macOS for ThinkPad X230 (Mojave & Catalina)
March 2, 2020 - Clover bootloader (OpenCore soon)
- Modified BIOS: Github
Item | Setting |
---|---|
Config/Network/Wake On Lan | Disabled |
USB UEFI BIOS Support | Enabled |
Always On USB | Disabled |
USB 3.0 Mode | Enabled |
Power Intel Rapid Start Technology | Disabled |
Serial SATA Controller Mode Option | AHCI |
Security Predesktop Authentication | Disabled |
Security Chip | Disabled |
Memory Protection Execution Prevention | Enabled |
Virtualization | Disabled |
Fingerprint Reader | Disabled |
Anti Theft | Disabled |
Computrace | Disabled |
Secure Boot | Disabled |
Startup Network Boot | PCI Lan |
UEFI/Legacy Boot | UEFI Only |
CSM Support | Disabled |
Boot Mode | Quick |
Compenent | Reference |
---|---|
CPU | Intel Core i5-3320M vPro |
RAM | DDR3L 12GB Bus 1600MHz |
GFX | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
Sound | Realtek ALC269 |
Display | 12.5" IPS LCD |
WIFI | Intel Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 |
- Power Management (C/P-States, Fan RPM, Speedstep, etc)
- HD Intel Graphic Card (HD4000)
- Sleep (Sleep from menu + lid close sleep)
- Camera
- Ethernet
- Battery Status
- Brightness
- Keyboard, Trackpad and Trackpoint
- Sound (automatic headphone detection, mute, volume controls fully working)
- USB Ports
- SD Card Reader
- Bluetooth
- Fingerprint Reader
- VGA
Inbuilt Intel WiFi won't work out of the box.
You can flash the BIOS and remove the whitelist if you plan to use Broadcom WLAN cards
- Atheros AR5B95 (Lenovo Part number: 20002357) - 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz (Drop support 10.14 and newer)
- Dell DW1510 – 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz (Broadcom) (Drop support 10.15)
- Dell DW1515 – 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz (Atheros)
- Dell DW1550 – 802.11ac 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz (Broadcom) (Recommended, natively 10.14 10.15)
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- Clover Installer (https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases)
- OpenCore (soon)
- ACPIBatteryManager.kext
- ACPIPoller.kext
- AppleALC.kext
- BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext (requires for BrcmPatchRAM3.kext)
- BrcmFirmwareData.kext
- BrcmPatchRAM2.kext (BrcmPatchRAM3.kext for Catalina)
- EFICheckDisabler.kext
- FakeSMC.kext
- IntelMausi.kext
- Lilu.kext
- USBPorts.kext
- VoodooPS2Controller.kext
- VoodooSDHC.kext
- WhateverGreen.kext
- Copy patch to /ACPI/patched/
- CodecCommander loaded in /L/E w/ Kext Utility
- Reband as APPLE AIRPORT EXTREME: LINK
- Copy IO80211Family.kext on on my EFI to CLOVER/kexts/10.15/
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