/Hackintosh_Dell_Latitude_E7470

macOS Monterey (OpenCore) on Dell Latitude E7470

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macOS Monterey on Dell Latitude E7470

Introduction

Getting started

Meet the bootloader:

Recommended tools:

My Hardware
Model Dell Latitude E7470
Processor Intel Core i5-6300U
Graphics Integrated Intel HD Graphics 520
Memory 8GB 2133MHz DDR4 SODIMM (Dual channel)
Display 14" WQHD (2560x1440) with ELAN Touchscreen
Storage Sandisk 256GB M.2 SATA SSD
WLAN + Bluetooth Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260
Camera 1920x1080 FHD Webcam
Fingerprint Reader No
Soundcard Realtek ALC293
Keyboard Backlit Keyboard
Trackpad ALPS Touchpad

Status

What's working
  • Intel HD 520 Graphics including graphics acceleration
  • All USB ports
  • Internal camera
  • WiFi using AirportItlwm
  • Bluetooth using IntelBluetoothFirmware (without IntelBluetoothInjector.kext) and BlueToolFixup.kext from: BrcmPatchRAM
  • Shutdown/Reboot/Sleep/Wake
  • Speakers and headphones jack
  • Intel Gigabit Ethernet
  • iMessage, FaceTime, App Store
  • miniDP and HDMI with digital audio passthrough (If you experience cursor lags, try turning on and off one of the displays.)
  • Keyboard and Trackpad (two finger vertical swipes)
  • DRM (Works with Google Chrome. Tested with Netflix.)
  • SD Card Reader using Sinetek-rtsx
What's not working

Current configuration

  • macOS: Monterey 12.2.1
  • OpenCore: 0.7.4

Installation

Create the USB

Follow the guide on the OpenCore documentation to create a USB for installation. Choose the operating system you use to create the USB and proceed with the guide. At the end of the Create USB section, OpenCore will ask us to do additional configurations. We don't need to do any of that because the EFI folder in this repository provides all necessary configurations we need for installation on Dell Latitude E7470.

Boot and Install macOS
  • Plug in the USB we created to your Dell computer
  • Press the Power button to turn on our computer (if you used the Dell to create the USB, shutdown the computer first) and spam F12 key to launch boot menu and choose your USB to boot from it
  • Wait and we will see the Apple icon on a black screen with a progress bar at the bottom
  • Then, we will see a menu with four options. Make sure select Disk Utility to partition your disk appropriately and format the partition for installing macOS into APFS. If you are dual booting with other operating systems, an easier way would be to partition the drive beforehand as some formats like NTFS are readonly on macOS.
  • Follow the installation steps and configure the preferences to your liking
  • Log in to macOS and enjoy :D

Post Installation

Booting without USB

You need to plug in the installation USB created previously everytime you start macOS after shutdown. If you want to boot without the USB, follow this guide by OpenCore.

Fixing UK keyboard

Choose layout file from Keyboard_Layouts repo directory and put it in /Library/Keyboard Layouts directory.

Fixing iServices

  • In order to get Apple Services like App Store working, you need to generate your own SMBIOS(The included one is only for reference).

  • For more information on how to do that, visit the Dortania Guide.

Credits