#Vmware workstation for mac os sierra how to#
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#Vmware workstation for mac os sierra mac os x#
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now choose VM name and location on your computer these are personal options, remember the location for step 25, click next.

#Vmware workstation for mac os sierra mac os x#

choose your OSX version we are opting for Apple Mac OS X and macOS 10.12, click next.

#Vmware workstation for mac os sierra install#

make sure вЂI will install the operating system laterвЂ™ is selected click next.

leave the hardware compatibility setting as they are вЂ for workstation 12вЂ™ click next.

open VMware and create a new virtual machine.

use the unlocker tool to patch VMware and enable the creation of OSX VMвЂ™s.

copy your created sierra.iso to your windows computer where you are installing VMware, remember where you copy this you will need it later!.

create sierra.iso from create-iso.sh on your mac вЂyes you do need access to a real mac to create your own sierra.iso, I also couldnвЂ™t find any onlineвЂ¦.

on your mac download and make sure installossierra.app is in your applications folder.

download the VMware patcher here credits to the awesome people at insanleymac for the unlocker tools.

Find and download VMware Workstation 12.

Skill level required, intermediate to advancedДЎ.latest version of vmware workstation 12 вЂfully workingвЂ™ДЈ.any recent macbook with sierra installed or at least close to this versionД¤.download вЂinstallmacOSsierra.appвЂ™ from the apple storeДҐ.sierra.iso вЂmade from your own mac using create-iso.shвЂ™ credits to вЂ f**kbecauseican5вЂІ and вЂjulianxhokaxhiuвЂ™ for create-iso.sh, I am going to test making this iso on an exsiting OSX vmware downloaded from sadeemPC and will update when tested

#Vmware workstation for mac os sierra how to#

Wait for the High Sierra installation process to finish.Today I am going to teach you how to do a fresh install of macOS sierra on vmware вЂ not a preinstalled image an actual fresh install вЂ.Select the previously created drive for the Mac OS X system drive and then select install.

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Select вЂњAgreeвЂќ to the terms of the software license agreement.Exit Disk Utility and Select вЂњInstall macOSвЂќ.Select вЂњEraseвЂќ and wait for the process to finish Set Drive name, set format to вЂњMac OS Extended (Journaled)вЂќ and scheme to вЂњGUID Partition MapвЂќ.Select вЂњVMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive MediaвЂќ and then вЂњEraseвЂќ Verify if the вЂњVMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive MediaвЂќ exists In the вЂњViewвЂќ icon, enable вЂњShow All DevicesвЂќ.

Start your High Sierra VM and wait for the setup page.

Edit the vmx file and add this parameter at the end of the list:.

Locate your mac OS x vmx file which is located in the VM folder

We need to edit the vmx file and add a parameter.

Select вЂњUse ISO image file:вЂќ and browse for the downloaded вЂњmacOS_High_Sierra_10_13_1_Official.isoвЂќ Enable вЂњVirtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVIвЂќ and вЂњVirtualize CPU performance countersвЂќ Open VM settings and select вЂњProcessorsвЂќ.

Once the VM is created we need to enable virtualization engine in the VM settings.

Wait for VMWare to create the virtual disk.

Check VM settings and then click Finish.

The default vmdk location is the VM folder location Select вЂњAllocate all disk space nowвЂќ and вЂњStore virtual disk as a single fileвЂќ

For disk capacity, set disk size to 40GB.

This option lets you connect to the network directly.

Select вЂњUse bridged networkingвЂќ as your network connection.

You can set the memory at least 2GB but if you encounter looping issues when starting the VM try to set it higher I set these before to 2 processors and 2 cores and I was getting loop issues when I ran the VM.

Set number of processors to 1 and number of cores per processor to 8.

It is optimal to use an SSD as your VM location for best performance The MacOS Unlocker patch enabled the Mac OS X support of VMWare Workstation.

Select вЂњI will install the operating system laterвЂќ.

Run VMWare Workstation and create a new virtual machine.

Remember to uninstall previous unlocker before installing a new version

Extract the unlocker-master.zip and run вЂњwin-install.cmdвЂќ as administrator.

#Vmware workstation for mac os sierra for mac os x#

Download MacOS Unlocker 3.0.3 by paolo-projects in github which is a patch to remove restrictions for Mac OS X VM creation.Д«y default VMWare doesnвЂ™t support Mac OS X VM but a patch created by DrDonk enables users to create a Mac OS VM in VMware Workstation, VMware Workstation Player and VMware Fusion or VMware ESXi/vSphere Hypervisor.

If your getting the message вЂњThis copy of the Install macOS High Sierra.app application is damagedвЂ¦вЂќ, set your Mac date back to Dec 2018. To get started we need to download the High Sierra ISO.

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