OpenCore & OCLP Explained (OpenCore Legacy Patcher)

In this video, we'll be discussing the differences between OpenCore and OpenCore Legacy Patcher. OpenCore is a boot loader that allows you to boot macOS on non-Apple hardware, while OpenCore Legacy Patcher is a tool that helps you create a bootable USB installer for macOS on older, unsupported Macs.

Things covered:
boot loaders
macOS security and why OpenCore functions the way it does
integrity protection: System integrity protection (SIP) and Metadata integrity protection
Kexts, Kext Injection, Kext patches
OpenCore Legacy Patcher

0:00 Intro
0:27: OpenCore is a bootloader
1:04 Patching the OS
1:37 Signed Code
1:57 Integrity Protection & APSF
2:56: Kexts and Security
3:27 Hackintoshes and Clover
3:50 Bootloaders
4:28 Boot Process
4:58 Kext Injection and Kext Patching
5:44 Booting Magic
6:40 Preconfigurations
7:16 OpenCore Legacy Patcher OCLP!
9:06 Recap



Written version:
http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2023/0...

OpenCore Playlist of my vids:
   • OpenCore and OpenCore Legacy Patcher ...  

References:

Making sense of Disk Utility and disk structure in macOS 10.13-10.15
https://eclecticlight.co/2019/12/18/m...

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-L...
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-I...

Sources:
For the complete source list used in this video, see the written version of the guide.