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macOS Mojave 10.14.4 on Kaby-Lake XPS9360

Hardware Information

• Dell XPS 9360

  • Intel Kabylake i7-7500U with Intel HD620 Integrated Graphics
  • 8GB RAM
  • Sharp SHP144 LQ133Z1 QHD+ (3200x1800) Touchscreen display
  • Samsung 960 Pro 512GB SSD
  • Dell DW1560 a.k.a BCM94532z Wireless Card
  • Sonix Technology Webcam, device ID [0c45:670c]
  • Disabled Device: SD Card reader
  • Thunderbolt 3
  • 2 USB 3.0 Ports

• Firmware Version

  • BIOS Version: 2.12.0. Not guaranteed if lower BIOS version would work but it is highly possible as long as the BIOS configurations are the same.

• Result

  • 11-stage CPU frequency adjustment
  • Touchscreen with multi-touch and perfect graphics
  • WiFi + Bluetooth with Airdrop, iMessage and Continuity supported
    • Wi-Fi device ID [14e4:43b1]
    • Bluetooth device ID [0a5c:216f], using BrcmPatchRAM2.kext
  • Touchpad (super precise, very close to original experience except force touch. Two-finger, three-finger, and four-finger gestures in-built and supported)
  • USB 3.0 + Thunderbolt 3
  • External Monitor - Tested with Dell S2417H 24'' 1080p
  • Perfect sleep after banning hibernation
  • Support lid-close sleep, ->sleep
  • Support touchpad-click awake and lid-open awake
  • Sound and microphone jack
  • Perfect keyboard with in-built function keys like sound adjustment, media keys, brightness adjustment and keyboard backlight adjustment
  • APFS file system

UEFI Adjustments

Launch grub from clover and enter the following commands:

setup_var 0x4de
setup_var 0x4de 0x00
setup_var 0x785
setup_var 0x785 0x06
setup_var 0x786
setup_var 0x786 0x03

Variable	Offset	Default value	Desired value	Comment
CFG Lock	0x4de	0x01 (Enabled)	0x00 (Disabled)	Disable CFG Lock to prevent MSR 0x02 errors on boot
DVMT Pre-allocation	0x785	0x01 (32M)	0x06 (192M)	Increase DVMT pre-allocated size to 192M for QHD+ displays
DVMT Total Gfx Memory	0x786	0x01 (128M)	0x03 (MAX)	Increase total gfx memory limit to maximum

BIOS Configurations

• Boot Sequence: Delete All (very important)

• Sata: AHCI

• Enable SMART Reporting

• Disable thunderbolt boot and pre-boot support

• USB security level: disabled

• Enable USB powershare

• Enable Unobstrusive mode

• Diable SD card reader (saves 0.5W of power)

• TPM off

• Deactivate COmputrace

• Enable CPU XD

• Disable Secure Boot

• Disable Intel SGX

• Disable Wake on USB-C Dell Dock

• Battery Charge profile: Standard

• Numlock Enable

• FN-lock mode: Disable/Standard

• Fastboot: minimal

• BIOS POST Time: 0s

• Enable VT

• Disable VT-D (!important, otherwise BT and sleep not work)

• Wireless switch OFF for Wifi and BT

• Enable Wireless WIFI and BT

• Allow BIOS Downgrade

• Allow BIOS recovery from HD, disable Auto-recovery

• Auto-OS recovery threshold: OFF

• SupportAssist OS Recovery: OFF

Post installation

Mount the EFI folder of the system, copy and paste the CLOVER folder of the boot USB drive to the system EFI.

Copy the files in the Extensions folder of this repo to /L/E and rebuild system kext cache with the following commands:

sudo cp -R *.kext /Library/Extensions
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions && sudo kextcache -u /

This should make your bluetooth work.

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0
sudo pmset -a standby 0
sudo rm /private/var/vm/sleepimage
sudo touch /private/var/vm/sleepimage
sudo chflags uchg /private/var/vm/sleepimage 

This should make your sleep perfect.

Intel Power Gadget Snapshots

CPU states in high-performance and idle.

Credits

• the-darkvoid/XPS9360-macOS
• All credits mentioned in the repo above