MacOS on Lenovo Legion 5 Ryzen 5800H & Radeon RX 6600M 🇧🇷

Lenovo Legion 5 Opencore EFI and some info for running MacOS Sonoma. Probably compatible with R70002021A 6600M variant.

  

Considerations

Information available only for possible references. I do not recommend following all the information presented here.

Table of Contents

• Specifications
• What's Working
• What's not Working
• Bios Options
• Kexts Used
• SSDTs Used
• Credits
• Screenshots

Specifications

Item	Info
Model	Legion 5
Bios Version	G9CN36WW
CPU	AMD Ryzen™ 5 5800H Processor
DGPU	AMD Radeon RX 6600M 8GB
RAM	2x 16GB Kingston DDR4 2400/3200 MHz
NVMe	Kingston SNV2S1000G 1TB for macOS / Micron MTFDHBA512QFD 512gb for Windows 11
WIFI	Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
Bluetooth	With Intel wifi combo card
Ethernet	Realtek RTL8111
Audio	Realtek ALC287
LCD Panel	15.6 FHD IPS 120Hz
Opencore Version	1.0.0 (DEV)
SMBIOS used	MacBookPro16,3 (Need to enter your information generated by GenSMBIOS)
Target MacOS Version	macOS Sonoma 14.4 To update to MacOS Sonoma 14.4, you need to temporarily set config.plist > Misc > Security > SecureBootModel to Disabled

What's Working

Item	Status	Notes
CPU	✅	AMD Vanilla Kernel Patches (Modify according to yours Core Count)
DGPU	✅	With some DeviceProperties
Brightness Control	✅	With Lunar app
HDMI A/V out	✅
USB	✅	All ports working with GUX-RyzenXHCIFix / USBMap
Keyboard	✅	Voodoops2controller Kext + Karabiner-Elements app for mapping
Audio	✅	AppleALC kext working with layout-id 21
P2 Mic	✅	Working with AppleALC 1.8.8
Trackpad	✅	VoodooI2C
Ethernet	✅	RealtekRTL8111 Kext
Intel WIFI	✅	AirportItlwm Sonoma 14.4 Alpha Kext
Bluetooth	✅	From Intel AX210 with IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext + BlueToolFixup Kext
Battery	✅	VoodooBatteryStatus Kext
AppleTV+ DRM	✅	Work with CFG_LINK_FIXED_MAP=1
iServices	✅	Message/Facetime tested and working
Shutdown/Reboot	✅
Sleep/Wake	✅	Finally working with Seey6 CpuTscSync and SSDT for USB *It's not foolproof. Using high GPU load and a second external 4K monitor via HDMI, I experienced panics with freezes after waking up.

What's not Working

Item	Status	Notes
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Bios Options

• Only Discrete GPU
• Device Guard Disabled
• Secure Boot Disabled

Kexts Used

Kext	Description
AirportItlwm.kext	Adds Intel WIFI support
AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement.kext	Power management and monitoring of AMD processors
AppleALC.kext	Native macOS HD audio for not officially supported codecs
AppleMCEReporterDisabler.kext	Disables AppleIntelMCEReporter which causes panics on AMD CPUs
CpuTscSync	It is a Lilu plugin, modify from CpuTscSync. It should solve some wake issues for AMD Mobile
IntelBTPatcher.kext	Intel Bluetooth Kernel Extensions for macOS
IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext	Intel Bluetooth Kernel Extensions for macOS
BlueToolFixup.kext	Patches Bluetooth stack to allow non-Apple Bluetooth
GUX-RyzenXHCIFix	A fork of GenericUSBXHCI aimed at analyzing and fixing the USB3
Lilu.kext	Platform for arbitrary kext, library, and program patching throughout the system
NVMeFix.kext	Improve compatibility with non-Apple SSDs
RealtekRTL8111.kext	Open source driver for the Realtek RTL8111/8168 family
RestrictEvents.kext	Blocking unwanted processes causing compatibility issues on different hardware and unlocking the support for certain features restricted to other hardware
SMCAMDProcessor.kext	Power management and monitoring of AMD processors
SMCBatteryManager.kext	Enables battery readings
USBMap	Python script for mapping USB ports in macOS and creating a custom injector kext
VirtualSMC.kext	Advanced Apple SMC emulator in the kernel
VoodooPS2Controller.kext	Fixes keyboard
VoodooI2C.kext & VoodooU2CHID.kext	Fixes trackpad

SSDTs Used

Done with SSDTTime in Windows 11

Table	Description
SSDT-EC	Adds a fake Embedded Controller device
SSDT-PLUG-ALT	Fixes CPU definitions
SSDT-SLEEP	Prevents instant wake up of USB controllers. (after sleep, wake by pressing the power button)
SSDT-USBX	Enables USB Power Management
SSDT-XOSI	Spoof macOS to Windows for some ACPI features