bdragonh / thinkpad-t480s-hackintosh

A prebuilt OpenCore EFI for macOS Ventura and Sonoma on the Lenovo ThinkPad T480s

thinkpad-t480s-hackintosh

A prebuilt OpenCore EFI for macOS on the Lenovo ThinkPad T480s

WARNING! If running Sonoma, ethernet IS required for initial half of setup if you use an internet-based installer. You will need to install Heliport for Wi-Fi. Ventura users can use Wi-Fi with no issues.

Use 1.x releases for Ventura, 2.x releases for Sonoma.

This is a macOS EFI for the Lenovo ThinkPad T480s, with support for Intel Wi-Fi cards. Ventura and Sonoma compatible.

Follow the "Downloading macOS" section in the Dortania guide to get macOS. Support will not be offered if you get macOS from any other source. https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/installer-guide/windows-install.html#downloading-macos. After installing macOS, you will need to disable force clicking, as by default macOS will register all clicks as force clicks (System Settings -> Trackpad -> Uncheck "Force Click and haptic feedback")

Specs of my specific unit:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-8350u
• GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620
• RAM: 16GB (8GB soldered, 8GB Kingston stick inserted)
• Touchpad: Elan SMBus
• Audio: Realtek ALC257
• Wi-Fi: Intel Wireless-AC 8265
• Ethernet: Intel I219-LM
• SSD: Intel 7600p 256GB

Set BIOS settings as follows

• Config -> Network -> Wake On LAN -> Disabled
• Config -> Network -> Wake On LAN from Dock -> Disabled
• Config -> CPU -> Intel (R) Hyper-Threading Technology -> Enabled
• Security -> Security Chip -> Security Chip -> Disabled
• Security -> Virtualization -> Intel (R) Virtualization Technology -> Enabled
• Security -> Virtualization -> Intel (R) VT-d Features -> Disabled
• Security -> Secure Boot -> Secure Boot -> Disabled
• Security -> Intel(R) SGX -> Intel (R) SGX Control -> Disabled
• Startup -> UEFI/Legacy Boot -> UEFI Only
• Startup -> CSM Support -> No

Credits

• Acidanthera -- Made OpenCore, AppleALC, BlueToolFixup, BrightnessKeys, IntelMausi, Lilu, NVMeFix, SMCBatteryManager, SMCProcessor, SMCSuperIO, VirtualSMC, VoodooPS2Controller and WhateverGreen
• OpenIntelWireless -- Made Airportitlwm, IntelBluetoothFirmware and IntelBTPatcher
• Avery Black -- Made ECEnabler
• FireWolf -- Made GenericCardReaderFriend
• USBToolBox -- Made USBToolBox and UTBMap
• VoodooSMBus -- Made VoodooSMBus
• zhen-zen -- Made YogaSMC
• CorpNewt -- Made SSDTTime, which was used to make SSDTs.
• dortania -- Made the OpenCore Install Guide which was used to make this EFI.
• Mohamed A. Salah -- Made another T480s EFI which I used a part from to fix mine not working.
• ellnic -- Helped me fix Linux dualbooting