dell-latitude-e6530-hackintosh-big-sur

A prebuilt Opencore EFI for macOS Big Sur on the Dell Latitude E6530

As of November 7, 2023, this EFI is discontinued, due to the EOL of macOS Big Sur. No further updates will be provided.

This is a macOS Big Sur EFI for the Dell Latitude E6530, with support for Intel Wi-Fi cards. 11.7.10 working, with OpenCore 0.9.5 and fully up to date kexts. Remember to keep your kexts and OpenCore up to date! Remember to change your SMBIOS data too.

Specs of my specific unit:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-3320m @ 2.6GHz
• GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000
• RAM: 2x4GB Samsung 1333MHz DDR3
• Laptop model: Dell Latitude E6530
• Audio Codec: IDT92HD93BXX
• Ethernet card: Intel 82579LM
• Wi-Fi card: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
• Touchpad: Alps
• BIOS: A22

Follow the "Downloading macOS" section in the Dortania guide to get macOS - https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/installer-guide/windows-install.html#downloading-macos

Set BIOS settings as follows

• General -> Boot Sequence -> UEFI
• General -> Advanced Boot Options -> uncheck “Enable Legacy Option ROMs” (If you're planning to dualboot with Windows Vista or Windows 7, check this.)
• System Configuration -> Parallel Port -> Disabled
• System Configuration -> Serial Port -> Disabled
• System Configuration -> SATA Operation -> AHCI
• Security -> TPM Security -> Uncheck “TPM Security”
• Secure Boot -> Secure Boot Enable -> Disabled
• Performance -> HyperThread control -> Enabled
• Power Management -> USB Wake Support -> Uncheck “Enable USB Wake Support”
• Power Management -> Wake on LAN/WLAN -> Disabled
• Virtualization Support -> Virtualization -> Check “Enable Intel Virtualization Technology”
• Virtualization Support -> VT for Direct I/O -> Uncheck “Enable VT for Direct I/O”

Credits

• Hervé for helping me fix graphical glitches and the SD card slot.
• Jake Lo for helping me fix sleep
• Acidanthera -- Made OpenCore, AppleALC, BrightnessKeys, IntelMausi, Lilu, SMCBatteryManager, SMCDellSensors, SMCProcessor, SMCSuperIO, VirtualSMC, VoodooPS2Controller & WhateverGreen
• OpenIntelWireless -- Made Airportitlwm
• Avery Black -- Made ECEnabler
• USBToolBox -- Made USBToolBox & UTBMap
• CorpNewt -- Made SSDTTime
• Apple for making macOS.
• Dell for making the Latitude E6530