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Avina

Avina

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Hello!

I haven’t used a personal windows machine in maybe two decades, but now have a fancy built PC from my husband. I’m trying to set it up to run Sequoia but I’m a little out of my depth. I tried

https://www.wikihow.com/Install-macOS-on-a-Windows-PC

But it’s bios menu looks different from mine (running a Msi b650 tomahawk motherboard) and if I make no changes, I get an

HfsPlus.efi at 0 cannot be loaded - Access Denied!​

And as far as I can tell I have to reboot the computer to get to the bios menu again because it doesn't go further than that.

My cpu is an amd ryzen 7 7700x 8 core.

It does have windows 11 on a 1tb partition on the ssd. I want sequoia on the other half of the ssd. The point is to be able to play games on the windows half with my husband, but do everything else on the Mac side (I also have extra non ssd storage for my garbage, I’m trying to run the operating systems on the ssd and store everything else elsewhere)
 
Slight update - I was able to boot from usb and reach the installer. Got these errors though.

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The biggest stumbling block you face with your setup is your NVIDIA GPU. NVIDIA GPU's lost support when Mojave was released (2018). None of the newer RTX GPU's are supported in any version of macOS and is a complete dead-end as far as running a successful Hackintosh.

You would need to swap your RTX 3060 2x card for a compatible AMD GPU from the RX 5000 or RX 6000 series, if you are serious about creating a Hackintosh system with your current setup.

You would also be advised to get a 2nd (NVMe) SSD and run macOS Sequoia on the separate drive. It will cause less problems going forwards. Be easier to manage when you need to update either OS and also for troubleshooting any issues.

The guide you linked is very old and not aimed at an AMD system. I would recommend you have a read and follow the Dortania Ryzen Guide, linked below.


 
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That XFX RX 6600 would be compatible with macOS Big Sur and newer including Sequoia. It has a little less relative performance than the RTX 360 12GB card you currently own (approx 7% difference in favour of the RXT 3060). The 'XT' versions of the AMD cards are better if still available where you reside, but tend to cost more.

Screenshot 2025-05-24 at 19.51.57.png check 5th GPU from top for RXT 3060 12GB

If the RTX 3060 is new, you may still be in the 'return window' and be able to get your money back, depending on where it was purchased.

This section of the GPU buyers guide lists all the AMD cards that are compatible with macOS, including the Navi 23 series which the RX 6600 is from.


If you are going to add a 2nd drive for macOS I would recommend you go with a Western Digital SN850X, SN7100 or SN770 as a suitable drive. As the controllers used in most Western Digital NVMe drives are fully compatible with macOS. The same cannot be said for the drives offered by Samsung and a few other manufacturers.
 
Thank you so much! My new graphics card will arrive tomorrow. I do have a 2tb western digital sn850x ssd which is currently partitioned to have windows 11 on only one half. I also have a WD red plus 10tb and 22tb 3.5” 7200 rpm internal hard drives. Should I shove windows onto one of the 3.5’s? Seems a bit like overkill to give windows 10tb when I’ll be using the Mac for all my massive files and windows only for games with hubs.
 
Great news about the replacement AMD GPU.

Usually when dual booting macOS and Windows on a single drive, it is best to install macOS first. So the FAT32 EFI partition is first on the disk.

Having Windows installed first will cause unnecessary issues when looking to install macOS, on an already populated disk.

A separate 500Gb NVMe drive for Windows would be a better option.

If you get another WD SSD it may come with Acronis Cloning software, or a download link for that free cloning software. The WD version of the Acronis software allows you to clone the current Windows drive completely to the new SSD, I.e. no need to install any of the software again on the new drive. Once the Windows clone has completed you can then undertake a clean installation of macOS on the larger drive.

That is what I would do in your position.
 
So… just checking to make sure I understood.

Also, don’t know if this matters, but my MacBook that I haven’t gotten rid of yet is too old for an operating system update, so i am going to have to get an installer without the App Store. Which the links you provided have instructions for that hypothetically.

Also also, my WD ssd did not come with acronis. But there is a free trial version of acronis true image. Is that what I’m looking for?



1) I put the Sequoia installer on a usb, probably using the computer that has windows on it since hubby understands windows and doesn’t understand mac and I am just… very green at anything deeper than ready made applications. We follow the guides you linked.

2) i buy a second ssd. The same size is available at the Best Buy near me, I can just get one tomorrow morning from the store instead of waiting for it to ship. Since I want to do an install of Mac OS first, do I just… take the current ssd with windows out? Or can it chill inside the computer and I fuss with the boot priority in the bios menu to make sure it’s the last thing to boot?

3) Install sequoia on the new ssd.

4) Get rid of the usb installer.

5) Put windows back somehow? (Put its ssd back, or give it higher priority in boot menu?)

6) reboot and choose which operating system I want to use today.



I do apologize for all the questions. We didn’t realize how intensive installing Mac OS on non-apple hardware was going to be. I think this is probably going to have better specs for lesser cost (plus I’m reusing some of hub’s old hardware so it’s kind of sentimental). So I do want to continue forward and learn everything I need to know to make this work. I’m very stubbornly a Mac user too, so Dangit, I’ll have my favorite OS on the sentimental build somehow!
 
Avina said:
But there is a free trial version of acronis true image. Is that what I’m looking for?
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Yes, that is the software you need.

In you use Corpnewt’s GibMacOS you can download any version of macOS, it uses a script to download the OS directly from Apple’s server. So it doesn’t matter which version is running on your MacBook.

github.com

GitHub - corpnewt/gibMacOS: Py2/py3 script that can download macOS components direct from Apple

Py2/py3 script that can download macOS components direct from Apple - corpnewt/gibMacOS
github.com github.com

Avina said:
Since I want to do an install of Mac OS first, do I just… take the current ssd with windows out?
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Yes, that would be best. It is just temporary while you install and configure macOS.

Avina said:
4) Get rid of the usb installer.
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No, that’s not wise. You should keep the USB installer safe, as it will be a backup for you to use if you accidentally break the OC setup on your new macOS drive.

Avina said:
5) Put windows back somehow?
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Simply reinsert the drive containing Windows after you have completed the macOS installation. Then set the Bios Boot Order so the UEFI Partition on the macOS drive is the first drive you boot. This will allow you to select the OS you want each time you turn on the system, using the OC boot loader.
 
It took the entire day, but I made the installer. I am not able to boot properly though.

Errors that pop up takes about 28 seconds to load them

And of course they’re not in the troubleshooting section. Is there any more info I can give?
 
Post a copy of your EFI folder and I will have a look to see what needs attention.

You might want to start a new thread in the Sequoia Forum. If you do just mention me in the first post, i.e. use @Edhawk

You will need to delete/redact your SMBIOS Serial Number from the config.plist before posting a copy online. Everything else can be shared without issue.
 
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