macOS on Dell XPS 9350

OpenCore EFI folder for Dell XPS 9350 laptop.

Current bootloader version OpenCore 0.7.2 Release

Tested on Dell XPS 9350

• 3K touch display
• i7-6560U / Intel Iris HD 540
• 8GB RAM
• Sabrent M.2 Drive (replaced Samsung PM951 due to lack of power management)
• DW1820A && DW1560 wireless card
• macOS Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey DB6.

What does work

• CPU/NVME Power Management
  • On idle, the CPU will run at 0.4GHz
• Audio
• Sleep
• Hibernation
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• I2C trackpad (with multitouch gesture support)
• I2C touchscreen (with multitouch gesture support)
• Brightness control using keys
• IGPU with Hardware Acceleration
• SideCar
• Boot Chime
• Camera

What does not work

• SD card reader (disable it on BIOS to save energy)
• USB-C hot-plug Unplugging an USB-C device when macOS is running may cause Kernel Panics when sleeping
• DRM (broken in IGPU-only laptops)

Current issues

• Power management on WiFI card DW1820A (will cause an extra 0.7-1.2W power consumption)
• OpenCanopy menu won't launch pressing ALT key (if ShowPicker is enabled, it will work) -> Press "Escape" key.
• Audio may stop working randomly. When this happens, use the microphone in any app and the speaker will work again
• macOS will not auto-hibernate from sleep. Setting hibernatemode to 25 will hibernate the computer.

Preparation

Format the disk using 4K sector size Use the followig guide. Make sure you have a compatible drive.

If you have issues with Alt/Windows swapped keys, enable SSDT-PS2K.aml under config.plist > ACPI > Add

How to install

Clone this repository and copy the EFI folder inside your EFI partition. You will need to use GenSMBIOS to generate serial and UUID. You should use MacBookPro13,1 as SMBIOS.

Once macOS is installed, install ComboJack (only the script, the kext is present inside the EFI folder) to get headphone port working.

To get OpenCanopy and Boot Chime working, download the Resources folder from here

Credits

• Dortania
• acidanthera for OpenCore, Lilu, WhateverGreen... and all the contributors
• ddegrasse for guide for formatting disk to 4K sector size
• corpnewt for CPUFriendFriend
• maz-1 for ComboJack
• syscl for XPS 9350 macos guide
• Apple for macOS