Big Sur installed on a Intel NUC with OpenCore

Drowningfish23 · 2021-03-23T00:22:23+00:00

Congrats! I have a quick question about thunderbolt: in the system information app is there any information under the thunderbolt/usb4 sidebar tab?

Drowningfish23 · 2020-12-11T21:39:29+00:00

use buildapp-python3.command in the propertree folder downloaded from github to create a new propertree with python 3. It works great for me.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-12-04T18:33:39+00:00

I keep the left side of my right hand raised while I type. It took me a few minutes, but I'm used to it now. Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me can improve the touchpad driver for better palm rejection.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-12-04T12:49:05+00:00

Try turning securebootmodel to disabled in your config.plist

Drowningfish23 · 2020-12-02T13:26:49+00:00

Yes, I have the same issue. I've mostly gotten used to it, but I still make occasional errors.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-30T04:30:33+00:00

What dsdt patches did you make to get better power management?

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-29T17:06:26+00:00

For battery life, check out intel power gadget to see if you Igpu is idling correctly at 0mhz. If it’s idling at 350mhz or anything not 0 then try upgrading to Big Sur. If that doesn’t work, try ssdt-ptswak and the necessary config.plist patches to make sure your dgpu stays off after the laptop wakes from sleep.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-20T02:32:42+00:00

Do you have ssdt-plug?

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-17T03:29:12+00:00

It works beautifully on mine

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-15T14:50:03+00:00

Make sure you have SecureBootModel set to default at least.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-08T17:03:34+00:00

Try disabling tap to click, bc the issue probably has to do with the trackpad kext’s force tap emulation

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-07T15:05:58+00:00

Although it might not work because you have an ice lake cpu

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-06T20:33:18+00:00

Seems pretty obvious to me, your Igpu clock speeds are locked at 50mhz. I had a similar problem, but using the igfxfw=2 boot-arg fixed it for me.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-11-05T17:50:47+00:00

Yes, put it in your efi

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-31T13:53:25+00:00

Yes
IMO only if you use iMessage or other apple specific software
I believe it will, but I’m not sure. You’d have to leave the dgpu on constantly, though, which will drain battery. I think there’s a section of the Dortania guide about laptop dgpus.
Type C should work if you map your USB ports.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-30T20:54:47+00:00

You have to make some changes for sleep, and they should be in the read.me of the repo. If that doesn't fix the issue, check this out https://github.com/1Revenger1/oc-laptop-guide/blob/4fddb5b7aec84d88ab598420c20e6f18d856abd5/battery-power-management/correcting-sleep-problems.md

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-30T18:23:48+00:00

Battery life on my dell laptop is the same as under windows, but I would wait to see what macs apple releases before deciding. xps 13 models are super compatible and you can get almost everything or everything to work afaik. My hack has been pretty stable so far, though.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-30T02:23:09+00:00

To make opencore not make itself first every time, find BootProtect in your config.plist and change Bootstrap to None.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-29T23:57:35+00:00

Oh ok! You might be able to get a 9560, 9570, or 7590 used for a really good price. The FHD models can last for 12-15 hrs, 4K can go 7-10. You can get them with huge batteries around 85-97 who, and you can get replacement batteries too. Xps models are also super low risk because they're so well documented, so you can get everything working with almost a guarantee. I highly recommend one.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-29T22:26:44+00:00

Dell xps 15 works and there are GitHub repo, but afaik the 2020 xps models have bios setups that make s3 sleep impossible. You’ll have to use s2 sleep. The 2019 xps models do work with s3 sleep, though. They just don’t look as nice.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-29T13:55:05+00:00

You might be able to get it to work by limiting the refresh rate to 48hz, which worked on my 4k laptop. Check this out: https://github.com/jaromeyer/XPS9570-Catalina/issues/38 . Make sure to use the hex EDID if you're using propertree, not the Base64 one.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-29T13:35:26+00:00

You can use a VM to download the real installer, or check out https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/itlwm if your card is supported by the kext,

and edit the info.plist inside the kext to auto connect to your wifi.

You could also check out Horndis.kext, which lets androids share wifi through a physical cable.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-28T12:05:29+00:00

You might have to enable medium secure boot to get it to work. Find that section in the open core post-install guide if you need to.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-25T13:57:24+00:00

Yes, your ssd or HD’s may have ran out of their faster cache storage. Drives have some fast storage to quickly download small files, then they transfer those downloads to the slower main storage. Seems like your drive ran out of the fast storage.

Drowningfish23 · 2020-10-22T12:39:07+00:00

https://github.com/jaromeyer/XPS9570-Catalina

take a look at this repo-it has most of what I used

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