#SEMULOV MAC UPDATE#
If you have a similar setup I recommend removing the secondary drive during this update process - just to be safe. I replaced my optical drive with a caddy containing a 750GB Hybrid (HDD/SDD) for running Windows (7 & 8.1), Linux and storing large amounts of data. As per my Mavericks guide I recommend installing OS X on a SSD connected to the primary SATA connector (replacing the factory fitted HDD).
#SEMULOV MAC FULL#
You should be aware that if you switch to using Clover in EFI mode you will no longer be able to boot other OS’s such as Windows and Unix without first converting them to EFI booting, After a fair bit of research (and trail and error) i have a reasonably straight forward method of converting MBR partitioed drives to GPT without having to reinstall Windows which i will document in a later step, for the moment if you need to boot Windows or Linux you can access them via booting your laptop in legacy boot mode with a Unibeast/Chimaera based USB drive and selecting the legacy partition/entry.īefore starting ensure you have full backups of all your OS’s and data. As such it's easer to start with a OS X version that is stable rather than fighting/debugging multiple problems caused by a new boot loader and a new version of OS X. Getting the system to boot via Clover is one of the hardest parts of this new build and took me a long time to find a working solution. I recommend starting with a working Mavericks build (as detailed in my first guide). My main goal for this new build was to switch to using Clover as the boot-loader, primarily because it has much better support for injecting NVRAM values over legacy based boot-loaders, however Clover offers many other useful features such as dynamic kext patching at boot time allowing the use of Native / Vanilla Apple kexts which means that you can update the OS and all the laptop devices should continue to work without having to re-installing custom or modified Kexts.
#SEMULOV MAC SERIES#
It's possible that this method of installing Clover may help others with laptops other than Sony Vaio 'S' that use the Insyde H20 BIOS - as long as you can find an updated/modded BIOS that enables UEFI booting it should work (the attached BIOS utilities and ROMS are for Sony S series only !!) however there are no guaranties and i'm not responsible for any data loss or hardware problems you may encounter by using this guide. In order to negate these problems you must flash your BIOS with a modified BIOS that allows for Hybrid EFI boot support and access to the normally hidden ‘Advanced’ menu.
I was not able to get Clover to work correctly in legacy mode no matter what boot and disk configuration I used, the only way I was able to get Clover working correctly was in a hybrid EFI mode, unfortunately almost all official Sony S series BIOS's do not support UEFI booting and those that do will only boot white-listed EFI files. There are many guides on installing Clover and Yosemite on this and other forums, however I found none of them worked with the Sony SE2 laptop, most of the issues seem to be down to limitations imposed by the Insyde-H20 BIOS which the first and second generation Sony S series laptops use.
#SEMULOV MAC INSTALL#
This guide is a follow on to my previous Mavericks Install Guide and although specifically written for use on a Sony Vaio SE2 (VPCSE2C5E) laptop ( see my original guide), it should work on Sony SA / SB & SC VAIO S series laptops as long as you have a stable DSDT and a working kext for your trackpad if it is not a Synaptics one. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide
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