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Upgrade to macOS Big Sur
For the installation you'll need a few things:
- At least 12GB USB drive
- A Mac, a Hackintosh, or a VM running macOS to create the installation media
- The Big Sur EFI folder from the repository
- Download the gibMacOs tool and open
gibMacOS.command
:
- Hit
M
to change Max macOS and then enter10.16
to change the catalog to the one containing the Big Sur Installer.
- Hit
C
and than choose4
to change to the developer catalog.
- Select the number which says Big Sur and hit enter to download it.
- After it finished downloading open the
InstallAssistant.pkg
file that was downloaded. It's located ingibMacOS/macOS Downloads/developer/XXX-XXXXX - Install macOS Beta
folder. This package will create theInstall macOS Big Sur Beta.app
in/Applications
folder.
Once it's done you should find your installer located in the /Applications
folder:
Open Disk Utility and format your USB Drive as the following:
- Name: MyVolume
- Format: macOS Journaled
- Scheme: GUID Partition Map
Once it finished formatting, open Terminal
and type in:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
This will take around 10 minutes, so sit back and relax...
For the last step before booting, you should put new Big Sur compatible EFI in EFI folder for USB-pen installation.
- Mount your EFI partition for USB-pen
- Place unzipped file on your EFI folder
- You can edit the config.plist and fill out the SMBios section
And now, after you done with everything, restart the computer and boot from Install macOS Beta (external)
From now on this will be the same process as it was before. The installation will take around an hour.
As stated in Dortania's Big Sur Guide if the installation stuck at Forcing CS_RUNTIME for entitlement DON'T RESTART YOUR COMPUTER it's totally normal!: in my case I don't report a similar issue! present upgrading from Beta 4 to Beta 5
After successful installation, before booting your system, you should put new Big Sur compatible EFI in EFI folder for your disk.
- Mount your EFI partition
- Place unzipped file on your EFI partition
- You can edit the config.plist and fill out the SMBios section
This is a screenshot from macOS Big Sur Beta 4 - 20 August 2020
Beta 4 installed on 20 August 2020
- Almost everything is the same in case of functionality.
-
What's not working at the moment-
Battery indicatorBattery fixed -
Ambient Light Sensor DeviceAmbient Light Sensor fixed
-
Beta 5 installed on 22 August 2020
- "Everything" seems to be working fine!
This is a screenshot from macOS Big Sur Beta 5 - 22 August 2020
Beta 6 installed on 13 September 2020
- "Everything" seems to be working fine!
Beta 7 skipped
Beta 8 (20A5374i) installed on 23 September 2020
- "Everything" seems to be working fine!
Beta 9 (20A5384c) installed on 30 September 2020
- "Everything" seems to be working fine!
Beta 10 (20A5395g) installed on 15 October September 2020
- "Everything" seems to be working fine!
Beta 11.0.1 (20B5012d) installed on 28 October 2020
- "Everything" seems to be working fine: wip for renewed ACPI support...
Beta 11.0.1 Release Candidate (20B5022a) installed on 06 November 2020
- "Everything" seems to be working fine: wip for renewed ACPI support...
OpenCore Dortania Big Sur Guide
Adding OpenCore entry to UEFI Boot
Activate Surround Sound via MIDI on internal speakers
Add custom shortcuts to Fn hotkeys
Drive Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620
Drive Intel(R) WiFi network card
Enable BIOS Secure Boot with OpenCore
Handle EFI partition from Windows
Keep Bluetooth devices paired on macOS and Windows
Prevent Windows partition from automatically mounting
Remove unnecessary Intel(R) Bluetooth firmware files
Remove unnecessary Intel(R) WiFi firmware files