0.7.0

v0.7.0

• Fixed NVRAM reset on firmware with write-protected BootOptionSupport
• Improved direct GOP renderer performance for certain cases
• Added support for display rotation in direct GOP renderer
• Fixed handling multinode device paths in LoadedImage and elsewhere
• Changed OpenCanopy image directory to support directory prefixes
• Changed OpenCanopy preferred image set to Acidanthera\GoldenGate
• Removed <BOOTPATH>.icns and <TOOLPATH>.icns support
• Added content flavour system allowing custom boot entry icons compatible across icon packs
• Added automatic flavour detection for macOS boot entries
• Added ProvideCurrentCpuInfo quirk to provide correct TSC/FSB for Hyper-V virtual machines
• Added Hyper-V device path expansion to allow setting default boot volume
• Added Apple variant of GopPassThrough to handle only AppleFramebufferInfo handles
• Fixed further kernel patches not being processed if a patch was skipped due to arch mismatch
• Added optional Toggle SIP system boot menu option
• Added CsrUtil.efi tool, similar to Apple csrutil
• Removed support for <TOOLPATH>.lbl/.l2x pre-drawn entry labels
• Fixed previous text not cleared before console mode tools and entries in OpenCanopy
• Fixed DEBUG build crashes with GopPassThrough and UgaPassThrough
• Added flavour for memory testing utilities
• Updated recommended memtest86 config in sample .plist files
• Defined bootloader flavours
• Applied own flavour to OC build
• Added CPU topology fixes to ProvideCurrentCpuInfo quirk
• Updated OC default SIP disabled value
• Documented SIP values which affect macOS updates
• Added csr-data Apple NVRAM var to docs
• Fixed file alignment causing codesign issues with CLANGPDB images
• Replaced AdviseWindows with AdviseFeatures to support APFS

0.6.9

v0.6.9

• Fixed out-of-sync cursor movement rectangle when loading e.g. CrScreenshotDxe
• Updated underlying EDK II package to edk2-stable202102
• Applied consistent enforcement of required minimum Apple OEM Apple Event protocol version
• Changed CustomDelays to less surprising boolean setting with failsafe of false
• Changed key repeat failsafes and sample values to Apple OEM values
• Changed PointerSpeedMul failsafe to Apple OEM value
• Updated docs to include configuration of key repeat settings with and without KeySupport
• Prevented 'set default' UI when action not permitted by security config
• Added ForgeUefiSupport quirk to workaround legacy EFI 1.x firmwares compatibility
• Added ReloadOptionRoms quirk to force-load Option ROMs on PCI devices
• Added OC_ATTR_USE_MINIMAL_UI to allow running pickers with no Shutdown and Restart buttons
• Added display of OpenCore version number to OpenCanopy as well as builtin picker, depending on existing ExposeSensitiveData bit
• Added support for case-insensitive argument handling in the UEFI tools
• Added vector acceleration of SHA-512 and SHA-384 hashing algorithms, thx @MikhailKrichanov
• Fixed wraparound when using arrow keys in OpenCanopy
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Added bundled Linux versions for userspace utilities
• Fixed fallback SMBIOS Manufacturer value to NO DIMM for empty slots
• Fixed assertions when running OpenCanopy with low resolution, will fallbacks to builtin now

0.6.8

v0.6.8

• Switched to VS2019 toolchain for Windows builds
• Reduced legacy boot install interaction effort
• Increased OpenCanopy rendering performance
• Added OpenCanopy Shut Down and Restart buttons
• Reduced OpenCanopy mouse pointer input lag
• Fixed that cursor bounds could be different from OpenCanopy's
• Improved builtin picker rendering performance
• Added Memory Type decoding for SMBIOS in Automatic mode
• Properly support setting custom entries as default boot options
• Fixed creating log file when root file system is not writable
• Fixed DisableSingleUser not being enabled in certain cases
• Added ForceBooterSignature quirk for Mac EFI firmware
• Fixed OpenCanopy sometimes cutting off shown boot entries
• Further improved CPU frequency calculation on legacy CPUs
• Fixed SMBIOS SMC version encoding sequence
• Added TSC frequency reading from Apple Platform Info
• Added TSC frequency reading for Apple devices with nForce chipsets
• Added Base and BaseSkip lookup for ACPI patches
• Fixed ACPI table magic corruption during patching
• Fixed unnatural OpenCanopy and FileVault 2 cursor movement
• Fixed OpenCanopy interrupt handling causing missed events and lag
• Improved OpenCanopy double-click detection
• Reduced OpenCanopy touch input lag and improved usability
• Improved keypress responsiveness in OpenCanopy and builtin pickers
• Improved non-repeating key detection in OpenCanopy and builtin pickers
• Fixed Escape preventing OpenCanopy fade up until released, on some systems
• Fixed fast repeat then stall issue with key handling on some PS/2 systems
• Added accurate Shift+Enter/Shift+Index detection when using PollAppleHotKeys
• Added 'set default' indicator to builtin picker
• Replaced VerifyMsrE2 with ControlMsrE2 also allowing unlock on some firmwares
• Fixed OpenCanopy flicker when refreshing the entry view
• Added OpenCanopy TAB navigation support
• Added OpenCanopy graphical password interface
• Added OpenCanopy pulsing animation to signal timeout
• Added OpenCanopy 'set default' indicator
• Fixed OpenCanopy not aborting timeout on pointer click
• Fixed OpenCanopy intro animation not scaling with UIScale
• Add OpenCanopy boot entry label scrolling (fixes missing long labels)
• Added tabbable Shutdown and Restart buttons to builtin picker
• Fixed in-firmware shutdown for some systems running OpenDuet
• Added Zero as alias hotkey for Escape, to force show picker if hidden
• Added =/+ key as alias for CTRL to set default OS
• Added additional support for configuring correct key repeat behaviour with KeySupport mode
• Fixed CPU multiplier detection on pre-Nehalem Intel CPUs
• Fixed incorrect handling of multiple processors and processor cache in SMBIOS
• Matched default Apple boot picker cursor start position
• Updated OpenShell devices command to support misaligned device names returned by some Apple firmware
• Added (dmg) suffix to DMG boot options in OpenCanopy
• Added identifiers for Rocket Lake and Tiger Lake CPUs
• Added PickerAudioAssist 'disk image' indication
• Fixed PickerAudioAssist indications played twice in rare cases
• Improved OpenCanopy pointer acceleration
• Added more precise control on AppleEvent protocol properties and features
• Added dynamic keyboard protocol installation on CrScreenshotDxe
• Support starting UEFI tools with argument support (e.g. ControlMsrE2) without arguments from picker
• Fixed OpenCanopy font height calculation, may reject previously working fonts and mitigate memory corruption
• Fixed incorrect identification of Xeon E5XXX/E5-XXXX and Xeon WXXXX/W-XXXX CPUs
• Added RSDP, RSDT, and XSDT handling to NormalizeHeaders ACPI quirk

0.6.7

v0.6.7

• Fixed ocvalidate return code to be non-zero when issues are found
• Added OEM values to PlatformInfo in Automatic mode
• Improved CPU frequency calculation on Haswell and earlier
• Fixed issues when applying certain patches
• Added SSN (and HW_SSN) variable support
• Added onscreen early logging in DEBUG builds for legacy firmware
• Added workaround for firmware not specifying DeviceHandle at bootstrap
• Added support for R/O page tables in SetupVirtualMap quirk
• Added OEM preservation for certain Apple SMBIOS tables
• Fixed switching to graphics mode when entering OpenCanopy
• Fixed installing Apple FB Info protocol when no GOP exists
• Fixed abort timeout sound in OpenCanopy on key press
• Added GopPassThrough option to support GOP protocol over UGA
• Fixed CPU speed rounding for certain Xeon and Core 2 CPUs
• Removed KeyMergeThreshold as it never functioned anyway
• Added acdtinfo utility to lookup certain products
• Fixed FSBFrequency calculation with fractional multiplier
• Fixed showing core count for some AMD CPUs
• Added ResetTrafficClass to reset TCSEL to T0 on legacy HDA
• Fixed default boot entry selection without timeout for builtin picker
• Added ocpasswordgen utility to generate OpenCore password data
• Added ActivateHpetSupport quirk to activate HPET support
• Fixed opencore-version reporting the incorrect version in rare cases

0.6.6

v0.6.6

• Added keyboard and pointer entry scroll support in OpenCanopy
• Added background image support in OpenCanopy
• Fixed selector boot option choice in OpenCanopy
• Relaxed selector dimensions for OpenCanopy
• Added MaxBIOSVersion option to Generic
• Fixed MLB verification feature in macrecovery
• Replaced VBoxHfs driver with OpenHfsPlus
• Added audio codec dumping to SysReport
• Fixed compatibility with page protection for all binaries
• Fixed crashes in OpenUsbKbDxe when handling unsupported devices
• Removed HdaCodecDump application in favor of SysReport
• Added SetApfsTrimTimeout to tune APFS trim command
• Changed OpenCore.efi to application to improve FW compatibility
• Added DisableSecurityPolicy UEFI quirk to workaround driver loading
• Added support for ranged widget connections in AudioDxe
• Fixed supplying non-RT SetVirtualAddressMap for non-macOS systems
• Fixed using SystemUuid from DataHub in non-Automatic mode for SMBIOS
• Dropped failsafe defaults from Generic to match non-Automatic mode
• Replaced BootProtect with LauncherOption and LauncherPath
• Added OpenPartitionDxe with Apple Partition Management scheme
• Improved ocvalidate checks in Misc, NVRAM, and UEFI sections
• Fixed multiple flaws in EFI image loading, APFS driver in particular
• Fixed NVRAM system-id being accidentally stored in Little Endian format
• Added UseRawUuidEncoding to choose SMBIOS UUID encoding style
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest

Note: HdaCodecDump.efi was merged into SysReport in this release.

0.6.5

v0.6.5

• Fixed installing OpenDuet on protected volumes
• Updated underlying EDK II package to edk2-stable202011
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Fixed macrecovery server protocol compatibility
• Added basic audio assistant support in OpenCanopy
• Added compiled ACPI samples to the package
• Fixed timer resolution restoration at boot time
• Fixed memory capacity when using custom SMBIOS memory config
• Removed no longer required DeduplicateBootOrder quirk
• Fixed macserial crashes when processing invalid serials
• Fixed macserial issues when processing 2021 year serials
• Added advanced error checking in ocvalidate utility
• Added SetupDelay to configure audio setup delay
• Reworked LogoutHook.command to support older macOS
• Implemented MP3 audio decoding for audio assistant support
• Added support for PickerVariant for more theme variants
• Added OC_ATTR_HIDE_THEMED_ICONS PickerAttribute for Time Machine
• Fixed OpenUsbKb compatibility with certain keyboards

0.6.4

v0.6.4

• Added BlacklistAppleUpdate to fix macOS 11 broken update optout
• Dropped HII services from OpenDuet improving size and performance
• Fixed patching of injected kexts in mkext
• Added support for launching from relative paths
• Added direct path passing for tools via RealPath
• Allowed launching tools and entries in text mode via TextMode
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Fixed ACPI patches not applying if tables are in locked memory
• Fixed EnableSafeModeSlide on macOS 11
• Added AllowRelocationBlock quirk for older macOS and safe mode
• Fixed CPU frequency calculation on AMD 19h family
• Updated recovery_urls
• Fixed DisableSingleUser quirk when Apple Secure Boot is enabled
• Added BootstrapShort to workaround buggy Insyde firmwares
• Changed Bootstrap(Short) to choose dynamic entry (requires NVRAM reset)
• Avoided Boot prefix in RequestBootVarRouting to workaround AMI issues
• Added bootloader patch support in Booter Patch section
• Fixed startup hang on firmwares allowong reentrance for timer functions
• Made pointer control optional for OpenCanopy via PickerAttributes
• Added support for StartupMute variable in PlayChime
• Added support for per-volume icons for APFS on Preboot
• Removed HII dependency from OpenUsbKbDxe driver
• Fixed undefined behavior in OpenDuet causing random crashes and hangs

WARN: Upgrading to 0.6.4 may require additional steps when BootProtect is set to Bootstrap. For more details please refer to this instruction.

0.6.3

v0.6.3

• Added support for xml comments in plist files
• Updated underlying EDK II package to edk2-stable202008
• Provide fallbacks for NULL memory SMBIOS strings
• Fixed BOOTx64.efi and BOOTIA32.efi convention
• Fixed SMBIOS handling with multiple memory arrays
• Fixed memory array handle assignment on empty slots
• Fixed CPUID patching on certain versions of macOS 10.4.10 and 10.4.11
• Fixed incorrect core/thread counts on Pentium M processors
• Added SSDT-UNC.dsl ACPI sample to resolve X99 issues, thx @RemB
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Increased slide allocation reserve to 200 MB for Big Sur beta 10
• Fixed assert when trying to enable direct renderer on blit-only GOP
• Added support for custom memory properties
• Fixed intermittent 32-bit prelinking failures caused by improper Mach-O expansion
• Fixed failures in cacheless injection dependency resolution
• Fixed detection issues with older Atom CPUs
• Fixed ScanPolicy NVMe handling on MacPro5,1
• Fixed I/O issues on platforms incapable of reading over 1MB at once
• Fixed plist-only kext injection in Big Sur
• Add ForceResolution option for enabling non-default resolutions
• Fixed Ps2MouseDxe not properly loading under OpenDuetPkg
• Added workaround for read-only errors on some X299 boards
• Added support for x86legacy Secure Boot model
• Added missing Secure Boot NVRAM variables required by 11.0
• Added setting of system-id NVRAM variable
• Added ForceSecureBootScheme quirk for virtual machines
• Fixed kernel and ACPI patches failing to replace last bytes of memory

0.6.2

v0.6.2

• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Added ProcessorType option to Generic allowing custom CPU names
• Fixed UnblockFsConnect option not working with APFS JumpStart
• Added IA32 binary variant to the release bundles
• Fixed improper handling of cacheless kexts without an Info.plist
• Fixed improper calculation of kext startup address for blocking
• Added mkext 32-bit kext injection (10.4-10.6)
• Added cacheless 32-bit kext injection (10.4-10.7)
• Added 32-bit kernel/kext patching/blocking support
• Fixed issues loading 10.7 EfiBoot
• Added Type to ReservedMemory to fulfil hibernation hack needs
• Added workaround to displaying Preboot instead of Macintosh HD
• Added prelinkedkernel 32-bit kext injection (10.6-10.7)
• Added SystemMemoryStatus to override memory replacement on some models
• Added older Pentium CPU recognition in SMBIOS
• Added ExtendBTFeatureFlags to properly set FeatureFlags for Bluetooth (which substitutes BT4LEContinuityFixup)
• Added MinKernel/MaxKernel to CPUID emulation and DummyPowerManagement
• Fixed -legacy not being added in KernelArch Auto mode
• Fixed i386-user32 not forcing i386 on macOS 10.7 on X64 firmwares
• Fixed i386-user32 being incorrectly enabled in macOS 10.4, 10.5, and 10.7
• Disabled prelinked boot for macOS 10.4 and 10.5 in KernelCache Auto mode
• Fixed macserial compatibility with iMac20,x serials and other models from 2020
• Added LegacyCommpage quirk to improve pre-SSSE3 userspace compatibility
• Fixed legacy SATA HDDs displaying as external drives in the picker

0.6.1

v0.6.1

• Improved recognition of early pressed hotkeys, thx @varahash
• Made DMG loading support configurable via DmgLoading
• Added iMac20,1 and iMac20,2 model codes
• Fixed display name for older Xeon CPUs like Xeon E5450
• Added Comet Lake-LP HDA device code
• Fixed OS boot selection on SATA controllers with legacy OPROMs
• Fixed RSDP ACPI table checksum recalculation
• Added immutablekernel loading support for 10.13+
• Fixed solving some symbols to zero in 11.0 kext inject
• Reduced OpenCanopy size by restricting boot management access
• Added BuiltinText variant for TextRenderer for older laptops
• Fixed SyncRuntimePermissions creating invalid MAT table
• Added EFI FAT image loading support (macOS 10.8 and earlier)
• Added 64-bit cacheless kext injection and patching support (macOS 10.9 and earlier)
• Added 64-bit mkext kext injection and patching support (macOS 10.6 and earlier)
• Fixed XNU hook matching non-kernel files
• Updated builtin firmware versions for SMBIOS and the rest
• Fixed patching of ACPI tables in low memory
• Fixed macOS 11.0 DMG recovery loading without hotplug
• Fixed XhciPortLimit quirk on 10.12.6 and possibly other versions
• Fixed IncreasePciBarSize quirk on 10.11.5 and possibly other versions
• Fixed LapicKernelPanic quirk on 10.8.5 and possibly other versions
• Fixed hard-lock caused by EHCI SMI in OpenDuetPkg
• Added preview UEFI Secure Boot compatibility
• Added FuzzyMatch option to support fuzzy kernelcache matching on 10.6 and earlier
• Added KernelArch option to specify architecture preference on older kernels
• Added KernelCache option to specify kernel caching preference for older kernels
• Added Force section to provide support for injecting drivers in older macOS
• Changed kernel driver injection to happen prior to kernel driver patching
• Added Arch filtering option to Add, Block, Force, and Patch sections
• Added DisableLinkeditJettison quirk to workaround 11.0b5 kernel panics
• Added debugging of missing fields in the configuration