How-to Install macOS on a Hackintosh

Before you begin you will want to have:

1. Created a Bootable macOS USB Installer
2. Make your Bootable and Hackintosh Bootable

Files to Download:

• • Clover Configurator

NOTE: It’s recommended to place Clover Configurator on a separate USB drive so you can use it without an internet connection, which you may not have when you first boot into macOS.

STEP 1: Booting the Installer

1. Turn the machine on with the USB installer in one of the usb ports
2. Verify Installer… is Selected
3. Press Enter

NOTE: If the USB drive isn’t set as the default boot volume change the temporary boot device when the boot screen appears the button that needs to be pressed to do this is usually F10, F11, or F12. When the temporary selection screen appears Select UEFI : (USB Device Name).

When you boot into the USB you will see this screen.

NOTE: The installer will load takes about 5-20 minutes. If the loading screen stops and stays that way for 10+ minutes that means that it can’t boot into the installer which is usally caused by the bootloader not being created properly and or the BIOS settings not set correctly. There may be some graphical glitches with the loading bar this is fine and expected to happen.

Note: Your screen may turn back as your installing macOS. This is caused from the display sleeping just press a key on your keyboard or move your mouse to wake your screen.

1. When the installer finally appears Press Continue

2. Select your language and Press Continue again.

1. 1. When the installer appears Press Continue
   2. Select Language
   3. Select Disk Utility
   4. Select the disk you will be installing macOS and erase it with the following settings:
      • Name: (It can be named anything you want)
      • Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
      • Scheme: GUID Partition Map
   5. Press Erase
   6. Close Disk Utility

1. Select Install macOS
2. Select the disk macOS will be installed on and proceed

STEP 2: Installer Part 2

After the installer is finished the computer will restart and we move on to the second part of the installer

1. Repeat to the steps necessary to get back into the Clover EFI Bootloader that is if you had to select a temporary boot device do so again and select the USB drive.
2. When Clover appears select the disk: Boot macOS Install from…instead of Install…

After the installation is completed the computer will restart once again repeat the steps to get back into the Clover USB Bootloader

1. When Clover appears select Boot macOS from….
2. After loading succesfully go through the setup process
3. If setup asks about the network select “Computer does not connect to the internet”

When setup is complete you should have a bootable hackintosh.

STEP 3: Configuring the EFI Partition

This step must be completed to be able to boot the hackintosh without the USB Flash Drive plugged in. This part basically copies the contents of the EFI partition on the USB isntaller to the EFI paritition of the Hard Disk macOS is now installed on.

1. Open Clover Configurator
2. Mount the EFI of the Flash Drive
3. Press Open EFI or navigate to the EFI location in finder
4. Copy the EFI Folder onto your desktop
5. Open Finder and Eject the Flash Drive
6. Using Clover Configurator Mount the EFI of the Disk
7. Press Open EFI or navigate to the EFI location in finder
8. Paste the EFI over the existing EFI on the disk
9. Select Replace when it prompta you with a menu saying that the folder EFI already exists

You will now be able to boot macOS without the USB Flash Drive

Recommendation: Delete the Folder called APPLE in your EFI Folder if it exists. This folder was created during the install and  may have been corrupted. Some people have reported it cause problems when trying to sleep your hackintosh. The folder will eventually be recreated, however you only need to delete it once after installing macOS

Fully Working Hackintosh

After macOS is running on your hackintosh there may be things that aren’t working such as audio, ethernet and wifi and graphics acceleration. If you followed one of our Build Guides return to that guide in order to get everything working. Otherwise check out the guides on how to get various things working.