Here’s the summary of my setup and what worked to get my Hackintosh up and running.
The Machine
- Intel Core i5-3570 CPU 3.40GHz.
- Biostar H61MGV motherboard (MATX) – American Megatrends Inc Aptio UEFI 2.3 BIOS
- 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM (4gb 1600 and 4gb 1333)
- Zotac Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti 2GB
- Some random entry-level case
- CoolerMaster Silencio 352 Mid-tower ATX/MATX case
- 600w PSU
BIOS Setup
- Optimized Settings (F3)
- Disable Serial IO
- SATA mode to ACHI
Boot Drive
- Unibeast Legacy Bootloader – via TonyMacX86
Bootloader
- Clover
- Clover Configurator
- Follow guide by Reddit user CorpNewt (Haswell-specific config details for Ivy Bridge)
- FakeSMCkext
- AppleALC.kext
- Lilu.kext
- RealtekRTL8111.kext
- Realtek ALC662, layout 5
- NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext
- Nvidia Web Driver – 378.05.05.15f01 (source:InsanelyMac forums, user InsanelyMacaholic)
And that’s all there was to it. It was a relatively simple setup, and knowing where to find all the pieces, along with which ones were appropriate would have helped the process take inside a few hours.
Hope this helps someone else going forward.