Apple has announced the macOS Sierra as the next version of Mac system software. From Siri integration, a revamped Apple music application and much more, macOS 10.12 Sierra Final, coming this fall, brings a whole bunch of amazing features. Apple announced this next version of Mac as is a tradition in the WWDC. With the Sierra, Siri will make its debut on a Mac and has new capabilities that have been designed for the desktop. This is the only way to make the Mac smarter, and you get hands-free access to your machine. Sierra will also help you shop more securely from online stores and with the new file system, you can now get and free up valuable space.
The VMware player, virtualisation software for the x64 based computer that uses Windows. You can run macOS Sierra Final on VMware on Windows. This player uses the same virtualization core like the VMware workstation, even though the workstation is not free and has more features than the Player. VMware Player is available for non-commercial use and can be seen as free.
Later on the guide, we will see the full procedure to set up macOS High Sierra on our Mac OS X virtual machine, as well as how to install the VMware tools. VirtualBox The creator of VirtualBox was the German corporation Innotek GmbH, back in 2007. Installing macOS on non-Apple hardware is against the EULA, and users doing so do it at their own risk. Join our forum community: Support this channel simply by shopping on. Steps to install MacOS Sierra 10.12 on VMware Workstation 12 Step 1: Install VMware Workstation Pro. Step 2: Patch VMware to show MacOS using Unlocker 2.08. Step 3: Create New Virtual Machine. Step 4: Customize Hardware configurations. Step 5: Edit MacOs Sierra.Vmx file. Step 6: Power On macOS.
Steps to Install macOS Sierra on VMware on Windows
However, if you already installed macOS Sierra, you can re-download a macOS Sierra installer in Mac App Store. Unfortunately, if you search the Mac App Store from Sierra, you will be disappointed because the Sierra installer no longer exists. The Apple support community keeps upgrading to more compatible and secure mac OS versions. Still, your worries are over because if you follow the steps below, you can download macOS Sierra.
First click and follow this link to download macOS Sierra. Click on the 'Get' button, that will automatically redirect to the Software Update control panel. Then click the Download button, and macOS Sierra will download into your mac.
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You can then locate file labeled as 'macOS Sierra' in the Applications folder of your Mac. If you further want to create an Sierra ISO file, you must first move your 'macOS Sierra.app' to Application Folder. You will then identify the Terminal, which you can find in Applications > Utilities.
# Mount DMG Installer to macOS
hdiutil attach /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/Install
# Create a DMG Disk
hdiutil create -o /tmp/sierra -size 7900m -volname sierra -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J
# Mount Sierra.dmg disk to your macOS
hdiutil attach /tmp/sierra.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/sierra
# Convert DMG Disk to ISO File
hdiutil convert /tmp/sierra.dmg -format UDTO -o /tmp/sierra
# Move ISO File to Desktop
mv /tmp/sierra.cdr ~/Desktop/sierra.iso
VMware Player is free for download here. Open it and install on your Window PC.
With Patch tool by DDork, you can download from Github site. Right click on 'win-install' and select 'Run as administrator'.
Step 4: Create New Virtual Machine
Open your VMware Player, click on 'create a new virtual machine' with Guest OS is Mac OS X and version 10.11 or 10.12.
In this step, select your Virtual Machine location (VMX Folder) and Virtual Disk Size (40 - 100 GB).
Step 5: Edit Your Virtual Machine
In VMware virtual list, select your virtual machine and click on 'Edit virtual machine'. Set up your RAM with '50% of real RAM' and 2 core of CPU.
In CD/DVD tabs, click on 'Browse' button and open your Sierra.iso file. Click 'Ok' to save your virtual machine.
Step 6: Edit VMX File
Open VMX Folder location (in step 4). Right click on 'vmware virtual machine configuration' file and select 'Open with'. Then click on “More Apps” and Open this file with “Notepad”.
Add this code to your configuration file: smc.version = '0'.
Step 7: Install macOS Sierra on VMware Player
Turn on your virtual machine in VMware, wait about 5 min to enter your Boot Screen. Then, open Disk utility. Format your VMware Virtual Disk with 'Mac OS Extended' and 'GUID Partition Map'. And you can install macOS Sierra on your Virtual Disk.
Waiting about 20 min. After your installation is completed and you can create a new account for your Mac.
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Install Mac OSX in VMware Windows PC
This article explains step by step method to install Mac OSX in VMware on your Windows PC. If you are interested to learn something on Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard or do some testing on Mac OS, then you can continue read this article. This article is only for testing purpose. Whoever doesn’t have chance to buy apple hardware with Mac OS, can use this method to install and run Mac on VMware home Windows PC.
Installation is not ‘Very’ Easy
Installation is not easy as inserting the CD and click ‘Next’ ‘Next’ or running some executable files. I wanted to install and learn Macintosh OSX on Windows in my PC, so I searched on internet for possibilities to have Macintosh on Windows computer. The results returned nothing very useful other than changing your XP, Vista themes to Mac OS themes. Based on the other tips in several sites and after I did it practically, now I’m writing this method to install mac on VMware in Windows PC.
But still I like to share what I found when I searched,
This video shows nicely how to change the XP theme to Mac OS theme. It looked as good video. But when I tried to install it…., guess what? Anti-virus popped up. I left it. You can try how to change the XP theme to Mac OS theme if you want.
But I’m talking about real Mac. As I said earlier installation is not very easy since both OS hardware platform requirements are different, Mac can be installed on Virtual PC on your PC. To make the installation easy, in other word “to avoid the Mac installation”, we will just import the Mac OS pre-installed hard disk to your PC using VMware. Don’t be more confused, follow the below easy steps. Here are the requirements,
Software Requirements for Install Mac on VMware
Virtual PC software. Several virtual PC software available, but this method goes with VMware workstation since we will be using VMware hard disk image.
VMware workstation 6 or more
you can download the VMware workstation at VMware site here . Either you can try 30-day free evaluation version or buy the full version, but don’t ask crack.
Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard VMware image download
(Note – This is a torrent download)
Hardware Requirements:
Make sure after you installed VMware workstation, you have minimum below hardware resources to allocate for Mac OS.
RAM – 1GB
Hard Disk 15GB
Processor – Automatic allocation.
Install Mac on VMware Step by Steps
1) Install VMware Workstation.
2) Download Mac OSX 10.5.5 Leopard VMware Hard disk image. ( Approx Size – 1.9GB)
3) Extract the Image to a folder (You need WinRAR for extraction and extracted size is Approx 9.4GB). Make sure extraction is successful and you get all VMware files as below
4) Start VMware workstation and open the Mac OS X Leopard.vmx. ( In VMware go to File – Open from extracted place)
5) Once you open the correct vmx files, you can see the configurations which already done on the image. The below screen is the default one when you open it, before you power on the virtual PC. ( this is what I’m getting in my PC)
6) Make sure Guest OS should be ‘FreeBSD’. Even if you have Dual processor and have option to select two processors in VMware option, DO NOT change to two. Leave the Processors 1 only. Do not worry about Hard disk allocation 30GB. You can increase the memory size if you have memory resource in your computer.
7) That’s it click ‘Power on this virtual machine’. Now you should be able to see Mac OS.
8) In case your Mac stuck with following welcome screen for long time,
You must disable ‘Intel Hardware Virtualization’ from your BIOS. Note that any time you enable or disable the Hardware virtualization setting in the BIOS; one has to completely power off (cold restart) the CPU for 10 seconds before booting.
Now start the Mac on VMware again, this time it will work fine.
Network
Somewhere I read that Network will not working in Mac with VMware, but it works fine with this image. I tested ‘Bridged’ and ‘NAT’ networks in VMware. It worked fine.
Mac Admin Password
This OS image has Mac Admin password, the password is ‘password ‘.
Mac VMX File
Here is the correct VMX file for your reference
.encoding = “windows-1252”
config.version = “8”
virtualHW.version = “7”
scsi0.present = “TRUE”
scsi0.virtualDev = “lsilogic”
memsize = “1024”
scsi0:0.present = “TRUE”
scsi0:0.fileName = “Mac OS X Leopard-000001.vmdk”
ide1:0.present = “TRUE”
ide1:0.autodetect = “TRUE”
ide1:0.deviceType = “cdrom-raw”
floppy0.present = “FALSE”
ethernet0.present = “TRUE”
ethernet0.startConnected = “TRUE”
ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000”
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ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = “FALSE”
usb.present = “TRUE”
ehci.present = “TRUE”
sound.present = “TRUE”
sound.fileName = “-1”
sound.autodetect = “TRUE”
mks.enable3d = “TRUE”
pciBridge0.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge4.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge4.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”
pciBridge4.functions = “8”
pciBridge5.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge5.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”
pciBridge5.functions = “8”
pciBridge6.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge6.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”
pciBridge6.functions = “8”
pciBridge7.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge7.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”
pciBridge7.functions = “8”
vmci0.present = “TRUE”
monitor.virtual_mmu = “automatic”
monitor.virtual_exec = “automatic”
roamingVM.exitBehavior = “go”
displayName = “Mac OS X Leopard”
guestOS = “freebsd”
nvram = “Mac OS X Leopard.nvram”
virtualHW.productCompatibility = “hosted”
ft.secondary0.enabled = “TRUE”
tools.upgrade.policy = “useGlobal”
extendedConfigFile = “Mac OS X Leopard.vmxf”
ide1:0.fileName = “auto detect”
ide1:0.startConnected = “FALSE”
ethernet0.addressType = “generated”
tools.syncTime = “FALSE”
uuid.location = “56 4d 4e 0f ea ce 5e 03-83 66 d3 86 b7 b4 42 e4”
uuid.bios = “56 4d 4e 0f ea ce 5e 03-83 66 d3 86 b7 b4 42 e4”
scsi0:0.redo = “”
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = “134217728”
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = “17”
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = “21”
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = “22”
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = “23”
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = “24”
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = “16”
usb.pciSlotNumber = “32”
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = “33”
sound.pciSlotNumber = “34”
ehci.pciSlotNumber = “35”
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = “36”
ethernet0.generatedAddress = “00:0c:29:b4:42:e4”
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = “0”
vmci0.id = “660874947”
tools.remindInstall = “TRUE”
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checkpoint.vmState = “”
ethernet0.connectionType = “nat”
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Mac OSX in VMware under Windows check the different method..