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Hello, I would like to consider in more detail the installation and configuration of the Clover bootloader on hard drive HDD. Every second Mac OS user on a Hackintosh runs into problems setting up Clover on their hard drive. To put it more simply, there are not many settings in Clover itself, but where we have to dig is config.plist. The slightest error or extra entry can prevent the operating system from starting Mac systems OS X on PC, passing incorrect values.

It often turns out that the system crashes simply, even without tambourines - this is possible when an image was selected that was created for a more or less similar PC configuration. But when we install Clover on the hard drive, it doesn’t want to start the system. And you always have to use a flash drive to boot the system. Why go far, I myself used it for the first months until I figured out what and why.

By the way, this improves security very well, we didn’t think about it. IN in this case The flash drive is the key to the system!

In 80% of cases, copying the contents of the EFI partition from the flash drive to the EFI will not help either. hard drive.

Why is this happening?

The answer is very simple - config.plist is not configured for your hardware. For an installation flash drive, they do not always use a full-fledged configuration file; more often they use a stripped-down one with a minimum number of patches, blocking the OS X installer from detecting the hardware - this is quite enough for the system to install.

Even if you are lucky and transferring EFI from a flash drive to the HDD still starts the system, it is not possible to make predictions about performance and stability indicators. It is not known what values ​​Clover automatically substituted.

After correct settings Ideally EFI and Config.plist should support any version. In my case, I can run and install Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan and Sierra with one bootloader. Therefore, my EFI partition is the same for the installation flash drive and for the HDD.

Installing the Clover bootloader on your hard drive

I recommend everyone download it, so it will already be modified for newer OS X operating systems. For example, my EFI, which I made 3 years ago, runs Mavericks wonderfully, but does not want to run El Capitan, but the latest version runs and installs any of them. But it’s worth noting right away that the latest versions of Clover 2.40 no longer support some older ones Mac versions OS X, .

This may happen due to the fact that each version of the bootloader has its own shortcomings, which were corrected in the future and this may not happen in your version, but in any case it will not be worse. You can read what errors and shortcomings were corrected, and a hundred additions were made. By the way, using the old Clover and SMBIOS IMac, the front ones did not work for me USB ports, after I put latest version bootloader - the ports are working, draw your own conclusions.

Today, just for fun, I installed several versions and tested them on El Capitan. Boot time and operation of Mac OS X are exactly the same. I wanted to check out a popular hackintosh video blogger who claims that every Clover update takes longer to load, which is complete nonsense. The download time depends on many factors, which I described in.

1. Download Clover EFI Bootloader.

2. Launch the installer.

3. Setting up CLOVER

In my case Clover_v2.4k_r4012, but is currently available Clover_v2.4k_r4035.I’ll update myself too))).

Click continue...

We change the installation location to your system drive...

Click continue and select “Configure”

Now we will consider settings for UEFI boot, which is supported by almost all BIOS versions on motherboards the last decade, and as it seems to me, the previous one too.

Leave the top two marked items. In this case, there will be some relief for us in choosing additional drivers that are designed for more ancient BIOS version, additional drivers for NTFS, PS2 Mouse, FAT and so on.

Some points become inaccessible to us, and for the most part they are not needed. The only thing that can be useful from these points is choosing the CLOVER menu theme. But when choosing, it is worth considering that a beautiful theme requires more time to download and install an additional driver for normal display on the same HD and FULL HD monitors and on monitors with higher resolutions. There is a desire to bother.

Go straight to Driver64UEFI

Celebrating EmuVariableUefi-64, OsxAptioFix2Drv-64, OsxAptioFixDrv-64, PartitionDxe-64 is a required set of drivers to run OS X on a PC. In some cases, you don’t have to check PartitionDxe-64 if you have a blank disk that was formatted during installation, but sometimes the system may not start without it.

CsmVideoDxe-64- this is exactly the driver that is needed for display on HD, Full HD and high-resolution monitors. This driver will stretch the theme to fit your screen resolution so there is no distortion, and will also show a neat little apple, just like on real Macs. But with this driver, the operating system does not always start and a forced reboot is required. Moreover, this can manifest itself at any time. You can boot for a month without problems, and then you will see a prohibition sign. And after several reboots, start the system again. If you want to install it, I've had a hard time with it using Mavericks, recent years I refused it on the hard drive, I only install it on bootable flash drives and not always.

And click install... Enter the password and close the Clover window after installation.

Setting up an EFI partition

After installation, you will have an icon on your desktop for the mounted EFI partition, which is created automatically by the boot loader. If you set the settings like I did, then when you open it you will have the same files on disk.

Immediately go to EFI -> CLOVER -> kexts

We delete folders that we do not need and that we are not going to use. I'm deleting everything except 10.9, 10.11, 10.12, Other. Other - must remain.

In each of the remaining folders we place FakeSMC.kext- this is mandatory for everyone or the system will not start.

Radeon card owners will need Verde.kext, when installing and loading Mavericks with an ATI AMD Radeon7xxx Verde video card, it works like a native one. In all versions above 10.9, without it, the video card will not start, you will see a black screen after booting the system.

Many people recommend throwing network kexts here, but I don’t do this, so that it would be possible to install and reinstall OS X if necessary, using the EFI partition of the hard drive, I no longer need to install CLOVER on a flash drive in this case. I install network and audio kext directly into the system.

Did you know that when you format using disk utility When installing the system partition, EFI is not formatted, which makes it possible to constantly use it. If you are not sure, install CLOVER on the flash drive as well; it won’t make things worse, but it will help you avoid unpleasant situations.

By the way, if you have a lot of EFI partitions accumulated, this can be seen in the long list of boot loaders in the BIOS, in .

If you have a ready-made DSDT, then place it in EFI -> ACPI -> patched. If you don't have it, skip it...

Pay attention to how it should be displayed. If you simply upload a file that is not compiled and contains errors, it will be displayed as a regular text file. In this case, CLOVER will most likely generate data automatically, without paying attention to your file.

Setting up config.plist in CLOVER

I use Clover configurator to configure config.plist. Perhaps in another version it will have a slightly different interface, but after the update it will be as in the screenshots.

Most often, CLOVER automatically generates a pretty good config.plist, but it may still contain inaccuracies that you will have to correct, and you will definitely need to supplement it.

I am attaching an example:

Automatically generated Clover:

My config.plist:

But still, these settings in most cases are quite capable of starting the system.

If you have a ready-made DSDT, enter the name in the DSDT name field. Min and Max multiplier can be specified, but not always. This item can slow down the system, because the BIOS data and DSDT will not match, which will lead to a conflict and a noticeable slowdown of the Mac OS.

At point BOOT, you specify the arguments to load, the timer automatic start systems CLOVER, the main disk for booting the system.

Arguments:

npci=0x3000 - used for installation with Radeon cards, npci=0x2000 for NVidia. When installing the system, you may need the kext-dev-mode=1 argument. I will not list them all; there are enough articles describing the arguments. In my case, no argument is needed when downloading and installing any version of the system; in yours, you may need one or more of the above.

CPU is more for cosmetics, what value do you set here in the first field:

This value will be displayed in the About this Mac window.

Next important point Graphics

It includes support Nvidia cards and ATI, but these items do not always need to be included; they are very different for each series of video cards. If you enable an unnecessary item, the video card will not start after the system boots, the screen will simply turn off and go into standby mode.

SMBIOS is a very important item; without it, the system will not boot.

SMBIOS is the serial number and configuration of a real Apple computer. Click the magic wand and select the model that is as similar in configuration as possible. It is important when choosing a model to consider that the version must be supported by your operating system. For example, you should not install IMac 8.1 if you have El Capitan installed - there is a 99% chance that it will not start. If you make a mistake, boot from the flash drive and change the data to the appropriate one. If there is no flash drive, go to the CLOVER -> Options -> SMBIOS menu and brazenly change IMac 8.1 to IMac 14.1, for example, in 95% of cases this is enough to install and run the OS X system.

But there are also small nuances here, since SMBIOS also simulates some processes taking place on Apple computers. For example, on my computer, with the IMac installed, it turns off for a long time - it goes out, but the fans still spin for some time, and with the specified Mac PRO Everything is fine.

In the last point of System Parameters, it is important to set Inject Kext -> Yes, Inject System ID.

Very often, it is enough to simply add SMBIOS to the automatically generated config.plist, but as I already wrote, everything depends only on your hardware.

Important! If, when setting up the configuration file, for some reason you are not convinced of its functionality, you enabled fast loading “Fast” or the timer “0”, and you need to get into the Clover panel, then immediately after BIOS boot press the "" key several times Space". This will bring up the boot selection and boot loader configuration window.

If you didn’t succeed the first time, then you can mount the EFI partition using EFI Mounter. In Sierra, just using the command in the terminal:

1. diskutil list- will show the entire list of disks
2. diskutil mount disk0s1- Where disk0s1 number EFI section

In order not to be unfounded, I placed the config configured when writing it in EFI and rebooted wonderfully. That is, for my hardware it is enough to simply add SMBIOS to the automatic config.plist created by CLOVER.

Try it, don’t be scared if you don’t succeed the first time, everyone goes through this. Remember that a properly configured config is not only suitable for Mavericks or El Capitan - it is suitable for both Sierra and Yosemite.

Making Clover & Chameleon Boot USB Flash Disk
under Windows XP and higher.

Full (partial - format only) installation of Clover bootloader on USB Flash drive:

On the menu Options->Configuration choose:

1. Boot Data set (set of loader files):

• Built-in (built-in revisions " Clover&Chameleon«),
• External (external) - downloads a zip archive with a folder and file structure similar to the installed bootloader,
• Not Install (do not install) - formatting only with installation of boot sectors.

2. Format options (formatting options):

• Boot records (boot sectors) -> Clover ,
• Align to sectors: 8192 (default)
• Align to sectors: 63 (if some strange/old BIOSes don't see the flash drive)
• Rest by default.

3. Multi Partitioning (breakdown into volumes):

• Boot Partition Size (the size of the boot volume is up to your taste) - uncheck this box if you do not plan to create a second volume on the same disk (for example, for the MACOSX distribution).

4. Enable Fixed Disk (activation of work with non-USB drives) — warning -> « at your own risk«!
5. Press the button " OK «.
6. In the main program window -> Destination Disk (destination drive) - select the required object (USB Flash Drive) for installation.
7. Press the button “ Format Disk «.
8. We wait and enjoy the result of the program.

Edit (if necessary) the loader configuration files

Extract the HFS(HFS+) partition image from the distribution package for deployment to a USB Flash drive:

The 10.9 Mavericks image is not bootable! Therefore, we use the converted image from here

To use:
Unpack the .zip archive, and the 5.hfs file in it can be immediately deployed to a flash drive via BDU.

Uploading the MACOSX distribution to the second volume bootable usb Flash drive:

1. We carry out full installation Clover bootloader on USB Flash Drive with the checkbox checked Boot Partition Size.
2. We get USB Flash Drive , divided into two volumes . (Note: Unfortunately, by default, the OS Windows does not support multi-volume USB Flash Drive, therefore, only one partition will be available under Windows.)
3. Download the MACOSX distribution selected for installation. This distribution, of course, must meet all necessary requirements for installation on PC
4. Extract the image from the distribution kit HFS(HFS+) partition (this will be a file with the extension hfs )
The path to obtain the desired HFS image will depend on the degree of nativeness of your source distribution:

• For various distro assemblies, you can try extracting through the menu: Tools -> Extract HFS(HFS+) partition from DMG-files .
• What you are using may not be the original InstallESD.dmg taken from the retail packageInstallOSXMountainLion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/ but the original image once again packaged into another image and with a different name, for example OSXMountainLion.dmg. InstallESD.dmg from the repacked archive is easier to find and extract with the 7zFM.exe program. And only then, from it, get the HFS image we need.

5. In the main program window -> Destination Disk - choose our USB Flash Drive -> Part2 .
6. Press the button " Restore Partition «.
7. In the Explorer window that opens, select the unpacked file with the extension *. hfs . The file size must be no larger than Part2 .
8. We wait and enjoy the result of the program

Note!!!

When installing OS X from this flash drive Recovery section HD is not created automatically!

If you really need the Recovery HD section, download a separate package from the Apple website:
RecoveryHDUpdate.pkg
Using this package, follow the link to create a full-fledged Recovery HD partition for OS X Mavericks

The most common work with a computer and system is copying, moving and other work with folders. This can sometimes be inconvenient, especially when you need to work with multiple folders. Usually they open several necessary folders and collapse them. Then they switch between them, which also causes some inconvenience.
Some are installed by third parties file managers and somehow solve it this way.
But in this article I will show you a program that will simply replace Explorer and make the work much more familiar and convenient.

Many of us more spent time at the computer on the Internet. We are using different websites, but browsers based on the Chrominium engine (not necessarily Google) are becoming increasingly popular. Therefore, its interface is most familiar to us, just like other browsers.

In general, EJIE Technology has developed a program that replaces Windows Explorer and makes it look like a browser. Sort of Chrome Explorer it turns out =)

Take a look and you will immediately understand what I mean:

Please note that when you right-click on a tab, the same one opens context menu, which is present in browsers:

And here, just in case. list of hotkeys for working with tabs in this Explorer:

Open in new window.
- Open a new tab.
Hold down the key while clicking on a folder - Open folder in a new tab in background.
- Open the last closed tab.
- Switch to the tab with specified number positions on the tab.
- Switch to the last tab.
- Move to the next tab.
- Go to the previous tab.
- Close the current window.
- Close the current tab or pop-up window.
- Open and close the bookmarks bar.
- Save the current tab as a bookmark in your bookmarks folder.
- Save all tabs as bookmarks in the bookmarks folder.

The screenshot above shows the settings. Everything is clear there, but regarding the theme I would like to clarify that themes from Google Chrome With .crx. So you can download your favorite theme from the browser and install it yourself.

Other program features: