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I've successfully gotten macOS Mojave 10.14.5 running on my Z390 Motherboard. It works great! I'll list my parts and give you some help to get it running because it was such a pain for me, so if you're struggling with a build like mine hopefully this will help you out. If you're looking to make a new build these parts are great and work very well with macOS, and once you get it setup like mine it'll be easy updates. Also I'm using an i7-9700K although macOS says its an i9. This is not a complete install guide (or a guide at all really, just sharing a personal experience), there are many online and I'll link them. If you want to see the build better, I'll attach a video! Intel Core i7-9700K US - Amazon.com CA - Amazon.ca Corsair H100i Platinum RGB US - Amazon.com CA - Amazon.ca Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra US - Amazon.com CA - Amazon.ca Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB, 3200 Mhz) US - Amazon.com CA - Amazon.ca XFX Radeon Vega 64 Liquid Cooled US - Used Newegg.com Alternative - Amazon.com CA - --- Alternative - Canada's Computers.ca Corsair Obsidian 500D SE US - Newegg.com CA - Amazon.ca Fenvi FV-T919 WiFi/BT Card US - Amazon.com CA - Newegg.ca Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB US - Amazon.com CA - Amazon.ca Intel 660p 1TB US - Amazon.com CA - Amazon.ca WD Blue 1TB HDD x 2 US - Amazon.com CA - Amazon.ca Corsair LL120 System Fans x 4 (Case Includes 3 already) US - Amazon.com CA - Amazon.ca Corsair HX1200 PSU (1200W) US - Newegg.com CA - Amazon.ca The lighting customization with Corsair iCue is undefeated in my opinion The Actual Build I really loved building in this case, it's spacious enough for everything and also has a front Type C port for future proofing. The glass doors give you easy access in case (no pun-intended) you need to remove things like your GPU to setup macOS which is sometimes necessary. I overclocked the processor to 5.1 Ghz on all cores, this beast outperforms even the i9 iMac and iMac Pro in ST performance and also outperforms the base model iMac Pro in MT performance. All while staying under 85 degrees Celsius and keeping things quiet. You might be asking why I used so many Corsair parts and that's because I dual boot Windows 10 so I use iCue to control all my lighting, fan speeds, and H100i pump speeds. The case comes with a Commander Pro which saves everything to firmware so things carry over to macOS. I have a custom DSDT for my mobo (I'll link my EFI at the bottom) so it doesn't affect macOS. I'm going to give you a big warning, USE RADIATOR FANS IN PULL!! I cannot stress this enough, the kind of dust buildup you'll be avoiding just by simply doing this is phenomenal. I used the the liquid cooled Vega 64 but for aesthetics and a slight performance increase, I used a push/pull config. The liquid cooled version is just so much quieter, performs much cooler and has a performance increase of about 10%. Possibly the biggest question is.... How and why in the world did I use a 970 Evo Plus? I bought it by accident not knowing it doesn't work with macOS but I did some research and learned that Samsung released a firmware update that fixed this incompatibility issue. Simply boot windows, install Samsung Magician, then update it there. The drive works great and outperforms the 970 Evo. I've had no issues whatsoever after I did the update, before that the second part of the macOS installer would throw errors. I used the Intel 660p for Windows 10 (and one of the HDDs for media and games I don't use much) since I didn't really care too much about drive performance on that side. I use Windows for games and anything else that requires Windows since it is the most supported desktop OS. I use macOS for some hobby visual effects and rendering, but most importantly xCode. I mostly do Android development but since Windows doesn't support iOS development well, macOS is just a much more versatile option, plus it's a very beautiful and intuitive OS in my opinion. Let me know if I should post benchmarks on both macOS and Windows. Installing macOS There are many guides on this, personally I don't need them anymore but Tonymacx86 has a great and comprehensive guide. I'll give you the rest of the rundown specific to me. First, you'll want to flash to the latest BIOS for your motherboard Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra BIOS Not doing this had me stuck for 4 days, I'm being serious. It might not seem like much but definitely do it. I personally had two hackintoshes before this one and didn't have to flash it so I took it with a grain of salt. Use these BIOS settings (this layout is the usual for Gigabyte boards):
After doing all that follow the Tonymacx86 guide to create a bootable USB and install macOS... Is what I would've said if I didn't have to tell you this one very important thing, DO NOT USE OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi, I REPEAT DO NOT! Maybe use it to install macOS and get everything setup but not for long term use. The creator of this driver said it himself that it will cause unforeseen issues in the future and possible permanent damage. If you got this driver to work for you then you can surely get any of the other four to work for you too. You can try each of them in this order until you get it to work, also try each with EmuVariableUEFI-64.efi With this board the first one works which I believe is the standard one included with the Unibeast installer and Multibeast post installer. Now let's talk kexts (I'll include my EFI folder at the bottom), when you're installing it's okay to have your kexts in the "Other" folder but mind you this is not where you should place them permanently. This folder is useful when you need to install and boot for the first time since there's no way to install kexts until you've booted but after that install them to /Library/Extensions. Don't install to /System/Library/Extensions, it's not where Apple intended for third party kexts and there's no reason to mess with your system integrity. That's why I don't recommend using Kext Utility and don't use Kextbeast either, if you hate using the terminal then I recommend you get Hackintool. Getting the GPU to work should be relatively easy since Apple includes the drivers (you should also know by now that Nvidia isn't welcome on Mojave). I heard that a lot of people have issues with Powercolor GPUs, and that Sapphire offers the best compatibility with macOS. Personally my GPU is a founders card so there's no difference between Sapphire's version and XFX (or any of the Liquid cooled Vega 64 cards, they all use the same BIOS). You need to make sure you have your integrated graphics enabled. It has to be set to headerless mode which basically means it isn't outputting to any ports, my config.plist has this setup already. Your GPU might work without this but under intensive loads mine would shutdown until I found out about this. Regarding Nvidia cards I have to say that I would never use one again for hackintoshes, even if Apple finally lets them release web drivers. Being able to update and have my GPU supported OOB is extremely convenient. I was running a GTX 1070 on High Sierra just because I didn't want to buy another card or switch to AMD, but I'm so relieved that I did. I no longer have to wait for Nvidia to push out drivers sometimes many weeks after an update, no longer have to go through the pain of trying to enable the drivers and booting with nv_disable=1. Everything just kind of works with this setup. If you're in the market for WiFi/BT cards that work OOB, you cannot go wrong with the Fenvi. There's no additional setup, everything works (Airdrop, Continuity, Handoff). It's literally built for hackintoshes or older Mac Pros. [link] [comments] |
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