Hackintosh Xiaomi Mi Air 13.3 Skylake-U 2016 for macOS Mojave & High Sierra

Hackintosh your XiaoMi Air 13.3 Skylake-U 2016. This is intented to create a fully functional hackintosh for the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3'' i5-6200U (Skylake-U 2016).

Important Notes

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• This guide is for the XiaoMi Air 13.3 Skylake-U 2016. It will probably work on the XiaoMi Air 13.3 Kaby Lake-R 2018 models with minor modifications.
• All files used and detailed readmes are located in github sakoula/XiaoMi-Air-6200U
• The guide will work for either BIOS A05 or BIOS A06
• Following this guide you can run High Sierra 10.13.6 or any version of Mojave 10.14.x up to 10.14.6
• macOS has been installed on a different disk on the second M.2 port of the laptop. I have no experience of having both Windows and macOS on a single disk. In order to boot to macOS you use F12 upon power on and select the boot device.
• In order to be able to help you please provide full debug information useing the excellent black-dragon74/OSX-Debug tool.
• Support and Discussion on this guide can be found at tonymacx86.com

Please note that this guide will be not possible without all the excellent resources:

• [Guide] XiaoMi Mi Notebook Air 13" by JahStories
• XiaoMi NoteBook Pro for macOS Mojave & High Sierra & Sierra by daliansky and stevezhengshiqi
• All the super amazing guides from RehabMan

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Table of Contents

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• Known Issues / Work in Progress
• Hardware Specifications
• Installation Guide
  • Installation SSD
  • Disable Secure Boot
  • Preparing USB Flash Drive
  • Install mojave installer to the USB Flash Drive
  • Install Clover to the USB Flash Drive
  • Customize Clover on the USB Flash Drive
  • Install Mojave
  • Install Clover on the macOS disk
  • Customize Clover on the macOS disk
  • Move kexts to /Library/Extensions
  • Create a USB Flash Drive just with Clover for emergencies
• Postinstallation Steps
  • Enable HiDPI resolutions
  • Install ALCPlugFix 🍦
  • Create a valid SMBIOS
• Patching Information
  • CPU
  • Audio
  • Bluetooth
  • Ethernet
  • Graphics
  • Keyboard
  • Touchpad
  • USB
  • Wi-Fi
• Changelog
• Benchmarking
  • Benchmarking Windows 10
  • Benchmarking macOS 10.14.2
• Buy me a coffee or a beer
• Credits

Known Issues / Work in Progress

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• After Sleep distorted or know audio from Headphones Port work in progress using ALCPlugFix
• No audio output from HDMI port I am not using it so ignore for now
• Shutdown is not working as expected. The on/off button's led stays up and the keyboard light is on when touching it. In order to switch off you have to hold the shutdown key for 4 seconds.
• Multitouch Gestures work in progress through VoodooI2c
• Internal Wifi is not working see Wi-Fi section for alternatives
• improve bettery life using a CPUFriendDataProvider.kext and CPUTune.kext
• When sleeping by closing LID on wake loosing USB
• Bluetooth works if using a VM to inject the FW

If you face another problem please open a issue.

Hardware Specifications

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• Skylake-U 2016
• Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3''
• Bios vers A06
• CPU Intel Core i5-6200U / 2.7GHz max / Dual core, 4 threads / 3MB L3 cache
• GPU: HD Graphics 520
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce 940MX GPU / 1G GDDR5 RAM, frequency 5GHz
• Memory: 8192 MB DDR4 2133 MHz, single-channel, firmly fitted
• Display: 13.3 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 166 PPI, Samsung LTN133HL09-M01, IPS, glossy: yes
• Samsung PM951 NVMe MZVLV256, 256 GB (on first SLOT which is PCie/NVMe)
• Samsung 850 Evo Series, 500GB M.2 SSD (MZ-N5E500BW) (on second SLOT which is SATA) (for macOS)
• WIFI: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 2x2 Network / 2.4GHz and 5GHz dual-band WiFi / 802.11ac / 802.11b/g/n / 867Mbps max
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1 wireless technology
• Connectivity: USB Type-C charging port, 2× USB 3.0, 1× HDMI, 3,5 mm audio jack

Installation Guide

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These are the steps in order to install or upgrade your XiaoMi-Air. There is a very detailed document on the steps followed and the customizations which can be found in DETAILS.md.

There is a another document on how I setup my environment including all the tools and utilities I have used ENVIRONMENT.air.md.

You will need a working macOS installation (no matter the version) to create a USB Flash Drive with macOS.

Start by downloading the latest version the customization files from the releases page. It includes:

• AIR_EFI/: efi directory including all kexts and customization needed
• addons/LiluFriendLite.kext: LiluFriendLite.kext used in the installation
• addons/HFSPlus.efi: HFSPlus.efi used in the installation
• addons/VirtualSmc.efi: VirtualSmc.efi used in the installation

Installation SSD

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I installed a Samsung 850 Evo Series, 500GB M.2 SSD (MZ-N5E500BW) specifically for macOS on the second M.2 port. Use F12 to boot from a specific device.

Disable Secure Boot

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Hold F2 to get into the BIOS. In order to disable the secure boot you need to set a supervisor BIOS password. Use root as a password. Without exiting disable the secure boot. Then change the supervisor password and do not enter a new one. This will disable it. Exit BIOS saving the options.

You do not have to change anything else from the defaults

Preparing USB Flash Drive

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Get a at least 16GB USB Flash Drive and:

Disk Utility > Select USB Device > Erase:

• GUID Partition Table
• Name: USB
• Format: MacOS Extended (Journaled)

Install mojave installer to the USB Flash Drive

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Download mojave from Apple AppStore and run the following command to install it on the USB disk you just Erased.

$ sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB

Install Clover to the USB Flash Drive

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Go with the stock clover and run Clover_v2.5k_r5018 installer:

Continue > Continue > Change Install Location > Install macOS Mojave > Customize

Clover for UEFI booting only, Install Clover in the ESP, Drivers off

UEFI Drivers / Recommended drivers :

• AudioDxe.efi
• DataHubDxe.efi
• FSInject.efi

UEFI Drivers / FileVault 2 UEFI Drivers :

• AppleKeyFeeder.efi

Customize Clover on the USB Flash Drive

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Download the latest release from github and unzip the archive. You will find an AIR_EFI directory and a addons directory. Mount the USB Flash Drive's EFI partition on /Volumes/EFI:

1. make sure that in EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI you have only the following files: AppleKeyFeeder.efi, AudioDxe.efi, DataHubDxe.efi, FSInject.efi. Erase the rest (Clover installer sometimes installs other dependencies)

2. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other from the downloaded file to USB's EFI to EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other

3. copy addons/HFSPlus.efi, addons/VirtualSmc.efi, addons/ApfsDriverLoader.efi, addons/AppleUiSupport.efi, addons/AptioInputFix.efi, addons/AptioMemoryFix.efi from the downloaded file to USB's EFI to EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI/

4. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED/* from the downloaded file to USB's EFI to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED/*

5. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/config.plist from the downloaded file to USB's EFI to EFI/CLOVER/config.plist

Install Mojave

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To boot from the USB Flash Drive you can just hit F12 and you will get the UEFI boot loader

Boot from the USB and install Mojave on the hard disk.

If your Xiaomi-Air already runs High Sierra 10.13.6 you can upgrade directly to Mojave using the installer from the AppleStore (no need of a USB Flash Drive).

Important: During installation you will ask to reboot the machine. While on clover make sure to boot from Boot macOS install from *** disk disk. If you do not see this disk hit F3 to show all the hidden disks. You may need to reboot multiple times.

Install Clover on the macOS disk

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Once the installation is over you will need to install Clover bootloader on the hard disk that you have installed macOS in order to be able to boot without the USB Flash Drive.

Run again the Clover_v2.5k_r5018 installer:

Continue > Continue > Change Install Location > macOS location > Customize

Clover for UEFI booting only, Install Clover in the ESP, Drivers off

UEFI Drivers / Recommended drivers :

• AudioDxe.efi
• DataHubDxe.efi
• FSInject.efi

UEFI Drivers / FileVault 2 UEFI Drivers :

• AppleKeyFeeder.efi

Install Clover Preference Pane

Customize Clover on the macOS disk

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Download the latest release from github and unzip the archive. You will find an AIR_EFI directory and a addons directory.

Mount the EFI partition of the macOS boot parition on /Volumes/EFI:

1. make sure that in EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI you have only the following files: AppleKeyFeeder.efi, AudioDxe.efi, DataHubDxe.efi, FSInject.efi. Erase the rest (Clover installer sometimes installs other dependencies)

2. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other from the downloaded file to macOS location EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other

3. copy addons/HFSPlus.efi, addons/VirtualSmc.efi, addons/ApfsDriverLoader.efi, addons/AppleUiSupport.efi, addons/AptioInputFix.efi, addons/AptioMemoryFix.efi from the downloaded file to macOS location EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI/

4. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED/* from the downloaded file to macOS location EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED/*

5. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/config.plist from the downloaded file to macOS location EFI/CLOVER/config.plist

Move kexts to /Library/Extensions

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The right way to load kexts is not by injecting them through clover but installing them in /Library/Extensions and building them into the kernel cache.

Download the latest release from github and unzip the archive. You will find an AIR_EFI directory and a addons directory.

Mount the EFI partition of the macOS boot parition on /Volumes/EFI:

1. move EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/* from macOS boot parition to /Library/Extensions/*
2. run from the console $ sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/*
3. run from the console $ sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/*
4. run from the console $ sudo kextcache -i / to rebuild the caches
5. move addons/LiluFriendLite.kext from the downloaded file to /Library/Extensions/LiluFriendLite.kext
6. run from the console $ sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/*
7. run from the console $ sudo chmod -r 755 /Library/Extensions/*
8. run from the console $ sudo kextcache -i / to rebuild the caches

remember that kextcache needs to be run twice

Create a USB Flash Drive just with Clover for emergencies

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Get a small (2GB will work just fine) USB Flash Drive and:

Disk Utility > Select USB Device > Erase:

• GUID Partition Table
• Name: CLOVER
• Format: MS-DOS-FAT

Run the Clover_v2.5k_r5018 installer:

Continue > Continue > Change Install Location > USB Flash Drive > Customize

Clover for UEFI booting only, Install Clover in the ESP, Drivers off

UEFI Drivers / Recommended drivers :

• AudioDxe.efi
• DataHubDxe.efi
• FSInject.efi

UEFI Drivers / FileVault 2 UEFI Drivers :

• AppleKeyFeeder.efi

Download the latest release from github and unzip the archive. You will find an AIR_EFI directory and a addons directory. Mount the USB Flash Drive's EFI partition on /Volumes/EFI:

1. make sure that in EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI you have only the following files: AppleKeyFeeder.efi, AudioDxe.efi, DataHubDxe.efi, FSInject.efi. Erase the rest (Clover installer sometimes installs other dependencies)

2. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other from the downloaded file to USB's EFI to EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other

3. copy addons/HFSPlus.efi, addons/VirtualSmc.efi, addons/ApfsDriverLoader.efi, addons/AppleUiSupport.efi, addons/AptioInputFix.efi, addons/AptioMemoryFix.efi from the downloaded file to USB's EFI to EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI/

4. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED/* from the downloaded file to USB's EFI to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED/*

5. copy AIR_EFI/CLOVER/config.plist from the downloaded file to USB's EFI to EFI/CLOVER/config.plist

6. edit config.plist change the SystemParameters:

<dict>
  <key>InjectKexts</key>
  <string>Detect</string>
  <key>InjectSystemID</key>
  <true/>
</dict>

Postinstallation Steps

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Enable HiDPI resolutions

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I am using the computer using the 1600x900 resolution that fits my eyes best.

You can enable HiDPI resolutions using the amazing script one-key-hidpi. However since native max resolution of the LCD is 1920x1080 it does not make any sense. HiDPI will look huge on screen and the 1920x1080 HiDPI will not seem any different and will make the computer slower. 1920x1080 HiDPI will create a 3840x2160 virtual screen that will map it to a 1920x1080 display, so it does not help much.

If you still want to use HiDPI get the avibrazil/RDM tool if you cannot see all the available resolutions.

Install ALCPlugFix 🍦

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• Install ALCPlugFix is work in progress to solve the wake up with headphones problem

Create a valid SMBIOS

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• create a valid SMBIOS. This is really important and do not forget it. In order to setup your hackintosh machine to use Apple Services, iMessage & FaceTime follow the guide An iDiot's Guide To iMessage

Patching Information

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Patching has been done using clover and hotpatching ACPI. All the required files exist in the AIR_EFI directory:

• CLOVER/config.plist clover configuration file
• CLOVER/ACPI/origin BIOS A06 ACPI aml files (from CLOVER with F4)
• CLOVER/ACPI/patched ACPI hotpaches
• CLOVER/kexts/Other kexts required

The SMBIOS used is MacBookPro13,1

CPU

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• The model is i5-6200U, and XCPM power management is native supported.
• HWP is supported as well through a custom CPUFriendDataProvider.kext work in progress

kext patches in /CLOVER/kexts/Other applied:

• Lilu.kext Arbitrary kext and process patching on macOS
• HibernationFixup.kext Lilu plugin intended to fix hibernation compatibility issues
• NullEthernet.kext Null Ethernet Network Driver by RehabMan
• CPUFriend.kext Dynamic macOS CPU power management data injection
• CPUFriendDataProvider.kext custom CPU power management provider for i5-6200U
• ACPIBatteryManager.kext Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) based battery manager kernel extension updated 20190801 VirtualSMC+SMCBatteryManager is recommended
• VirtualSMC.kext SMC emulator layer
• SMCBatteryManager.kext SMC emulator layer use this instead of ACPIBatteryManager.kext
• SATA-unsupported.kext SATA unsupported

ACPI patches in /CLOVER/ACPI/patched applied:

• SSDT-DMAC.aml Add missing DMAC Device to enhace performance like a real Mac
• SSDT-HPET.aml Disable HPET device by passing value 0 to HPTE to to behave more like a real Mac
• SSDT-MEM2.aml Add missing MEM2 Device to enhace performance like a real Mac
• SSDT-PMCR.aml Add missing PMCR Device to enhace performance like a real Mac
• SSDT-GPRW.aml For solving instant wake by hooking GPRW
• SSDT-PNLF.aml Adding PNLF device for BackLight related updated 20190801 Remove SSDT-PNLF and replace with AddPNLF argument as suggested in WhateverGreen FAQ
• SSDT-RMCF.aml Configuration data for other SSDTs(SSDT-GPRW and SSDT-PTSWAK)
• SSDT-LPC.aml To fix unsupported 8-series LPC devices (0x9d48).
• SSDT-PTSWAK.aml fixing sleep _PTS and _WAK
• SSDT-SMBUS.aml add BUS0 device
• SSDT-PXSX.aml Cosmetic Strings for Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3
• SSDT-XOSI.aml Override for host defined _OSI to handle "Darwin"

Audio

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• Sound card is Realtek ALC255 which is drived by AppleALC on layout-id 30 or 99. I have noticed that on layout-id 30 internal microphone and heaphones microphone is too low so I switched back to layout-id 99.

kext patches in /CLOVER/kexts/Other applied:

• AppleALC.kext Native macOS HD audio for not officially supported codecs
• CodecCommander.kext For waking up EAPD amp after sleep on OS X hackintosh

config.plist patch applied:

• Patch Devices > PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x3)

Bluetooth

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The card in the laptop is Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260

• Bluetooth works if using a VM to inject the FW

Ethernet

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• Xiaomi-Air does not have an Ethernet. A USB one can be used and supported natively such as the TP-LINK UE300

Graphics

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• Discrete card is Nvidia GeForce 940MX, disabled by SSDT-DDGPU.aml disabled by disable-external-gpu whatever green configuration because macOS doesn't support Optimus technology.
• Supported card is Intel HD Graphics 520 supported with edits in config.plist

kext patches in /CLOVER/kexts/Other applied:

• WhateverGreen.kext Various patches necessary for certain ATI/AMD/Intel/Nvidia GPUs

ACPI patches in /CLOVER/ACPI/patched applied:

• SSDT-BCKS.aml Native brightness hotkey support

config.plist patch applied:

• Patch Devices > PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)

Keyboard

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kext patches in /CLOVER/kexts/Other applied:

• VoodooPS2Controller.kext RehabMan and now Acidanthera work on keyboard

Touchpad

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kext patches in /CLOVER/kexts/Other applied:

• VoodooPS2Controller.kext RehabMan and now Acidanthera work on keyboard

USB

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• USB Port Patching uses HackingTool, related file is located in /CLOVER/kexts/Other/USBPorts.kext. This patch includes power injection as well (remove SSDT-USBX.aml)

kext patches in /CLOVER/kexts/Other applied:

2090801 It seems that HS02 and SS02 is not used. I thought initially that the Type-C used different ports according to how you plug the cable. So they are redundant in the kext. However they do not make any harm so I left them in

• USBPorts.kext through HackingTool

Wi-Fi

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The card in the laptop is Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260

• Wifi is not working. Get a USB card such as TP-LINK TL-WN725N v3 and download drivers from the TP-LINK site or Archer T3U and download drivers from the TP-LINK site

Changelog

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You can view Changelog for detailed information.

Benchmarking

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Benchmarking Windows 10

• GeekBench x64 4.0.3 CPU 2550/5551
• CINEBENCH R15.038_RC184115 OpenGL 56.92fps (NVIDIA)
• CINEBENCH R15.038_RC184115 OpenGL 36.45fps (Intel)
• CINEBENCH R15.038_RC184115 CPU 295cb
• LuxMark-v3.1 OpenCL GPU 3710 (Intel + NVIDIA)
• LuxMark-v3.1 OpenCL GPU 1427 (Intel)
• LuxMark-v3.1 OpenCL GPU 2354 (NVIDIA)
• LuxMark-v3.1 OpenCL CPU 860
• Heaven FPS 20.3 Score 512 Min FPS 7.8 Max FPS 40.4 (NVIDIA)
• Heaven FPS 9.1 Score 230 Min FPS 5.5 Max FPS 20.1 (Intel)

Benchmarking macOS 10.14.2

• GeekBench x64 4.3.2 CPU 3470/6695
• GeekBench x64 4.3.2 GPU/OpenCl 16465
• GeekBench x64 4.3.2 GPU/Metal 16748
• CINEBENCH R15.038_RC184115 OpenGL 22.92fps
• CINEBENCH R15.038_RC184115 CPU 293cb
• LuxMark-v3.1 OpenCL GPU 1381
• LuxMark-v3.1 OpenCL CPU 776
• Heaven FPS 13.8 Score 349 Min FPS 6.2 Max FPS 25.3
• AJA System Test Lite (with trim) Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 500GB: 469MB/sec write, 489MB/sec read

Buy me a coffee or a beer

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If you feel so you can buy me a coffee or a beer!

Credits

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• Thanks to JahStories, Jolly, gengik84 that provided the original post that made this guide feasible.

• Thanks to stevezhengshiqi and daliansky for the amazing guide of Xiaomi-Pro that also made this guide feasible.

• Thanks to Piker-Alpha

• Thanks to vit9696/Acidanthera for providing AppleALC, CPUFriend, HibernationFixup, Lilu, USBPorts, VirtualSMC, WhateverGreen and now VoodooPS2

• Thanks to alexandred and hieplpvip for providing VoodooI2C.

• Thanks to apianti, blackosx, blusseau, dmazar, and slice2009 for providing Clover.

• Thanks to RehabMan for providing EAPD-Codec-Commander, OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config, OS-X-Null-Ethernet, OS-X-ACPI-Battery-Driver, OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller, and SATA-unsupported and all the amazing help in the forums.