AppleALC VS Lilu

Compare AppleALC vs Lilu and see what are their differences.

AppleALC

Native macOS HD audio for not officially supported codecs (by acidanthera)

Lilu

Arbitrary kext and process patching on macOS (by acidanthera)
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AppleALC Lilu
97 14
3,369 3,514
0.7% 1.2%
7.7 5.9
5 days ago 4 months ago
C++ C
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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AppleALC

Posts with mentions or reviews of AppleALC. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-01.

Lilu

Posts with mentions or reviews of Lilu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
  • FINALLY DID IT!!!
    3 projects | /r/macOSVMs | 11 Dec 2023
  • Running Ventura on my 2013 Mac Pro - thanks OCLP..!
    1 project | /r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher | 11 Oct 2023
  • Radeon RX580 on a 2012 MacPro 5,1
    2 projects | /r/macpro | 15 Apr 2023
  • Success! Ventura on Ryzen 7 PRO 3700, Radeon RX 6600 and Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P
    10 projects | /r/hackintosh | 14 Apr 2023
    ## Hardware: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 - GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB - RAM: 4x 8 GB 3200 MHz - Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P - Audio Codec: ALC1200 / Disabled in BIOS / USB Headset - Ethernet Card: Realtek RTL8125B - Wifi/BT Card: None - BIOS revision: Latest / f15d ## Details: - Bootloader: OpenCore 0.9.1 - Guide followed: [dortania's OpenCore Install Guide](https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/) - What's working: Absolutely all what I need + iCloud - What's not: All AppleHV Hypervisors (VirtualBox 6.x works on Ventura with some [hacks](https://forum.amd-osx.com/threads/virtual-machine-software-that-works-with-amd-hackintoshes.3460/post-26028)) - Kexts used: - [Lilu](https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu) - [Virtual SMC](https://github.com/acidanthera/VirtualSMC) - [Whatever Green](https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen) - [Apple MCE Reporter Disabler](https://github.com/acidanthera/bugtracker/files/3703498/AppleMCEReporterDisabler.kext.zip) - [Restrict Events](https://github.com/acidanthera/RestrictEvents) - [AMD Ryzen CPU Power Management + SMC AMD Processor](https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor) - [Radeon Sensors + SMC Radeon GPU](https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor) - [Lucy RTL8125 Ethernet](https://github.com/Mieze/LucyRTL8125Ethernet) - [USB ToolBox](https://github.com/USBToolBox/tool)
  • Successful install! (Catalina 10.15.7)
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 7 Feb 2023
    I would at least look around to see if your card needs any specific support, or ask someone who has more knowledge on Kepler (600 Series) hackintoshes other than me, but according to Dortainia, you'll need Lilu.kext & WhateverGreen.kext as well as a shikigva=40 boot flag.
  • MacOS Ventura on SKYLAKE LAPTOP Dell Latitude 5480
    9 projects | /r/hackintosh | 2 Nov 2022
    Lilu
  • Cannot shutdown properly with Monterey on HP Envy laptop
    4 projects | /r/hackintosh | 22 Jan 2022
    Lilu (1.5.9)
  • [HOW TO] OpenCore 0.7.6 > 0.7.7 differences
    7 projects | /r/hackintosh | 10 Jan 2022
    Lilu 1.5.9 (updates)
  • Update From Catalina to Monterey
    5 projects | /r/hackintosh | 16 Dec 2021
    I usually update the kexts manually. Lilu: https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu/releases WhateverGreen: https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen/releases
  • Display port not working (cMP 4.1-5.1 Big Sur OC)
    2 projects | /r/macpro | 23 Oct 2021
    Check out this page for your Lilu.kext and this page for your WhateverGreen.kext. When using WG, try using the boot arguments shikigva=40 which will set your boardID as an iMac14,2 which helps with some nVidia Support. If that doesn't help, maybe use agdpmod=vit9696 which skips the boardID check altogether which has been known to fix black screens. Installing WhateverGreen, in general, will most likely solve your issue though.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing AppleALC and Lilu you can also consider the following projects:

VerbStub - Fork of KNNSpeed's VerbStub

Legacy-Kexts - Repo for misc legacy kexts

GenSMBIOS - Py script that uses acidanthera's macserial to generate SMBIOS and optionally saves them to a plist.

WhateverGreen - Various patches necessary for certain ATI/AMD/Intel/Nvidia GPUs

OpenCore-Install-Guide - Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide

VirtualSMC - SMC emulator layer

IntelMausi - Intel Ethernet LAN driver for macOS

FeatureUnlock - Add Sidecar support to unsupported models

RTL8111_driver_for_OS_X - OS X open source driver for the Realtek RTL8111/8168 family

OcBinaryData

AppleALC_Instructions - Complete instructions for AppleALC.kext

IntelBluetoothFirmware - Intel Bluetooth Kernel Extensions for macOS