ma7moud3osman / Surface_Pro_3_Hackintosh

OpenCore based Hackintosh on Surface Pro 3

Surface Pro 3 Hackintosh With Touch Working

OpenCore based Hackintosh on Surface Pro 3 (May work with some modification on Surface Pro 1/2)

Full support for macOS version 10.14.X through 12.X.X. Partial support for macOS version 13.X.X

If you see anything that could be added or changed don't hesitate to make a pull request.

*** NOTICE ***

• macOS Ventura now has beta support. Graphics Acceleration is now supported using OpenCore legacy patcher. Additionally, restarting/shut-down in Ventura causes a Kernel Panic due to the Surface Keyboard. I am working on possible solutions to all of these issues but advise that you stay on macOS Monterey or older.

• Do not update kexts labeled as "custom" manually, instead wait for an update. Kexts have been modified to support the Surface and generic kexts WILL break support.

• Upon first installation you must go to Settings and disable "Force Touch" in the trackpad settings for the Surface Trackpad to function properly

• Due to quirks in the Surface Pro 1/2/3 firmware, dual booting with Windows is problematic.

• Secure boot: In order to boot with secure boot on a key must be registered otherwise secure boot must be turned off. Please see instructions in Chapter 9 to register the secure boot key and boot with secure boot turned on

• Touch works however you will need to tap the screen several times in a row until it registers (approx 10 times). Once registered it will work as expected until reboot.

Surface Pro 3 Specifications:

Model:	i3	i5	i7
CPU	i3-4020Y Single Core 1.5 Ghz	i5-4300U Dual Core 1.9-2.9 Ghz	i7-4650U Dual Core 1.7-3.3 Ghz
Display	12" ClearType HD 2160x1440	same	same
GPU	HD 4200	HD 4400	HD 5000
RAM	4 GB	4/8 GB	8 GB
SSD	64/128 GB SATA	128/256 GB SATA	128/256/512 GB SATA
WiFi	Marvell Avastar b/g/n/ac	same	same
Batt	42 W/h	same	same
Ports	1x USB 3.0, 1x mDP, 1x 3.5 Audio Jack	same	same
	1x Type Cover Port, 1x Surface Dock Port	same	same

Instruction Guides

Chapter 1) Quick Start Install

Chapter 2) BootCamp Install

Chapter 3) Quirks & Fixes

Chapter 4) Additional Drivers

Chapter 5) Booting Other OS's with OpenCore

Chapter 6) Other Operating Systems

Chapter 7) Other OS Quirks & Fixes

Chapter 8) Windows 11 Upgrade and/or Clean Install

Chapter 9) Secure Boot ON with OpenCore using Grub

Chapter 10) Haswell Legacy Support (macOS Ventura only)

What works

• macOS 10.14.X through 12.X.X
• Graphics Acceleration: (occasional artifacts/glitches at high resolutions)
• Native Brightness Adjustments
• Native Audio Adjustments
• Fan
• USB
• Battery
• A/C Detection
• TypeCover Trackpad: w/gestures
• TypeCover Keyboard
• TypeCover Hotplug
• Audio
• WiFi: USB nano cards supported with the Realtek chipset
• iServices: Requires custom SMBIOS settings in OpenCore config.plist file. See the OpenCore Dortania Post-Install guide.
• USB Installer (no wifi support)
• SDcard
• Secure Boot: ON (see Chapter 9)
• Dual Boot: (see Chapter 5)
• Windows Boot From OpenCore Supported
• TouchScreen
• Surface Pen
• Recovery (Touch Works In Recovery)
• FileVault
• Power Management
• mDP

Partially Working/In-Progress (Working ONLY After Warm Boot From Windows/Linux)

• Power Button (Sleep/Wake)
• Volume Down
• Volume Up
• Windows Button (Temporarily Disabled Pending Assigning A Useful Task For The Button)

Current Issues Being Worked On

• Deep Sleep (Surface Hardware Limitation)
• TypeCover Sleep/Wake Trigger
• Battey Indicator Slow to Update After Cold Boot
• AC Detection Slow to Update After Cold Boot
• Graphics Acceleration (macOS Ventura issue only)
• Audio (macOS Ventura issue only)
• Surface Keyboard (Works but causes KP in macOS Ventura only)

Won't Ever Work

• WiFi: (Marvell Avastar - Unsupported)
• Accelerometer: (Unsupported)
• Bluetooth: (Marvell Avastar - Unsupported)
• DRM: (Unsupported on iGPU)

Credits

Special thanks to the massive Hackintosh community for all your work that makes these guides and Surface Pro Hackintosh possible. Additional thanks goes to @acidanthera and @Xiashangning for their tireless work on the software & kexts that make hackintoshing possible. Custom VoodooI2C.kext utilizes code from Xiashangning's BigSurface kext to enable Surface Keyboard support with permission.