Hackintosh-Acer-Chromebook-11-C740

Files and notes to get MacOS running on a Acer Chromebook 11 C740

Confirmed working on:

MacOS: Big Sur 11.0.1 & 11.1
MrChromebox coreboot: 4.12
OpenCore: 0.6.3

Disclaimer:

This is not meant to be a thorough guide or walkthrough. It is merely a dump of files and notes to get MacOS working on a Acer Chromebook 11 C740. I will try to keep this updated as I update my Chromebook to future MacOS releases. It's not guaranteed to work on your specific device. If it doesn't, you likely need to make some sort of changes to the supplied config.plist. I do not know what those changes may be. I am not responsible for any damage done or data lost by attempting this.

Update 11/29/2020
OpenCore 0.6.3
Confirm Big Sur official release compatibility

Requirements:

Core i3 or Core i5 processor
MrChromebox's coreboot firmware 4.12
OpenCore 0.6.3
Minimum of a 32GB SSD
Minimum 64GB recommended
Origin WiFi&Bluetooth card AC3160 https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/itlwm
MacOS installer flash drive
See the guides linked in Basic Installation Steps below

Notes:

Most top row keys are mapped with the custom VoodooPS2Controller.kext
Back arrow key = Previous track
Forward arrow key = Next track
Refresh key = Play/Pause
Brightness down key = Brightness down
Brightness up key = Brightness up
Mute key = Mute
Volume down key = Volume down
Volume up key = Volume up

What's Working:

Just about everything!
Graphics（HDMI with Audio out）
Audio out
Bluetooth
Wifi
LCD Backlight Control
Touchpad
Keyboard with key remapped
Sleep
etc……

What's Not Working:

Most DRM does not work. This means no Apple TV shows, Hulu, Netflix (in Safari), Amazon Prime streaming, etc. This isn't specific to the Dell CB13. DRM simply does not work on an iGPU only Hackintosh
Internal Microphone

To Do:

Enjoy MacOS!
Before Getting Started
I strongly suggest becoming familiar with Hackintoshing before jumping into this. Know the downsides, shortcomings, and difficulties. Read through the dortania guide, poke around on r/hackintosh, have a look around InsanelyMac and TonyMacX86 (even though their tools aren't used here, they still have a lot of useful information), and do some general web searches. Even if a lot of it doesn't make sense, just reading through it and becoming familiar with terms will be helpful!
Updates to MacOS, OpenCore, or firmware may break your installation! I will likely be keeping my device up to date so check back here before doing any MacOS, OpenCore, or firmware updates! The latest confirmed working versions will always be at the top of the this page.
Don't let this section scare you off! Once MacOS is up and running on your system, it is very stable!

Basic Installation Steps

Install/update MrChromebox coreboot firmware if you haven't already
Create a MacOS installer flash drive
A guide can be found here
Download OpenCore 0.6.3 and copy only the files shown in this screenshot to your flash drive, keeping the folder structure as seen in the image
Download all of the required files
Be sure to make any edits mentioned - particularly to config.plist and VoodooI2CElan.kext
Move the required files to their appropriate locations on your installer flash drive
Your EFI folder should look like this - make sure all of the files are there
Boot to your installer and install MacOS
Boot into MacOS using your installer flash drive and copy the EFI folder from you installer flash drive to the EFI partition of your internal SSD - you can - - - mount the EFI partition with MountEFI
More info can be found here
Follow the post install steps below

Post-Install

Disable force click in trackpad settings
Disable hibernate with "sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0"
Map Full Screen and Mission Control keys
Map Full Screen button (F4) to full screen in: System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
Example screenshot
Map Mission Control key (F5) Mission Control in: System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control
Example screenshot
Optional: Give OpenCore a GUI menu and boot chime
Use this OCEFIAudio_VoiceOver_Boot.wav as it is resampled to work with the CB13
If you want a full Hackintosh guide (not Chromebook specific), I suggest this one: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/ - most of the files in - this repo were created using this guide so you won't need to generate them yourself. Simply pull them from here as you go through the guide.

Required Files

OpenCore Config
Place config.plist in /EFI/OC/
Use ProperTree to make the following edits to the config-base.plist file
Follow the PlatformInfo portion of this guide to edit the config.plist
You can use GenSMBIOS to generate the SMBIOS info
Use a MacBookPro12,1 profile
In the config.plist, you need to fill in values for: SystemProductName, SystemSerialNumber, MLB, SystemUUID, and ROM
Use your MAC address without the colons for the ROM field (You did get your MAC address, right?)
Be sure to rename the config file to config.plist

OpenCore Drivers

These are included with the OpenCore download unless noted otherwise. Place these in /EFI/OC/Drivers
AudioDxe.efi
HfsPlus.efi
OpenCanopy.efi
OpenRuntime.efi

SSDT files

Place these in /EFI/OC/ACPI
SSDT-EC.aml
- Creates a phony EC controller - required to boot Catalina
SSDT-PLNF.aml
- Enables LCD backlight control
SSDT-PLUG.aml
- Enables proper CPU power management
SSDT-KBBL.aml
- Required for keyboard backlight control

Required Kexts

Place these in /EFI/OC/Kexts
AppleALC.kext
Lilu.kext
WhateverGreen.kext
VirtualSMC.kext
SMCBatteryManager.kext
SMCProcessor.kext
SMCSuperIO.kext
AirportItlwm.kext
IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext
IntelBluetoothInjector.kext
USBPorts.kext
VoodooI2C.kext
VoodooI2CElan.kext

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