Install macOS

Create the Installer

Start by creating a vanilla macOS installer, refer to Dortania's Creating the USB.

You may also use createinstallmedia if you already have a Mac.

Tip

Often as above, the project will defer universal steps to Dortania links. Hence, this repository is meant to be used in conjunction with their guides.

Prep the Installer

Warning

The default EFI folder is BIOS and network card agnostic.

Vanilla BIOS: merge /patches/ OpenCore Patches/ Vanilla BIOS.plist with config.plist

Intel Network Cards OpenIntelWireless

*Notice that these patches require additional kexts to be installed. See them in Kernel/Add/

1. Make the following changes to config.plist within the EFI folder.
   • ShowPicker to YES
   • ScanPolicy to 0
2. Mount the installer media's EFI partition. You may do this via the command line with diskutil or via a utility like corpnewt/MountEFI.
3. Copy the EFI folder into the installer media's EFI partition. Remember that the top directory level should be EFI.
4. Boot into the macOS installer environment using the media. Format target disk as APFS using Disk Utility and complete installation.

First Boot

1. Boot the installed macOS partition with the existing installer USB and complete new user setup.
2. Copy EFI from the installer into the macOS drive's EFI partition. Set ShowPicker to NO for a cleaner boot experience. You can still access the boot picker by pressing ESC during boot time.

Success

Your machine should now be able to independently boot macOS.