X230-Hackintosh VS ThinkPad-P52-Hackintosh

Try to follow these instructions (link1, link2). Updating from Big Sur is better method, also you should disable SIP in recovery mode before updating. And it works pretty well on my X230 (should work on other laptops too). Only main disadvantage of this patching I can't re-enable because it's breaking my installation.

It's a bit tricky, but it's possible to get it work. You can try follow these two instructions (link1, link2). I tried it on my X230 (I think it also applies to other laptops) and Monterey works pretty well (except I have to have SIP disabled).

Used this guide, a few tweaks here and there, but overall, perfect! Just make sure to read all the read me's - they fix tons of issues

Yes, first go take a look to r/hackintosh second, spend the necessary time to understand a little bit about OpenCore and you can take a look to the existing configuration like here or here

Hi everyone! So I managed to install MacOS Big Sur on a Lenovo G50-70 using OpenCore before. Now, I'd like to do the same on a Thinkpad x230 I found for cheap on Ebay. I'm using the EFI provided on this github page: https://github.com/banhbaoxamlan/X230-Hackintosh

I’ve installed hackintosh successfully for my x230 thinkpad using this GitHub repo. There is one annoying thing that I couldn’t fix every boot before opencore start I get this Log error. Is there a fix for that? Thanks

What files/config I am using: Conf Based on this - Last 8 Kernel Panic logs - My EFI folder

I made it myself but I DID use this as a reference, so mine looks quite similar.

I don't have detailed instruction, but you can have a look at this link. Worked for my P52 Catalina

Hello, I've been messing around with this laptop (specs below) for a little less than a week now and I still can't even get to the install screen. The screen will either go black after gioscreenlockstate 3 or will freeze just after gioscreenlockstate 3, depending on which framebuffer I'm using. The last line in the opencore log is something like SmcReadValue Key Size 1 SmcReadValue Key Size 2. I'm getting so frustrated because I know people with this cpu have made it work before. I've tried adding the suggested bootflags for whatevergreen troubleshooting. I've tried using the 4k xeon EFI from here https://github.com/liuyishengalan/ThinkPad-P52-Hackintosh and it also just goes black or freezes after gioscreenlockstate. I've tried using my fresh EFI I recently created from the guide and changing the quirks he has that are different 1 by 1, as well as other parts of the config, restarting after each change. I've tried all the suggestions from the troubleshooting guide of dortania in the kernel section.

I also tried DevirtualiseMmio on and off. I've been keeping an eye on this build https://github.com/liuyishengalan/ThinkPad-P52-Hackintosh and I also tried tweaking my config to match some of the settings on his UHD Xeon config. I didn't change too much and after testing and failing i changed it back because I know his build is old and I don't want to muck up my config. I don't really know a good way to go about transferring what he learned during his build to my config on 0.6.8. It's hard to tell whats different because it's old, and different because it's neccessary.

- hackintosh (this must be running, according to this : https://github.com/liuyishengalan/ThinkPad-P52-Hackintosh)