macOS on HP ProBook 440 G7

OpenCore config for Hackintosh Lenovo Thinkpad E570

Table of Contents

• Screenshots
• Original Hardware
• macOS Update History
• What's working
• What's not working
• Installation Steps
• Credits
• Donate

Screenshots 📷

Sonoma

Original Hardware 💻

Type	Spec	Status
Model	HP ProBook 440 G7	✅
Variant	869D	✅
BIOS	S71 Ver. 01.19.00 09/28/2023	✅
CPU	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz Comet Lake	✅
RAM	8 GB DDR4	✅
Internal Graphics Card	Intel(R) CometLake-U GT2 (UHD Graphics 620)	✅
Wi-Fi	Intel AX201 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)	✅
Ethernet	Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411	✅
SSD	WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101	✅
Audio	Realtek ALC 236	✅
Touchpad	SYNA30A5:00 06CB:CDEB	✅
Fingerprint		❌
Camera	HP HD - IR Camera	❌

macOS Update History

• ✅ macOS Sonoma 14.3

What's working 💻

Type	Status
Turbo boost and CPU frequency stage	✅
Intel UHD Graphics 620	✅
Brightness control	✅
HDMI	✅
Audio Realtek ALC 236	✅
Realtek Ethernet RTL8111	✅
Intel AX201 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth	✅
USB 3.0 and Type-C (with Port Map)	✅
Touchpad (14 gestures are working)	✅
Battery status	✅
S3 Sleep / Wake	✅
S4 Hibernation / Wake	✅
Shutdown / Reboot	✅
Fn shortcut keys	✅

What's not working 💻

Type	Status
Touchpad Clicking	❌
Camera	❌

boot-args Used

boot-arg	Info
-v	Enables verbose.
swd_panic=1	Avoids issue where going to sleep results in a reboot
-noDC9	Fixes sleep issues.

Installation Steps

Downloading OSX Image

• Click to Google Drive or Ya.Disk link and download it.
  • Sonoma
  • Ventura
  • Monterey
  • Big Sur

Writing OSX Image

• Unzip the zip file to desktop.
• Download balenaEtcher.
• Open program and click to Flash from file.
• Select the OSX image .raw file from the popup window.
• Click to Select target and select OSX image.
• Click to Flash! and allow app in popup window.

• When writing is finished, remove the USB stick and plug it back in.

Setting EFI Folder

• When you plug USB back, you can see EFI partition in "My Computer"
• Open EFI partition.
• Delete default files.
• Copy downloaded EFI folder to EFI partititon.
• Now you can boot from USB.

Setting BIOS Settings

• Before you start, reset your BIOS settings to default.
• Disable
  • Secure Boot

macOS Installation

• Now let's turn off our computer and boot from USB. Choose the Install macOS Sonoma (whatever you have) option on OpenCore menu and go to the installation screen.
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• What to do on the following screens:
  • Select language and continue.
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  • Open Disk Utility from the menu to prepare our disk.
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  • Select Show All Devices from the View option and select the name of our disk and click Erase.
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  • Rename the disk and erase as APFS/GUID.
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  • Now close Disk Utility and select Install macOS Sonoma then next next next.
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  • Select renamed disk and click continue.
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  • When the installation is finished, macOS Installer option will be selected automatically every boot step until this option is gone.
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  • After last boot, the language selection screen will welcome us. Select language and continue.
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  • Don't login iCloud account and continue. Because we need to set our serial numbers and ROM for iCloud and iMessage.
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  • Now we can see Desktop.
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Post Installation

• Open config file with Text Edit.
  • Search HideAuxiliary and change false value to true.
  • Search SecureBootModel and change Disabled value to Default.
  • Search boot-args and delete -v argument.
• Now we have to set our serial numbers and ROM value.
  • Download GenSMBIOS and open .command file. If program asks Download Python download it. After that select option 3.
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  • Now list 5 SMBIOS first. MacBookPro15,4
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  • Select and copy first Serial.
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  • Go check serial number. Your serial should be like this. If not, try second serial.
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  • Search MacBookPro15,1 and replace Type > SystemProductName, Serial > SystemSerialNumber, Board Serial > MLB and SmUUID > SystemUUID values. Now we will set our ROM value.
  • Go System Setting > Netwotk > Ethernet > Details > Hardware. If our MAC adress is 54:1A:AF:43:70:CA remove : characters = 541AAF4370CA. Convert it to Base64.
  • Now we have VBqvQ3DK. Replace this with ROM value and save config file.
  • Restart computer and press Space key on OpenCore menu. Then enter ResetNVRAM. After that BIOS settings may change. Check it and boot macOS.
  • Now you can login iCloud, iMessage or other apple services and you can use macOS.

Credits

• Dortania for developing OpenCore.
• Apple for macOS.
• Acidanthera for most of the kexts.
• RehabMan for battery patches.
• Sniki for USB kext.
• And anyone else that helped to develop and improve hackintoshing.

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