I no longer own this laptop. Since I am unable to test anything, I am marking this as archived.
This repo is for the 15" Dell Inspiron 5559 i5-6200U. It should work for the 17" model.
config.plist is for Mojave.
- Microphone
- Bluetooth and Wifi - BCM94352Z https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0XM-00BD-00004
- Display brightness
- IGPU (NOTE: This computer has 64mb so no need to use any patching.)
- Sleep
- Touchscreen (NOTE: Completely independent of the OS. macOS does not natively support multi-touch)
- Touchpad/Trackpad with all gestures
- Speakers (Note: Use BoomAudio or eqMac to eliminate flat sound.)
- USB 3 and 2
- CPU does not idle at 800MHz. It idles as low as 1.10GHz. Windows idles at 800MHz. Nothing appears to solve that.
- Upon reboot, WiFi or Bluetooth may be disabled. Shutdown completely to fix.
- Webcam. Intel RealSense F200 is a 3D camera and as a result does not work. It is classified as UVC, but requires drivers.
- Brightness buttons
- Pressing
FN+F9results in a system hang. This is the search feature in Windows. - Pressing
FN+F8causes system lag. This is the project feature in Windows.
Clone this repo
Move the following kexts:
- Lilu
- WhateverGreen
- RealtekRTL8100
- CodecCommander
- AppleALC
- ACPIBatteryManager
- BrcmFirmwareRepo
- BrcmNonPatchRAM2
- BrcmPatchRAM2
- FakePCIID_Broadcom_WiFi
- FakePCIID
Move the following kexts:
- AppleBacklightInjector
- This computer does not need any of the USB patches in config. USB Inject works but you need to patch the SSDT to properly show internal/external. It does not reach the port limit.
- Backlight SSDT needs to be generated before it will work.
- Optional: [System Prefs] > [Keyboard] > [Modifier Keys]. Change
Option->Command,Command->Option
- Fix backlight buttons (ACPI proving difficult.)
- Could possilby grab a generic UVC replacement part from a slightly older, or variant model of this Dell.
If your touchpad is not working, press FN + PrtScr. Pressing these buttons disables and enables it. Battery life is great. It's actually better than Windows. Video playback lasts for 5 hours. Casual web browsing using Safari lasts 6 hours.