CloverBootloader
Bootloader for macOS, Windows and Linux in UEFI and in legacy mode
Read the DOC Clover-Documentation / Clover-Documentation Site
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.logfrom 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 F7 to test HDA output
- Press F9 to switch screen resolution
- 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 checked by F7
Developers:
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Slice, with help of Kabyl, usr-sse2, jadran, Blackosx, dmazar, STLVNUB, pcj, apianti, JrCs, pene, FrodoKenny, skoczy, ycr.ru, Oscar09, xsmile, SoThOr, rehabman, Download-Fritz, nms42, Sherlocks, Zenit432, cecekpawon, stinga11, TheRacerMaster, solstice, Micky1979, Needy, joevt, ErmaC, vit9696, ath, savvas, syscl, goodwin_c, clovy, jief_machak, chris1111, vector_sigma, LAbyOne, Florin9doi.
Source code credits to:
Intel, Apple, Oracle, Chameleon, rEFIt and Xom, nanosvg.
Packages credits to :
Chameleon team, crazybirdy, JrCs, chris1111.
Clover is open source based on different projects :
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Chameleon, rEFIt, XNU, VirtualBox. The main is EDK2 latest revision
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Recent developments and changes in details at Clover Change Explanations
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Support forum discussion AppleLife (Russian) Insanelymac (English) macos86.it (Italian)