Thinkpad Assistant
An Assistant Application that allows you to use all your Function Keys on a T-Series Thinkpad Laptop
Discussion
- Hackintosh-Forum.de in German
- InsanelyMac.com in English
Features
- F4: Mute / Unmute Microphone (with Status LED indication)
- F7: Screen mirroring / Screen extending
- F8: Activate / Deactivate Wi-Fi
- Left Shift+F8: Activate / Deactivate Bluetooth
- F9: Open System Preferences
- F12: Open Launchpad
- FN+Space: Toggle Keyboard Backlight
Demo
Installation
Opencore
- Get a pair of Patch & SSDT from Samples folder
- Compile SSDT (ex. iasl -vo SSDT-T460-KBRD.dsl)
- Copy SSDT.aml to EFI/OC/ACPI
- Apply patch on config.plst with PlistBuddy
- Download Thinkpad Assistant
- Extract & Copy to Applications folder
- Start Thinkpad Assistant & Tick 'Launch on Login' in Menubar
- Reboot
Clover
- Get a pair of Patch & SSDT from Samples folder
- Compile SSDT (ex. iasl -vo SSDT-T460-KBRD.dsl)
- Copy SSDT.aml to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched
- Apply patch on config.plst with PlistBuddy
- Download Thinkpad Assistant
- Extract & Copy to Applications folder
- Start Thinkpad Assistant & Tick 'Launch on Login' in Menubar
- Reboot
Tester & working Configs
| Config | Tester | Bootloader | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| T460 | MSzturc | OpenCore | Lenovo-T460-OpenCore |
| T480 | xma | Clover | T480-Clover |
| X1C6 | tylernguyen | OpenCore / Clover | x1c6-hackintosh |
| T440p | pandel | Clover | - |
| T460s | simprecicchiani | OpenCore | Thinkpad-T460s-macOS-OpenCore |
| T470s | YBN-JUAN | OpenCore | T470s-OpenCore-EFI |