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# OpenCore Patcher Terminology

With OpenCore Legacy Patcher, we use a lot of different terms to refer to hardware including SSE4.1, 32-Bit Firmware, etc. This page is to help users understand what all these confusing words mean.

# Terminology

Term Description
macOS Apple's own UNIX based OS used for Mac machines and "What makes a Mac a Mac".
Windows Microsoft's proprietary OS that is used and supported on a wide range of devices (stay with this OS if you don't want headaches)
Linux Family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution. Note that while macOS and Linux may be UNIX-based, they're vastly different.
Bootloader Piece of software that loads an OS, usually made by the OS creators. OpenCore is technically not a bootloader per se (see boot manager explanation down below). Apple's Boot.efi would be the actual boot loader in a Mac.
Boot Manager Piece of software that manages bootloaders – we have many of these: Clover, systemd-boot, OpenCore, rEFInd, rEFIt... These are generally seen as prepping the system for the actual boot loader.
Term Description
OpenCore The new hotness on the scene, made with security in mind by the Acidanthera team (opens new window), has faster booting and lighter weight than previous boot managers. Supports many native Mac features such as SIP, FileVault, Secure Boot, etc
ACPI Tables defined in your firmware defining your hardware and different methods, tied directly to how IOKit/IOService handles device setup
NVRAM Non-volitile storage, where many variables are stored including default boot options, Hibernation keys, Secure Boot information, etc
Term Description
XNU Also known as X is Not Unix, XNU is referred to as macOS's "kernel" and the heart of what makes macOS tick
Kexts Also known as Kernel Extensions, are macOS's drivers. They're used to perform different tasks like device drivers or for a different purpose (in this patcher) like patching the OS, injecting information or running tasks.
KernelCollection Also known as the ImmutableKernel and PrelinkedKernel, this is a bundle of the kernel(XNU) and kernel extensions(Kexts) that we use to boot macOS. This is also what OpenCore patches in memory to allow us to have a seamless experience
- PrelinkedKernel: Default caching system since 10.7
- ImmutableKernel: Secure Boot based caching system since 10.13
- KernelCollection: Merge of both Prelinked and ImmutableKernel's since macOS 11, Big Sur
IOKit Backbone of how Kernel Extentions (Kexts) probe and attach onto hardware, starts quickly after kernel initates
WindowServer Backbone of the GUI interface in macOS, one of the first userfacing userspace programs to kick-in
OTA Short for Over The Air, refers to native OS updates via System Preferences like a supported Mac
DELTA Often used with OTA, refers to OS updates that much smaller than full installers (generally ~3GB), note Deltas require the root volume to be unmotified otherwise ~12GB updates will occur.
Term Description
EFI It can denote two things:
- Mac's firmware, which is the same as UEFI, but pretty modified for Macs only, so not so "Universal"
- The partition on your hard drive that stores software read by the UEFI to load OSes (like the Windows bootloader) or UEFI Applications (like OpenCore), it's FAT32 formatted and has an ID type of EF00 (in hex). It can be named ESP or SYSTEM, and it's usually from 100MB to 400MB in size but the size doesn't reflect upon anything.
HFS+ Also known as MacOS Journaled, this was the default macOS drive format up until macOS 10.13, format was designed around spinning disks
APFS This was the default macOS drive from macOS 10.13 and onwards for SSDs, and standard for all drives in Mojave. Format was designed around SSDs primarily.
32 and 64-Bit CPU The bit number of a CPU determines how much data a CPU can address.
- 32-Bit CPUs were only supported up-to Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard.
32-Bit Firmware The bit number of a Firmware determines how much data the firmware can address. In some older Macs, it's common to have a 64-Bit CPU can have a 32-Bit firmware
- 32-Bit Firmwares were only supported up-to Mac OS X 10.7, Lion.
SSE Instructions Also known as SIMD Single-Precision Floating-Point Instructions, these are defined as instruction sets supported by your CPU. In macOS, there are a certain number of instruction sets required for normal operation:
- SSE3: Required for all Intel CPUs since Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger
- SSSE3: Required for all Intel 64-Bit CPUs since Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard
- SSE4.1: Required for all Intel CPUs since macOS 10.12, Sierra

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# OpenCore Patcher Terminology

With OpenCore Legacy Patcher, we use a lot of different terms to refer to hardware including SSE4.1, 32-Bit Firmware, etc. This page is to help users understand what all these confusing words mean.

# Terminology

Term Description
macOS Apple's own UNIX based OS used for Mac machines and "What makes a Mac a Mac".
Windows Microsoft's proprietary OS that is used and supported on a wide range of devices
Linux Family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution. Note that while macOS and Linux may be UNIX-based, they're vastly different.
Bootloader Piece of software that loads an OS, usually made by the OS creators. OpenCore is technically not a bootloader per se (see boot manager explanation down below). Apple's Boot.efi would be the actual boot loader in a Mac.
Boot Manager Piece of software that manages bootloaders – we have many of these: Clover, systemd-boot, OpenCore, rEFInd, rEFIt... These are generally seen as prepping the system for the actual boot loader.
Term Description
OpenCore The new hotness on the scene, made with security in mind by the Acidanthera team (opens new window), has faster booting and lighter weight than previous boot managers. Supports many native Mac features such as SIP, FileVault, Secure Boot, etc
ACPI Tables defined in your firmware defining your hardware and different methods, tied directly to how IOKit/IOService handles device setup
NVRAM Non-volitile storage, where many variables are stored including default boot options, Hibernation keys, Secure Boot information, etc
Term Description
XNU Also known as X is Not Unix, XNU is referred to as macOS's "kernel" and the heart of what makes macOS tick
Kexts Also known as Kernel Extensions, are macOS's drivers. They're used to perform different tasks like device drivers or for a different purpose (in this patcher) like patching the OS, injecting information or running tasks.
KernelCollection Also known as the ImmutableKernel and PrelinkedKernel, this is a bundle of the kernel(XNU) and kernel extensions(Kexts) that we use to boot macOS. This is also what OpenCore patches in memory to allow us to have a seamless experience
- PrelinkedKernel: Default caching system since 10.7
- ImmutableKernel: Secure Boot based caching system since 10.13
- KernelCollection: Merge of both Prelinked and ImmutableKernel's since macOS 11, Big Sur
IOKit Backbone of how Kernel Extentions (Kexts) probe and attach onto hardware, starts quickly after kernel initates
WindowServer Backbone of the GUI interface in macOS, one of the first userfacing userspace programs to kick-in
OTA Short for Over The Air, refers to native OS updates via System Preferences like a supported Mac
DELTA Often used with OTA, refers to OS updates that much smaller than full installers (generally ~3GB), note Deltas require the root volume to be unmotified otherwise ~12GB updates will occur.
Term Description
EFI It can denote two things:
- Mac's firmware, which is the same as UEFI, but pretty modified for Macs only, so not so "Universal"
- The partition on your hard drive that stores software read by the UEFI to load OSes (like the Windows bootloader) or UEFI Applications (like OpenCore), it's FAT32 formatted and has an ID type of EF00 (in hex). It can be named ESP or SYSTEM, and it's usually from 100MB to 400MB in size but the size doesn't reflect upon anything.
HFS+ Also known as MacOS Journaled, this was the default macOS drive format up until macOS 10.13, format was designed around spinning disks
APFS This was the default macOS drive from macOS 10.13 and onwards for SSDs, and standard for all drives in Mojave. Format was designed around SSDs primarily.
32 and 64-Bit CPU The bit number of a CPU determines how much data a CPU can address.
- 32-Bit CPUs were only supported up-to Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard.
32-Bit Firmware The bit number of a Firmware determines how much data the firmware can address. In some older Macs, it's common to have a 64-Bit CPU can have a 32-Bit firmware
- 32-Bit Firmwares were only supported up-to Mac OS X 10.7, Lion.
SSE Instructions Also known as SIMD Single-Precision Floating-Point Instructions, these are defined as instruction sets supported by your CPU. In macOS, there are a certain number of instruction sets required for normal operation:
- SSE3: Required for all Intel CPUs since Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger
- SSSE3: Required for all Intel 64-Bit CPUs since Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard
- SSE4.1: Required for all Intel CPUs since macOS 10.12, Sierra

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