![]() ![]() How to use permanent boot flags on Clover If you need help finding the right boot flags for your Hackintosh, check out our list of common boot flags (this list is tailored for Chameleon/Chimera, but Clover supports many of the same flags). From here, return to the original Clover boot menu (you can press the "Esc" key on your keyboard to do this), and boot OS X again. Press your spacebar, and then you'll be able to start typing the necessary boot flags. To enter a temporary boot flag into Clover, first start your computer and wait until you reach the Clover bootloader menu, which will look something like this (aka the Unibeast menu, assuming you installed OS X that way): In contrast, the process is slightly more involved with Clover. On Chameleon/Chimera, you could enter a temporary boot flag by simply typing it directly into your computer's bootloader menu. How to use temporary boot flags on Clover Unfortunately, using boot flags on Clover requires a slightly different technique than on Chameleon/Chimera (although most of the boot flags themselves remain the same). All Hackintosh installation methods for El Capitan, including tonymacx86's ever-popular Unibeast method, now use Clover. While we've already previously discussed how to use boot flags on the Chameleon and Chimera bootloaders, which were formally the two most popular bootloaders for PCs running Mac OS X, the release of OS X El Capitan has now shifted attention onto the new and upcoming Clover bootloader. The bootloader is the program that boots Mac OS X. For those of you who don't know, boot flags are "arguments" (pieces of data that you enter) to change the way that your bootloader runs. To easily hide unwanted partitions in clover's boot menu without having to create the custom entries using clover configurator see this post.Starting up Mac OS X for the first time on your Hackintosh can be a very tricky process, which often requires you to set special boot options through the use of boot flags. If you have done exactly as instructed here then you will see the new entry in the clover’s boot menu. Select the type of the Operating system that you are creating the custom entry for which again in this case it is Windows and then select the volume type which is an internal disk in this case.ĥ. Add your desired name for the new custom entry like “Windows 10” or whatever you like, Click the “Title / FullTitle” check box. From the Volume drop down menu select the EFI partition that has the “Microsoft” boot files. Click the sign to add a new Boot entry.ģ. Open clover configurator and select GUIĢ. Here’s how to create a custom entry to rename the Boot Microsoft EFI Boot from EFI to "Windows 10"ġ. Now restart your computer and now you will see Clover’s boot menu and boot into macOS. By clicking the “Save current boot entry” you will see the confirmation window. Now save the new entries by clicking “Save current boot entry”ĥ. From “Boot entry configurations” change “Menu Title” from “Windows Boot Manager” to whatever name that you like, I changed mine to “macOS Sierra” because that’s the version of the macOS that I have and from “Media file” change “\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi” to “\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI” and finally select “Boot this entry next time” From UEFI boot entries select “Windows Boot Manager”Ĥ. Open BOOTICE and from the tabs on the top select “UEFI”ģ. ![]() I personally use BOOTICE圆4 which is for 64Bit version of windows and if you use 32Bit version of Windows you need to use the x86 version.ġ. So, in order to make clover the default bootloader again you need to edit the UEFI boot entries and change the boot media file from “bootmgrfw.efi” to “BOOTX64.EFI” and here is how to do that. ![]() \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI (Clover bootloader) The reason that this is happening is because when you install windows after installing macOS the UEFI bootloader will change from: If you installed windows on you Hackintosh and now you don’t have access to your macOS anymore this guide will help you to get back the clover as the main bootloader. How to make Clover default bootloader after Installing Windows on UEFI.
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