OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/docs/CLI.md

Command Line Args

With OpenCore Legacy Patcher, we include an extra binary called OCLP-CLI. The purpose of this binary is to easily run our OpenCore build process for other programs to hook onto. Below is documentation on currently supported arguments.

Build Arguments

• --build: Build OpenCore
  • --model xxxx: override default model detection
    • ex. --model iMac11,2
  • --metal_gpu xxxx: override default GPU detection (ie. Nvidia, AMD)
    • --metal_gpu Nvidia
  • --smbios_spoof xxxx: set spoofing mode, defaults to Minimal if no arg provided (ie. Minimal, Moderate, Advanced)
    • ex. --smbios_spoof Moderate
  • --verbose: enable verbose booting
  • --debug_oc: enable debug OpenCore
  • --debug_kext: enable debug kexts
  • --skip_wifi: skip wifi patch
  • --hide_picker: hide OpenCore's picker
  • --disable_sip: disables SIP
  • --disable_smb: disables SecureBootModel
  • --vault: enable OpenCore vaulting

Example usage:

./OCLP-CLI --build --verbose --debug_oc --debug_kext --model iMac11,2

Note, when building OpenCore the output folder will be next to the OCLP binary as OpenCore-RELEASE or OpenCore-DEBUG folder.

Patch System Arguments

• --patch_sys_vol: patches root volume with detected hardware
  • --custom_repo xxxx: Sets custom repo for volume patches, defaults to Apple-Binaries-OCLP when no arg provided
    • ex. --custom_repo https://github.com/dortania/Apple-Binaries-OCLP/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Example usage:

sudo ./OCLP-CLI --patch_sys_vol

Note, root volume patching needs to be run as sudo