macOS Monterey on Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53 with OpenCore 8 EFI folder.
Specifications | Details |
---|---|
Laptop Model | PH315-53 |
Processor | Intel® Core™ i7-10870H |
Graphics | Intel® UHD Graphics 630 & Nvidia GeForce® RTX 3060 |
RAM | 16GB DDR4-2666Mhz |
Disk | NVMe WDC PC SN730 SDB 256 GB SSD & WDC WD10SPSX-21A6WT0 1 TB HDD |
Wifi | Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW) |
Ethernet | Killer E2600 Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
- Audio (Input & Output)
- Webcam
- iGPU
- ACPI Display brightness
- Ethernet
- Sleep + Wake
- Smart Touchpad + Gestures
- WiFi (2.4Ghz and 5GHz)
- Native hotkey support with Fn keys
- iServices (Messages, FaceTime, etc.)
- RTX 3060 (macOS does not support recent Nvidia GPUs).
- HDMI port (since it's connected to the RTX 3060).
If you still want to use an external monitor, you can by a USB 3.0 to HDMI adapter. Amazon.in
- Download
PH315-53.zip
- Unzip
PH315-53.zip
- Format your USB
non-bootable
using RUFUS and delete any leftover in USB(autoruns). - Copy and Paste
com.apple.recovery.boot
&EFI
folders into formatted USB Like This. - Download GenSMBIOS to generate unique SMBIOS information. Run it and select Generate SMBIOS, as model sekect MacBookPro16,4.
- Open
EFI/OC/config.plist
with ProperTree and go to platforminfo > Generic. Set MLB( Board Serial), SystemSerialNumber(Serial), and SystemUUID (SmUUID) to generate values. - Boot it!.
- Set-up the BIOS configuration:
- Boot to BIOS by pressing F2 during boot.
- In the Main screen, enable F12 boot menu, disable Fast Boot, then press Ctrl+S and change the new SATA mode option to AHCI.
- In the Boot screen, disable secure boot.
- Finally, go to the Exit screen and select "Exit saving changes".
- Read through the following tutorial to create a bootable USB, and then place the EFI folder inside it:
- You should add Serial Number, UUID, MLB and ROM details to Config -> PlatformInfo -> Generic if you want to get iServices working as explained here.
- Clone the ComboJack repo and run the installer inside the
ComboJack_Installer
folder to get the jack port working correctly. - Run the following commands for sleep wake:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0 sudo pmset -a standby 0 sudo pmset -a proximitywake 0
- Make a partition with name "EFI" of 200 MB in the drive where you have installed the OS.
- From your Bootable USB copy "EFI" folder and paste it in "EFI" Partition