This is my personal documentation after successfully installing macOS Monterey, Ventura, and Sonoma on my MSI GS65 Stealth 9SD and use it as daily driver. This EFI is for the latest Sequoia version.
| Parts | Details |
|---|---|
| Model | MSI GS65 Stealth 9SD |
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Processor (2.60 GHz. up to 4.50 GHz. 12M Cache) |
| Intel Generation | Coffee Lake |
| RAM | 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 |
| iGPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| dGPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX1660Ti 6GB (disabled as not supported by macOS) |
| Display | 15.6-inch FHD (1920×1080), 144Hz 100%sRGB |
| Wifi | Killer AC Wi-Fi |
| Bluetooth | Intel |
| Audio | Realtek ALC1220 |
| SSD0 | ADATA XPG 512GB (purchased additionally, macOS installation and bootloader) |
| SSD1 | TOSHIBA 512GB (default from MSI, Windows 11 installation and bootloader) |
OpenCore: 1.0.3
- CPU Power Management
- Graphics acceleration
- Display functions (Color, Brightness, etc)
- Wifi
- Bluetooth
- Trackpad (multitouch and gesture support)
- Keyboard
- USB Ports
- USB Type-C (and likely Thunderbolt too)
- Webcam
- Audio
- Mic
- Sleep/Wake
- iService (iMessage, FaceTime)
- Fixed battery drain
iService (iMessage, FaceTime). The problem is unsupported AirportItlwm.kext. It worked well in Monterey with itlwm.kext. It's now working with itlwm.kext and HeliPort.- Nvidia GPU (Apple removed support for Nvidia GPU)
- HDMI (HDMI is connected to Nvidia GPU, since it's disabled then HDMI is not working)
- Fast Boot (disable - optional)
- Secure Boot
- Thunderbolt Boot Support
- Intel Bios Guard Support
- VT-d (If you need VT-d to be enabled, enable DisableIoMapper quirk in config.plist)
- CFG-Lock (Hidden Settings, press R-CTRL R-Shift L-ALT F2, if you can't disable CFG-Lock enable AppleXcpmCfgLock quirk)
- Hyper-Threading
- XHCI Hand-off
- SATA Mode: AHCI
- I highly recommend building your own files by following Dortania's excellent guide. it will help you understand the big picture and how to use my files correctly. After you went through all the guide, you can use my files as a reference.
- You can try [OpCore Simplify] by @lzhoang2801 from this link. It solved most of my problems, even some that I didn't even realize. But you need to recheck the final output and make appropiriate adjustment. Even without this minor adjustment, in my experience the EFI is working out of the box.
- You need to generate your own SMBIOS, see Dortania's Guide. I spoof my device as MacBookPro16,1.
- Lilu
- VirtualSMC
- Graphics
- Audio
- Ethernet
- USB Mapping Tool
- USB Kext
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- Keyboard & Trackpad
- NVMeFix
- ECEnabler
- BrightnessKeys
- RestrictEvents
- Dortania for amazing work in providing comprehensive guides
- Acidanthera for kext
- CorpNewt
- RehabMan
- Mieze
- Dhinak G
- Avery Black
- lvs1974
- lzhoang2801
and many others that I have forgotten to include, sorry.