Hackintosh can you update

That's all for now. I hope this guide of my specific process of updating my Hackintosh can be useful to you too. While you certainly don't have to follow it exactly, and while certain steps are completely separate from updating macOS, I have found that doing it this way has allowed my Hackintosh to continue to run well, require minimum maintenance work, and yet it still remains as up-to-date as I would like it to be.

Update: This process still works perfectly up to and including Thoughts on Catalina I have written up a few thoughts regarding upgrading to Catalina. An update is available for your Hack This guide will cover the steps I usually take when updating my Hackintosh. Step 1: Your bootable backup drive If you don't already have a bootable backup drive, you might want to start with this now. The SuperDuper! Note: This is also entirely possible by using an external USB hard drive.

Fortunately pretty much every single motherboard supports booting from USB these days, so you should be fine there. Step 1. An update for the Clover Bootloader is available. The Clover Bootloader installer welcome screen. Manually check all items the installer plans on installing, and disable any you don't need. Once you have done this, go ahead and install the updated bootloader. Note: At this point I usually reboot first before continuing with next steps, to ensure the latest-most version of Clover did not introduce any issues with my system.

While not required, I highly recommend you do the same to any possible issues that might arise are easier to debug. Clover Configurator showing you're running the recent-most version.

This tool tries to automatically search for and download Kexts you have installed that have updates available. These are then placed in a folder on your desktop by default from where you can manually copy them into the appropriate folder.

I don't think this checks for all Kexts, but it covers most of the common ones at least. I have kept my originally described method below as it's still a valid method, albeit a slightly more tedious one. Most Mac users should upgrade to the all-new Mojave macOS because its stable, powerful, and free. Step 1: Download the Kext Updater app from here and install it on your Hackintosh. Step 2: Open the app and click the Check button at the bottom.

The app will scan for the kexts being used in your system. Supports native resolution GUI on wide screens people commonly use today. Clover can boot linux without the need for chain-loading of bootloaders e. Without Clover, you cannot boot into your Hackintosh. Copy VirtualSMC. If you need kexts, download them here. If you need precompiled SSDTs, download them here. When complete, the app will open. Please note, the Application will disappear after use. Choose system drive for install Example: Macintosh HD.

When complete, the computer will automatically reboot. Choosing your system drive will go back to your previous installation without updating. Complete the installation process- the computer will automatically reboot a few times. The computer will then complete the update. Last edited: Nov 16, To run macOS on non-Apple hardware, you need a bootloader.

Before updating macOS, you want to update OpenCore and the needed kexts. You can do this on your machine directly, but it might not boot anymore if you make a mistake. Did it work? Now the fun part starts! OpenCore is configured with one giant config.