- #RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 HOW TO#
- #RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 FOR MAC OS X#
- #RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 MAC OS X#
- #RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 INSTALL#
- #RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 UPDATE#
#RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 MAC OS X#
VMware Workstation VMware Tools installation in Mac OS XĪnd that's it! Your virtual Apple Mac computer is prepared to use and you can start using and testing all Mac OS X apps.Announcing: VMware Fusion 12 and Workstation 16 After the installation is finished restart the virtual computer (Click on Apple logo in upper left corner > Restart.).
#RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 INSTALL#
Double click on Install VMware Tools and install them to system. VMware Tools installation will be opened in the system.
#RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 FOR MAC OS X#
VMware Workstation CD/DVD settings for Mac OS X Navigate to Mac OS X unpacked archive to Tools subfolder and select darwin.iso disk image.Ĭ:\Users\Public\Documents\Shared Virtual Machines\OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Retail VMware Image\VMware Unlocker - Mac OS X Guest\VMware 8.x Series\Tools → CD/DVD (IDE) option → Use ISO image file option and after that on Browse. After few seconds you will se a warning window.Ĭlick on I copied it button and wait until the Mac OS X boot up to Welcome wizard, where you can set up your virtual Apple Mac computer (keyboard settings, localization, time settings, Apple ID, User account etc.).Īfter you have set up the system, it is time to install VMware Tools, which will improve performance of the system and allow you to set monitor resolution higher than 1024x768.Ĭlick on VM option in upper menu → Settings. VMware Workstation Hardware settings for Mac OS XĬlick on Power on this virtual machine option (also Ctrl+B shortcut). These settings greatly affect the virtual machine performance. In Processors settings set the number of processors and cores per processor (mostly one processor and two, four or eight cores). Set the memory settings to one half of RAM installed in computer. VMware Workstation General settings for Mac OS XĬlick on Hardware tab. Click on Options tab and check the Guest operating system is set to Apple Mac OS X and Version to Mac OS X 10.7. VMware Worksation with imported Mac OS X virtual machineĬlick on VM menu > Settings. Navigate to the unpacked Mac OS X archive to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion subfolder and select OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.vmx file. Step 4 - Run the Mac OS X in VMware Workstation However we tested it on older Pentium D 945 system without success.
There is an utility available in the archive called Hardware Virtualization Bypasser that allows users without processor with VT-x virtualization, run Mac OS X in VMware. Wait until the patch process is finished. Open the archive and go to the VMware Workstation Unlocker - Windows subfolder.Ĭ:\Users\Public\Documents\Shared Virtual Machines\OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Retail VMware Image\VMware Unlocker - Mac OS X Guest\VMware 8.x Series\VMware Workstation Unlocker - WindowsĬlick the right mouse button on install.cmd script and select Run as Administrator option. Download it from Soul Dev Team website and unpack archive to your hard drive. The archive (OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 Retail VMware Image) contains virtual machine with pre-installed Mac OS X and other utilities to customize VMware Workstation. We have tried already prepared Mac OS X Mountain Lion virtual machine created by Soul Dev Team. Step 2 - Download Mac OS X installation image It is recommended to download and install Workstation version 8. VMware Workstation is commercial software, but you can try fully functional time limited demo version which is available on the official VMware website. Step 1 - Download and install VMware Workstation Intel dual core processor with Intel VT-x hardware virtualization, 2GB RAM, 15GB free HDD space, NVIDIA, or ATI GPU. Other system requirements to run virtualized Mac OS X are: We have tried to run last version of Mac OS X (Mountain Lion - build 10.8.) in VMware Workstation.
#RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 HOW TO#
How to run Mac OS X in VMware Workstation
#RUN MAC OS ON VMWARE WORKSTATION 11 UPDATE#
However, other third party developers created unofficial update that adds Mac OS X profiles to VMware settings, which allows users to install Mac OS X without Chromeleon, or other Apple Mac boot emulators.
There are some ways how to do it, but in our opinion, the easiest one is to install OS X in some virtualization software, like VMware Workstation.īy default, VMware Workstation doesn't officially support virtualization of Mac OS X. Many Windows users would also like to try Mac OS X operating system that runs on Apple computers.