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MSI B360M Hackintosh Build & Changelog

Please Note: This is only a personal build backup, not a textbook standard guide. If you are looking for a guide please go to this page for more informations.

Limitation

This configuration may ONLY suitable for those who have BOTH iGPU (computing only) AND dGPU. If you are using specs that have only iGPU or dGPU, I suggest not using this configuration, or you may experience some other undefined behaviours.

This is a process that requires proper debugging skills, sometimes depending on specific hardware with a little bit of luck. Decent OS running experience can only be guaranteed with specs very much the same as mine if you decide to use this configuration.

Hardware List

Specs	Details
Board	MSI® B360M MORTAR™
CPU	Intel® Core™ i5-9400 (with Intel UHD Graphics 630)
Memory	Corsair Vengeance® LPX 2 x 8GB (DDR4 2666MHz)
SSD	Intel® SSD 760p Series M.2 512GB
HDD	Western Digital® 3.5″ Blue 1TB (WD10EZRZ)
Graphic Card	Sapphire® Radeon™ RX590 8GB (D5 NITRO+ SE FO)
Wireless Card	Broadcom® BCM94360CD (with Bluetooth 4.0)
Keyboard	IKBC® C87
Mouse	Logitech® MX Master 2S
Monitor	Acer® Nitro XV272UP Widescreen LCD Monitor

Recommended BIOS Settings

<details><summary>SETTINGS</summary>

<details><summary>Advanced</summary>
- PCI Subsystem Settings
 - Above 4G Memory / Crypto Currency Mining [Enabled]
- Integrated Graphics Configuration
 - Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG]
 - Integrated Graphics Share Memory [64M]
 - IGD Multi-Monitor [Enabled]
- USB Configuration
 - XHCI Hand-off [Enabled]
 - Legacy USB Support [Enabled]
- Power Management Setup
 - Erp Ready [Enabled]
- Windows OS Configuration
 - Windows 10 WHQL Support [Enabled]
 - MSI Fast Boot [Disabled]
- Wake Up Event Setup
 - Wake Up Event By [BIOS]
 - Resume by USB Device [Enabled]
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<details><summary>Boot</summary>
- Boot Mode Select [UEFI]
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</details> <details><summary>OC (Overclocking)</summary>

CPU Features
- Intel Virtualization Tech [Enabled]
- Intel VT-D Tech [Disabled]
- CFG Lock [Disabled]

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Configuration Explain

Things may vary per device and you may want to customize it, which I will mark with * at the beginning. Let's take a look from the folder level:

SSDT-AWAC: Re-enable the old RTC clock that is compatible with macOS.
SSDT-EC-USBX: Create fake EC device for desktop and fix USB power.
SSDT-PLUG: Allow the kernel's XCPM (XNU's CPU Power Management) to manage our CPU's power management. Auto detect.
SSDT-PMCR: Fix NVRAM support for 300 series motherboard.
* SSDT-SBUS-MCHC: Not necessary. Fix AppleSMBus support.

</details> </details> <details><summary>Drivers</summary>

OpenRuntime.efi: Work with Booter quirks in config.plist.
HfsPlus.efi: Support HFS+ File System which is used by Recovery and Time Machine.
OpenCanopy.efi: Bring GUI for OpenCore.

</details> <details><summary>Kexts</summary>

Lilu: Other kexts depending on this one.
VirtualSMC: SMC emulator layer.
SMCProcessor: CPU sensor support.
SMCSuperIO: IO sensor support.
WhateverGreen: Various patches necessary for GPU.
AppleALC: Native macOS HD audio for not officially supported codecs.
IntelMausi: Intel Ethernet LAN driver for macOS.
NVMeFix: Fix random kernel panic after wake caused by NVMe device.
AirportBrcmFixup: Fix Wi-Fi lagging after wake.

* USBPorts: Custom USB ports mapping for iMac19,2. Ports mapping may vary per device. This kext can be used directly if your USB ports are same as mine:

1.  HS01 - Internal - BRCM20702 Hub
2.  HS03 - Internal - USB Keyboard
3.  HS04 - Internal - USB Mouse
4.  HS05 - USB 3 - Back USB 3 (SS01)
5.  HS07 - USB 2 - Back USB 2
6.  HS08 - USB 2 - Back USB 2
7.  HS09 - USB 3 - Front USB 3 (SS05)
8.  HS10 - USB 3 - Front USB 3 (SS06)
9.  SS01 - Type 3 - Back USB 3
10. SS02 - TypeC+Sw - Back Type C
11. SS05 - USB 3 - Front USB 3
12. SS06 - USB 3 - Front USB 3

</details> <details><summary>Resources</summary>

Here put OpenCanopy resources.

</details> <details><summary>Tools</summary>

* ResetSystem.efi: I choose Firmware argument in config.plist to reboot into BIOS firmware settings when necessary. Change as you wish.

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* DeviceProperties: I put layout-id, igfxfw and shikigva arguments here. You can delete them from here and put into boot-args if you wish.
Here I choose layout-id 92 to fix audio. Even if the Address is not the same with our spec, I find it working well with this layout.
I use shikigva 80 to fix DRM, delete it if you are experiencing screen freezing issue. The igfxfw value here is used to load Apple GuC firmware, delete it if you are experiencing display issues.
* Generic: You should generate SMBIOS info by using GenSMBIOS to fix iServices, and make sure it is "Invalid Serial" or "Purchase Date not Validated" (i.e., no conflict with real Macs) for your own good by checking Apple Check Coverage page.

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Known Issues

"I have to press keys twice to wake up."

It may related to HID Tickle mode. The simplest way is to try adding boot argument darkwake=no (or =1? =2?). BUT it might also cause monitor to wake up during darkwake, or simply cannot sleep itself. Use at your own risk.

The default value on macOS Catalina for gDarkWakeFlags is 0x00000003, which equals to 3 (kDarkWakeFlagHIDTickleNone). So by default Darkwake should not post any HID Tickle's. This also reveals the secret why some users encounter issues with frozen peripheral device's on Hack's when Power Nap is enabled. To use Darkwake on Hack's require very well configured USB ports.

— holyfield
Or try adding SSDT-USBW.aml and USBWakeFixup.kext. You can find them in the /Extras folder.

"DRM won't work after I update Safari 14."

Yes, Safari 14 breaks DRM patch on both Catalina and Big Sur on iMac19,1 SMBIOS w/ shikigva=80.
I'm not sure if iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS w/ shikigva=128 will do any better.

"Apple Music can't play or keeps skipping songs."

This is also a DRM issue.
Try disabling loseless option in Apple Music preference.
If this doesn't help, try run defaults write com.apple.AppleGVA gvaForceAMDKE -boolean yes in terminal to forces AMD DRM decoder for streaming services.
If this still doesn't help, try some other combinations described in Acidanthera's WhateverGreen Chart.

Changelog

11/12/2022

Updated OpenCore to v0.8.6
Updated AppleALC
Supported macOS Ventura

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9/6/2022

Updated OpenCore to v0.8.4

8/3/2022

Updated OpenCore to v0.8.3

7/6/2022

Updated OpenCore to v0.8.2

6/7/2022

Updated OpenCore to v0.8.1
Updated WhateverGreen, AppleALC, AirportBrcmFixup
Switched Reset NVRAM and Toggle SIP to configurable boot entry protocol drivers according to the latest manual

4/21/2022

Updated OpenCore to v0.8.0
Updated AppleALC
Adapted new entries to the latest manual

3/10/2022

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.9
Updated Lilu, AppleALC and WhateverGreen
Adapted new entries to the latest manua

1/11/2022

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.7
Updated Lilu, AppleALC and WhateverGreen
Adapted new entries to the latest manual

12/22/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.6
Updated Lilu and SMC kexts
Added new entries of configuration
Adjusted UIScale location

11/04/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.5
Updated AppleALC and WhateverGreen
Added kext version information into config.plist

10/26/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.4 to satisfy macOS Monterey
Updated AppleALC and WhateverGreen
Adjust config entries order according to the latest manual

09/08/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.3
Updated kexts and resources
Change drivers config style according to the latest manual

08/14/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.2
Updated kexts and resources

07/06/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.1
Updated kexts and resources

06/08/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.7.0
Updated kexts and resources

05/04/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.9
Updated Lilu and her friends

05/01/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.8
Updated kexts
Added mouse support by setting PickerAttributes to 19

03/02/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.7
Updated kexts
Replaced SSDTs to acidanthera version
Moved Apple quick charge properties from USBPorts.kext to SSDT-EC-USBX.aml
Readded shikigva 80 to fix Apple TV DRM

02/17/2021

Fixed invalid maskbit in PickerAttributes
Disabled unnecessary AllowRelocationBlock

02/01/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.6
Updated Lilu and her friends
Replaced BootProtect with LauncherOption and LauncherPath
Added new terms and set to default value
Removed Bootstrap.efi
Set PickerAttributes to 15 (just because I don't like cursor)
Updated some resources

01/06/2021

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.5
Updated Lilu and her friends
Set PickerAttributes to 25
Set PickerVariable to Modern
Updated EFI/OC/Resources/Image to experience modern boot picker icon set (Big Sur style)
Deprecated DeduplicateBootOrder quirk

12/12/2020

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.4
Updated Lilu and her friends
Enabled ResetLogoStatus to fix potential logo missing problem when booting Windows
Deprecated run-efi-updater NVRAM variable (not working on Big Sur) and enabled BlacklistAppleUpdate quirk
Added SystemAudioVolume NVRAM variable to meet the latest PlayChime standard
Disabled DeduplicateBootOrder as is now deprecated

11/18/2020

Adjust USBPorts.kext to support Apple quick charge for Big Sur.
Drop WhateverGreen DRM patch for Big Sur.

11/03/2020

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.3
Updated Lilu and her friends

10/07/2020

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.2
Updated Lilu and her friends
Set new entries of OpenCore v0.6.2 config to failsafe as they are mainly relevant to legacy machines
Drop SSDT-MEM2-DMAC.aml, not necessary

09/17/2020

Added bootstrap for better booting experience
Merged USB quick charging into USBPorts.kext
Fixed USB mapping IOClass from AppleUSBMergeNub to AppleUSBHostMergeProperties to match Catalina standard
Disabled some debug terms as this is a RELEASE build
Disabled SetupVirtualMap, not needed for MSI B360M
Disabled Apple Secure Boot, yeah, changed my mind

09/07/2020

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.1
Updated Lilu and her friends
Set DiscardHibernateMap to false as I turned off hibernate on Windows
Added Arch and MinKernel settings to meet OpenCore's latest standard
Set DisableLinkeditJettison to true to let Lilu and others function in macOS Big Sur with best performance without keepsyms=1 boot argument
Added Medium Security of Apple Secure Boot, which means SecureBootModel set to Default, ApECID set to 0 and DmgLoading set to Signed
Set AdviseWindows to false as EFI partition is first on the Windows drive
Deleted ExFatDxe.efi
Note: Hotkeys to launch picker now works fine as OpenCore now won't reset input protocols any more

08/04/2020

Updated OpenCore to v0.6.0
Optimized ACPI hotpatches: SSDT-EC-USBX, SSDT-AWAC, SSDT-PLUG, SSDT-PMCR
Added new ACPI hotpatches for final touch: SSDT-MEM2-DMAC, SSDT-SBUS-MCHC
Updated Lilu and her friends
Deleted CPUFriend as i5-9400 does not necessarily need this
Added AirportBrcmFixup to fix Wi-Fi lagging after sleeping
Added an icon for ResetSystem.efi
Changed some <data> fields in config to <number> and <string> to avoid being eaten by Xcode 11
Added Firmware mode to ResetSystem to reboot into BIOS settings
Moved shikigva and igfxfw from boot-arg into DeviceProperties

06/04/2020

Initiated repository

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Credit

Acidanthera's OpenCore Respository
Sukka's OpenCore Document zh_Hans
Installation Guide from Dortania, DalianSky and XJN