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#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 HOW TO#
#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 MAC OS X#
#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 INSTALL#
#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 DRIVERS#
#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 RAR#

You can keep the default resources if you prefer or bump them up, I personally bumped them up to 8 GB and 2 vCPU.

#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 MAC OS X#

Either by right clicking on the Mac OS X 10.9 object on the left side panel or via the tabbed window.

Select the Mac OS X 10.9.vmx file and select Open.

Run VMware Workstation or VMware Player and select Open a Virtual Machine.

Note: if something goes wrong or you’d like to restore the original files for your VMware application you can run win-uninstall.cmd.

Browse to the folder where you extracted OS X Unlocker and Run the following files As Administrator ( win-install.cmd and win-update-tools.cmd).

It does this modifying some core VMware system files. OS X Unlocker essentially patches the installed VMware product so Mac OS X can be installed.

Extract the contents of OS X Unlocker onto your computer.

Download the latest OS X Unlocker, at the time of writing it is version 2.0.8.

Confirm VMware Workstation or VMware Player is installed correctly, and close the program.

#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 INSTALL#

Install VMware Workstation or VMware Player, I chose the Workstation route since I already had it installed.

#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 RAR#

This rar file contains VMware prepped OS X files (vmx, vmdk) for use with VMware products. 6 GB), within this file is a file called Yosemite 10.10 Retail VMware.rar, this needs to be extracted to a location of your choice, preferably onto a SSD. It does a good job at showing the basic steps, however it doesn’t explain much along the way, I figured it would be good to break this down and explain it. I raked over some sites that stated it was not possible, I found that rather funny I mean how is it not possible doesn’t Mac run on Intel hardware nowadays anyhow? Then I stumbled on this video. It had been an interest of mine recently to run Mac OS X on my powerhouse PC at home, but I wanted it to run as virtual machine. Whether I like to admit it or not they do make a highly polished quality product.

You can use it to test software on a clean installation without having to purchase extra hardware, but before you install software on the machine, you might want to create a snapshot so you can roll back any changes.I’ve never been a Mac fan, but I do have to say that our family does have several Apple products in our home, 2 iPads and an iPhone… for the kids and my wife. VMware Fusion * to create a macOS Big Sur Virtual Machine. A window will appear, click Install to connect the VMware Tools installer CD to the virtual machine.ĭouble click the Install VMware Tools installer.Ĭlick Continue and follow the remaining steps of the install wizard.

#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 DRIVERS#

The last thing we need to do is install VMware Tools because it contains drivers that make the virtual machine run faster.Ĭlick the Virtual Machine menu option then Install VMware Tools. We are now ready to install VMware Tools. Go through the steps, answering all the prompts.Īfter another reboot, log in to macOS using the credentials you specified in the setup wizard. The macOS virtual machine will reboot into the final setup wizard. Go for a Coffee and let it run until it finishes. Wait for the files to be copied to the Macintosh HD.ĭepending on how fast your hardware is, you may notice the installation hang for a while on “Less than a minute remaining”. Select your Language then click the arrow to continue.Ĭlick Install macOS Big Sur then click Continue.

Power on the virtual machine and the macOS installer should load. Step 3: Install macOS Big Sur on Virtual Machine

Attach the ISO created in Step 1 by clicking the CD/DVD ROM, checking Connect, then choosing the ISO image located on the Desktop.Īfter closing the Settings window, we are no ready to power on the virtual machine and install macOS Big Sur. Give the virtual machine a name and location to save the files to then click Save. Select Apple OS X > macOS 11.0 then click Continue. When the Select installation method window appears, click Create a custom virtual machine then click Continue.

#MAC OS X FOR VMWARE 12 HOW TO#

Step 1: Create Bootable macOS ISOįollow the steps in How to Create a Bootable macOS Big Sur ISO to create an ISO named macos-big-sur.iso on your Desktop. To get around this, you can create a bootable macOS ISO and install the operating system on the virtual machine manually using the steps in this tutorial. After the files got copied, the virtual machine became stuck in a reboot loop. However, when I tried it with the professional version (12.1.2), it didn’t work. VMware Fusion has an option to create a macOS virtual machine from the recovery partition. Before we beginīefore we can create the virtual machine you will need to download VMware Fusion and install it on your Mac. This tutorial will show you how to create a macOS Big Sur virtual machine on your Mac with VMware Fusion so you can test software on a clean installation of without needing extra hardware.