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Here’s detailed steps on how to install macOS High Sierra on a hackintosh using the Clover method with the HFS Method. Apple introduced a new file system called Apple File System (APFS). When High Sierra is installed the drive is automatically converted over to APFS, but there is a way to disable it easily and keep the drive as HPFS by editing an XML file during the install. As to why a hackintosher would want to disable is because they may encounter problems where their drive isn’t able to handle errors properly becuase they don’t have Apple’s custom firmware. Two out of the three times I’ve tried to use APFS the drive became unbootable for some unknown reason, therefore I recommend people use HFS if they want a more reliable hackintosh, however you can still use APFS if you want to play around with it. If you do make sure you have apfs.efi in your EFI and skip the APFS conversion when you get to it. Step 2: Format & Install When the installer loads we will want to properly format the disk as GUID for hackintosh usability before beginning the install.

How to Make a Bootable macOS Sierra USB Install Drive. Thorin Klosowski. Make sure the drive is formatted for OS X Extended (Journaled). Insert your USB drive into any Mac, then launch the.

• Press Continue when the installer appears • Select your language • Select Disk Utility from the install menu • Select Show All Devices from the drop down menu by pressing the View button at the top left top left corner. (Note: ) • 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. It’s important to remember the name you choose for the drive if you plan to opt out of the APFS conversion • Press Erase • Close Disk Utility • Install macOS High Sierra Note: While macOS is being installed screen may go black the display is just sleeping you cap press a key on your keyboard or wiggle a mouse to wake screen After the installer is finished the computer will restart and you’ll want to get back into the Clover Menu. Step 3: Disable APFS Conversion There is now a second option in Clover, which under normal circumstances we would select, however before that we must disable the APFS conversion from taking place. If you plan to use APFS and have the necessary apfs.efi in your EFI folder you can skip this step. • Select Boot OS X Install from Install macOS High Sierra again like you did in Step 1. • Open Terminal through Utilities at the Top Menu Bar once installer finishes loading.

Note This is not necessary if you installed with Homebrew. Homebrew for mac how to install. • Link the libraries to make them available to PowerShell: sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/opt/openssl sudo ln -s /opt/local/lib /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib Uninstalling PowerShell Core If you installed PowerShell with Homebrew, use the following command to uninstall: brew cask uninstall powershell If you installed PowerShell via direct download, PowerShell must be removed manually: sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/pwsh /usr/local/microsoft/powershell To remove the additional PowerShell paths, refer to the section in this document and remove the paths using sudo rm. • Install OpenSSL by running sudo port install openssl.

• Type the following into Terminal and press enter after each line is entered: • ls -1 /Volumes ls -1 /Volumes will list the available volumes. We want the name of the drive set in step 4.2 for the line below • cd /Volumes/Hackintosh Replace “Hackintosh” in the line above if you named your drive something else when you formatted it as GUID. • cd 'macOS Install Data' • vi minstallconfig.xml. This is what it should look like in Terminal before pressing enter when the drive is named “Hackintosh” • minstallconfig.xml will populate in terminal • Use the arrow keys to highlight to the ‘t’ in true • Press the DELETE key on your keyboard 4 times to carefully removing t, r, u, e • Type i on your keyboard to enter insert mode • Type in false • Press Esc key • If entered correctly press:wq to save or:q!

If you messed up. (If you mess up and typed:q! You can try again by reentering: vi minstallconfig.xml ) • Close Terminal on completion • Restart computer from the Top Silver Menu Bar. Check out if you get a restart error prompt instead of this pic. Note: On a 10.13.3+ installer I had to run Boot macOS Install twice the first time it rebooted with 18 minutes remaining; the second time it completed. Step 5: First Boot After install is finished computer will automatically restart.

• Select Boot macOS from “Hackintosh” • Select Language • Select Keyboard • Select My computer does not connect to the Internet • Select Don’t transfer any information • Agree to the Terms and Conditions • Fill out Login information • (Optional) Choose Customize Settings at Express Set Up if you don’t want to be tracked. • macOS High Sierra will boot for the first time. Step 6: Configuring the EFI Partition Now that we’re in macOS we want to be able to load macOS without the USB flash drive plug. To be able to boot macOS from the drive it’s installed on the folder in the EFI partition of the flash drive needs to be copied over to the EFI partition of the boot drive. Well you have not missed anything else: ) I got one issue which really bugs me.