Lenovo Thinkpad T450 & T450s Hackintosh Guide for Catalina with Opencore

This repo contains the installation guide and EFI files required to get a perfectly functional Catalina 10.15.7 hackintosh on your T450 or T450s since they share the same hardware. Everything is stable and functional as described in this Readme.

A few worthy mentions about this repo:

• This guide is not for models with Haswell 4th gen CPU
• The EFI folder and the patched ACPI were first created by EchoEspirit and futher optimized by i3p9. I tweaked a couple of things and fixed some errors that were happening on T450 + added Intel WiFi drivers from Openintelwireless
• I will try my best to keep the repo updated with the latest kexts and Opencore version
• This EFI works with Big Sur Beta 9 but compatibility with future versions is not guaranteed until i update the kexts and Opencore version that will support the latest version of Big Sur

Introduction

EFI folder and Guide for Thinkpad T450 and T450s Hackintosh Catalina.

• Tested CPUs: i5-5200U/5300u & i7-5600u
• Integrated Graphics: HD Graphics 5500
• Sound Card: ALC292
• Wireless Cards Tested: DW1820A 00JT494/Broadcom BCM94360CSAX/Intel 7265/7260

Bios

• Security -> Security Chip: Disabled;
• Memory Protection -> Execution Prevention: Enabled;
• Virtualization -> Intel Virtualization Technology: Enabled;
• Virtualization -> Vt-directed IO: Disabled;
• Internal Device Access -> Bottom Cover Tamper Detection: must be Disabled;
• Anti-Theft -> Current Setting: Disabled;
• Anti-Theft -> Computrace -> Current Setting: Disabled;
• Secure Boot -> Secure Boot: Disabled;
• UEFI/Legacy Boot: UEFI Only;
• Fingerprint Sensor: Disabled (Causes issues with wake from sleep);
• CSM Support: Yes.

What works

• Sleep / Wake
• Wifi and Bluetooth (Built-in Intel 7265 or 7260 cards with Heliport + itlwm.kext) Airportitlwm.kext is not recommended, it causes issues with Trackpad after wake from sleep
• AirPort Extreme (Broadcom BCM94360CSAX & NGFF A/E Adapter) Recommended Upgrade to get native WiFi & Bluetooth
• Handoff, Continuity, AirDrop
• iMessage, FaceTime, App Store, iTunes Store (Change Config.plist -> PlatformInfo -> Generic -> MLB and SystemSerialNumber)
• Ethernet
• Onboard audio (Use alc_fix to fix unworking jack after replug )
• USB 2.0 / USB 3.0
• Dual Batteries
• Touchpad
• Trackpoint
• miniDP
• SD Card Reader (Thanks to @willmav5000)
• Use one-key-hidpi to enable HiDPI
• If you are using a usb mouse with side buttons, you can spoof apple usb mouse by change the pid and vid in AnyAppleUSBMouse.kext/Info.plist and enable it in config.plist.

What doesn't work

• VGA
• Sidecar (Wired Sidecar works but only in Macbook9,1 SMBIOS, which has bad battery life, you can choose what you want)
• With the IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext and itlwm.kext enabled Bluetooth headphones only work when you are not connected to any wifi network or turn off wifi. This is a known issue with 7265 and 7260 cards. You can get 8x series cards to fix this or buy the recomended cards (DW1820A 00JT494 or Broadcom BCM94360CSAX)

Note: If you need to edit config.plist, don't use OpenCore configurator or Clover configurator, use PlistEdit pro (Included in Utilities) or Xcode.

Installation Guide

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