List of Hackintosh USB Port Limit Patches (10.15 Updated)

Hackintosher · Jul 22, 2018

For hackintoshing macOS requires USB patch to get all USB/USB3 ports recognized and working along with USBInjectAll.kext. If you at any Mac in Apple's lineup anything not in the pro line usually comes with 4 or less USB ports, because of that there is a port limit on the number of USB ports in macOS that can be gotten around by either a. Making a custom DSDT for your specific motherboard or b. Using the USB patch which is much simpler and easier for those that are just starting to hackintosh or don't want to bother making an DSDT patch. Out of convince for everyone I will be maintaining a list working patches depending on what version of macOS being used.

What you will need to do is mount your EFI partition using a EFI mounter like Clover Configurator add USBInjectAll.kext along with a XHCI Series kext if necessary, then open up your config.plist located in EFI/Clover/ and add the patch by copy pasting from the list below. Here's an example of what a patch for High Sierra 10.13.6 would look like:

Now here's the steps to add a specific patch for the version of macOS you're using and you only need to add one patch:

Mount EFI Partition with Clover Configurator
Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other
Verify that USBInjectAll.kext exists
1. Download USBInjectAll.kext and place it in /EFI/Clover/kexts/Other if you're missing it
If you have a Kaby Lake (200 series B250/H270/2370) / Coffee Lake (300 series B360/H370/Z370) or X99 (X99/X299 motherboard you will likely need an XHCI injector kext:
1. Download OS-X-USB-Inject-All folder
2. Unzip OS-X-USB-Inject-All copy appropriate injector kext into /Volumes/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other
  1. Tip: Use XHCI-200-series-injector.kext for B250/H270/Z270 motherboards or XHCI-200-series-injector.kext for B360/H370/Z370 motherboards or XHCI-x99-injector.kext for X99/X299 motherboards.
Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/Clover/
Right-click open config.plist with Clover Configurator
Click Kernel and Kext Patches under SECTIONS of Clover Configurator
Click the “+” button near the bottom to add a patch:
- Catalina 10.15.0 (2 Patches)
  - Patch #1:
  - Name*: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
  - Find* [HEX]: 83FB0F0F
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83FB3F0F
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 1 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.15.x
  - Patch #2:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 83F90F0F
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83F93F0F
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 2 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.15.x
- Mojave 10.14.6: (4 Patches)
  - Patch #1:
  - Name*: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
  - Find* [HEX]: 83FB0F0F
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83FB3F0F
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 1 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
  - Patch #2:
  - Name*: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
  - Find* [HEX]: 83E30FD3
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83E33FD3
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 2 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
  - Patch #3:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 83FB0F0F
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83FB3F0F
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 3 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
  - Patch #4:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 83FF0F0F
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83FF3F0F
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 4 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
- Mojave 10.14.5: (4 Patches)
  - Patch #1:
  - Name*: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
  - Find* [HEX]: 83FB0F0F
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83FB3F0F
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 1 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
  - Patch #2:
  - Name*: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
  - Find* [HEX]: 83E30FD3
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83E33FD3
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 2 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
  - Patch #3:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 83FB0F0F
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83FB3F0F
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 3 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
  - Patch #4:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 83FF0F0F
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83FF3F0F
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 4 PMHeart/DalianSky
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
- Mojave 10.14.4: (3 Patches)
  - Patch #1:
  - Name*: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
  - Find* [Hex]: 83FB0F0F 870B0400 00
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83FB3F0F 870B0400 00
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 1 ©PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.4
  - Patch #2:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 4183FF0F 0F839404 0000
  - Replace* [Hex] : 4183FF3F 0F839404 0000
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 2 ©PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.4
  - Patch #3:
  - Name*: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
  - Find* [Hex]: 83E30FD3 E34109DF
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83E33FD3 E34109DF
  - Comment: USB Port Limit Patch 3 ©PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.4
- Mojave 10.14.3:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]:83FB0F0F 83030400 00
  - Replace* [HEX]: 83FB0F90 90909090 90
  - Comment: USB 10.14.1+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
- Mojave 10.14.2:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83FB0F0F 838F0400 00
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83FB0F90 90909090 90
  - Comment: USB 10.14.1+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
- Mojave 10.14.1:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83FB0F0F 838F0400 00
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83FB0F90 90909090 90
  - Comment: USB 10.14.1+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
- Mojave 10.14.0:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83FB0F0F 83030500 00
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83FB0F90 90909090 90
  - Comment: USB 10.14+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.0
- High Sierra 10.13.6:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 837D880F 0F83A704 0000
  - Replace* [HEX]: 837D880F 90909090 9090
  - Comment: USB 10.13.6+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.5:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 837d940f 0f839704 0000
  - Replace* [HEX]: 837d940f 90909090 9090
  - Comment: USB 10.13.4+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.4:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 837d940f 0f839704 0000
  - Replace* [HEX]: 837d940f 90909090 9090
  - Comment: USB 10.13.4+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.3:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 837d8c10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 837d8c1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 24
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.2:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 837d8c10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 837d8c1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 24
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.1:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 837d8c10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 837d8c1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 24
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.0:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 837d8c10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 837d8c1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 24
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- Sierra 10.12.x:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83bd74ff ffff10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83bd74ff ffff1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 26
  - MatchOS: 10.12.x
- El Capitan 10.11.x:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83bd8cfe ffff10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83bd8cfe ffff1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 26
  - MatchOS: 10.11.x

Don't forget to save config.plist when done adding the specific port limit patch patch.

fred24111 · Jul 28, 2018

This worked great on z370 hd3. Used XHCI-300-series-injector.kext though instead of 200. Then used the 10.13.6 patch info above in High Sierra and got all ports working in USB3 and USB 2 modes. Thanks Hackintosher!

rajkhand · Jul 29, 2018

No usb 2 ports when attaching usb 3 external HDD USB MOUSE FREEZ usb keyboard not recognised after ejecting the drive keyboard works

kazanas · Aug 12, 2018

En mi pc al instalar Mojave se crean tres entradas
1-boot Mojave in disk0s1
2-filewault for preboot
3-Prebooter for Preboot.
Si alguien me pudiese indicar el porqué de esto sumamente
agradecido. Saludos

lustypan · Sep 1, 2018

This really worked well, got all my USB storage back. Thanks!
Fata1ity Z270
Kaby Lake proc

lafinlalannges · Oct 6, 2018

It' work, but....
it don't display as I expected.

running at released version of macOS Mojave.

PliSsK · Oct 11, 2018

Got both High Sierra and Mojave USB3 ports working on my Z370 Gaming 7. Excellent work!

GLEB · Nov 1, 2018

If this method not working, try delete CalDigitHDProDrv.kext in Library/Extensions/

leonhong · Nov 7, 2018

Mojave 10.14.1&2:

Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
Find* [Hex]: 83FB0F0F 838F0400 00
Replace* [Hex] : 83FB0F90 90909090 90
Comment: USB Port limit patch 10.14.1 10.14.2 Beta by DalianSky
MatchOS: 10.14.1&2

ncak · Nov 11, 2018

leonhong said:

This patch seemed to work, but only 1 external drive showed up, others no.

I followed everything as mentioned in this thread post but not working. Maybe I should go back to High Sierra?

Please help.

EddyMac · Nov 22, 2018

I'm now on 10.14.1 and have added the patch above. I still have patches for 10.13.x Do I need to remove those?

Also, USB 3 ports are only yielding USB 2 speeds, any idea why?

lafinlalannges · Nov 23, 2018

EddyMac said:

No need to worry when you disabled it in Config.plist.

And a custom SSDT is highly recommended for USB 3.0

dodoland · Nov 29, 2018

Z370XP-SLI
use XHCI-300-series-injector.kext
lates USBInjectorall.kext
in clover/kext/other

Connected to USB 2.0 Port (usb header on the board)
also, Apple USB Keyboard and Bluthoot adapter and Apple USB Mouse connected to the same port
Apple USB Mouse slight Jerkiness in the movement.

thetrystero · Dec 15, 2018

not working for me on 10.14.2. every time i put my hack to sleep, it wakes up in about 40 seconds. AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: XDCI XHC. I'm on an Asrock z370 Taichi with Deep sleep set to s4/s5 in bios. looks like i'll have to go the custom SSDT route. don't even understand rehabman's post. got any tips to get started?

aldeghij · Dec 30, 2018

thetrystero said:

I agree, i feel bad because rehabman obviously put a ton of work into that, but I struggle trying to understand it.... I'm trying to work through it, but I get confused about a 3rd of the way in.

drzaphod · Jan 2, 2019

When I press the link for the for point 4 I don't get the file that is destined but a Xcode build file for the USBinjectAll. If I try to build it I get an error that is missing an sdk 'macosx10.11'.

Has something gone wrong with the link?

cgpera · Jan 5, 2019

perfecto!!!!! gran trabajo!!!

phaseshift · Jan 12, 2019

this worked beautifully thank you!

8t88s · Jan 22, 2019

Hi everyone.

It's probably me, but have an issue on that. I use Asus H270 with Kabylake and my USB3 still doesn't work.

If I follow this :

I wondering where you find the Kext for H270 MB ? Because when unzip the file, i have this :

Capture d’écran 2019-01-22 à 07.55.50.png

and no Kext for H270... ?

Thanks for your help

joshsmith722 · Jan 27, 2019

Hackintosher said:

For hackintoshing macOS requires USB patch to get all USB/USB3 ports recognized and working along with USBInjectAll.kext. If you at any Mac in Apple's lineup anything not in the pro line usually comes with 4 or less USB ports, because of that there is a port limit on the number of USB ports in macOS that can be gotten around by either a. Making a custom DSDT for your specific motherboard or b. Using the USB patch which is much simpler and easier for those that are just starting to hackintosh or don't want to bother making an DSDT patch. Out of convince for everyone I will be maintaining a list working patches depending on what version of macOS being used.

What you will need to do is mount your EFI partition using a EFI mounter like Clover Configurator add USBInjectAll.kext along with a XHCI Series kext if necessary, then open up your config.plist located in EFI/Clover/ and add the patch by copy pasting from the list below. Here's an example of what a patch for High Sierra 10.13.6 would look like:

Now here's the steps to add a specific patch for the version of macOS you're using and you only need to add one patch:

Mount EFI Partition with Clover Configurator
Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other
Verify that USBInjectAll.kext exists
1. Download USBInjectAll.kext and place it in /EFI/Clover/kexts/Other if you're missing it
If you have a Kaby Lake (200 series B250/H270/2370) / Coffee Lake (300 series B360/H370/Z370) or X99 (X99/X299 motherboard you will likely need an XHCI injector kext:
1. Download OS-X-USB-Inject-All folder
2. Unzip OS-X-USB-Inject-All copy appropriate injector kext into /Volumes/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other
  1. Tip: Use XHCI-200-series-injector.kext for B250/H270/Z270 motherboards or XHCI-200-series-injector.kext for B360/H370/Z370 motherboards or XHCI-x99-injector.kext for X99/X299 motherboards.
Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/Clover/
Right-click open config.plist with Clover Configurator
Click Kernel and Kext Patches under SECTIONS of Clover Configurator
Click the “+” button near the bottom to add a patch:
- Mojave 10.14.2:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83FB0F0F 838F0400 00
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83FB0F90 90909090 90
  - Comment: USB 10.14.1+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
- Mojave 10.14.1:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83FB0F0F 838F0400 00
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83FB0F90 90909090 90
  - Comment: USB 10.14.1+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.x
- Mojave 10.14.0:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83FB0F0F 83030500 00
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83FB0F90 90909090 90
  - Comment: USB 10.14+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.14.0
- High Sierra 10.13.6:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 837D880F 0F83A704 0000
  - Replace* [HEX]: 837D880F 90909090 9090
  - Comment: USB 10.13.6+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.5:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 837d940f 0f839704 0000
  - Replace* [HEX]: 837d940f 90909090 9090
  - Comment: USB 10.13.4+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.4:
  - Name*: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
  - Find* [HEX]: 837d940f 0f839704 0000
  - Replace* [HEX]: 837d940f 90909090 9090
  - Comment: USB 10.13.4+ by PMHeart
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.3:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 837d8c10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 837d8c1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 24
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.2:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 837d8c10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 837d8c1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 24
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.1:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 837d8c10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 837d8c1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 24
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- High Sierra 10.13.0:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 837d8c10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 837d8c1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 24
  - MatchOS: 10.13.x
- Sierra 10.12.x:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83bd74ff ffff10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83bd74ff ffff1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 26
  - MatchOS: 10.12.x
- El Capitan 10.11.x:
  - Name*: AppleUSBXHCIPCI
  - Find* [Hex]: 83bd8cfe ffff10
  - Replace* [Hex] : 83bd8cfe ffff1b
  - Comment: change 15 port limit to 26
  - MatchOS: 10.11.x

Don't forget to save config.plist when done adding the specific port limit patch patch.

Any updates needed for 10.14.3?

List of Hackintosh USB Port Limit Patches (10.15 Updated)

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