In this series of articles, I will guide you through the steps I took to Hackintosh my 15-inch Lenovo Legion Y540-15IRH.
Laptop Specs
- CPU: Intel i7-9750H 2.60GHz
- RAM: 16GB
- Graphics: Intel UHD 630
- Dedicated Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX2060
- Storage: WD PC SN520 NVMe SSD 500GB (Windows 10)
- Secondary Storage: Samsung 860 EVO SATA SSD 500 GB (macOS Catalina)
- WiFi: Intel AC-9560
- USB WiFi: TP-Link TL-WN823N
- Latest BIOS Update (as of the writing of this article): BHCN36WW
What works:
- On board Intel graphics
- Dual boot with Windows 10 through Clover
- Keyboard and Touchpad (including keyboard backlight, touchpad gestures and function keys (volume Up/Down, Mute, Brightness -/+ etc)
- Ethernet
- USB ports
- Battery status
- Sleep / Power Management
- Webcam and microphone
- Audio
- Intel AC-9560 Bluetooth
- Numeric Keypad
Doesn't work:
- Dedicated Nvidia graphics
- Left and right buttons of touchpad (check next articles for making the touchpad work without them)
- Intel WiFi adapter (for the time being I'm using a USB Wifi stick, as getting a compatible WiFi adapter is not easily available here in Europe. Will update later on when I get my hands on a BCM94352Z card, or when I have a working kext for my Intel adapter).
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