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vmx in a code editor (if you’re using Notepad, now’s the time to grab Visual Studio Code, or even Notepad++). Right click on the VM in the manager and click Open VM Directory. Now we need to edit the configuration file to change a few settings that do not have options in that panel. Next, go to Processors and set both Number of Processors and the Cores per Processor to 2. If not, you’re in for a very choppy and slow ride. In the Hardware tab, go down to Memory and set the RAM to 4GB or higher.

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This is where things will get technical, so be aware that some trial and error may ensue. Now we’ve got the VM made, we need to make some additional tweaks to get macOS to play nicely with our platform.

Once you’re at the end summary, click Customize Hardware (this is the same as Edit Virtual Machine Settings on the home page if you don’t click it). If you’re just exploring, keep it at the default 40 GB and continue.

#Vmware player for os x download install#

Select I will install the operating system later, and click next.įor Guest Operating System, select Apple OS X and then select macOS 10.14 (if you’re following with Mojave, change if you’re using another version).Ĭhange the name or location if you desire, then click next.ĭisk size is entirely up to you, depending on your use conditions. If you’ve got some specific setup oddities you can go down the other route, but we’ll need to make some post-wizard adjustments anyway.

When the wizard starts, select (or keep on) Typical for Virtual Machine Configuration. Start up VMWare Workstation or Player, and click on File > New Virtual Machine. Once done, restart your VMware Player/Workstation and the options should now appear in the VM creation wizard.

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This script will change the VMware configuration to un-hide the missing macOS options, then download the system files for macOS guests. Linux: sudo lnx-install.sh (you might need to chmod +x first). Open a command prompt or console to the directory you extracted it to, and run: Grab a copy of the unlocker.zip from the latest releases, and unzip it. Thanks to TheJaxon and paolo-projects, the open source community have a tool to unlock these features – aptly called macOS Unlocker. Boo!ĭon’t stop there though, as it’s still available – just hidden. As a result, this feature isn’t available on Windows or Linux. 🔑 Unlocking macOS in VMware Windows & LinuxĪpple isn’t particularly happy about people trying to emulate macOS and OS X on non-Apple platforms against their EULA. Once you’ve got your Mojave.iso file, come back to this guide and we can proceed with infecting your VMWare with Apple. The way of extracting the install medium for Mojave has not changed, so if you want to grab the macOS ISO, follow the guided segment on the Virtualbox guide (Creating the ISO). Although if you’re on macOS already, you shouldn’t need to do any extra steps to get things working.

macOS Unlocker V3.0 for VMware Workstation.Įverything should work on the main 3 platforms (Windows, macOS and Linux) that VMware support.