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Hackintosh OpenCore EFI for Acer Aspire A515-51G

Acer-A515-51G-Hackintosh-OpenCore

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For Clover Bootloader with MacOS X Support, Visit this Repo.


Supports MacOS 11.0.x

Specs

What's Working...

  • [x] Audio & headphone jack
  • [x] CPU Speedstep
  • [x] iGPU with disabled dGPU
  • [x] Fully Functional QE/CI Enabled Graphics
  • [x] Battery Management
  • [x] ACPI Display brightness with hot keys / slider
  • [x] Ethernet
  • [x] HDMI + Audio
  • [x] Smart Touchpad + Gestures (using Basic Mode)
  • [x] WebCam
  • [x] Usb 3.0 + Type C
  • [x] WiFi (2.4 + 5GHz) by using BCM94352z
  • [x] Native hotkey support with Fn keys

Known Issues

  • Bcm94352z Bluetooth (bcm20702a0) not working
  • Trackpad in Advance Mode, Only Basic mode works (but with all with gestures)!

Not Tested

  • Sleep + Wake
  • Internal SD card Reader

Important

Please add SystemSerialNumber, SystemUUID and MLB.

Installation

BIOS Settings

  • Security → Set supervisor password (to disable secure boot)
  • Security → Password on boot → Disable
  • Boot → Secure Boot → Disable
  • Boot → Boot Mode → UEFI
  • Main → Touchpad → Set touchpad mode → Basic TODO: Advance Mode
  • Main → Lid Open resume → Enabled

Basic Installation

  • Create a Bootable USB for MacOS by using by Dortania's OpenCore-Install-Guide.
  • Install MacOS to SSD / Hard drive. (While installing, connect USB keyboard and mouse).
  • Install Clover Bootloader into SSD / hard drive.
  • Copy ALL the Contains of this Repo inside the EFI partition of SSD / Hard drive.
  • [IMPORTANT] Make sure to Generate system definitions of MacBook pro 15.2 in config.plist file using GenSMBIOS & add SystemSerialNumber, SystemUUID and MLB.

Post Installation

  • If you have Installed MacOS on SSD, Enable TRIM using following command:

$ sudo trimforce enable

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