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. Finding it online was a bit difficult, but using the trusty google search, nothing is impossible.
#Vmware work starimn for mac install#
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.
#Vmware work starimn for mac mac os#
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. Started up the VM and boom, the progress bar and then the setup screen. Then of course use unlocker to enable booing Mac OS. I was using vmware workstation 14 at this point and thought it would be a good idea to upgrade it to the latest version. 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. 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 VM I had was running OS X 10.13 – High Sierra. 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. This time it is the latest available version OS X 10.15 – Catalina.Īfter 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. Then I find just about enough spare time to start playing with that again.
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.Įvery 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. I have always loved the Apple Mac OS, ever since I first used System 7 (Mac OS 7) back in the early 1990’s. 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.
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