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Surface-Pro-7-Hackintosh

This project aims to provide continued support running macOS on the Surface Pro 7

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*** NOTICE ***

  • Touch works out of the box however if you would like multitouch support you will need to install @Xiashangning's IPTSDaemon. Please see the "Chapter 3" link below for instruction.

  • If you have issues with random reboots at the user creation screen after install of macOS Big Sur and newer it is because you have chosen an incorrect config.plist file. Please ensure that you are using the correct one for your system.

Supported Surface Specifications:

Model: Pro 7
CPU 10th Gen: (i3 unsupported), i5, i7
GPU Intel UHD (unsupported)/ Intel Iris Pro
RAM 4/8/16 GB
SSD 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TBs NVME
WiFi Intel Wifi
Bluetooth Intel Bluetooth
Batt XX,000 mAH
USB 1x USB-C

Supported Software:

  • macOS 10.15 Catalina (End of Life)
  • macOS 11 Big Sur (End of Life)
  • macOS 12 Monterey
  • macOS 13 Ventura
  • macOS 14 Sonoma
  • macOS 15 Sequoia (Beta)

Instruction Guides

What works

  • Surface Pro i5 & i7 Supported (i3 Unsupported Graphics)
  • macOS Installer
  • macOS Updates
  • Fan
  • USB
  • Trackpad
  • TouchScreen (Requires IPTSDaemon for multitouch, "Chapter 3")
  • Keyboard
  • Audio
  • Brightness Keys
  • Power Management
  • UEFI Secure Boot ON
  • Surface Keyboard Hot Plug
  • Intel Wifi
  • Intel Bluetooth
  • Battery Status
  • Dual Boot with Windows
  • Dual Boot with Linux
  • Dual Boot with ChromeOS
  • SD card
  • Volume Buttons
  • Power Button
  • Recovery
  • Surface Pen
  • USB-C video out
  • FileVault
  • Sleep/Hibernation (Hibernatemode 25 only)
  • Surface Dock

What will/should work eventually

  • Everything that can work, is :)

What doesn't work

  • Accelerometer (unsupported device)
  • Cameras (unsupported device)
  • Hardware based DRM (Apple Issue)

Credits

Special thanks to @Xiashangning for the excellent work done on his BigSurface kext. @badstorm & @Xiashangning for the initial work they did in getting initial support for macOS on the Surface Pro 7 from which my work builds upon.

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