As u said 1st post:
“swapped the efi for one I had downloaded from github that was appropriate to my pc”
That is opencore bootloader as I suggest, and hackintosh alway need a bootloader like Clover or OpenCore
u are lucky when matched efi github with your machine.
You are right, the efi will contain opencore or clover. Thanks.
why dont you run a macos in vmware,,?
Just trying it for the fun of it. Would use an esx or proxmox server if I was going virtual. It's just an experiment. Some people would need full access to the hardware for adding hardware. Thanks.
Here is a crazy idea:
Would you like to make this thread into a proper step-by-step guide with some images and include more details so people that haven't done a Hackintosh project can also follow and experiment too? I'm sure a lot of people would love to spare a partition to have a non-VM Mac OS on their PC. I know I enjoy my Hackintosh version of the PC and I also set one for my parents as they use the internet mostly and that way I can keep things simple for them.
You can make a zip file with all software needed if you like, and that will complete the guide as a one-stop thread with both software and the steps needed.
Just food for thought.
If anyone is interested I will give more details, it's just an exercise. There are many great hackintosh sites for hardcore users. My method works best with Catalina which is a bit old for most people. Thanks.
The aim of the exercise was to create a Hackintosh while being able to continue to use my daily driver PC. I didn't have to take any risk that would leave me without a working OS. Also, I like to make things virtually so that you can use snapshots to recover mistakes and when you are done, you have a place you can always go back to. I find it much less stress to install and customize an OS in my own time without disrupting my daily stuff. It's great to have a browser open for help while working on a new project. I don't have a spare laptop or pc at the moment and didn't want to risk downtime from wiping my main machines. If you have a common machine like a Dell or HP, you can find lots of efi folders that are premade. The harder part of hackintosh is the post install configuration, I'm still working on that side of it. Thank you all for your comments.