CloverBootloader/README.md
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CloverBootloader

Bootloader for macOS, Windows and Linux in UEFI and in legacy mode

Features

  • Boot macOS, Windows, and Linux in UEFI or legacy mode on Mac or PC with UEFI or BIOS firmware
  • Boot using UEFI firmware directly or CloverEFI UEFI firmware emulation
  • Customizable GUI including themes, icons, fonts, background images, animations, and mouse pointers.
  • Theme manager and theme repository at https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverThemes
  • Native screen resolution in GUI
  • Press Page Up or Page Down to change GUI resolution
  • Press F1 for multilingual help, depending on language setting in configuration
  • Press F2 to save preboot.log from GUI
  • Press F3 to show hidden entries
  • Press F4 to save original (OEM) ACPI tables into /EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/origin
  • Press F5 to test DSDT patching
  • Press F6 to save graphics firmware into /EFI/CLOVER/misc
  • Press F10 to save screenshots from GUI
  • Press F11 to reset NVRAM
  • Press F12 to eject CD/DVD
  • GUI refreshes after CD/DVD insertion
  • Ability to boot previously selected boot entry after default timeout
  • Boot entries menu scrolls if screen resolution is too low for menu
  • Create custom boot entries for personalizing boot entries and add support for other operating systems
  • Create Clover boot entry in NVRAM with tool from GUI
  • Launch EFI command shell from GUI
  • Startup sound controlled by F8 and checked by F7

Building from Source

mkdir -p $HOME/src && cd $HOME/src

git clone -q https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader

cd CloverBootloader && git submodule update --init --recursive

cd OpenCorePkg && git checkout master && git pull