Install the VMWare Tools for your macOS VM (requires VM reboot) The initial image is very laggy during setup, which can be due to the number of cores or memory, but more likely because of the video driver (or lack thereof).Ħ. Once erased (use default values), close " Disk utility" and select " Install macOS Monterey" (or which ever version you are installing). Select that disk, click " Erase", give it a name, but keep the other default values ( APFS/ GUID Partition map). Run the Apple install - takes about 15-25 minutes depending on your hardware.Īt initial setup: Select " Disk Utility" first to select and erase the VMWare disk - mine was the first one listed under " Internal", called " VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media". Untested, but it seem that you will need to apply a patch to the VMX file as well, telling it that you're running on a Mac.ĥ. I usually customize the setting for my VM's, and in this case:ĪMD CPU's are NOT supported by macOS, and during initial boot you'll get a message The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Open VMWare Workstation Player, and create a new virtual machine - you can select macOS now, and select the macOS ISO file.Ī few things you should pay attention to: Download and run Auto-Unlocker which add “macOS” as an option when creating a new Virtual machines.Ĥ. I used the method described here - since downloading ISO files from others can be questionable.ģ. Install VMWare WorkStation Player (I used v17) - it's free for non-commercial use.Ģ. This worked for me, even with an AMD CPU:ġ.
Since I have a nice gaming laptop at my disposal (Asus ROG G713, AMD 6900HZ CPU and Nvidia 3080 GPU), I just wanted to give it a try to install a macOS VM on my Windows computer. However when needing a virtual machine to test an older macOS, I find a macOS Virtual Machine to run really slow on a Mac. I occasionally need to test a few things for macOS, for which I usually use one of my Mac's.
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