I really love using OpenCore Auxiliary Tools, so I wrote a little introductory guide

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/hackintosh

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  • Xplist

    Cross-platform Plist Editor

    This is an excellent configuration and update utility. OCAuxiliaryTools will be used to create the complete OpenCore EFI folder including the Config.plist. (You may use this alongside a plist editor such as PlistEDPlus).

  • OpenCore-Install-Guide

    Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide

    Familiarize yourself with the official OpenCore Install Guide and use it to follow along in the relevant sections for more detailed configuration options. (This is not a replacement for the official guide, but intended to supplement it, if you choose to use OCAuxiliaryTools.)

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  • QtOpenCoreConfig

    Discontinued Cross-platform GUI management tools for OpenCore(OCAT) [Moved to: https://github.com/ic005k/OCAuxiliaryTools]

    Download & install OpenCore Auxiliary Tools - OCAT and launch the OCAuxiliaryTools application.

  • OpenCorePkg

    OpenCore bootloader

    You could change Target to 67 to show additional debug information, but this requires that you utilize the debug version of OpenCore, which is not used by default in the EFI created by OCAuxiliaryTools. If you do require more extensive debugging, manually replace the following files Inside your EFI with the debug versions :

  • OC-Little-Translated

    ACPI Hotpatches and Guides for the OpenCore Bootmanager. Enhance and fine-tune your system by adding devices and enabling additional features not covered in the OpenCore Install Guide.

    Detailed instructions here: Updating OpenCore and Kexts with OCAT

  • macOS-KVM

    Streamlined macOS QEMU KVM Hackintosh configuration using OpenCore and libvirt

    Does this guide solely focus on a bare metal install, or can I apply it to Hackintosh in virtual machines too? Used bare-metal for a few years but I’ve been trying to get a personalized kvm/OC config for my Monterey & Big Sur guests in proxmox 7. Both macOS versions boot and are decent but I do wish a host-setup like; https://github.com/johncolby/macOS-KVM. Instead of the more general approach; https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore, https://github.com/Leoyzen/KVM-Opencore . Not to discredit either of them, I wouldn’t have a booting macOS without their guidance, but I’d like to tinker with it a bit further

  • KVM-Opencore

    OpenCore disk image for running macOS VMs on Proxmox/QEMU

    Does this guide solely focus on a bare metal install, or can I apply it to Hackintosh in virtual machines too? Used bare-metal for a few years but I’ve been trying to get a personalized kvm/OC config for my Monterey & Big Sur guests in proxmox 7. Both macOS versions boot and are decent but I do wish a host-setup like; https://github.com/johncolby/macOS-KVM. Instead of the more general approach; https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore, https://github.com/Leoyzen/KVM-Opencore . Not to discredit either of them, I wouldn’t have a booting macOS without their guidance, but I’d like to tinker with it a bit further

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • KVM-Opencore

    Opencore Configuration of KVM Hackintosh with tweaks (by Leoyzen)

    Does this guide solely focus on a bare metal install, or can I apply it to Hackintosh in virtual machines too? Used bare-metal for a few years but I’ve been trying to get a personalized kvm/OC config for my Monterey & Big Sur guests in proxmox 7. Both macOS versions boot and are decent but I do wish a host-setup like; https://github.com/johncolby/macOS-KVM. Instead of the more general approach; https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore, https://github.com/Leoyzen/KVM-Opencore . Not to discredit either of them, I wouldn’t have a booting macOS without their guidance, but I’d like to tinker with it a bit further

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