macOS on the Dell Precision M4700

Extensive documentation for the process of Hackintoshing the Dell Precision M4700 laptop. WORK IN PROGRESS! FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!

Table of Contents

• Screenshots
• Specifications
• macOS Compatibility
• What's working
• What's not working
• Documentation
• Credits

Screenshots

Coming soon.

Specifications

Type	Specification
Model Name	Dell Precision M4700
CPU	Intel® Core™ i7-3840QM
Internal Graphics Card	Intel® HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge)
External Graphics Card	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M (Kepler)
RAM	8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Wi-Fi	Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 (Replaced with Apple Broadcom BCM9460CD)
Ethernet	Intel® 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet
Audio	IDT 92HD93BXX

macOS Update History

• ✅ macOS Catalina 10.15.7
• ✅ macOS Big Sur 11.6.7
• ✅ macOS Monterey 12.6.1 (Requires OpenCore Legacy Patcher Root Patching)
• ✅ macOS Ventura 13.1 (Requires OpenCore Legacy Patcher Root Patching)
• ✅ macOS Sonoma 14.0 Beta (Requires OpenCore Legacy Patcher Root Patching,two new kext and some editing Kernel/Block and Kernel/Patch)

Type	Status
Intel® CPU Power Management	✅
Intel® Ivy Bridge iGPU	✅
NVIDIA Kepler dGPU	✅
IDT Audio	✅
Intel® Ethernet	✅
Intel® Wi-Fi	✅
USB Ports	✅
Battery / AC	✅
Sleep	✅

What's not working

Type	Info	Status
AirDrop / Apple Continuity	Intel Wi-Fi cards do not support AirDrop, this can be fixed by replacing the Intel Wi-Fi card with an official Apple AirPort card like a BCM9460CD with an adapter to Mini PCIe.	✅

Documentation

• Power Management
• SD Card
• Replacing the Wi-Fi Card

Credits

• Dortania for their awesome guides.
• Apple for macOS.
• Acidanthera for OpenCore and most of the Kexts used.
• ExtremeXT for guidance and help.
• yusufklncc for README template.
• And anyone else that helped to develop and improve Hackintoshing.