The best use case for an XPS 13 9370 Hackintosh today is a – a writer’s laptop running Ulysses or Scrivener, a development testbed, or a nostalgia piece.
to reach the one-time boot menu and select your macOS installation USB. Current Status & Known Issues macOS Versions Verified working up to Ventura 13.6 AppleALC.kext Thunderbolt
This is where Hackintoshes fail. With the right SSDT patches, sleep works 90% of the time. However, sometimes the laptop will drain 10% battery overnight (DarkWake issues). You will spend hours on the Dortania guide tweaking pmset values.
Precision Touchpad (via VoodooI2C) with multi-touch gestures, and the backlit keyboard.
: Use a Mac or a Windows tool like Rufus/BalenaEtcher to create a macOS installer.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following ready. Skipping any of these steps is the most common cause of installation failures.
The stock Killer Wi-Fi card soldered onto some older XPS models is notoriously problematic. However, most 9370 models use a Killer 1435 card based on a Qualcomm chipset, which is not supported by macOS. Since the Wi-Fi card on the 9370 is soldered to the motherboard, you cannot physically swap it. You must use a compatible USB Wi-Fi dongle or rely on OpenIntelWireless drivers if your specific sub-model features a compatible Intel chip.
Your XPS 9370 typically features the following hardware, which determines your configuration: : Intel Core i7-8550U or i5-8250U (Kaby Lake R).
: The Intel Core i7-8550U and UHD Graphics 620 work natively with full hardware acceleration using the MacBookPro14,1 SMBIOS .
