Hackintosh on Dell Latitude 7490

Hackintosh on Dell Latitude 7490

Installation Guide

What is Hackintosh ?

A Hackintosh is a Computer that runs Apple's Macintosh operating system macOS on non Apple Hardware

Note: Hackintosh is not illegal. Breaking an EULA is not a criminal offense. Even at home, you are still in breach of your agreement with Apple and their copyright. You are very unlikely to get sued over it if you keep it confined to home use.

Installation Of Hackintosh

Knowing Your System

You must know following things about your System

  • Bios Version

  • Processor Model, Generation, Code Name

  • Graphic Card Model

  • Wifi Card

  • Bluetooth Card

  • Trackpad model

  • Sound Card

Generally Intel Processors are preferred because Apple had made intel Macs earlier.

use cpu-z windows software for getting cpu gpu codenames other details can be obtained through Windows Device Manager

Gathering Files

MacOS Recovery File

We Obtain MacOS recovery File Using

A python script macrecovery.py

# Lion (10.7):
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-2E6FAB96566FE58C -m 00000000000F25Y00 download
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F -m 00000000000F0HM00 download

# Mountain Lion (10.8):
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-7DF2A3B5E5D671ED -m 00000000000F65100 download

# Mavericks (10.9):
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6 -m 00000000000FNN100 download

# Yosemite (10.10):
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 -m 00000000000GDVW00 download

# El Capitan (10.11):
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-FFE5EF870D7BA81A -m 00000000000GQRX00 download

# Sierra (10.12):
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-77F17D7DA9285301 -m 00000000000J0DX00 download

# High Sierra (10.13)
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 -m 00000000000J80300 download
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 -m 00000000000J80300 download

# Mojave (10.14)
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C -m 00000000000KXPG00 download

# Catalina (10.15)
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86 -m 00000000000000000 download

# Big Sur (11)
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-42FD25EABCABB274 -m 00000000000000000 download

# Monterey (12)
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-FFE5EF870D7BA81A -m 00000000000000000 download

# Ventura (13)
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-4B682C642B45593E -m 00000000000000000 download

# Latest version
# ie. Sonoma (14)
py macrecovery.py -b Mac-937A206F2EE63C01 -m 00000000000000000 download

Use Commands According to the version you want to Install

EFI Files

There are 2 widely used EFi for Hackintosh

  1. Opencore

  2. Clover

Download EFi for Your Device From Here

I prefer clover because it works perfectly fine with Dell Latitude 74XX Models

  • Reason to use clover in my case

    1. Supports Dual Boot

    2. Device Works Perfectly Fine With All Drivers Working Perfectly

Create EFI for your System using Dortania's OpenCore Install Guide

Creating Bootable PenDrive

Use Rufus to format USB device to fat32

copy MacOS recovery and EFI folder to usb such that there must be only this two folders

Booting Device With Bootable PenDrive

After Booting in Mac Recovery using Bootable Pendrive just created

select Mac OS recovery and hit enter

after that You will see the following screen

select disk utility

erase disk with default parameters givsn

close disk utility

select reinstall Mac OS option

select the disk you just formated

connect to internet via stable internet connection. This process might take tike according to internet connection . It will take approx 13GB to 15GB of internet stay connected to stable internet connection. it will take about 50 to 54 minutes to download and 30 min to install (installion speed depends on hardware)

After installation

  • Mount EFI to System

visit mountefi GitHub page and download the latest release

extract the zip file

open MountEFI.command with terminal allow the permission to launch

Type the number which shows your Have installed Mac OS and hit enter, after the process is completed Type Q and hit enter

An Empty EFI partition will be shown in file manager

copy the fi folder in bootable pendrive to the fi partition remove the pendrive and reboot the system

and now you are good to go

visit online forums for further troubleshoot

if wifi bluetooth sound trackpad graphic drivers are not working try replacing EFI files with matching your system