Glasgood's macOS Catalina [INSTALL GUIDE] Aorus Z390 Pro & Z390 Master

[glasgood]

GLASGOOD'S

 

macOS CATALINA INSTALL GUIDE

 

FOR

 

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro    OR   Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master

 

 

USE WITH

 

AudioGod's Aorus Z390 Pro Patched DSDT Mini Guide and Discussion

 

AudioGod's Aorus Z390 Master Patched DSDT EFI Mini Guide and Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIGABYTE AORUS Z390

 

 

 

CREDITS & THANKS

 

@MaLd0n @AudioGod

EFI configuration, DSDT

 

CLOVER  TEAM

Slice, Kabyl, usr-sse2, jadran, Blackosx, dmazar, STLVNUB, pcj, apianti, JrCs, pene, FrodoKenny, skoczy, ycr.ru, Oscar09, xsmile, SoThOr, rehabman, Download-Fritz, Zenit432, cecekpawon Et al

 

APPLEALC

Acidanthera, vit9696

 

VOODOOHDA

autumnrain, slice2009, zenith432

 

ESP PRO MOUNTER

@Micky1979 

 

HACKINTOOL

@headkaze

 

CLOVER CONFIGURATOR

Mackie100

 

THEME ENGINE

Alex Zielenski

 

INSANELYMAC

OLARILA

 

MONITORCONTROL

JoniVR & theOneyouseek

 

 

 

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PART LIST

 

• Intel I7 8700 

• Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

• Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro+  8GB ( connected to monitor with DisplayPort )

• Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB ( 4 x 8GB ) 2666MHz – CMK16GX4M2A2666C16

• Corsair RM650x 80 Plus Gold Power Supply Unit

• Corsair H100i V2 AIO Hydro/Water RGB LED CPU Cooler

• Samsung EVO 500GB SSD (2.5) macOS Catalina

• Samsung EVO 250 GB SSD (2.5) Windows 10 Pro

• NZXT H500 Mid Tower ATX Case

 

• 1st RECOMMENDED WIFI CARD →  ABWB BCM943602CS 802.11AC WI-FI With Bluetooth 4.0 PCI-Express (PCI-E)   

OR

• 2nd RECOMMENDED WIFI CARD → WIFI and Bluetooth with BCM94331CD with PCI-e adapter (but will require AirportBrcmFixup.kext for AirDrop.. )

 

 

 

WORKING

 

• Sound 

• Ethernet Port

• WiFi

• SSD Trim

• USB 3.0 & 2.0 

• AirDrop

• iCloud

• Hardware Acceleration AMD RX 580 / AMD Vega

• iMessages

• Facetime

• Handoff

• Netflix on Safari browser

• Continuity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREAMBLE - BEFORE YOU START 

 

Here detailed, is all the  steps towards building a successful and stable Aorus Pro Z390 Hackintosh, if you are a first time Hackintosher, this guide will have you quickly up and running with the Aorus Pro Z390 Hackintosh. To rule out potential problems from the go,

only have the disc that you plan to install macOS Catalina connected to the Aorus Pro, disconnect any other Windows / Linux or data drives, external drives from your Aorus Pro. Windows / Linux and data drives can be connected after successful installation of macOS Catalina

If you have more than 16 GB of memory, then first install macOS Catalina with only 16GB or RAM installed, you can later add any additional memory. Install memory modules in slots DDR4_A1  and DDR4_B1 .

 

This build has a recommended Wi-Fi combo PCI-e card installed in slot PCIEX1_3 with its 9 pin USB cable attached to motherboard header F_USB2.  ( ensure WiFi card is seated properly in PCIe slot and cable is firmly attached to WiFi card and motherboard header F_USB2 ) 

 

If using the Corsair H100i v2 AIO cooler with USB cable connected to motherboard header F_USB1, you will need to enable hot-patch ( explained in guide ) in config.plist for working sleep, wake from sleep will only work by pressing Power Button.

 

Install macOS Catalina on its own physical drive, so do not try and install macOS Catalina onto a free partition on a disc that contains Windows.

Remove any Thunderbolt cards, Thunderbolt card can be reinserted after installation.  Double check your BIOS settings are the same as this guide. 

 

 

 

Following are unsupported / problematic

 

• Intel Optane ( if you have this, remove it before installation of macOS Catalina )

 

• XFX Radeon RX 580

 

• NVIDIA GTX / RTX not supported in macOS Catalina

 

 

 

Q - WILL THIS GUIDE WORK WITH MY NON AORUS Z390 PRO MOTHERBOARD ?

A - No

 

Q - I notice you have the Aorus Pro Z390 version, will this guide work with Aorus Pro Z390 WiFi version ?

A - Possibly.

 

 

 

 

PART 1 - DOWNLOAD 

 

 

• Update BIOS to version F10 

 

• Download latest EFI here from AudioGod

 

• ESP MOUNTER PRO v1.9

 

• macOS Catalina

 

• CLOVER CONFIGURATOR

 

• Hackintool

 

 

OPTIONAL DOWNLOADS

 

• Native Display Brightness with MonitorControl

• ThemeEngine 

 

• Assets.car 

 

 

 

PART 2 - BIOS SETTINGS (Version F10 )

 

 

Here is a list of the BIOS settings that I use ( Screenshots in spoiler below )

 

BIOS SETTINGS (Bios Revision F11)

 

 • Enter BIOS → Press F12 → Change to ADVANCED MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF USING iMac Pro 1,1

 

Also change Aperture Size to 512GB

 

 

 

 

IF USING Mac Pro 19,1

 

Also change Aperture Size to 512GB

 

 

 

ERP IS OPTIONAL, ENABLE OR DISABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONLY IF USING CORSAIR H100i v2 AIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Save & Exit → Save & Exit Setup

 

// IF USING  CORSAIR H100i V2 AIO CPU WATER COOLER 

• MIT → Smart Fan 5 Settings → CPU Fan Control mode → PWM 

 

 

 

 

PART 3 – Create a bootable macOS Catalina USB Installer

 

See  ( Video below )

 

• Insert USB drive

• Launch /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility

• Disk Utility → View → Show All Devices

• On Left-hand panel → External →(Identify your USB device in left hand panel)

• Click and highlight your USB device in the left-hand panel.

• Click erase button.

• Name: USB

• Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled )

• Scheme: GUID Partition Map

• Click Erase button.

 

• Place the downloaded MacOS Catalina app into Applications folder.

• Open Terminal copy and paste:

 

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --nointeraction && say macOS Catalina Drive Created

• Enter

 

• Download latest EFI from AudioGod 

• Using ESP Mounter Pro, mount the hidden EFI partition on the macOS USB Installer

• Copy and paste EFI the contents form inside AudioGod's Z390 Pro DSDT EFI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART 4 – INSTALL MAC OS CATALINA ON INTERNAL DRIVE

 

INSTALL NOTE

 

ENSURE BIOS: Above 4G Decoding is set to Disabled 

 

Please be patient during all stages during install, so when install gets to 2 or 3 mins remaining then it may take extra time AND be ready to boot from the macOS Catalina USB Installer by pressing keyboard F12 when install initiates restarts. 

• INSERT USB INSTALLER INTO THE USB 2.0 PORT  or USB 3.0 PORT 

 

 

 Here is a walkthrough of the full process using the macOS Catalina USB Installer on the Aorus Z390 Pro. 

 

 

 

 

 

macOS Catalina is now installed, but it can only boot at this moment thanks to FakeSMC and Clover on the macOS Catalina USB installer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART 5 – MAKE AORUS Z390 PRO INTERNAL DRIVE BOOTABLE

 

Make Internal macOS Catalina system drive bootable ( Video below )

 

So far, the Aorus Pro can only boot the internal system drive with the aid of the macOS Catalina USB Installer.

To boot from the internal system drive without the installer: 

 

• Download and install Clover without the RC Scripts.

 

• Copy the EFI folder from inside Z390 Pro DSDT EFI.zip  folder and paste it inside the the System Drive EFI partition ( you can delete nvram.plist ).   

     

 

 

 

 

 

• Remove macOS Catalina installer and shut down and restart.

 

Aorus Hackintosh should now be able to boot to macOS Catalina.

 

 

 

 

 

PART 6 – ENABLE IMESSAGES & FACETIME 

 

 

 

Possibly Clover Configurator now automatically populates correct values for working iMessages when you select an SMBIOS.  

 

 

 

 

After selecting SMBIOS, example iMac Pro 1,1 ( image above ) then go to Apple and ensure you have the "serial number is not valid " message. Done!

 

If you still have problems connecting to iMessage, test and ensure that AirDrop is working, then follow instructions inside spoiler. 

Configure Config.plist for iMessages. ( Video below )

 

Spoiler

 

• SMBIOS = iMac Pro 1,1 or if using Intel only then choose iMac 18,1

• Rt Variables —> ROM —> is your MAC address (delete colons from Mac address)

• MLB field =  Enter serial number generated and append 5 random characters

• SmUUID = in Terminal run command “uuidgen” and copy it to SmUUID field

• Board Serial is same as MLB field.

• Clover Configurator —>  Save 

 

Video:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART 7 – ENABLE TRIM for Solid State Flash Drives

 

Open Terminal and enter the following command:

sudo trimforce enable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB PORTS INFO –  USB PORTS MAP

 

 

 

 

If you have USBC on Computer Chassis / Case, then SS01 and SS02 is mapped to that USB C port 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

------------    GUIDE FINISHED YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE WORKING AORUS Z390 PRO HACKINTOSH  WITH DSDT FIX   ------------

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLEEP  – Resolving Instant Wake ( Corsair H100i v2 AIO )

 

 

Spoiler

 

Resolve Instant Wake From Sleep caused by the Corsair H100i V2 AIO Cooler

 

To enable wake using mouse and keyboard the Corsair H100i v2 USB cable must be disconnected from motherboard header F_USB1 

 

 

If you want to keep the Corsair H100i v2 USB cable connected then enable the patch in config.plist, instruction below. 

Hackintosh will then sleep, but can only wake using power button.

 

IF USING CORSAIR H100i v2, OR IF YOU HAVE INSTANT WAKE FROM SLEEP PROBLEM 

THEN

ENABLE PATCH --> XPRW change Method(GPRW...

and download --> SSDT-GPRW.aml and place inside EFI/Clover/ACPI/Patched 

 

 

Credit: Patch by Rehabman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 8, 2019 by glasgood
BIOS screenshots

[glasgood]

FOR THE LATEST EFI AND DISCUSSION FOR THE AORUS PRO Z390 VISIT @AudioGod 's  ===> Aorus Z390 Pro Patched DSDT Mini Guide and Discussion

 

 

[fourthbboy]

Have anybody success to build with SMBIOS 18,3? there no problem with sidecar, because iMAC Pro 1.1 has a problem dealing with the T2 chip.

If here have anybody success would be nice to share EFi.

[Olion]

Hello Glasgood, thanks for this guide. If I have hackintosh with last macOS Mojave, maybe there is a quick way to update the system? Or need to do everything as described in the guide, step by step? Thanks.

[caalvarez]

This is the most drama-free install I've ever done, though there's a tiny lingering issue with iMessage.  It's the best guide and set of files ever, thanks so much.  It took 25 minutes from initial installer boot to be fully booted into Catalina.  Copied in the EFI folder, restored my Time Machine backup, and I was good to go.  Everything else is working perfectly.

 

iMessage seems to not be sending, although it can receive.  Weird.  I will look into some of the iMessage help files later.  If someone has a specific idea, I'd appreciate it.

 

[GioF_71]

Hello, thanks Glasgood for the guide, I think I will be preparing my second hackintosh using your suggestions.

Sorry to ask a probably noob question, but I have not be able to find the answer.

Is the build going to work if I do not install any wifi card? I plan to use ethernet connection so adding wifi would not be useful.

I have read many comments and signatures, it appears a lot of people also don't use the wifi card, but nobody has stated it clearly as far as I understand.

So I am here to ask for your help.

 

Thanks a lot!

 

[max2198]

Worked with GB Z390M Gaming + 9600K + Vega64LE too. The installation went smoothly, LAN and sound worked just after the final reboot. Haven't checked USB and other stuff yet, but it was the easiest hackintosh installation ever

[feo01]

Hello, is it possible to use both Vega 56 and the iGPU Intel HD 630? 
Or has the iGPU to be disabled while using Hackintosh?

Thanks.

 

 

[Blesh]

This is also my question. Which settings (BIOS or Clover) do I have to do?

[WasteDolphine]

Hi,

Can someone share the updated EFI folder of their working builds for macOS Catalina I have the same configs just that I don't have any dedicated GPU and wanted to use the built-in Intel Graphics. I don't have much knowledge, It would really very helpful if someone can share their EFI with Intel Graphics working and with BIOS F11.

Thanks a lot.

Edited November 23, 2019 by WasteDolphine

[slickrasta]

I'm brand new to hackintosh and wish to dual boot Windows 10 Home and macOS Catalina with a 9700k z390 Aorus Master and 5700 XT on separate M.2 NVMEs does it matter if I install Windows or Mac first?

[thering1975]

First off thanks for this guide, the one i followed from another site worked initially but then all sorts of issues set in. Did a fresh install using this guide and the recommended efi folder and never seen the system run so good. Sleep works now and no more black screen upon waking with the RX580.

 

@slickrasta It does not really matter to be fair if you are installing on seperate drives, at a worst case scenario if Windows manages to mess up your OSX efi you can just boot off the USB installer you created for OSX, mount your OSX drives efi and recopy the folders across. If you do install Windows 2nd worth going back into the bios as normally Windows boot manager sets itself as first boot device, so you will need to switch that back to the OSX clover drive

[arthur7]

I have the Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming edition and a i7 9700K installed without external GPU. The iGPU (internal) will it work normally with hardware acceleration for h264/h265? Also can you link aguide to duyal boot with Windows 10 please?

[Matgen84]

18 hours ago, arthur7 said:

I have the Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming edition and a i7 9700K installed without external GPU. The iGPU (internal) will it work normally with hardware acceleration for h264/h265? Also can you link aguide to duyal boot with Windows 10 please?

 

Hi

You've a special Topic for Z390 M Gaming with tutorial.

 

 

 

[feo01]

I have a Z390 M Gamign with i5-9600K and the RX590 GPU. I'm not able to get in the installation menue, although ohters had success with the exactly same hardware.

Is there someone who wants to share one's EFI and the Bios settings? Thanks

[Matgen84]

40 minutes ago, feo01 said:

I have a Z390 M Gamign with i5-9600K and the RX590 GPU. I'm not able to get in the installation menue, although ohters had success with the exactly same hardware.

Is there someone who wants to share one's EFI and the Bios settings? Thanks

 

Take a look to my post (December, 5): there is a specific topic for Z390 M Gaming. Some users can help you.

 

This guide is for Aorus Pro or Master.

 

 

[leclercb2]

Hello,

 

I successfully installed my Hackintosh following your guide.

It was extremely easy, thank you very much for your work.

(Actually, it was harder to install Windows than Mac OS...)

 

Everything is working except that I have instant wake up problems.

As soon as the computer goes into sleep, it wakes up. I have a Corsair H115i (not the H100i).

I tried with an without the usb connection but both gives the same result, every 15mn, it goes to sleep and wakes up immediately:

 

2019-12-20 19:00:17 +0100 Wake                Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] : due to XHC/ Using AC (Charge:0%) 972 secs  

2019-12-20 19:16:42 +0100 Wake                Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] : due to XHC/ Using AC (Charge:0%) 973 secs  

2019-12-20 19:33:11 +0100 Wake                Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] : due to XHC/ Using AC (Charge:0%) 972 secs  

 

I wanted to try the patch, but I don't see the line "XPRW change Method" in the list of patches.

 

1) Should I add it manually with the same hex addresses ?

2) Will it work with H115i ?

 

Another strange behaviour, from time to time, the mouse lags (magic mouse, bluetooth), it's not that dramatic but noticable.

 

Thanks again,

 

Benjamin

[AudioGod]

On 12/22/2019 at 4:34 PM, leclercb2 said:

Hello,

 

I successfully installed my Hackintosh following your guide.

It was extremely easy, thank you very much for your work.

(Actually, it was harder to install Windows than Mac OS...)

 

Everything is working except that I have instant wake up problems.

As soon as the computer goes into sleep, it wakes up. I have a Corsair H115i (not the H100i).

I tried with an without the usb connection but both gives the same result, every 15mn, it goes to sleep and wakes up immediately:

 

2019-12-20 19:00:17 +0100 Wake                Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] : due to XHC/ Using AC (Charge:0%) 972 secs  

2019-12-20 19:16:42 +0100 Wake                Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] : due to XHC/ Using AC (Charge:0%) 973 secs  

2019-12-20 19:33:11 +0100 Wake                Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] : due to XHC/ Using AC (Charge:0%) 972 secs  

 

I wanted to try the patch, but I don't see the line "XPRW change Method" in the list of patches.

 

1) Should I add it manually with the same hex addresses ?

2) Will it work with H115i ?

 

Another strange behaviour, from time to time, the mouse lags (magic mouse, bluetooth), it's not that dramatic but noticable.

 

Thanks again,

 

Benjamin

you can try removing AirPortFixup.kext from the kext folder from within your Clover EFI, Restart the system and see if that helps with your time to time lag and for the H115i I would personally just remove the AIOs USB connection from the board (while powered down) and that will fix sleep. 
It’s not used or needed for MacOS anyway.  

Edited December 23, 2019 by AudioGod

[ja99004]

Is there a way to disable the RX570 in Catalina? I think its scoring benchmarks from the RX570 instead of the 5700XT. I'm running a triple boot with Win10, Mojave, and Catalina. Of course the RX570 is for Mojave that's why it's in there.

[leclercb2]

13 hours ago, AudioGod said:

you can try removing AirPortFixup.kext from the kext folder from within your Clover EFI, Restart the system and see if that helps with your time to time lag and for the H115i I would personally just remove the AIOs USB connection from the board (while powered down) and that will fix sleep. 
It’s not used or needed for MacOS anyway.  

 

Thanks, I will try removing the AirPortFixup.kext

 

Concerning the AIO, unfortunately, I already tried without and without the USB connection.

Both give exactly the same problem.

The logs show that after 15mn it goes to sleep and wakes up immediately.

Edited December 24, 2019 by leclercb2

[AudioGod]

46 minutes ago, leclercb2 said:

 

Thanks, I will try removing the AirPortFixup.kext

 

Concerning the AIO, unfortunately, I already tried without and without the USB connection.

Both give exactly the same problem.

The logs show that after 15mn it goes to sleep and wakes up immediately.

Ok welll that means something else is causing the system to wake as all you need to do too fix the aio problem is what I said and that should 100% resolve it.

in that case remove all your usb devices and try sleep again and then if it works reconnect a device at a time until you find the problem device.

[ocktav]

Its can work with z390 aorus ultra?

[AudioGod]

4 hours ago, ocktav said:

Its can work with z390 aorus ultra?

No not really, the dsdt and ssdt are completely wrong.

You need to get your own EFI and dsdt made up buddy.

il pin a link for you where you can request a DSDT and they will help you create a new EFI for it.

 

To Create Your Own Patched DSDT Message @MaLd0n using the link bellow

https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1131 

 

[Yayiin]

Hi guys!

 

I have a black screen when boot Catalina Installer from USB made with this process.

 

By other way, I can't load "Z390 Master MSR Unlocked" Bios profile, an error appear "wrong model name"

 

Any solution? Thanks!

 

Using:

MB: Gigabyte z390 aorus pro

GPU: XFX RX 5700 XT Thicc II

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6Ghz

Edited December 28, 2019 by microsoftFTW

[AudioGod]

 

1 hour ago, microsoftFTW said:

Hi guys!

 

I have a black screen when boot Catalina Installer from USB made with this process.

 

By other way, I can't load "Z390 Master MSR Unlocked" Bios profile, an error appear "wrong model name"

 

Any solution? Thanks!

 

Using:

MB: Gigabyte z390 aorus pro

GPU: XFX RX 5700 XT Thicc II

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6Ghz

Sounds to me like your using the incorrect EFI Buddy

try again using this one.

 

EFI

 

19,1 Z390 Pro NAVI-VEGA EFI.zip

MSR Unlocked for Z390 Pro (not master that’s a different motherboard)

Z390 Pro - MSR Unlocked

 

that should work perfectly for you.

goto my thread and follow the steps carefully and use the bios settings from there too.

 

Let me know how you get on via my thread.  
Good Luck 

Edited December 28, 2019 by AudioGod