattachment431173​ThefollowingguideisacompletewalkthroughforupdatingtoorinstallingafreshversionofmacOSCatalina.Itrequiresnoexperienceandallofthebasicinstallationandpost-installationtoolsareavailableontonymacx86.com. Pleasenote:UniBeast10forCatalinaisavailable,howeverMultiBeast12forCatalinahasnotbeenreleasedyet.Itwillbeavailableshortly.Untilthen,forafreshpost-installationuseMultiBeast11.3forMojavetoinstallaSMBIOSandserialnumber.Thenmanuallyinstallessentialkextsandoptionalpatches. TableofContents Viewattachment443832Step1:DownloadmacOSCatalina​ Step2:CreateaBootableUSBwithUniBeast​ Step3:RecommendedBIOSSettings​Viewattachment443833Step4:InstallmacOSCatalina​ Step5:PostInstallationwithMultiBeast​ TroubleshootingandOptimizations​ BeforeYouBegin Registerhereattonymacx86!Ifyoudon'thaveauseraccount,createone! GetourlatestUniBeastandMultiBeasttoolsfromthedownloadssection. Purchasea16GBor32GBUSBdrive. Doafullbackupofyoursystem.WestronglyrecommendperformingafullbackupofyourexistingsystemusingCarbonCopyCloner.Bydoingthis,youcanalwaysgobacktoyourworkinginstallation. UniBeastisatoolthatcreatesabootableinstalleroutofyourdownloadedversionofmacOS.Inordertostartfresh,you'llneedaccesstoafunctionalcomputerrunningOSXMountainLion10.8.5orlater.Thisisarequirement,asyouneedaccesstotheMacAppStoretodownloadmacOSandcreatetheinstallationdrive.Tostartfromscratch,bootingthe10.6SnowLeopardRetailDVDdirectly,checkoutiBoot+MultiBeast. ExistingCloverusersmaydoadirectupdatetomacOSCatalinabysimplyrunningtheInstallmacOSCatalinaappasnormalMacuserswould.Followthesesteps:UpdateDirectlytomacOSCatalina. Viewattachment431176​STEP1:DownloadmacOSCatalina ThefulloperatingsystemisafreedownloadforanyonewhohaspurchasedMacOSXSnowLeopard,Lion,orMountainLionorhasaMacpreloadedwithOSXMavericks,Yosemite,ElCapitan,macOSSierra,macOSHighSierra,ormacOSMojave. ​1.DownloadtheApplicationfromtheMacAppStoreusingyourAppleIDonanyofthesespecificMacs:​MacBook(Early2015ornewer)​MacBookAir(Mid2012ornewer)​MacBookPro(Mid2012ornewer)​Macmini(Late2012ornewer)​iMac(Late2012ornewer)​iMacPro(2017)​MacPro(Late2013modelornewer)​ 2.OpenMacAppStore​3.LoginwithyourAppleID​4.DownloadmacOSCatalina​ TheApplicationInstallmacOSCatalinawillappearin/Applications. ​STEP2:CreateaBootableUSBDrivewithUniBeast Takeadeepbreathandtakeyourtime-thisisprettysimple,butit'seasytomissthingsifyourush.Followeachsteptotheletter. InserttheUSBdrive Open/Applications/Utilities/DiskUtility HighlighttheUSBdriveinleftcolumn(Note:intheCatalinaversionofDiskUtility,youmustfirstselectView/ShowAllDevicesbeforeyoucanseetheUSBdrivethere) ​4.ClickErasebutton​5.ForName:typeUSB(Youcanrenameitlater)​6.ForFormat:chooseMacOSExtended(Journaled)​ ​7.ClickErasethenDone​ ​8.DownloadandrunUniBeast​9.ClickContinue,Continue,Continue,Continue,Agree​10.AtDestinationSelect,chooseUSBandclickContinue​ ​11.AtSelectOSInstallationscreenchooseCatalinaandclickContinue​12.AtBootloaderOptionsscreenchooseUEFIBootModeorLegacyBootMode.UEFIBootModeisrecommendedfor7/8/9/100/200/300SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallUEFIcapablesystems.LegacyBootModeisrecommendedfor5/6SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallBIOSbasedsystems.​ ​13.(Optional)AtGraphicsConfigurationscreenchoosetheappropriategraphicsoptionforyoursystemandclickContinue.​14.Verifyinstallationoptions,thenclickContinue,enterpasswordandclickInstall​Viewattachment443829​UniBeastwillnowcreatethebootableUSBdrive.Theprocesswillonlytakeabout10minutes,dependingonsystemanddrivespeed.Donotunplugorstopduringthistime. ​15.DragMultiBeasttoyourcompletedUSBdrive.​ CloverNote:UniBeastdeliversbasicbootloadersupportbasedonourtestingonrecommendedCustoMacsystems.Forfurtherbootloadercustomization,downloadandruntheofficialCloverpackage.AdvancedusersmayalsocompileCloverbydownloadingthefullsource. STEP3:RecommendedBIOSSettings Ifyou'reinstallingonarecommendedCustoMacdesktopwithAMIUEFIBIOS,theoptionsaresimple.ForothersystemsmakesuretosetyourBIOStoOptimizedDefaults,andyourharddrivetoAHCImode.HerearestandardAMIUEFIBIOSsettingsfor GigabyteAMIUEFIBIOS,GigabyteAWARDBIOS,ASUSAMIUEFIBIOS,andMSIAMIUEFIBIOS. ToaccessBIOS/UEFISetup,pressandholdDeleteonaUSBKeyboardwhilethesystemisbootingup LoadOptimizedDefaults IfyourCPUsupportsVT-d,disableit IfyoursystemhasCFG-Lock,disableit IfyoursystemhasSecureBootMode,disableit SetOSTypetoOtherOS IfyoursystemhasIOSerialPort,disableit SetXHCIHandofftoEnabled Ifyouhavea6seriesorx58systemwithAWARDBIOS,disableUSB3.0 Saveandexit. Viewattachment431177​STEP4:InstallmacOSCatalina You'realmostdone!AllyouneedtodoisbootfromtheUSBdriveandinstall! Turnonthecomputer Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards) ChooseUSB Viewattachment443836​ 4.AtCloverbootscreen,chooseBootmacOSInstallfromInstallmacOSCatalina​5.WhenyouarriveattheInstaller,chooselanguage.​ Ifyouhaveissuesreachingtheinstaller,youcanusespacebaronbootscreentoenteralternatebootmodessuchasverboseandsafemode.FormoreinstructionsonenteringbootflagsseeCloverBasicsandSwitchingAdvice. 6.ForanewinstallationofmacOS,youMUSTeraseandformatthedestinationdriveaccordingtothefollowingstepsbeforecontinuing.​a.InthetopmenubarchooseUtilities,andopenDiskUtility​b.HighlightyourtargetdrivefortheCatalinainstallationinleftcolumn.​c.ClickErasebutton​d.ForName:typeCatalina(Youcanrenameitlater)​e.ForFormat:chooseMacOSExtended(Journaled)​f.ClickErase​g.CloseDiskUtility​ 7.Whentheinstallerasksyouwheretoinstall,chooseCatalina​8.Uponcompletion,thesystemwillautomaticallyrestart.​9.Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards)​10.ChooseUSB​11.AttheBootScreen,chooseCatalina​12.CompletemacOSinstallation.Thesystemwillautomaticallyreboot.​ STEP5:PostInstallationwithMultiBeast Pleasenote:UniBeast10forCatalinaisavailable,howeverMultiBeast12forCatalinahasnotbeenreleasedyet.Itwillbeavailableshortly.Untilthen,forafreshpost-installationuseMultiBeast11.3forMojavetoinstallaSMBIOSandserialnumber.Thenmanuallyinstallessentialkextsandoptionalpatches. MultiBeastisanall-in-onepost-installationtooldesignedtoenablebootfromharddrive,andinstallsupportforAudio,Network,andGraphics.Theinstallationiscomplete,butthedriveisn'tbootableyet.BootfromtheUSBagain,thistimechoosingCatalina. Pressthehotkeytochoosebootdevice(F12forGigabytemotherboards,F8forASUSmotherboards,F11forASrockmotherboards) ChooseUSB AttheBootScreen,chooseyournewCatalinainstallation. CompletemacOSsetup OpenandrunMultiBeast ​6.Ifthisisafreshinstallation,clickQuickStart.UEFIBootModeisrecommendedfor7/8/9/100/200/300SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallUEFIcapablesystems.LegacyBootModeisrecommendedfor5/6SeriesCustoMacdesktopsandallBIOSbasedsystems.​ ​7.ChoosetheappropriateDriversoptionsforyoursystem.​8.ClickCustomizeforfurtheroptions​ ​9.ClickPrintorSavetobackupyourconfiguration​10.ClickBuildthenInstall​ ​11.Reboot​ Viewattachment443844​ Yay!YounowhaveafullyupdatedbootableversionofmacOSCatalinaonyourCustoMac!AndasuperhandyUSBrescuedrive.It'seasytogetfrustrated,butdon'tgiveup!Ifyougetstuck,therearemanyuserswithsimilarhardwareinthetonymacx86Forumtoprovidesupport. Thankstoallofthehardworkingdevelopers,hackers,andtestersallovertheworldwithoutwhomthisguidewouldneverhavebeenpossible. ​TroubleshootingandOptimizations: Afteryou'vecompletedtheguide,thingssuchasHDMIaudioandiMessagemaynotworkautomatically.Thelistbelowshouldservetofullyoptimizeyoursystemafterinitialsetup. UpdateDirectlytoMacOSCatalina MacOSCatalina(10.15)ProblemsandWorkarounds UniBeastTroubleshootingNotes macOS10.15Catalina:HowtoMountRootPartitionRead/WriteforPost-Installation EFIMounterv3.1 [GUIDE]Installing3rdPartyKexts-ElCapitan,Sierra,HighSierra,Mojave+ AniDiot'sGuideToLiluanditsPlug-ins AniDiot'sGuideToiMessage TheNewBeginner'sGuidetoUSBPortConfiguration [Release]Hackintool(configurationutility) [GUIDE]GeneralFramebufferPatchingGuide(HDMIBlackScreenProblem) [Guide]IntelFramebufferpatchingusingWhateverGreen macOSNativeCPU/IGPUPowerManagement [TOOL][GENERATEPROPERPROBLEMREPORTINGFILES] [FAQ]READFIRST!LaptopFrequentQuestions [Guide]BootingtheOSXinstalleronLAPTOPSwithClover Thislistwillbeupdated. CloverBootloaderCredits UniBeastcontainsanddeliversfilesfromtheCloverEFIBootloaderproject.FormoreinformationandsourcesusedseeCloverEFIbootloader.Cloverv2isopensourcebasedondifferentprojects:Clover,rEFIt,XNU,VirtualBox.ThemainisEDK2latestrevision. CloverNote:UniBeastdeliversbasicbootloadersupportbasedonourtestingonrecommendedCustoMacsystems.Forfurtherbootloadercustomization,downloadandruntheofficialCloverpackage.AdvancedusersmayalsocompileCloverbydownloadingthefullsource. CloverDevelopers: Slice,withhelpofKabyl,usr-sse2,jadran,Blackosx,dmazar,STLVNUB,pcj,apianti,JrCs,pene,FrodoKenny,skoczy,ycr.ru,Oscar09,xsmile,SoThOr,rehabman… Sourcecodecredits: Intel,Apple,Oracle,Chameleon,rEFItandXom. CloverSourceandDownloads: Sourceforge:Clover Clicktoexpand... HiMrAdministrator, IupdateddirectlyfromMojave.Butsometimesthecolourballstillrollingandacan'tdoanything.Probablyihavetochangesomethingincloverconfig.Isendprintscreensexceptedthemachineid.Canyouhelpme?   Attachments acpi.png 247.1KB ·Views:6,820 boot.png 213.1KB ·Views:10,072 DD.png 236.2KB ·Views:5,479 cpu.png 208.9KB ·Views:5,545 graphics.png 217.1KB ·Views:5,130 gui.png 191.2KB ·Views:4,812 KandKext.png 169.8KB ·Views:4,885 felipemarinho Joined Aug30,2011 Messages 5 Motherboard GigabyteZ87M-DH3 CPU i5-4690K Graphics HD4600 Mac MobilePhone WorkingPerfect...thankyouTonyMac!   Attachments ScreenShot2020-01-07at14.38.58.png 5.2MB ·Views:8,138 1 2 3 … 15 Next 1of15 Next Last Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. 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