OpCore Simplify

A tool designed to simplify the creation of OpenCore EFI. It streamlines the Hackintosh installation process by automating tasks such as auto-patching DSDT, adding suitable kexts, and customizing the config.plist. Whether you're a beginner or experienced user, OpCore Simplify takes away much of the complexity associated with Hackintosh setups.

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Table of Contents

1. Features
2. Usage Guide
3. Contributing
4. License
5. Acknowledgments & Credits
6. Contact

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✨ Features

1. Automatic Updates: Automatically check and update OpenCorePkg, kexts and AMD Vanilla Patches.

2. Hardware Information Gathering: Leverages the Hardware Sniffer tool to gather detailed hardware information. It uses USB ID and PCI ID databases to ensure precise hardware compatibility checks.

3. Comprehensive Hardware Support: Fully supports most modern hardware (excluding legacy devices). Use the Compatibility Checker to view supported/unsupported devices.

4. Enhanced ACPI Patching: Add and customize various ACPI patches with integrated support from SSDTTime.

5. Device-Specific Kexts: Automatically identifies and adds kexts for devices like WiFi, ethernet, sound codec, Bluetooth, keyboard, mouse, touchpad, USB controller, and SATA controller based on their hardware IDs.

6. Custom Tweaks: Apply additional customization based on both widely used sources and personal experience.

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🚀 Usage Guide

1. Running OpCore Simplify:

   • On Windows, run OpCore-Simplify.bat.
   • On macOS, run OpCore-Simplify.command.

2. Selecting a Hardware Report:

   • Use Hardware Sniffer to generate a hardware report and an ACPI dump.
   • Select your hardware report (Report.json) and ACPI folder to proceed with configuration.

3. Selecting macOS Version and Customizing EFI:

   • By default, the latest compatible macOS version will be selected for your hardware.
   • OpCore Simplify will automatically apply essential ACPI patches and kexts.
   • You can manually review and customize these settings as needed.

4. Building OpenCore EFI:

   • Once you've customized all options, select Build OpenCore EFI to generate your EFI.
   • The tool will automatically download the necessary bootloader and kexts, which may take a few minutes.

5. USB Mapping:

   • After building your EFI, follow the steps for mapping USB ports.

6. Create USB and Install macOS: Follow the guide at OpenCore Install Guide and use the generated OpenCore EFI.

   • For troubleshooting, refer to the OpenCore Troubleshooting Guide.

Reference Resources

• OpenCore Install Guide (some parts may be outdated)
• ChefKiss (dedicated to AMD CPU systems)

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are highly appreciated! If you have ideas to improve this project, feel free to fork the repo and create a pull request, or open an issue with the "enhancement" tag.

Don't forget to ⭐ star the project! Thank you for your support! 🌟

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📜 License

Distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License. See LICENSE for more information.

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🙌 Acknowledgments & Credits

• OpenCorePkg and kexts – The backbone of this project.
• SSDTTime – SSDT patching utilities.
• Hardware Sniffer – For hardware information gathering.
• USBToolBox – A USB mapping tool.
• ProperTree – For editing config.plist files.

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📞 Contact

Hoang Hong Quan

• Facebook: @macforce2601
• Telegram: @lzhoang2601
• Email: lzhoang2601@gmail.com