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DISCLAIMER: This post doesn’t express any warranties. It is provided as-is and you are proceeding at your own risk taking into consideration all license and legal ramifications. This post is meant to show you what is possible to do, not whether or not it is legal or allowed to be done. Sometimes you just need the ability to test an Operating System. For these purposes this blog post will show you how to run Mac OS X 10.8 in VMware Workstation for the purpose of testing Mac management with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. As a consultant, I travel constantly, I can’t exactly carry around a Mac mini in my laptop bag, well I probably could but I have no desire to.
I already ditched my heavy laptop for an Ultrabook, rather than my previous Lenovo W520 that had a power supply I could crush most small rodents with. There are numerous posts with various bits of information, but didn’t see one comprehensive guide.
I’ve also seen pre-created VM’s that you can download and import into VMware Workstation, but I prefer to have my own clean VM that I built and don’t need to worry about where it came from. Call me crazy. Files you will need:. Mac OS X 10.8 Installation Files (You are own your own for this one). (5.0.3 – com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip) Step 1: Install VMware Workstation on your machine.
Note that you cannot have Hyper-V and VMware Workstation installed on the same box 🙂 Step 2: Run VMware Unlocker 1.1.0. 1) Extract out VMware Unlocker. 2) Run the install.bat that is in the windows folder.
This will configure VMware Workstation to support Mac OS X. 3) You should now see Apple Mac OS X listed in the New Virtual Machine Wizard. 4) Create a new Virtual Machine for Mac OS X 10.8, Mac OS X will need a minimum of 2GB of RAM.
Step 3: Use 7Zip or a similar program to extract out the InstallESD.dmg from the Mac OS X 10.8 installation DVD. Step 4: Using the dmg2img program, create a ISO of the Mac OS X install. Example command line: dmg2im -I 'path installesd.dmg' -o 'path macosxsetup.iso' MacOSXSetup.iso successfully created. Step 5: Extract out the com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip to get the darwin.iso from under payload. Step 6: Mount the newly created MacOSXSetup.iso with the VMware Workstation VM.
Step 7: Start the VM and launch the Mac OS X Setup from the ISO we created. 1) Select the Disk Utility so we can format the drive before installing the OS 2) Select the disk and then select Erase, the format should be Mac OS Extended Journaled. 3) Select Erase on the prompt. 4) Close the Disk Utility and Select Reinstall OS X. 5) Select Continue. 6) Select Agree. 7) Select the disk and then Install.
8) Installation will start. All installed! 9) You’ll have to continue through some additional setup and personalization and create your account. Finally done and we can see our desktop!
Step 8: Install VMware tools. 1) Mount the darwin.iso to the VM, a restart might be required to get it to properly show up in the VM. 2) In order to see the icons on the desktop, go into Finder Preferences, and check the Hard Disks, External Disks, CD/DVD, and Connected Servers boxes. 3) You should now be able to see the VMWare tools DVD. 4) Double-click the VMware Tools DVD.
Double-Click Install VMware Tools. 5) Click Continue.
6) Click Continue. 7) Click Install. 8) Enter your password to install the software. 9) Select Continue Installation. 10) Restart upon completion. After the reboot, you should see functional VMware tools. The window should resize etc.
Per standard VMware tools. Step 9: Take a Snapshot! It’s a good idea to have a clean slate to revert to if needed. Step 10: Enjoy!
In this article, I’m going to show you how to install macOS High Sierra on VMware on Windows 10. In WWDC17, Apple has announced their new products and some cool features. MacOS High Sierra 10.13 is one of the announcements at WWDC 2017. This year’s version of macOS is more of a maintenance release than a full-on new version. Called High Sierra, the new operating system is more about refinements than new features, as it aims to make your Mac more reliable, capable, and responsive while laying the foundation for future innovations in the worlds of VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality).
But of course, there will be cool stuff to play with right away. Even if there aren’t any major new features, High Sierra is still packed with a ton of cool stuff. To test the Apple new Mac operating system macOS High Sierra. You can only do that if you have an Apple computer (Mac) laptops or an iMac but there in this article, I am going to show you how you can install macOS high Sierra on Windows on VMware, so you don’t need to buy an expensive Apple computer. Related Post:. Install macOS High Sierra on VMware on Windows Before you get started to install macOS High Sierra on VMware on Windows there are some requirement and tasks to do.
Requirements:. Minimum 2 GB Memory. Minimum 2 cores of processors. Hard disk free space 80 GB. Graphics memory 256 MB.
Your system should support Intel or AMD VT (Virtualization Technology). VT (Virtualization Technology) Should be enabled from BIOS setup. As mentioned in the section above your system should have the virtualization technology and after that, you should enable that from your system BIOS. First, you should boot into your system BIOS then find the VT option and enable that. You can find how to boot into your system BIOS. To get started you need to download the following materials in order to install macOS High Sierra on VMware on Windows. (1 Part).
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(8 Parts). Step #1: Extract macOS High Sierra Image Once you have downloaded the macOS High Sierra image file, then you should extract it via or after that you can use this image. To unzip the file, just right-click on file then select“ Extract Here.“ It will take around 5 minutes. Extract macOS High Sierra Final Image Step #2: Install VMware on Your PC Get the VMware from the link above. Once you have downloaded the VMware Workstation, then Install it on your Windows PC. To install VMware, just click on the setup then hit Next and Next. Finally, click “ Finished.” If you have installed already, then skip this step.
Step #3: Unlock VMware via Patch Tools Firstly, make sure you download the latest version of Patch tools from the link mentioned above. Then Extract the file from Zip format. Open “Patch Tool Unlocker Master” then right-click on win-install.cmd and select Run as Administrator.
It will install the patch file in the VMware for macOS High Sierra and older versions in order to unlock VMware and let you install macOS on it. Increase Processors Step #6: Manage macOS High Sierra VMDK and Virtual Machine VMX file #1. Now go to macOS High Sierra virtual machine files that you browsed and located in step 4.4. If you have left that steps as default then the files are saved in this location: This PC Documents Virtual Machine virtual machine Name. Here you need to replace the macOS High Sierra Image(8.87GB) with this existing VMDK (5 MB). Just drag the macOS High Sierra Image that you download and extracted in step #1 then drop it on the Virtual machine files. If you get a replace or skip files dialog box then click on Replace the in the destination.
Power on The VM Here you go and you don’t need to install macOS High Sierra because we have done that for you to save time, It is already installed on a virtual disk (VMDK). All you need to do now, perform a clean installation of macOS High Sierra to set it up as your needs.
When you played the VM, then it should take you to the next step setting up macOS High Sierra in VMware.If no then you may miss any action or fail in any move, comment below and we will try our best for you. Choose your Country and click on Continue. MacOS High Sierra Finally Installed on VMware Further Guide I hope you guys have gotten something from this step by step guide.
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If you have any kinds of problem or question feel free to share via comment section down below. Also, you in the section below there are more guides that may help you out. So go ahead and check out them, thanks for being with us. Install VMware tools to Fix Screen Resolution Now that you have, install macOS High Sierra on VMware on Windows successfully still there are many things need to fix manually. One of the most important ones is the VMware, you need to install the VMware tool on macOS High Sierra to get the most of macOS High Sierra on Windows. Many features like drag & Drop, fix screen resolution, network and other issues will be fixed after you install VMware tool. We have a create a simple guide to do that so follow the guide linked down below step by step.
Watch the full video tutorial It was all about, how to install macOS High Sierra on VMware on Windows. If you faced any problem tell us below by comment, feel free to say us. We’re waiting for your suggestion. I have watched the steps clearly and executes as shown in the above steps. However, am afraid to say, got the following error.
Kindly advise. Thanks so much in advance.
VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0) vcpu-0:VERIFY vmcore/vmm/main/physMemmonitor.c:1180 A log file is available in “C: Users raka Documents Virtual Machines macOS High Sierra vmware.log”. You can request support. To collect data to submit to VMware support, choose “Collect Support Data” from the Help menu. You can also run the “vm-support” script in the Workstation folder directly. We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.
I have followed your instructions to the letter and those of every other source I could find (all pretty much saying the same), but nothing works. I have the current release of VMware Workstation 12 Pro running on Win 7 Ult. X64, with virtualization enabled in the BIOS. Following your instructions, I get to the initial macos boot with a white Apple logo on a black background, then a Windows message box appears saying: “The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine.” Any thoughts? Great tutorial, THX I Got one strange issue and I have not read all comments, I will do.
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The VM with OSX Sierra fills the virtual disk slightly with some stuff, did not know what, problem is that than VM is hanging up and freezes cause of full disk. Maybe a time machine issue or something else.
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Got anyoe of you same difficulties, all worked fine wit VMware workstation pro 14 and I got also after installing VMware tools a big screnn, I am using a tripple screen setup with 3240×1920 Pixels and it was nice to look at, a little anoying is that no 3D acceleration is working out of the box, are there any known projects? THX for posts cya.