Step By Step Guide to Install Hackintosh macOS Mojave 10.14
Process to Install Hackintosh MacOs Mojave 10.14
In this blog post, I will show you the Step By Step Guide to Install Hackintosh macOS Mojave 10.14. Currently, there are no Nvidia Drivers available for MacOS Mojave, therefore I recommend anyone using Nvidia Graphics Cards on their custom Hackintosh, to avoid installing Hackintosh macOs Mojave. The install will still work, but you will have issues with graphics and would have to run Hackintosh Mojave on Integrated GPU (I do not recommend to do that.).
Nvidia does take time to release drivers for the MacOS, but as we know this is going to be an ongoing issue, where one has to wait for Nvidia to release drivers, therefore, I have decided to go forward with AMD Graphic Cards. I am using AMD Radeon RX 580 to install macOs Mojave on my computer.
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Hackintosh Mojave Compatible Parts
| Sapphire RX 580 Pulse 8GB ==> || 8GB DDR5 || 2xHDMI, 2xDP, DVI || Clock: 1366MHZ |
| XFX RX 580 8GB ==> || 8GB DDR5 || HDMI, 3xDP, DVI || Clock: 1407MHZ |
| Sapphire RX 570 Pulse 8GB ==> || 8GB DDR5 || HDMI, 3xDP, DVI || Clock: 1328MHZ |
| XFX RX 570 8GB ==> || 8GB DDR5 || HDMI, DP, DVI || Clock: 1284MHZ |
| Sapphire Vega 56 8GB ==> || 8GB DDR5 || 2xHDMI, 2xDP || Clock: 1328MHZ |
| XFX Vega 56 8GB ==> || 8GB DDR5 || HDMI, 3xDP || Clock: 1156MHZ |
| Sapphire Vega 64 8GB ==> || 8GB DDR5 || HDMI, 3xDP, DVI || Clock: 1373MHZ |
| AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Air ==> || 16GB DDR5 || HDMI, 3xDP || Clock: 1382MHZ |
| AMD Pro WX 7100 8GB ==> || 8GB DDR5 || 4xDP || Clock: 1188MHZ |
| AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100 ==> || 8GB DDR5 || 6xDP || Clock: 1500MHZ |
Corsair CS 550 Watt
Corsair RM 650x Watt
Corsair AX 860 Watt
Corsair SF450 SFF 450W
Corsair SF600 SFF 600W
Less Expensive Options (Recommended Budget Buy)
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15 Desktop Memory Kit – Black (CMK16GX4M2B3000C15)
- G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3000MHz (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C16D-16GTZR
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15 Memory Kit – Black (CMK16GX4M1B3000C15)
- Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM – Black (HX318C10FBK2/16)
- CORSAIR Vengeance RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000MHz C15 Desktop Memory – Black
- GIGABYTE Z370 HD3 (Intel LGA1151/ Z370/ ATX/ M.2/ Intel LAN/ ALC892/ HDMI/ Motherboard)
- ASUS PRIME Z370-A LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI DVI M.2 USB 3.1 Z370 ATX Motherboard with USB 3.1 for 8th Generation Intel Core Processors
- ASUS Prime Z390-A Motherboard LGA1151 (Intel 8th and 9th Gen) ATX DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2 Gigabit LAN
Step 1 : Download the Required Files
Step 2 : Create a bootable USB Installer
Step 3 : Updating BIOS Settings
First you need to Insert the USB installer’ into the USB 2.0 Port and Start your PC. The USB 2.0 port is recommended because in some cases the USB 3.0 Port may not work during installation process. If the USB 3.0 port is working, then feel free to use it. (Give it a try)
Now during the PC is starting up keep pressing the BIOS or UEFI Menu button to access the BIOS or UEFI Menu. For most Motherboards, the BIOS or UEFI Menu is placed on the DELETE button on the keyboard. (Please note your BIOS interface would look different but the options will be same in most cases).
You would not need to do any changes if you already have Hackintosh System installed, as you must have configured the BIOS settings, when you installed it. But, it’s always good to double check your settings to avoid any install failures as we proceed.
Here is the recommended settings for BIO incase you are installing macOS Hackintosh Mojave for the first time.
1. First and Foremost, go over to the Advanced Mode(F7) Tab located at the bottom and then go to the Exit Tab.
2. Load Optimize Defaults that’s the first thing we want to do.
3. Go to Advanced Tab and click on CPU Configuration\CPI – Power Management Control and then set CFG Lock to Disabled.
4. Go to Advanced Tab and click on System Agent (SA) Configuration and then set VT-d to Disabled.
5. Go to Boot Tab and make sure under Boot Option Priorities you have selected the USB that you just created to install Hackintosh macOS Mojave. (Your USB name may be different , based on the Manufacturer or Brand).
6. If your Motherboard has the option for
7. Now go to EXIT and click on Save Changes & Exit. When the confirmation popup appears click OK.
Step 4 : Install Hackintosh Mojave on SSD
When you computer boots from the USB Installer, you should be able to see following screen. Select the USB Installer that you created and Press Spacebar on the keyboard.
- Now you will see the following screen with some options. Check-off the following two options. Verbose (-v) and Use Nvidia WEB drivers (nvda_drv=1).
- To select/un-select the option press spacebar on keyboard.
- As you know, in this installation tutorial we are using AMD RX 580, therefore, you may be wondering why I checked-off the Nvidia drivers option. I did that because, If I don’t select it, the installation process then leads to a black-screen after the Apple Logo progress bar has been finished loading.
- If you don’t select these two option, you will be stuck with a black screen during installation.
- After the options have been selected, go to Return and press Enter.
- Now you will be redirected to the first screen, select the USB installer and press ENTER to start installing Hackintosh Macos Mojave on your SSD.
- Now you will be redirected to the first screen, select the USB installer and press ENTER to start installing Hackintosh Macos Mojave on your SSD.
- Now you should see the apple logo and the process bar.(Might take upto 15 – 25 minutes for the next screen to appear. It is copying all the files in background – be patient and don’t panic.)
- Now Select your preferred language for Installing Hackintosh macOS Mojave. Click on the arrow to continue.
- Scroll through these images within the slide for step by step installation instructions of hackintosh macOS Mojave on SSD. (Steps 1 – 9)
Note: During installation process the Mac OS will reboot several Times. In the Clover Menu you will need to select the disk were you going to install the macOS Mojave hackintosh manually and press Spacebar. Check-off the following two options. Verbose (-v) and Use Nvidia WEB drivers (nvda_drv=1).
Step 5 : Installing Clover Bootloader to SSD
- Copy the provided Entire Files Folder on your Desktop and Eject the USB.
- Now try to Open Clover Bootloader and click Continue for the first two windows as this is bunch of info about the app. If you have time go ahead review it and then click continue.
- Basically we are re-doing the same steps as you saw in the video for creating USB installer.
- On the Destination Select tab, click on the option Change Install Location.
- Select the SSD Drive where you just installed macOS Hackintosh Mojave. After you Select the SSD Drive click Continue.
- Now on the Installation Type Tab Click on the Customize option. Select the option Clover for UEFI.only and Install Clover in the ESP
- Click on the Dropdown for UEFIDrivers and Select the following options:
- DataHubDxe-64.UEFI
- FSInject-64.UEFI
- SMCHelper-64.UEFI
- VboxHfs-64.UEFI
- ApfsDriverLoader-64
- PartitionDxe-64
- Now after Selecting all these options click Install.
- Clover Bootloader will ask you to enter your password to proceed.
- Now Clover will start installing the Bootloader. Once its completed, you can close clover bootloader.
- Once Clover Bootloader is installed on your SSD Drive, you should see the EFI partition on your Desktop. Go ahead and click on the EFI partition and open it.
- Now Delete the EFI folder in the partition created by Clover bootloader.
- Copy the provided EFI folder, boot and nvram.plist files to EFI Partiton.
- Copy the provided EFI folder, boot and nvram.plist files to EFI Partiton.
- You can find these files in SSD/USB Mojave EFI folder under Required files.
- Now you can Eject the EFI Partition.
- Go ahead and Restart your Hackintosh.
- Now during the PC is starting up keep pressing the BIOS or UEFI Menu button to access the BIOS or UEFI Menu.
- Under Boot Options Priorities select the SSD drive where you just installed Hackintosh macOS Mojave.
- Now go to EXIT and click on Save Changes & Exit. When the confirmation popup appears click OK.
- Now your Computer should directly boot into SSD drive.
- You don’t need to un-check any options if you are using AMD Graphics cards.
- On the Clover bootloader screen select your SSD and Hit Enter Directly.
- You should be able to boot into Hackintosh Mojave.
**Tip : You can use use macOS High Sierra drivers for you Wi-Fi Dongal incase you are using one.
** You do not need any drivers or special settings for AMD graphics cards. MacOS Mojave should be able to detect AMD cards right out of the box.
Now you can continue with installing your favorite apps and software’s. You can also do your personal customization and you can enjoy all features of macOS Hackintosh Mojave.
