OpenCore based Hackintosh on Surface Pro 3

Full support for macOS version 10.15.X through 15.X. macOS Ventura and up supported and requires OpenCore Legacy Patcher to regain graphics support.

If you see anything that could be added or changed don't hesitate to let me know.

• macOS Ventura and up is now mostly supported. Graphics Acceleration is only supported using OpenCore legacy patcher. It is recommended that you download OCLP first and upgrade to Ventura from Monterey.

• Do not manually update kexts labeled as "custom"; instead wait for an update. Custom kexts have been modified to support the Surface Pro 3 and generic kexts WILL break support (e.g. TouchScreen, Surface Pen, & Keyboard support)

• Upon first installation you must go to Settings and disable "Force Touch" in the trackpad settings for the Surface Trackpad to function properly

• Due to quirks in the Surface Pro 3 firmware, dual booting with Windows is problematic.

• Secure boot: In order to boot with secure boot on a key must be registered otherwise secure boot must be turned off. Please see instructions in Chapter 9 to register the secure boot key and boot with secure boot turned on

• Touch works however you will need to tap the screen several times in a row until it registers (approx 10 times). Once registered it will work as expected until the next boot when you will have to do this again. Surface Pen works without this delay.

• macOS 10.15 Catalina (End of Life)
• macOS 11 Big Sur (End of Life)
• macOS 12 Monterey (End of Life)
• macOS 13 Ventura (Req OCLP)
• macOS 14 Sonoma (Req OCLP)
• macOS 15 Sequoia (Req OCLP 2.02+)
• macOS 16 (Expected to drop Intel support)

• macOS 10.15.X through 15.X (Ventura and newer req's special modifications)
• Graphics Acceleration
• Native Brightness Adjustments
• Native Audio Adjustments
• Fan
• USB
• Battery (Battery status & management works in all OS's)
• AC Power Detection
• TypeCover Trackpad: w/gestures (models 17xx and higher)
• TypeCover Keyboard (models 17xx and higher)
• TypeCover Hotplug (models 17xx and higher)
• Audio / Headphones / Microphone
• WiFi: USB nano cards supported with the Realtek chipset
• iServices: Requires custom SMBIOS settings in OpenCore config.plist file. See the OpenCore Dortania Post-Install guide.
• USB Installer (no wifi support)
• SDcard
• Secure Boot: ON (see Chapter 9)
• Dual Boot: (see Chapter 5)
• Windows Boot From OpenCore Supported
• TouchScreen (Works in macOS, Recovery, Installer)
• Surface Pen
• Recovery (re-installation requires compatible USB ethernet or phone tethering. I do not have a list of compatible cards and your mileage may vary here)
• FileVault
• Power Management
• mDP
• Dock MDP/HDMI
• Dock USB
• Dock Ethernet
• Deep Sleep (macOS style Hibernation; See Quirks & Fixes for required power setting changes)

• Power Button (Sleep/Wake)
• Volume Down
• Volume Up
• Windows Button (Disabled Pending Assigning A Useful Task For The Button)

• TypeCover Sleep/Wake Trigger

• WiFi: (Marvell Avastar - Unsupported)
• Accelerometer: (Unsupported)
• Bluetooth: (Marvell Avastar - Unsupported)
• DRM: (Unsupported on iGPU)

Special thanks to the massive Hackintosh community for all your work that makes these guides and Surface Pro Hackintosh possible. Additional thanks goes to @acidanthera and @Xiashangning for their tireless work on the software & kexts that make hackintoshing possible. Custom VoodooI2C.kext utilizes code with permission from Xiashangning's BigSurface kext to enable Surface Keyboard support.