OpCore Simplify

A tool designed to simplify the creation of OpenCore EFI. It includes features such as auto-patching DSDT, adding suitable kexts, and customizing the config.plist to make Hackintosh installation easy for beginners.

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Table of Contents

1. Features
2. Usage Guide
3. Contributing
4. License
5. Contact

Features

1. Automatic Updates: Check and update AMD Vanilla Patches, OpenCore NO ACPI, and kexts automatically.
2. Hardware Information Gathering: Use AIDA64 reports to collect detailed hardware information, utilizing USB ID and PCI ID for the most precise compatibility checks.
3. Comprehensive Hardware Support: Fully supports all available hardware (excluding legacy hardware). Try and view results on the Compatibility Checker screen.
4. Enhanced ACPI Patching: Add various ACPI patches with support from the SSDTTime.
5. Device-Specific Kexts: Identify and add the correct kexts for devices such as WiFi, ethernet, sound codec, bluetooth, keyboard, mouse, touchpad, USB controller, and SATA controller based on their IDs.
6. Custom Tweaks: Apply additional customizations based on a variety of sources and personal experience.

Usage Guide

Follow the steps, customize as needed, and enjoy your optimized system!

1. Run OpCore-Simplify.bat on Windows or OpCore-Simplify.command on macOS.

2. AIDA64 Report: Enter the path or drag and drop your AIDA64 report.

   • Ensure you follow any instructions on this screen.

3. Review Hardware Information: Verify the detected hardware information and receive compatibility results.

4. Select macOS Version: Choose the compatible macOS version you wish to install.

5. Enter ACPI Tables Folder Path:

   • Select P to dump ACPI tables from the current machine if it is the same machine used for the AIDA64 report.

6. Preview OpenCore EFI Results:

   • Review the generated OpenCore EFI for your hardware.
   • Make sure to read any cyan-highlighted lines (in parentheses).

7. USB Mapping: Use USBToolBox with the 'Use Native Class' option enabled to map USBs and add the resulting kext to OC/Kexts.

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

   • For troubleshooting issues booting macOS, please refer to the OpenCore Troubleshooting Guide or contact me for assistance.

Reference Resources

• OpenCore Install Guide (some parts may be outdated)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

Contributing

Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement".

Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

License

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

Contact

Hoang Hong Quan - @facebook - @telegram - lzhoang2601@gmail.com