Running a MacOS Catalina 10.15 VM in VMware
20#VMware #MacOS #Catalina #VM
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0656.html
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Installing and Configuring VMware
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01. Download a MacOS Catalina .iso https://archive.org/search.php?query=MacOS%20iso%20collection&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 Catalina 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 Catalina .iso ≫ Click Next
06. Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 10.15 ≫ Click Next
07. Name the VM MacOSX 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 MacOSX VM ≫ Power On
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Installing MacOS Catalina
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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 MacOS ≫ Set the Format to APFS ≫ Click Erase
06. Click Done ≫ Close Disk Utility
07. Click Install macOS
08. Click Continue ≫ Click Agree ≫ Click Agree again
09. Select the MacOS disk ≫ Click Install
10. Wait while Mac OS 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 Continue on the Data & Privacy screen
14. Select Don't transfer any information now ≫ Click Continue
15. Select Set Up Later ≫ Click Continue ≫ Click Skip
16. Click Agree ≫ Agree again
17. Enter a name, user name, password ≫ Click Continue
18. Click Customize Settings
19. Click Continue ≫ Select Use or Don't Use for Location Services
20. Pick a timezone ≫ Click Continue
21. Uncheck the Send Mac Analytics box ≫ Click Continue
22. Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen
23. Uncheck the Enable Ask Siri box ≫ Click Continue
24. Pick a theme ≫ Click Continue
25. Welcome to MacOS 10.15 Catalina
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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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