Hackintosh Catalina Installation Guide for Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master

This build is "Vanilla". I used this guide as a starting point.

I assume you are installing Catalina, although most of the instructions also apply for Mojave.

Hardware

See my Hardware List

What's Working/What's Not

Working

• Ethernet
• Onboard Audio (including digital audio)
• APFS
• Sleep/Wake
• All USB ports at 3.x speed
• iMessage
• App Store
• Facetime
• APFS
• Handoff
• Bluetooth & Wi-Fi (via Broadcom adapter. Also works in UEFI and Clover.)
• Unlock with Apple Watch
• Airdrop
• AirPlay
• Continuity
• Apple Music (iTunes)
• DRM-protected videos in TV app (not working in Mojave)
• Power Nap

Not Working

• Built-in wifi. This will likely never work since it is the new Intel CNVi that MacOS doesn't support.
• Onboard Bluetooth is hit or miss. However, I disabled it (HS14) because I have a natively supported Broadcom BCM94360CS2 WIFI/BT adapter.
• Netflix DRM in Safari (works in Chrome)

Not Yet Tested

• FileVault

Step By Step Instructions

See STEP_BY_STEP.md

USB Port Map & SSDT

See USB_MAP.md for a map of all the ports on the Aorus z390 Master.

The Lazy Way

You are welcome to use my config.plist and kexts. However, make sure you set the following:

• SerialNumber
• BoardSerialNumber
• SmUUID