New Hackintosh User - AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U HP Elitebook 845 G7

[WaterLilly]

Small Introduction! :3
Hello, I am Lilly, new to all Hackintosh-ing, specially on AMD Devices.
I am a tech enthusiast with a lot of free time

I got into Hackintoshing because... i wanted to use Xcode, and, the UI looks nice
I apologize beforehand for any future posts that might have been solved before, though i will try to avoid such by checking if my question has been asked before.

Ahead, a bit about my hardware and current software!
My hardware

• Device: HP Elitebook 845 G7
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
• iGPU: Vega Graphics (AMD Radeon RX Vega Graphics - Renoir)
• RAM: 16GB DDR4 (Single Channel)
• Storage: KXG60ZNV512G NVMe TOSHIBA (512GB)
• Wi-Fi: Intel WiFi-6 AX200

Current Software:

• macOS Version: macOS 14 (Sonoma[Build 23J220])

 

[Edhawk]

Hello and welcome to the Forum.

If you have macOS Sonoma up and running successfully on your HP EliteBook then posting about your experience in the Success Story forum might be helpful to others with similar hardware.

Providing a copy of your OpenCore EFI folder, with the Serial Number, MLB, ROM & SystenUUID deleted/redacted from the config.plist would probably be extremely beneficial for other users.

 

[WaterLilly]

If you have macOS Sonoma up and running successfully on your HP EliteBook then posting about your experience in the Success Story forum might be helpful to others with similar hardware.

Providing a copy of your OpenCore EFI folder, with the Serial Number, MLB, ROM & SystenUUID deleted/redacted from the config.plist would probably be extremely beneficial for other users.

I’ll try to make a proper Success Story post soon.
Though to be completely honest though, this is largely based on[Not to say almost a 1-1 copy minus minor tweaks] Dognmonkey’s EFI for the HP EliteBook 845 G7. I didn’t build the EFI from scratch — most of my changes were small tweaks[boot args, SMBIOS, and a few adjustments for issues specific to my BIOS/firmware version and SSD that happens sometimes].

I could upload a cleaned EFI with all personal identifiers and disabled-kexts removed so others with the same laptop can use it as a reference.[tho i have to note, this locks you into a specific FW/BIOS version, i have not been able to rule out and handle all the issues with weird ACPI things and whatnot]
Tho for a better reference, i would just go to The very GitHub repo i grabbed the EFI from, Other than small updates on KEXTs and the OpenCore version, not a lot is different :v
[My apologies if this disappoints someone... Hackintoshing is hard, and getting too deep into ACPITs and SDTD patching is something... even harder, i am not that experienced with any of these Low-Level work.]

 

[Edhawk]

Hey, there is nothing wrong with using an EFI folder from GitHub or anywhere else. We are not born knowing how to create custom EFI’s and the journey must begin somewhere. You at least had the decency to say where you obtained the EFI folder and credit the creator for their work.

Go with whatever you feel comfortable doing, no pressure to write up a success story.

The Hackintosh journey hardly ever ends when you find a compatible EFI folder, there is always the need for some tweaking to suit a different machine, even if the original was the same make and model. Who’s to say the EFI creator got everything right?