original link: https://www.gaojinan.com/thinkpad-x220-hackintosh-osx-10-11-el-capitan-perfect.html
//update 2016.11.25
Today official web page updated BIOS version to 1.43, the BIOS patch For1.43 also has the update, I post the new link, the Update method is identical with the method mentioned in the article.
BIOS 1.43 Lenovo official update patch address 1 (recommended) Address 2
BIOS Patch For1.43 MD5:38AE7F20E1DFA6D3B5AA034653E0EEC7
Also note: Setting incorrect values in the BIOS advanced settings may cause your machine to fail. The default settings work well, and custom settings can destroy your x220!.
First Edition
These days received a X220, installed MACOSX+WIN10 dual system, make a record.
This article is actually a tutorial translation, foreign has a very good X220 hackintosh Tutorial website: http://x220.mcdonnelltech.com can read the proposal directly to see the original, I this is mainly convenient e-text bad children's shoes, copyright belongs to the original author, If there is an update, my side will also follow up in time.
In addition, this site has already provided MacOS 10.12 Sierra installation tutorial, but I personally upgraded after the Bug is very much, not recommended installation, so this tutorial do 10.11 of the. Teach (Fan) (Yi) to begin
This article is intended to install a new OSX 10.11 El Capitan system on ThinkPad X220 or X220 Tablet
- Want to see X220 running OSX actual effect classmate, click here, need FQ video 1 video 2
- If you have installed OS X 10.10 Yosemite on X220 Now, I recommend you re-install El Capitan instead of upgrading.
- If you want to install OSX + WIN10 dual system, please see this tutorial (English course, I will translate it sometime)
- If you find anything wrong with this article, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Start the installation, the first step, adjust the BIOS settings
Use the Lenovo official BIOS upgrade tool to upgrade the BIOS version of X220 to 1.42, where the tool downloads Windows 1.42 Update Utility or bootable 1.42 CD Image
Installing the BIOS patch For1.42 is used to remove the BIOS whitelist detection so that the built-in wireless card can be replaced. At the same time this patch can open the BIOS advanced settings and improve the battery life under OSX MD5:282FA6399D0E96F9752FF949ED90ADCA
Wireless Card recommended:
- First, the X220 comes with a wireless card without solution
- Semi-Ami recommended bcm94322hm8l and can be modified to make OSX recognized as Apple AirPort Extreme, tutorial points here
- Need 802.11AC + bluetooth friends can choose BCM94360HMB or BCM94352HMB, where 94360 free drive, 94352 need to modify the system, steps see this
Restart your computer press F1 to enter the BIOS for the following settings:
- Restart > Load Setup Defaults
- Config > Power > Power on with AC Attach > Disabled
- Config > Serial ATA (SATA) > AHCI
- Security > Memory Protection > Execution Prevention > Enabled
- Startup > Uefi/legacy Boot > Both
Second step, make USB installation disk
Download Install OS X El Capitan.app from Macappstore, direct search is not found, to "purchased" inside to find
Insert USB stick, at least 8G
Open applications-Tools-Disk Utility
- On the left disk list, select your USB drive, and click on the USB stick itself, not the partition below the USB drive.
- Click on the "Erase" button
- Name "USB"
- Format "MacOS Extensions (journaled)"
- Partitioning method "GUID Partition Table"
- Click "Erase"
Open applications-Tools-terminal and execute the following command
Sudo/applications/install\ os\ x\ el\ capitan.app/contents/resources/createinstallmedia--volume/volumes/usb-- Applicationpath/applications/install\ os\ x\ el\ capitan.app--no interaction
Enter the password and Return, wait 30 minutes or so until the terminal appears "copy complete" and the USB drive is renamed "Install OS X El Capitan"
Download ThinkPad X220 OS X El Capitan Utility and Kext Pack ( hereinafter referred to as the toolkit, this URL may need to FQ, I uploaded a copy placed in the Baidu Net Disk link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/ 1bqh8ki7 Password: 33ve) and unzip, copy it to your USB root directory, at this time your USB flash drive should have a named Install OS X El Capitan.app and a named ThinkPad X220 OS X el Capitan Utility and Kext Pack folders
Open the Clover Configurator in the toolkit, click the Check Partition button, view your USB drive number, click the Mount EFI Partition button and mount your USB drive EFI partition
Close Clover Configurator and completely copy the EFI folder in the toolkit to the EFI partition of the USB flash drive, and replace it if the EFI folder already has one. The EFI partition under your USB drive should have a folder called EFI, which contains two subdirectories, named BOOT and CLOVER, as
Launch USB flash drive
Step three, install OSX 10.11 El Capitan operating system
Remove all external displays and other devices, plug the USB stick into the USB2.0 interface, restart the computer and press F12 to boot from the USB flash drive
Select Boot OS X install from install OS X El Capitan to enter the Setup program
Select the language, first open "utility-Disk Utility", select you will install OSX's hard disk and click "Erase", Name fill "Macintosh HD", format select "OSX extension (journaled)", Partition table Select "GUID Partition Table", click "Erase"
After the hard disk wipe is finished, turn off the disk utility, follow the installation program for system installation, and note the hard drive selection that step select the hard drive that you just erased
The entire installation process takes about one hours, and you can move your mouse to prevent the screen from getting dark or getting into sleep.
After the installation is complete, the system will restart automatically, press F12 to select Boot Mac OS X from Macintosh HD (if you do not see this after reboot), continue to select boot OS X install from install OS X El C Apitan, because there are times when the installer needs to reboot the computer and something has been done, the installation is not complete and needs to be restarted.
Complete Setup Setup
Fourth step, some configuration after the installation is complete
Go to "System Preferences-security and privacy" and set "Allow installation Source" to "any location"
Open the Clover Configurator from the USB stick kit and mount the hard drive where your Macintosh HD resides
Close the Clover Configurator and copy the BOOT and Clover from the EFI folder in the toolkit to the EFI partition on the hard drive where Macintosh HD resides. At this point your EFI partition should have a folder called EFI that contains three subdirectories, called APPLE, BOOT, and CLOVER, such as
Open "toolkit-efi-clover-kexts" and Run script _kext-install.command, enter password wait for script to run complete
Launch a USB flash drive and restart your computer
You can now open Macappstore for software installation and system updates, while looking at the "comments and suggestions" below
To increase battery life, use the following steps to drive the CPU frequency
Confirm that you are connected to the Internet
Open applications-tools-terminal, paste the following command and run
Curl-o ~/ssdtprgen.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/piker-alpha/ssdtprgen.sh/master/ ssdtprgen.sh+x ~/ssdtprgen.sh last run. /ssdtprgen.sh
Double-click "N" two times, do not let the script automatically copy
Manually copy the script-generated ssdt.aml to the EFI partition (use Clover Configurator to mount your EFI partition)
cp /Users/你的用户名/Library/ssdtPRGen/SSDT.aml /Volume/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/
Run the Kext Utility repair permissions in the toolkit, restart the computer after completion, the CPU frequency conversion setting is complete
P.S. ssdtprgen.sh Original Backup link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1pM9A6Yv Password: kf2s comments and suggestions
Some of the user reviews in this tutorial are as follows, some videos need to be FQ
- Fair Logic ' s video demonstration on Youtube–september 3, 2016
- Pyroisonfireee ' s review on Reddit–june 24, 2016
- Imtony ' s video demonstration on Youtube–march 15, 2016
General recommendations
Never use FileVault to encrypt your hard drive, otherwise you won't be able to start OSX
Remember to keep your El Capitan installed USB flash drive, because sometimes after the system update, you may need to install a USB flash drive to boot and reinstall kexts
When you need to mount an EFI partition or edit config.plist, remember to use Clover Configurator
If a kernel panic error occurs, you can boot booting with the install USB drive and select Boot Mac OS X in Safe mode
If the previous Setup program uses Macintosh HD as a logical partition, you can use the following two commands to convert it to primary partition
diskutil cs listdiskutil coreStorage revert lvUUID (lvUUID是上一条命令返回的信息中最后一个逻辑分区的UUID码)
Touchpad, TrackPoint, and Tablet Input
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