The AMD Vanilla Kernel Patches have been updated for 10.14.6 (18G84) for 15h_16h and Zen (17h).
Shaneee’s AMD Build

- AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6GHz
- Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3
- 16GB Corsair Venegance LED @ 3200MHz
- ASUS Strix ROG RX 560 OC
- Samsung 960 EVO
- Carbide 100R
- CoolerMaster ML120
- Corsair RM750x
- Vanilla install with Mojave 10.15 using OpenCore and AMD Vanilla Kernel Patches.
- FakeSMC with relevant plugins for temperature monitoring.
- Latest AppleALC source compiled for native audio.
- Native USB with no fixes required.
Geekbench result:- https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/13933013
AMD Vanilla Kernel Patches
Kernel binary patches to enable native AMD CPU support on macOS.
Features
- Enables macOS to run on AMD CPUs on the fly.
- Enables iMessage, Siri, Facetime, etc.
- Enables HandOff, Continuity etc.
- Faster releases compared to open source kernel
Disadvantages
- No 32-bit app support (i.e No OPEMU)
Supported AMD CPU’s
Family | Codename | Example |
---|---|---|
15h | Bulldozer | FX Series |
16h | Jaguar | A Series |
17h | Zen | Ryzen, Threadripper, Athlon 2xxGE |
Supported macOS versions
For 15h_16h CPU's :
- High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65, 17G66, 17G6029, 17G6030, 17G7024)
- Mojave 10.14.4 (18E226,18E227), 10.14.5 (18F132)
For 17h CPU's :
- High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65, 17G66, 17G5019, 17G6029, 17G6030, 17G7024)
- Mojave 10.14.1, 10.14.3, 10.14.4 (18E226,18E227), 10.14.5 (18F132)
Instructions
Method I
NOTE : Includes only patches.
- Grab the
patches.plist
file according to your CPU family model , provided in respective15h_16h
or17h
CPU family folders. - Open the
patches.plist
file with a text editor and copy the patches manually to your existing cloverconfig.plist
which is located inEFI/EFI/CLOVER/
- Save and Done.
Method II
- Grab the generic
config.plist
file according to your CPU family model , provided in respective15h_16h
or17h
CPU family folders. - Open it with Text Editor and edit it according to your macOS system needs.
- Save it in
EFI/EFI/CLOVER/
and Done.
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