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.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

Developers:

• 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 :

• Clover, rEFIt, XNU, VirtualBox. The main is EDK2 latest revision
• Recent developments and changes in details at Clover Change Explanations

• Support forum discussion AppleLife (Russian) Insanelymac (English) macos86.it (Italian)