Entroware Apollo Hackintosh

This is a project I started myself since I have been using the entroware apollo laptop since last year and it is a phenomenal machine. I wanted to really push the hardware and at present I have quad boot set up with Mac OS as well. I have the Whikeylake version of the laptop but the newer ones with the 10th gen chips can be purchased in the following link:

https://www.entroware.com/store/

My hardware is as follows:

• Motherboard: Apollo Entroware - InsydeH20 Bios 1.07.02TPCS
• Chipset: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8586U CPU @ 1.80Ghz
• Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620
• DRAM Frequency: 2400 MHz
• Memory Size: 32768 MB
• Storage: 1tb NVME SSD, 1tb SATA SSD (Big Sur is on this one)
• Setup: Quad-boot => Ubuntu, Win10, WinSer2019, Big Sur
• DSDT.aml attached in the root for more details.

Tested macOS Version

• macOS Big Sur 11.2.1

NOTE: I have kept my EFI for Mac on a separate drive where I installed Big Sur. So in the event the bootloader causes issues with other OS, I can boot from the original EFI by selecting the drive upon boot and I would recommend this method unless you are only install MacOS and nothing else on the laptop.

Requirements to hackintosh:

1. Follow the opencore guide as strictly as possible: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/
2. Builds depend on the chipset and general hardware you have
3. My EFI has the necessary kexts and SSDTs for this particular laptop with the i7-8565U generation which is whiskey lake, newer models will have a slightly different set up
4. Any questions then respond on the following threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/kecoih/entroware_apollo_catalina_compatible/ https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/entroware-apollo-hackintosh-big-sur-battery-power-detection-issue.309093/

Bootloader

OpenCore 0.6.5

SMBIOS

MacBookPro15,4

Change Log

UPDATE: 02-01-2021

• Everything sorted out except battery and power management. I am using SMCBatteryManager kext and my battery is already on 8-bit with naming of EC so it should not require a patch

UPDATE: 12-01-2021

• Battery status seems to be working fine and discharging real-time
• Seems to be discharging very quick which is a power management issue still and the charger is not being detected still so working to see what the issue is

UPDATE 28-01-2021

• Power Management works perfectly with the issue being the incorrect
• GPU details so the laptop is working nicely without needlessly throttling. Now the battery and power charging most likely will be fixed by the FakeSMC_3 so will try that and upload the result.

UPDATE 29-01-2021

• USBMap.kext enabled for SDcard support. Will be uploaded in V4.0 along with other fixes for battery indicator

UPDATE 14-02-2021

• Replaced VirtualSMC with FakeSMC (2017 Version since newer ones do not work) kext
• Replaced SMCBatteryManager with ACPIBatteryManager kext
• Added FakePCIID kext for sensory support
• Added undervolt kext to manage voltage and extend battery life
• CPU management working now
• MacOS updated to 11.2.1 and working perfectly in this set up
• In this version, the battery management is working perfectly with all the sensors as well but unfortunately the sleep/wake functions broke with FakeSMC so will try to have that sorted out in the next release. For now this version is the pre-cursor to the final release once everything is working