In this document, I will guide you how to install Mac OS 10.11 on VMWare. VMware workstation 11/12 Unlocker 2.0.8 What is this? This allows you to emulate a virtual Mac OSX in VMWare which you cannot by default. Full credits go to Donk for making this! Download the unlocker from the official site or from this site. Instructions: 1. Make sure VMware is installed on your. What is Unlocker for VMware. Before we go any further, we should basically have an idea of VMware unlocker for macOS GitHub and how it works. VMware Unlocker for macOS or macOS Catalina Unlocker VMware 15 ( Unlocker for VMware ) is a handy tool that replaces a couple of files such as VMware-vmx, vmwarebase.dll, vmwarebase.so and patches macOS settings and installation features like options. Install macOS Unlocker on VMware. Now in this step, you can download macOS Unlocker for VMware. Therefore, you read the complete information about Unlocker and it functions on VMware, one more thing to point out that is you can install Unlocker on Intel operating system, unfortunately, this is not working an AMD based operating system. Download macOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation 11/12/14/15; Mac OS X Yosemite on VMware. Before going to create a VMware virtual machine. Firstly, you need to download the Mac OS X Yosemite DMG file, then after the downloading is done, therefore, you will see that the file is compressed.
More and more companies tend to release products for both Mac and Windows platforms. If a Windows developer wants to create apps for Mac OS, the most economical way is to use a virtual machine. When I upgraded my operating system from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and installed VMWare Workstation 11, I found my Mac OS X virtual machine couldn't work. Here are the issues and corresponding solutions.
How to enable Mac OS X Guests on VMWare Workstation 11?
Pinterest for mac. By default, VMWare Workstation 11 does not support Mac OS X. If you are using VMWare Workstation 11, you need to download and install Unlocker 2.
How to use Unlocker?
- Unzip Unlocker.
- Run cmd.exe as Administrator.
- Execute win-install.cmd
Matroska for mac. Try to create a new virtual machine, you will see Apple Mac OS X:
Error: Could not find component on update server
After successfully booting your Mac OS X virtual machine, you need to install VMWare tools. Click VM > Install VMWare Tools, you may see the following error message:
Computer memory for macbook air. Right-click the virtual machine and open settings. Select CD/DVD and load darwin.iso, which has been copied to your VMWare Workstation when running Unlocker.
Restart operating system. Now you can see the VMWare Tools:
If you are a Hackintosh user on desktop virtualization software VMware, then the 'VMware unlocker' is a compulsory utility to run Mac OS X lion guests. This unlocker utility replaces few VMware program files to be able to install and run latest 10.8 and 10.7 Lion OS X guests. Here is the download links of working unlocker for VMware Workstation 9, 8 and 7 series versions (tested by me) on Windows 7 32 bit host.UPDATE – This post has been updated after testing latest unlocker (version 1.1.0) with VMware workstation 9 on 08/11/2012
Earlier Mac OS X versions like Snow leopard 10.6 and leopard 10.5 can run on VMware desktop virtualization products without this patch. But the latest Lion OS X needs this patching.
Sysprobs already published a working method to install and run Lion OS X on VMware workstation based on this unlocker. I have demonstrated and tested on Workstation 7 series in previous post, but once I upgraded to VMware workstation 9 or 8, it stopped working. Obviously, the upgrade process replaced patched files, so no longer I able to run Lion OS X on VMware. Later, I found a similar patch for 9 and 8 series. Using older ulockers to patch recent VMware workstation did not work and I could not start any virtual machines.
Unlocker for VMware workstation 9, 8 and 7
I have not updated the screenshots for latest 1.1.0 unlocker or latest VMware workstation 9. The above all screenshots remain same with earlier versions (almost one year ago). But, I can confirm that latest 1.1.0 unlocker works well with VMware workstation 9 on Windows 7 Host.
After applying patch with VMware unlocker – One more Guest OS type and versions.
Error: Could not find component on update server
After successfully booting your Mac OS X virtual machine, you need to install VMWare tools. Click VM > Install VMWare Tools, you may see the following error message:
Computer memory for macbook air. Right-click the virtual machine and open settings. Select CD/DVD and load darwin.iso, which has been copied to your VMWare Workstation when running Unlocker.
Restart operating system. Now you can see the VMWare Tools:
If you are a Hackintosh user on desktop virtualization software VMware, then the 'VMware unlocker' is a compulsory utility to run Mac OS X lion guests. This unlocker utility replaces few VMware program files to be able to install and run latest 10.8 and 10.7 Lion OS X guests. Here is the download links of working unlocker for VMware Workstation 9, 8 and 7 series versions (tested by me) on Windows 7 32 bit host.UPDATE – This post has been updated after testing latest unlocker (version 1.1.0) with VMware workstation 9 on 08/11/2012
Earlier Mac OS X versions like Snow leopard 10.6 and leopard 10.5 can run on VMware desktop virtualization products without this patch. But the latest Lion OS X needs this patching.
Sysprobs already published a working method to install and run Lion OS X on VMware workstation based on this unlocker. I have demonstrated and tested on Workstation 7 series in previous post, but once I upgraded to VMware workstation 9 or 8, it stopped working. Obviously, the upgrade process replaced patched files, so no longer I able to run Lion OS X on VMware. Later, I found a similar patch for 9 and 8 series. Using older ulockers to patch recent VMware workstation did not work and I could not start any virtual machines.
Unlocker for VMware workstation 9, 8 and 7
I have not updated the screenshots for latest 1.1.0 unlocker or latest VMware workstation 9. The above all screenshots remain same with earlier versions (almost one year ago). But, I can confirm that latest 1.1.0 unlocker works well with VMware workstation 9 on Windows 7 Host.
After applying patch with VMware unlocker – One more Guest OS type and versions.
Unlocker for 9 , 8.0 and 8.0.1 Download Links
This unlocker works well with 9, 8.0 and 8.0.1. All credits go to developer of this patch. You can download and check for the updates and comments here. Make sure you are download the latest version from developer. As on today 1.1.0 is the latest one.For VMware workstation 7.0 series.
You can download our earlier Sysprobs_lion files set which is having unlocker for 7.0 series.
How to Use Unlocker
Its very simple. Close all VMware programs (if opened)
Extract the downloaded file. The latest Unlocker is having patch for Windows, Linux, Fusion 4.0 on Snow Leopard and Lion and VMware ESXi 5.
Before run the patch, its recommended to take a backup of VMware program folder, because this patch will replace the original files. Even though the utility takes backup which can be replaced later if required, but its good to have a backup copy taken by you.
Right click on install.cmd file and select run as administrator option as shown below. ( or you can start the command prompt as administrator in Windows 7 computer and execute install.cmd from command prompt)
The successful patch will return the following screen (and disappears automatically)
That's it. You patched the VMware workstation 9, 8.0 or 8.0.1 in Windows 7 host to run Mac OS X Lion guest. Restarting the host computer is not required here.