Install and Post Install of HighSierraAMD_V2 Official 10.13.2 - Instructions Updated 5/8/2018

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If you have an SSD this will auto upgrade you to APFS, you need to follow Shaneees' tutorial here on APFS: http://forum.amd-osx.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3453. You can find apfs.efi on the USB drive in EFI/Clover/driver64UEFI folder. If you're booting Legacy with no UEFI bios then you need to copy apfs.efi to USB/Clover/drivers64 folder. Follow this tutorial for mounting the USBs EFI partition: http://forum.amd-osx.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3538.

To begin use Transmac to restore the HighSierraAMD_V2.dmg file to a USB drive, the USB drive needs to be at least 8GBs in size. This tutorial by Shaneee covers using Transmac to restore dmg images to USB: http://forum.amd-osx.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1213. Once you have the image restored you want to boot off the USB drive. You want to select HighSierraAMD to begin. If you get a Waiting on Root Device message, move the USB to a different port for a few seconds to see if the install continues. If it does not then keep moving ports until it does.

Booting off the installer

The installer has a legacy clover install, so if your bios reports a bootable USB with its regular device name and a UEFI one. You want to boot off the regular named USB stick. If you can't boot or it restarts then apply this fix.

You want to mount you USB drives EFI partition following this tutorial: http://forum.amd-osx.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3538

Then copy the below file to USB/EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI:

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yjVVZddnvvfYcf5ha9JCH5LOw1-894RP/view?usp=sharing

Then reboot off USB and you should be ok.

BIOS Settings

Set your SATA ports to AHCI





Enable USB Legacy support and EHCI handoff






Disable your Serial Port





Enable CSM and UEFI for Hard drives and USB devices





Set Secure Boot to Other OS

Installation

Select your USB and hit enter



Highlight Boot macOS from HighSierraAMD and press enter



If this is a NEW install highlight Disk Utility and press Continue



Select your Drive from the left side and click the Partition Button on the right to setup your new partition. You want to format it GUID/Extended Journaled.




Once your new partition is created it will show up on the left side under the drive you created it

For people upgrading Start here by selecting your existing drive and clicking continue

Click on Reinstall macOS and click Continue




Click Continue




Click Agree





Click Agree again





Select your drive and click Continue





It will begin copying files for a few minutes and restart





Select your USB and press enter





Select Boot macOS from HighSierraAMD





Click Utilities and Open Terminal





Enter preinstall





Enter your partition name you created earlier





Once it's complete click the Apple Menu and choose Restart





Select your USB drive and hit enter





Select Boot macOS Install from YOURPARTITIONNAME





Soon as it loads the UI it will begin the install, it can take between 20 to 45 minutes depending on your hardware





Once install is finished it will restart





Select your USB drive and press enter





You want to select Boot macOS from HighSierraAMD





Once the UI loads you want to select Terminal from the Utilities menu





If you have an NVIDIA card you want to enter nvweb at the command prompt, then enter your drives name. It will install the NVIDIA Web Drivers.






You want to enter AMD at the prompt






Enter in your partition name you chose earlier




Once its done it will reboot

POSTINSTALL

Select your USB drive and press enter

For Radeon Video Cards you need to jump through some hoops to get them working

Follow the tutorial except for the third boot when you boot to your hard drive for the first time. You want to go to Options - Configs and choose the config_injectATI and add your FakeID to Options - Graphics Injector.

This tutorial will help you figure out your fake ID : http://forum.amd-osx.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2976. This should get you to the desktop.

Now follow the tutorial for installing clover, once installed open the EFI/Clover folder with Clover Configurator. Now mount the EFI partition of the USB Installer. Copy the Kexts from EFI/Clover/Kexts/10.13 to your EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other folder. Now copy the configs from EFI/Clover to your EFI/Clover. Now rename config_InjectATI.plist to config.plist and edit it with clover configurator to add your fake ID and reboot without the USB installer plugged in.

Choose Boot macOS from YOURPARTITIONNAME





Choose your country and click Continue






Choose your keyboard and click Continue





Click Continue





Click on No and click Continue





Click Skip





Click Agree





Click Agree again





Enter you Account information for Login





Click Customize





Click Continue





Click Don't Use





Select your Time Zone from the map





Uncheck all and click Continue





Enable or Disable Siri





Finalizing your Install

Now if you already have Clover installed you can reboot to your Clover Install

If you don't have Clover installed here are some tutorials for different install types depending on your hardware and installation choices. You want to do this while booted off the USB to desktop. Download Clover from here:

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https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/

Also download clover configurator because you're going to need to copy some files between the EFIs as well. You download CC from here:

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http://mackie100projects.altervista.org/download-clover-configurator/

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Installing Clover

See this tutorial for installing clover:. viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1613

Installing Clover to a partition with no EFI


http://forum.amd-osx.com/viewtopic.php? ... 494#p31494


Install Extra drivers for Clover with Clover Configurator

Once you have Clover installed you want to copy the configs and kexts from the USB Installer. Download Clover Configurator and go to the Mount EFI section. Click mount on the USB and Open, click mount on your drive and Open. Now you want to copy USB Installer/EFI/Clover/Kexts/10.13 to Your drive/EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other. Now you want to copy USB Installer/EFI/Clover/*.plist to Your drive/EFI/Clover/*.plist. If you have an NVIDIA card you want to rename NVWeb.plist to config.plist. Radeon users have several options depending on how they have their card working. Most importantly if you have an SSD thats been upgraded to APFS, you want to copy USB Installer/EFI/Clover/driver64UEFI/apfs.efi to Your drive/EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI.

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