Running a MacOS 15 Sequoia VM in VMware

#MacOS #Sequoia #VMware

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0945.html

Installing and Configuring VMware 💡 NOTE: MacOS higher than version 12 requires a CPU with AVX2 instruction support      01. Download a MacOS Sequoia .iso  https://archive.org/search.php?query=MacOS%20Collection&and[]=mediatype%3A%22software%22 OR create your own  https://youtu.be/JFMvUpdCMwo    02. Download VMware Workstation Player  https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html |  https://archive.org/download/vmware-player-full-17.5.0-22583795_202402/VMware-player-full-17.5.0-22583795.exe    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. Click the Patch button    08. Wait for patching to complete before continuing   Creating the Sequoia VM    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 Sequoia .iso ≫ Click Next    06. Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 13 (or the closest version to 15 listed) ≫ Click Next    07. Name the VM MacOS15 and set the path to store the VM files ≫ Click Next    08. Adjust the disk size if necessary and set the option to store as a single file ≫ Click Next    09. Click the Customize Hardware... button    10. Increase the memory to 8 GB or more and the CPU to 4 cores    11. Set the Network Adapter the Bridged    12. Click Close and then Finish to complete the VM configuration    13. Open File Explorer and navigate to the VM files    14. Edit the .vmx file in a text editor    15. Search for board-id.reflectHost and set the value to "FALSE"          board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE"    16. Search for ethernet0.virtualDev and set the value to "vmxnet3"          ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"    17. Then paste the following options at the bottom of the file          board-id = "Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95"          hw.model.reflectHost = "FALSE"          hw.model = "iMac20,1"          serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE"          serialNumber = "C01234567890"    18. Back in VMware, right click on the MacOS15 VM ≫ Power On   Installing MacOS Sequoia    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 or Region ≫ 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 Continue ≫ Select Use or Don't Use for Location Services    20. Pick a time zone ≫ Click Continue    21. Uncheck Share Mac Analytics with Apple ≫ Click Continue    22. Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen    23. Pick a theme ≫ Click Continue    24. Welcome to MacOS 15 Sequoia   Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)    01. Right click the Install MacOS disc on the desktop ≫ Eject    02. On the VMware toolbar click Player ≫ Removable Devices ≫ CD/DVD ≫ Settings    03. Click Browse next to ISO Image File ≫ Browse to the extracted Unlocker files \tools ≫ Select darwin.iso    04. Click the Connected checkbox    05. Click OK    06. Inside the VM, double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer    07. When prompted, go into the Security settings and scroll to the bottom ≫ Click Allow next to VMware ≫ Reboot    08. After rebooting double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer again    09. After the install succeeds, reboot again  

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