H97N-WIFI Hackintosh

macOS 13 is not supported by this repository - refer to macOS Ventura and OpenCore Legacy Patcher Support

OpenCore configuration for running macOS 12 on the Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI motherboard. Without obsolete or cosmetic patches, the goal is simply macOS 12 working well on compatible hardware.

<details><summary><strong>Notes</strong></summary><br>

• For features listed as in-scope that are not working as expected, it may be beneficial for all to open an issue here
• Where something is listed as out-of-scope more explicit information will surely be found in various places across the internet, or in the OpenCore documentation
• TextMate (github.com/textmate/textmate) is free software useful for editing config.plist
• Nvidia graphics cards are no longer supported
• H97N-WIFI firmware supports NVMe devices in the x16 PCIe slot
• WiFi and Bluetooth work natively in macOS 12 using an m.2 Broadcom BCM94360NG and mini-PCIe-m.2 adapter

</details> <details><summary><strong><code>in-scope</code></strong></summary><br>

• Accelerated graphics on supported Intel and AMD GPUs
• Built-in audio
• Built-in ethernet
• Airport and Bluetooth using a natively supported device
• USB
• CPU power management
• PCIe active-state power management
• System wake, sleep, and shutdown
• macOS installation and updates
• System stability

</details> <details><summary><strong><code>out-of-scope</code></strong></summary><br>

• Apple ID problems
• UEFI Secure Boot
• OpenCore Security and FileVault
• Airport and Bluetooth using a device that is not natively supported
  • BrcmPatchRam
  • AirportBrcmFixup
  • OpenIntelWireless
• DRM and hardware video decoding or encoding
• NVMe problems

</details> <details><summary><strong>Credits</strong></summary><br>

• acidanthera
• apple
• corpnewt
• dortania
• mieze
• Piker-Alpha
• RehabMan

</details>

Firmware Settings

BIOS Features

| Field | Value | |:-------------------|------------------:| | Fast Boot | Disabled | | VT-d | Enabled | | Windows 8 Features | Windows 8 WHQL | | CSM Support | Never | | Secure Boot | Disabled |

Peripherals

| Field | Value | |:---------------------------------------------|---------:| | XHCI Mode | Enabled | | Intel Processor Graphics | Enabled | | Intel Processor Graphics Memory Allocation | 96M* | | DVMT Total Memory Size | MAX | | Legacy USB Support | Disabled | | XHCI Handoff | Enabled | | Super IO Configuration → Serial Port A | Disabled |

* 96M Broadwell, 64M Haswell HD Graphics, 32M Haswell connectorless

Source: dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/config.plist/haswell.html#intel-bios-settings

Graphics

The default config.plist in this repo targets Haswell systems with a supported AMD graphics card.

If your system has a Haswell CPU and uses a supported AMD graphics card then graphics-related changes to the default config.plist may not be required.

In all other cases, refer to README-Intel-Graphics.md

SMBIOS

Before installing macOS it is useful to generate certain serial numbers and identifiers.

Refer to README-SMBIOS.md

Reset NVRAM

At the picker, press space, choose Reset NVRAM.

Reset NVRAM at first boot and whenever the bootloader files have changed.

Post-Install

USB

Generate a valid USBPorts.kext.

Refer to README-usbtool.command.md

NVMe

NVMeFix is a set of patches for the Apple NVMe storage driver, IONVMeFamily. Its goal is to improve compatibility with non-Apple SSDs.

Refer to github.com/acidanthera/NVMeFix

Dortania Post-Install

Refer to dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/