Installing macOS Catalina on PC

Installing macOS Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina on PC is made easy with Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Installer. This is a special release, it focuses on vanilla. It has no third-party software. You are free to customize your mac os experience your way.

For detailed Installation Guide and Instruction read: Install Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina on PC/Laptop

If you do not read the guide there is a possibility of Installation failure because of Expiration of Apple certificates. Reading the guide is very important.

Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Requirements.

• Computer Desktop/Laptop with Intel processor and supported graphics card or chipset.
• Motherboard with UEFI supported BIOS.
• Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina requires a processor with the SSE4.2 instruction.
• Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina requires a metal-compatible graphics card.
• Separate SSD or separate hard-disk with at least 20GB free-space, an SSD is recommended.

 

Features & Changes:

• Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Installer is a vanilla Installer.
• Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Installer does not have any third-party applications or software.
• Only supports UEFI compatible Desktop/Laptops.
• Clover UEFI is used as default macOS bootloader.
• Added Support for Apple File System (APFS).
• Extensions are installed to /Library/Extensions instead of /System/Library/Extensions as a way to preserve vanilla methods, which also enables modifications of extensions without disabling System Integrity Protection in macOS.
• Cleaned up Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Installer Customize Section, removed old & unnecessary kexts, tools.
• Default desktop background image is left untouched.
• Safari Bookmarks are left untouched.
• No Desktop icons are created.
• Added support for Installing Lilu kext.
• Lilu Plugins are included as an option.
• Added support for Installing FakePCIID kext.
• FakePCIID Plugins are included as an option.
• USB XHCI Patches are applied but may need patch upgrade upon OS upgrade.
• AppleALC Audio Kext is updated..
• Partial Intel Coffe-lake Graphics Support.
• Voodoo TrackPad/PS2 Kexts were updated to the latest version.
• ACPIBatteryManager.kext has been updated to the latest version.
• Full USB 2.0 and 3.0 support on 7/8/9 Series motherboards.
• Whatevergreen kext is added as an option.

 

Deprecated Features:

• It is not possible to Install Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Installer without converting to APFS.
• It is not possible to Install Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Installer on Master Boot Record Partition Schemes. It may fail.
• Removed Post-Installation Optimizations, they are not necessary now.
• Removed ATA/PATA Support, These are completely unnecessary in modern computers with UEFI BIOS.
• VoodooTSCSync kext has been removed from Installer.
• AptioMemoryFix.efi is removed OsxAptioFix3Drv.efi is used as replacement.

 

Notes:

• Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Installer can be installed with a Non-Metal-Compatible graphics card, but a Metal-Compatible graphics card is required for full graphics acceleration.
• Do not try to use this installer on a real mac.
• Hackintosh Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Installer does not support Legacy BIOS.
• Third-party Apps are no longer available.

 

Porting DMG to USB: In Mac use Restore Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina Package to Port DMG Image into Pen Drive.

In Windows use TransMac software to write DMG Image into Pen Drive.