r/hackintosh • u/pineaplelasagna • 7h ago
SUCCESS macOS Tahoe on Alder Lake-U Iris Xe laptop using WhateverXe, with some extra patches
Specs:
Laptop: HP Envy x360 13-bf0059tu
CPU: Intel Core i7-1250U Alder Lake-U
iGPU: Intel Iris Xe (46AA)
RAM: 16GB
SSD: Micron 512GB
Wi-Fi & Bluetooth: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211
Display: 13.3 inch 2880x1800 60hz OLED
macOS: Tahoe 26.7.1
SMBios: MacBookPro16,2
Triple boot with Windows 11 and Ubuntu
Working:
Graphics Acceleration on the internal OLED at native 2880x1800 @ 60 Hz
Built-in display shows as "Built-in Retina Display" with HiDPI (only 1440x900 works normally as of now)
Brightness slider in control center + keys
Wi-Fi & Bluetooth
Built in keyboard, USB mouse, battery (my broken trackpad doesn’t work in any OS lol)
Audio (Bluetooth only)
iCloud services
Not working/Problems:
Builtin speakers & mic (in progress)
Sleep & wake (disabled)
HiDPI larger than default 1440x900 makes the screen flicker/glitch
Camera
Touchscreen
DRM/Apple TV app (probably will never be possible on iGPUs but works on browsers)
Battery drains too fast (~1% every 2 mins)
Laptop gets extremely hot
AirDrop
It took me 2 weeks of trial and error just to get to the installer! Got graphics acceleration thanks to u/Desperate_Dare1509 's WhateverXe. I used Claude to make various patches until it finally worked for my internal display. The resolution is currently set to 1440x900 HiDPI and it makes everything look too big on the small screen and I’m trying to get 1600x1000 to work.
Edit: formatting
