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Pandora's Box Changelog

What's new in Pandora's Box 3.037

Apr 9, 2017
  • Ares (Clover Installer): Clover updated to r4056 using XCODE8 toolchain and edk2 r24341.
  • Ares (config editor): fixed path for BootPatches, reordering of KernelAndKextPatches section.

New in Pandora's Box 3.036 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Ares (Clover Installer): Clover updated to r4050.
  • Ares (config editor): added KernelAndKextsPatches->DellSMBIOSPatch.
  • Ares (Enoch Installer): Enoch updated to r2878 with new kernel and kexts patcher.
  • Ares (Enoch Installer): added new FileNVRAM.dylib develop version.
  • Zeus: FakeSMC.kext & Plugins updated to 6.25.1426.
  • Zeus: Fixed a bug (introduced in previous version) that was causing Zeus to not repair permissions on hfs volumes (thanks smigol81).

New in Pandora's Box 3.035 (Jan 25, 2017)

  • Ares (Clover Installer): Clover updated to r3984 with patch to inject kexts in 10.12.4.
  • Pandora's Box: enabled the ability to drag a config.plist or kexts in the app icon.

New in Pandora's Box 3.034 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • Ares (config.plist Editor):
  • added CPU->HWPValue
  • added CPU->TDP
  • added CPU->SavingMode
  • Ares (Clover Installer): Clover updated to r3982.
  • Zeus: FakeSMC.kext and PlugIns (kozlek branch) updated to 6.24.1421.

New in Pandora's Box 3.033 (Jan 23, 2017)

  • Ares (Clover Installer): Clover updated to r3978.
  • Ares: fixed some incompatibilities with older OSes. Refactoring of the SMBIOS generator code with a more robust system.
  • Pandora's Box: restored the drag functionality of any config.plist on the Pandora's Box interface lost in the previous version.

New in Pandora's Box 3.032 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Ares (Clover Installer): Clover updated to r3977.
  • Ares: (Config Editor): update for all generated SMBIOSes with latest firmwares revision, added 25 new ones:
  • iMac4,2
  • iMac5,2
  • iMac13,3
  • iMac14,3
  • iMac14,4
  • iMac16,1
  • MacBook1,1
  • MacBook8,1
  • MacBook9,1
  • MacBookAir5,1
  • MacBookAir5,2
  • MacBookAir6,1
  • MacBookPro1,1
  • MacBookPro1,2
  • MacBookPro10,2
  • MacBookPro11,1
  • MacBookPro11,2
  • MacBookPro11,3
  • MacBookPro11,4
  • MacBookPro11,5
  • MacBookPro13,1
  • MacBookPro13,2
  • MacBookPro13,3
  • MacMini1,1
  • MacMini6,1
  • For a total of 96 SMBIOSes known by Ares!

New in Pandora's Box 3.031 (Dec 29, 2016)

  • Ares: Clover updated to r3974.
  • Ares: now can find the Clover's boot partition!
  • Ares: (Clover installer): fixed a bug that was causing Ares to not found updates for Clover . Other Improvements for the installer.
  • Zeus: FakeSMC.kext and PlugIns (slice branch) updated to rev.40.
  • Pandora's Box : Sparkle updated to v1.16 (master commit e7ae7d5 compiled from source).

New in Pandora's Box 3.030 (Nov 7, 2016)

  • Zeus/Ares: now easily found and mount the ESP on the physical disk associated with logical volumes that you can select, like File Vault, Fusion Drive, coreStorage etc.
  • Zeus: NVMe pathes updated for 10.12.1 +
  • Ares: (Clover installer):
  • Clover updated to r3905 with new drivers for FV. Removed 32-bit binaries, Clover now is 64-bit only.
  • Detection of the Boot partition in Ares (if the bootloader is Clover).
  • CloverThemeManager update to 0.76.4.
  • Ares (config Editor): added new keys:
  • ACPI->DisableASPM
  • Graphpics->EDID
  • SystemParameters->NvidiaWeb
  • CPU->HWPEnable
  • Boot->SkipHibernateTimeout
  • Boot->DisableCloverHot
  • Boot->StrictHibernate
  • BootGraphics->DefaultBackgroundColor
  • BootGraphics->EFILoginHiDPI
  • BootGraphics->flagstate
  • BootGraphics->UIScale

New in Pandora's Box 3.029 (Oct 17, 2016)

  • Zeus: AHCIPortInjector.kext updated with more pci ids.
  • Ares: (Clover installer): Clover updated to r3816.

New in Pandora's Box 3.028 (Oct 8, 2016)

  • Hermes: fixed MBR patch for Sierra (crazybirdy now use only OSInstaller with no OSInstall.mpkg, so one file is used and the folder that contains it must be selected)
  • Hermes: improved space detection on installer destination (createinstallmedia require less space than a restored installer).
  • Ares: (Clover installer): Clover updated to r3780.
  • Ares/Zeus: Added APFS filesystem support!
  • Entirely compiled using Xcode 8.

New in Pandora's Box 3.027 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • Zeus: imported NVMe patch for IONVMEFamily.kext from latest NVMeP command line!
  • Zeus: AtherosE2200Ethernet.kext by Mieze updated to v2.2.0 with Killer E2500 support.
  • Ares: (Clover installer): Clover updated to r3763.
  • macOS Sierra retail full support!

New in Pandora's Box 3.026 (Sep 4, 2016)

  • Zeus: NVMe patch for IONVMEFamily.kext improved in the external icon fix. Still compatible with the new 10.11.6 build 15G1004!

New in Pandora's Box 3.025 (Aug 24, 2016)

  • Ares (Clover Installer): fixed bug installing only some architectures (thanks Fljagd).
  • Ares (Clover Installer): Clover updated to r3720.
  • Ares (config Editor): InjectEDID is now Enabled by default following Clover r3719.

New in Pandora's Box 3.024 (Aug 23, 2016)

  • Zeus (NVME): fixed bug for a bad cast: IONVMEFamilyBorg.kext fully working!
  • Zeus (AppleHDA Patcher): fixed AppleHDA version detection.
  • Ares (Clover installer): Clover updated to r3719.

New in Pandora's Box 3.023 (Aug 15, 2016)

  • Hermes: fixed a nuance in the volumes-popup selector.
  • Ares (Clover installer): Clover rebuilted using -D NO_GRUB_DRIVERS_EMBEDDED.

New in Pandora's Box 3.022 (Aug 14, 2016)

  • Pandora's Box: added a SIP check for the filesystem.
  • Ares (config Editor): added KernelAndKextPatches->KernelToPatch.
  • Ares (config Editor): added MatchBuild in KextsToPatch.
  • Ares (config Editor): added Laptop's patches by RehabMan (downloadable contents from: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config).
  • Ares (config Editor): base64 converter improvements for the interface.
  • Ares (config Editor): added AMD9500Controller's Framebuffers in Graphics section. Added other FB in older ones.
  • Ares (Clover Installer): now you can select only the desired architecture (x64 or ia32 only) and also the respective drivers!
  • Ares (Clover Installer): added boot7-MCP79 option.
  • Ares (Clover Installer): fixed a bug installing boot7 introduced since Clover where using boot7-MCP79.
  • Ares (Clover Installer): Clover updated to r3696.
  • Hermes: now, at the end of the process ask if you want install Enoch or Clover (or nothing). If you want to make the installer bootable
  • now Hermes open Ares.app for a new dedicated session and among the bootloader, the FakeSMC.kext will be automatically
  • installed (in Extra/Extensions for Enoch or in EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other for Clover).
  • Also now ask you if you want add the Laptop Support for the internal keyboard or trackpad! Also you can use RehabMan's
  • Laptops patches at this time directly!
  • Hermes: added progress during "createinstallmedia" restore perocess!
  • Zeus: added patch for unsupported NVMe pci-ssd disks, credits:
  • Pike R. Alpha (Author)
  • RehabMan (idea of making a new kext)
  • Mork vom Ork (patches extraction)
  • Micky1979 (NVMeP obj-c impementation)
  • Zeus create a new kext called IONVMEFamilyBorg.kext to be used in EFI/CLOVER/kexts, in Extra/Extensions or as you wish (SLE or LE as well).
  • IONVMEFamilyBorg.kext use the original IONVMEFamily.kext found in /System/Library/Extensions of the target Volume, also on the installer
  • made if no "createinstallmedia" is not used (no SLE in this case).

New in Pandora's Box 3.021 (Jul 26, 2016)

  • Ares: added missing SMBIOS definition for iMac13,2 for both Enoch and Clover's config editor.

New in Pandora's Box 3.020 (Jul 26, 2016)

  • Zeus: updated kozlek' FakeSMC e Plugins to HWSensors 6.21.1412.
  • Ares: Clover updated to r3657 with latest edk2.

New in Pandora's Box 3.019 (Jul 26, 2016)

  • Pandora's Box: reverting building to Xcode 7.3 (CoreAnimation is buggie in Xcode 8 ATM)

New in Pandora's Box 3.018 (Jul 24, 2016)

  • Pandora's Box: full support for Sierra, builted with Xcode 8.
  • Zeus: fixed a bug selecting volumes containing Sierra OSes.
  • Zeus: fixed a bug for AppleHDA Patcher that was causing the app to be in a locked state.
  • Ares (config Editor): fixed a bug that was causing an exception under KextsToPatch switching between data/plist patch when no one patch was selected.
  • Ares: Clover updated to r3654.
  • Ares: fixed speak capability in Sierra.
  • Pandora's Box: new icons for InsanelyBox folder and sub.

New in Pandora's Box 3.017 (Jul 17, 2016)

  • Ares: Clover updated to r3636.
  • Pandora’s Box: now can work using user Home folder placed in a custom place like on another Volume.
  • Pandora's Box: fixed a bug in sparkle.framenwork that potentially was cauising a crash in macOS Sierra.

New in Pandora's Box 3.016 (Jul 10, 2016)

  • Ares (config Editor): added new "MatchOS" key in KextsToPatch (enable/disable patches OS dependent).
  • Ares (config Editor): "UseUARTFrequency" key is set now to "false" as default following latest Clover's revisions.
  • Ares (config Editor): PBRsata added to Boot legacy options..
  • Ares (config Editor): added missing “Special” key under GUY—>.Custom—>Entries.
  • Ares: Pandora’s Themes for Enoch/Chameleon/Clover updated for Sierra.
  • Ares: Clover updated to r3602.
  • Ares: Enoch updated to r2839.
  • Hera: Sierra support.
  • Zeus: AppleHDA Patcher is up-to-date.
  • Pandora’s Box: fixed bug finding user directory.

New in Pandora's Box 3.015 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • Pandora's Box: Hermes, Ares and Zeus: macOS 10.12 Sierra support!.
  • Ares: Clover updated to r3558 with macOS Sierra support, thanks to Sherlock.
  • Ares: Clover updated to r3558 with macOS Sierra support, thanks to Sherlock.
  • Ares: Enoch updated to r2823 with macOS Sierra support, thanks to Micky1979 & Sherlock.
  • Zeus: kozlek's FakeSMC & Plugins updated to HWSensors 6.20.1410.

New in Pandora's Box 3.014 (Jun 10, 2016)

  • Pandora's Box: version III can now run on old OSes like Lion or Mountail Lion.
  • Pandora's Box: fixed a bug dragging kexts in its interface, now Ares receive all kexts correctly.
  • Ares: Clover updated to r3557.
  • Hera: Recovery HD creation improved in speed (a lot faster).
  • Zeus: Slice's FakeSMC.kext & PlugIns updated to HWSensor3 rev33.

New in Pandora's Box 3.013 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • Ares: improvements in the SMBIOS serial generator for Clover.
  • Ares: Clover is up-to-date at r3551.
  • Zeus: added VoodooTSCSync.kext configurable from 2 up to 40 cores.
  • Zeus: added AppleHDADisabler.kext under Audio->Voodoo.

New in Pandora's Box 3.012 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • Ares: Clover updated to r3543.
  • Ares: Enoch updated to r2822
  • Zeus: Slice's FakeSMC.kext & PlugIns updated to HWSensor3 rev32.
  • Zeus: koxlek's FakeSMC.kext & PlugIns updated to HWSensor 6.19.1406.

New in Pandora's Box 3.011 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • Ares: Clover updated to r3538.
  • Ares (config Editor): Added missing "Graphics->BootDisplay" property.
  • Ares (config Editor): Added new "SystemParameters->ExposeSysVariables" functionality by cecekpawon.
  • Ares (config Editor): bug fix in Graphics section writing DualLink value if "0".
  • Ares: other minor fixes.
  • Pandora'sBox: Sparkle updated to v1.14.0

New in Pandora's Box 3.010 (May 18, 2016)

  • Ares: Clover updated to r3533.
  • Ares: Enoch updated to r2819.
  • Ares: fixed a potential bug installing Enoch bootloader.

New in Pandora's Box 3.009 (May 18, 2016)

  • Ares: Clover updated to r3530 with RAM detection bug fix and more.
  • Ares: Enoch updated to r2816 with bug fix while booting with -f or w/o chache (ADVICED) .
  • Zeus: improvement for SkylakeGPolicy.kext.

New in Pandora's Box 3.008 (May 15, 2016)

  • Ares: Clover is now builded with Xcode 7.3.1 + (since r3526).
  • Ares: Enoch updated with some bug fix to r2810.
  • Ares (config Editor): Added Card List (in Graphics-> ATI and Graphics-> NVIDIA) by cecekpawon (initial by ErmaC).
  • Ares (config Editor): Graphics->DisabledAML by cecekpawon.
  • Ares (config Editor): Added all known ATI framebuffers to be selectable (Graphics section).
  • Ares (config Editor): Added all known Intel ig-platform-id (with descriptions) to be selectable (Graphics section).
  • Ares (config Editor): new save panel with advanced options.
  • Ares (config Editor): Now sometimes speak (it, en, pt, es and fr).
  • Zeus: added latest IntelMausiEthernet.kext.
  • Zeus: added SkylakeGPolicy.kext (black screen fix for Skylake + NVIDIA).
  • Webkintosh: added refresh button for current page.
  • Bug fix for getcodecid.
  • code optimizations.

New in Pandora's Box 3.007 (Apr 18, 2016)

  • This is a Critical update, strictly reccomended for all!
  • Fixed a bug installing Clover caused by a bad function that when new updates received online was causing the current chosen revision to disappear, and causing a fail.
  • Clover updated to r3447 builted with the standard GCC4.9.
  • FakeSMC.kext and Plugins from Slice's branch updated to HWSensor3 rev.25.
  • Better implementation of the "rebuild cache" function when the volume is not the start-up volume.
  • Switched to Xcode 7.3 and new command line tools to build Pandora's Box, also fixed new warnings coming out with the new compiler.

New in Pandora's Box 3.006 (Apr 3, 2016)

  • Clover updated to r3398 (available online also for old revisions of Pandora's Box r3.000+).
  • This revision inside Pandora use working "boot" files for legacy boot (Clover has been updated with new EDK2 revision these days).

New in Pandora's Box 3.005 (Apr 3, 2016)

  • Bug fix for the embedded AppleHDA Patcher creating patches for 10.11.4.
  • Clover updated to r3394 (available online for old revision of Pandora's Box r3.000+).
  • Added a button "create a new config" to the Ares first window (to quickly create from scratch a config.plist w/o selecting any volumes).
  • Added in Ares config Editor new entries for Clover ("Devices->DisableFunctions", "CPU->TurboDisable", "CPU-> UseARTFrequency" and "SMBIOS-> PlatformFeature").
  • Fixed a bug for Hermes that was causing the app to crash when the system language was set in French or Russian.

New in Pandora's Box 3.004 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • Some code refinement.
  • Re-added back the RealteckRTL8111.kext v1.2.3 for Yosemite (v2.2.1 is for El Capitan only as clarified by Mieze), Zeus automatically chooses the correct version.
  • Corrected a mistake in the config Editor (nvda_disable=1 to nv_disable=1).

New in Pandora's Box 3.003 (Mar 12, 2016)

  • Mieze's RealtekRTL8111.kext updated to 2.2.1 version:
  • Updated underlying linux sources from Realtek to 8.041.00.
  • Added support for RTL8111G.
  • Improved media selection (flow control and EEE can be switched via media selection).
  • Implemented Apple’s polled receive driver model (RXPOLL).
  • More info on the "New Driver for Realtek RTL8111" Topic at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287161-new-driver-for-realtek-rtl8111/.

New in Pandora's Box 3.002 (Mar 12, 2016)

  • Bug fix for Hera that was running by mistake in debug mode in previous versions (r3.000 and r3.001), that was causing the app to stop the process without effectively doing nothing.

New in Pandora's Box 3.001 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • Solved a bug that was causing the config.plist Editor to not save some changes made.
  • Solved a bug installing Keylayout.dylib module (Enoch) targeting installers made with "restore" method.
  • Clover bundled updated to r3358 as default (You will receive future update when available opening Ares ->"Install Clover").

New in Pandora's Box 3.000 (Mar 7, 2016)

  • Totally rewritten, nothing to do with older ones.
  • Code redone from scratch, two new app called Ares and Webkintosh:
  • Ares:
  • bootloaders configurator for both Enoch and Clover. Can edit the config.plist entirely with some facilities(as well for o.c.B.p, kernel.plist and SMBios.plist).
  • Clover WIKI is embedded in the config Editor to have quick access to the instructions and examples. Ability to update Enoch and Clover to latest revision available w/o update the entire app.
  • Ares can install the bootloader by targeting any ESP you have directly or in congiunction with the target Volume.
  • You can drag your config.plist directly into the Pandora's Box window, Ares will be automatically opened. What remain is to edit it and save where you like!
  • Zeus:
  • is now specialized in kexts installation from a large selection, but also permit you to drag your kexts (into the Pandora's interface) and let you decide where to install:
  • in any supported filesystems, in different volumes, but is also able to install in the target volume and its ESP at same time.
  • Support installation in
  • /System/Library/Extensions,
  • /Library/Extensions,
  • /Extra/Extensions,
  • /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other - 10.X (and an all OEM sub directories),
  • ...again at same time!
  • Hermes:
  • now produces two kind of installers, one with "restore" method, other with "createinstallmedia". Both are untouched installers (Vanilla), and no kexts are added, nor the bootloader.
  • WebKinTosh:
  • a web browser to navigate hot Topics on insanelymac. Use YouTube API to show videos and users can make its own on "how to" do things using Pandora's Box.
  • Of course, it supports El Capitan

New in Pandora's Box 2.017 RC 3 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Zeus/Hermes.app:Clover bootloader updated to r3113.
  • Zeus/Hermes.app:Enoch bootloader updated to r2530.
  • Zeus.app:DarwiDumper.app updated to v2.9.7.

New in Pandora's Box 1.34 Beta 2 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs with Terminal Settings (New method that require reboot at first time)
  • Fixed bug with unexpanded variable (new script)
  • Fixed bugs creating DVD media (missing symlink)
  • Fixed bug with Extra folder permission in Pandora’s Box
  • InsanelyBox are now in Home folder
  • New Method to rebuilding the cache (Mode 2 and 3)
  • Possybility to erase video kexts during creation of the media (Mode 3)
  • Possybility to rebuild a prelinked cache or Extra/Extensions.mkext in Pandora's Box (you can choose)
  • Fixed bugs in Preferences Panel (Retail or Pandora System and RecoveryHD settings), so without being prompted additional user intervention (if all options are set) while using Pandora Lionizer (Installer Maker).
  • Added GenericXHCI.kext to the Extensions.mkext to boot with working USB 3.0 ports (Mode 2 and 3)
  • Introduced, for Pandora Lionizer (Installer Maker) a method to make a log files with stdout, stdin and stderr on Desktop, to evaluate all possible problems
  • DarwinDumper updated to 2.7.8 version
  • HWSensor project (FakeSMC + plugin + app) updated to Version 2.3.16 (5874)