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Help! I want to access my computer's DSDT using OpenCore 0.7.8. The instructions look like this:
The problem is that I don't understand the instructions; also, this is an old instruction and OpenCore may have changed the method. My questions are:
1. If I use the first option, how exactly do I "select this option in OpenCore's picker?" Which parameter is edited, and what is the correct syntax?
2. I tried the second option as follows:
2a. Copied Sample.plist/Root/Misc/Tools/0 into my config.plist/Root/Misc/Tools. The result was a UEFI Shell icon appearing in my OpenCore window. Correct, I think. Part way there? Or do I need this?
2b. Created an entry in my config.plist/Root/Misc/Tools section as shown below. Here my ignorance is shown, I'm sure, in subsection 1. However, the result is an "acpidump" icon in the OpenCore window, so I got that far, at least.
3. However, clicking on the "acpidump" icon in the OpenCore window seems to do nothing. No ".dat" file appears in either the EFI/OC/Tools folder of my USB drive or that folder on my SSD.
3a. Is this because I'm doing this on my Install USB drive, and it has no DSDT? Should I be doing this on my Storage SSD's EFI folder on my computer?
3b. Or because I have screwed up my subsection 1 above? Any help here?
Any comments appreciated; I need the DSDT! And I have only MacOS, no Windows machine. Thanks for reading!
The problem is that I don't understand the instructions; also, this is an old instruction and OpenCore may have changed the method. My questions are:
1. If I use the first option, how exactly do I "select this option in OpenCore's picker?" Which parameter is edited, and what is the correct syntax?
2. I tried the second option as follows:
2a. Copied Sample.plist/Root/Misc/Tools/0 into my config.plist/Root/Misc/Tools. The result was a UEFI Shell icon appearing in my OpenCore window. Correct, I think. Part way there? Or do I need this?
2b. Created an entry in my config.plist/Root/Misc/Tools section as shown below. Here my ignorance is shown, I'm sure, in subsection 1. However, the result is an "acpidump" icon in the OpenCore window, so I got that far, at least.
3. However, clicking on the "acpidump" icon in the OpenCore window seems to do nothing. No ".dat" file appears in either the EFI/OC/Tools folder of my USB drive or that folder on my SSD.
3a. Is this because I'm doing this on my Install USB drive, and it has no DSDT? Should I be doing this on my Storage SSD's EFI folder on my computer?
3b. Or because I have screwed up my subsection 1 above? Any help here?
Any comments appreciated; I need the DSDT! And I have only MacOS, no Windows machine. Thanks for reading!
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