Setting up Mac OS on a vm running on Windows is something I have done several times for one reason or the other, but mainly because I miss using the OS. I have always loved the Apple Mac OS, ever since I first used System 7 (Mac OS 7) back in the early 1990’s.
I am trying to install macOS Catalina on VMWare on an AMD Ryzen computer. After many attempts I get to the installer, it installs (from an.iso file) and then it says Attempting to start up from: = Mac OS X.
Macos Catalina Vmware Image
- Install the VMware Workstation or VMware Player. Unpack the archive macOS Catalina.7z. Apply the patch as administrator of VMware Unlocker file (see. The tablet line in the subject header) 3. Open the file macOS Catalina.vmx through File- Open.
- Download Mac OS Catalina 10.15 VMDK File Image: Most of Peoples Love Mac Operating System Just Because of Looks, Performance, Customization, and Lost of Feature Which Make Mac Os Stunning but Lots of Peoples Can Afford Macbook That's Why They Want to Use Mac Os in Windows Based Laptop or Desktop You Can Easily Feel Mac Os Environment in Your.
My main computer was a MacBook for a little over 7 years, but unfortunately these days have passed and my existing MacBook is resting comfortably in a corner on my desk, sadly collecting dust.
Every now and then I decide to run another VM with the latest OS, maybe bring back to life my old photo library and devonthink notes. Then I find just about enough spare time to start playing with that again. This time it is the latest available version OS X 10.15 – Catalina.
Macos Catalina Vmware Download
After having done this almost half a dozen times before, I will usually find an old vm lying around on a spare disk which I can bring up and download the latest Mac OS from the Apple Store. I don’t like using vm images or ISO downloaded from the internet in fear that they may have been compromised, so I like working with the original installers that I have downloaded from the App Store directly.
Macos Catalina Vmware Player
The VM I had was running OS X 10.13 – High Sierra. Downloading the OS from the App Store yielded only the small sized installer, so I decided to perform an install from that onto a new virtual disk.
The download and install took around 3 hours with my very fast internet (not), and the vm rebooted to the apple logo, and then nothing… It was stuck there. I was using vmware workstation 14 at this point and thought it would be a good idea to upgrade it to the latest version. Then of course use unlocker to enable booing Mac OS. Started up the VM and boom, the progress bar and then the setup screen. Yaaaaay.
Now with the Mac OS freshly installed and running, the next step is to get to see things on the screen, I needed to set the resolution to the max my monitor will support, so, 1920 x 1080. So install VMware Tools, that should be easy, menu -> vm -> Install VMware Tools… Nope, not working, unlocker failed to download the VMware Tools package for some reason. Finding it online was a bit difficult, but using the trusty google search, nothing is impossible. unzip, mount, install, reboot, and bam… the resolution is set, and then it jumps back to a high DPI lower resolution, which was something I never heard of before having not used any Retina display Macs before. With some luck and a lot of searching, I found a way to disable the hDPI mode and finally I have the OS running at a resolution where I can actually see things.
Next step, download a full original copy of the OS, no wait, write about it in my dead WordPress page, and hopefully follow this post up with multiple small posts explaining how I did all the above in details, with snapshots, versions of software used, download locations, and command lines. So, first post done, hopefully more to come.