Catalina - Hackintosh Zone

But remember the golden rule of the Hackintosh zone: Always have a bootable USB backup of your working EFI. Catalina is dead to Apple, but it is very much alive in the hands of those who dare to build it themselves.

Plug the drive into a USB 2.0 port (more stable than 3.0 during install) and select it from your boot menu. Clover Bootloader: hackintosh zone catalina

You will need a 16GB USB drive and access to a real Mac or a working Hackintosh. But remember the golden rule of the Hackintosh

Because the installer modified system files blindly, troubleshooting a Hackintosh Zone build was nearly impossible. If a user asked for help on a forum, experts could not diagnose the issue because no one knew exactly what changes the distro had made to the macOS underlying architecture. The Modern Legacy: From Hackintosh Zone to OpenCore Clover Bootloader: You will need a 16GB USB

The certificate on the Catalina installer expired. Disconnect internet during the installation. Open Terminal from Utilities, type date 010101002020 (sets date to Jan 1, 2020). Re-run the installer.

sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina" sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticCheckEnabled -bool FALSE