Running a MacOS Big Sur VM in VMware

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Published on October 25, 2021 9:00:26 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJmAwfkEbns

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0623.html

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Installing and Configuring VMware
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   01. Download a MacOS Big Sur .iso  https://archive.org/search.php?query=Mac%20OS%20Big%20Sur&and[]=mediatype%3A%22software%22
   02. Download VMware Workstation Player  https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html
   03. Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation  https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker/releases
   04. Install VMware Workstation Player, accepting the defaults
   05. Extract the downloaded MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation
   06. Inside the extracted file, right click Unlocker.exe ≫ Run as administrator
   07. Wait for the command prompt to close before continuing
 
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Creating the Big Sur VM
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   01. Launch VMware Workstation Player
   02. Click Continue to use Workstation Player for free for non-commercial use
   03. Click Finish
   04. Click Create a New Virtual Machine on the right side of the application
   05. Select Installer disc image file (iso) ≫ Browse to and select the downloaded MacOS Big Sur .iso ≫ Click Next
   06. Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 11 ≫ Click Next
   07. Name the VM MacOS 11 and set the path to store the VM files ≫ Click Next
   08. Adjust the disk size if necessary ≫ Click Next
   09. Click Finish
NOTE: If running an AMD processor, edit the .vmx file in the folder you specified for the VM, add the following to the bottom of the file and save your changes
         smc.version = "0"
         cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011"
         cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111"
         cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110"
         cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001"
         cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001"
         cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000"
         cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011"
         cpuid.1.edx = "0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111"
         smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"
         hw.model = "MacBookPro14,3"
         board-id = "Mac-551B86E5744E2388"
   10. Right click on the MacOS11 VM ≫ Power On
 
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Installing MacOS Big Sur
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   01. After an initialization sequence the MAC OS Setup should start
   02. Select a Language ≫ Click the next arrow
   03. Select Disk Utility
   04. Select the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media ≫ Click Erase
   05. Name the drive OS11 ≫ Set the Format to APFS ≫ Click Erase
   06. Click Done ≫ Close Disk Utility
   07. Click Install macOS Big Sur
   08. Click Continue ≫ Click Agree ≫ Click Agree again
   09. Select the OS11 disk ≫ Click Install
   10. Wait while Mac OS 11 installs files, the VM will reboot several times
   11. Select your Country ≫ Click Continue
   12. Confirm your languages and keyboard layout ≫ Click Continue
   13. Click Not Now on the Accessibility screen
   14. Click Continue on the Data & Privacy screen
   15. Select Not Now on the Migration Assistant screen
   16. Select Set Up Later and then Skip on the Apple ID screen
   17. Click Agree ≫ Agree again
   18. Enter a name, user name, password ≫ Click Continue
   19. Click Customize Settings
   20. Click Continue ≫ Select Use or Don't Use for Location Services
   21. Pick a timezone ≫ Click Continue
   22. Choose whether to share analytics with Apple ≫ Click Continue
   23. Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen
   24. Uncheck the Enable Ask Siri box ≫ Click Continue
   25. Pick a theme ≫ Click Continue
   26. Welcome to MacOS 11 Big Sur
 
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Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)
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   01. On the VMware toolbar click VM ≫ Settings ≫ CD/DVD
   02. Click Browse next to ISO Image File ≫ Browse to the extracted Unlocker files \tools ≫ Select darwin.iso
   03. Click the Connect checkbox
   04. Inside the VM, double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer
 


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