Running a MacOS 14 Sonoma VM in VMware
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- #MacOS #Sonoma #VMware
Full steps can be found at i12bretro.gith...
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Installing and Configuring VMware
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💡 NOTE: MacOS higher than version 12 requires a CPU with AVX2 instruction support
01. Download a MacOS Sonoma .iso archive.org/se...[]=mediatype%3A%22software%22 OR create your own • Create Almost Any MacO...
02. Download VMware Workstation Player www.vmware.com...
03. Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation github.com/pao...
04. Install VMware Workstation Player, accepting the defaults
05. Extract the downloaded MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation
06. Inside the extracted file, right click Unlocker.exe ≫ Run as administrator
07. Click the Patch button
08. Wait for patching to complete before continuing
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Creating the Sonoma VM
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01. Launch VMware Workstation Player
02. Click Continue to use Workstation Player for free for non-commercial use
03. Click Finish
04. Click Create a New Virtual Machine on the right side of the application
05. Select Installer disc image file (iso) ≫ Browse to and select the downloaded MacOS Sonoma .iso ≫ Click Next
06. Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 13 ≫ Click Next
07. Name the VM MacOS14 and set the path to store the VM files ≫ Click Next
08. Adjust the disk size if necessary ≫ Click Next
09. Click Finish
10. Open File Explorer and navigate to the VM files
11. Edit the .vmx file in a text editor
12. Search for board-id.reflectHost and set the value to "FALSE"
board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE"
13. Search for ethernet0.virtualDev and set the value to "vmxnet3"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
14. Then paste the following options at the bottom of the file
board-id = "Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95"
hw.model.reflectHost = "FALSE"
hw.model = "MacBookPro19,1"
serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE"
serialNumber = "C01234567890"
15. Right click on the MacOS14 VM ≫ Power On
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Installing MacOS Sonoma
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01. After an initialization sequence the MAC OS Setup should start
02. Select a Language ≫ Click the next arrow
03. Select Disk Utility
04. Select the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media ≫ Click Erase
05. Name the drive MacOS ≫ Set the Format to APFS ≫ Click Erase
06. Click Done ≫ Close Disk Utility
07. Click Install macOS
08. Click Continue ≫ Click Agree ≫ Click Agree again
09. Select the MacOS disk ≫ Click Install
10. Wait while Mac OS installs files, the VM will reboot several times
11. Select your Country or Region ≫ Click Continue
12. Confirm your languages and keyboard layout ≫ Click Continue
13. Click Not Now on the Accessibility screen
14. Click Continue on the Data & Privacy screen
15. Select Not Now on the Migration Assistant screen
16. Select Set Up Later and then Skip on the Apple ID screen
17. Click Agree ≫ Agree again
18. Enter a name, user name, password ≫ Click Continue
19. Click Continue ≫ Select Use or Don't Use for Location Services
20. Pick a timezone ≫ Click Continue
21. Uncheck Share Mac Analytics with Apple ≫ Click Continue
22. Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen
23. Pick a theme ≫ Click Continue
24. Welcome to MacOS 14 Sonoma
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Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)
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01. Right click the Install MacOS disc on the desktop ≫ Eject
02. On the VMware toolbar click Player ≫ Removable Devices ≫ CD/DVD ≫ Settings
03. Click Browse next to ISO Image File ≫ Browse to the extracted Unlocker files \tools ≫ Select darwin.iso
04. Click the Connected checkbox
05. Click OK
06. Inside the VM, double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer
07. When prompted, go into the Security settings and scroll to the bottom ≫ Click Allow next to VMware ≫ Reboot
08. After rebooting double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer again
09. After the install succeeds, reboot again
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lol..."Wait approximately 3 years"
I lol so hard on "Now wait approximately 3 years while macOS is installed" But It really does take a long time to install. Love your content!
Appreciate the comment! It takes forever!
Oh my gaaaawd, yours were the ONLY instructions that I was able to get a working Sonoma ISO created and booted into VMWare with. You're a fucking HERO.
Haha, glad it worked for you
@@i12bretro
I may have spoke too soon. The ISO loaded up and appeared to install, but the final bootup sequence entered a loop an I end up with an error explaining "your computer has restarted because of a problem.." and keeps doing so. Certainly got further than I did, but still stopped dead. The only version I can get working on my machine is Monterey.
@@i12bretro
I figured the problem out. My desktop has a CPU that doesn't support AVX2. Going to move my virtual machine to my new gaming laptop. Should be good.
how did you download the iso file without corrupting??
@@LynPaine
Uh, I downloaded the DMG file of Sonoma and converted it to a working ISO myself using the instructions this channel provided.
Thank you! Helped me more than my own professor here.
Certified working 😎.
Excellent video and steps! I skipped the edit vmx file and couldn't get an ethernet adapter to show up when I was logged in. Followed the vmx edit steps and now the VM is fully functional.
Glad to hear it!
"No supported boot device found" unfortunately
Same here 🤔
At 2:07 I chose version "macOS 14" and all worked well. Thanks for the tutorial!
Glad it was helpful
I can't find Sonoma collection on a given step1 link. Can you please provide direct link?
Fix for AMD Ryzen5 7500F : In the vmx file, change virtualHW.version = "21" to virtualHW.version = "16" (at least, saw some folks that managed to make it work with version 20 but didn't try myself yet) and make sure usb 3.1 is enabled in hardware settings
the file disk image iso is corrupted, how to fix that issue?
My vm gets stuck on the boot screen it just says VmWare
How can I use iservices on this vmware?
Sweet. Now I can stop pestering my boss for a scrap Mac I can use for a test/documentation example box and just make a VM!
Followed instructions to the letter and tried with a few ISOs, but got always the same result: after powering on, I get the apple logo and the progress bar gets stuck around 10%. After a while, VMWare players tells me it stopped due to a generic error and restarts the vm, gets stuck again and so on. Im on Win11 with Intel processor. Anybody got the same issue?
Love your content. Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you for this great tutorial, however after following all the steps and installing the TOOLS multiple times I simply can't get the white desktop background go display a wallpaper and no resizing on the resolution either...also laggy. What am I doing wrong ?
OMG!thx bro, It's work👍💓
Omg you are a lifesaver sir. I was trying for hours. This is the only method that works 100%❤❤❤ last year I invested in an expensive gaming lap. I wanted to try out Logic Pro x.couldnt invest in another MacBook. Respect. By the way, if I log in with my apple id will I get in trouble?
No you will be fine using your Apple ID! For all they know is you bought a used MacBook from Jerome on Facebook marketplace, but now it's yours!
I just installed Sonoma on my MacBook Pro M2 Max using parallels, took about 20 minutes, no coding required.
Hi I have a problem , after instalation of macos it shows totaly white color instead of wallpapers and after instalation of vmware tools display does not resize to original one it shows 1024 x 768 instead of 1920 x 1080
Maybe you forgot to “allow” VMware tools access in your “privacy and security” system settings. And as far as for the wallpaper that’s because of your hardware. Trust me, mine does the same. If your resolution isn’t fixed even after allowing VMware tools access in system settings try going to terminal and imputing some commands to increase resolution.
I didn't find sonoma in the discription
The installation it's very slow on the disk, it's a common problem?
"Wait approximately 3 years" LOL anyways good guide
Will this work with VMWare Workstation (not Player)? Since it’s free now for personal use
the github doesn't have the darwin.iso file for the vmware tools
Your the best👍👍 thanks for your help. I wanted to create a apple application using xcode which does not run in windows now i can continue developing applications
Glad it was helpful!
Great instructions...until the VMWare Tools section. These tools are nowhere to be found. The VMWare Unlocker I have is V3.04 and does not come with a "tools" folder...
Bro virtual mac is not connecting to the internet. I did the steps in the video. I reinstalled it a few times but nothing. While you can connect to the internet on older Mac versions, this one says "Ethernet, no connection"
Your computer restarted because of a problem. Press any key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up.
Everything is good but I’m unable to sign into iCloud it states “iCloud could not be activated because of a server error. Please try again later”.
Ok now show us RUclips running at 4k and how quickly your can send and receive iMessages. Thanks!
You know right most people just need VMware macOS as a means to an end. To install and configure blue bubbles, so I guess it runs well on their windows.
@@joaboby2 What's blue bubbles? I just want to send instant messages to my friends with iPhones with the fancy iPhone things.
@@Cyko.. same thing. But you can also configure blue bubbles on your windows with the help of a VMware macOS. You wont need a mac or iPhone that way to directly send messages to your iPhone “friends”.
@@joaboby2 Blue Bubbles was a pain to install and opens up many security holes for my usage. Full disk access, access to Google, creating projects, disabling API, access to Apple, etc?? Not worth the hassle to me.
I should just be able to use the built in iMessage app on macOS. But you can't. You gotta jump through hoops and disable some security.
@@Cyko.. exactly! Because lol I’d be lying if I said blue bubbles wasn’t a hassle. And sorry that I was recommending it. I was just saying, it’s a “one-time” hassle which is worth it because for me the VMware , macOS iMessages is a complete glitch. You can barely type and open a single window at a time, no matter how much RAM or processors you have, it’s still glitchy. And speaking of iMessages, it took me a whole month just to get the gist of it. Because normally when I’d try to login it would state some kind of error like “an error occurred while connecting to server”.
I don't see anything in the unlocker files about Darwin.iso, but besides that, everything worked out alright! THANK YOU
Apple id is working in this method?
For some reason, I have a white wallpaper. I tried changing it in the settings but it does not help. What can I do to fix it?
If I don’t have 40 gb initially available on my Mac can I still create a vm? I keep getting a disk space is critically low screen when trying to run the machine, can I possibly purchase more iCloud storage n store the vm hard disk there?
The ISO is not booting for me.
Try another one. They aren't all created correctly
I tried getting the iso from the link to internet archive but got no result finding the Sonoma version. Am I doing something wrong.
How does this actually run? I've had Big Sur and Monterey on VMWare and it was really hit or miss, laggy/sluggish and sound or other things would just stop working. This any better or more of the same?
More of the same I suppose. The best performance I've found is virtualizing it on Proxmox with a physical GPU passed to the VM
we need tuto for this because most have amd gpu's but cannot use them in macOS with vmware cause of no acceleration support@@i12bretro
Maybe usb dongle WIFI&BT can work on Sonoma in somehow. I was trying no success and I found Sonoma not support usb wifi and BT . Is it possible to use as a WIFI and BT on VM?
I followed all of the instructions perfectly, and I even double checked everything. Could this be because of software changes?
Definitely could be something has changed. Also it only works on Intel CPUs generation 4 or newer
I have an Intel i3 1115g4 with integrated graphics, so maybe the integrated graphics are the issue?
Only getting
Display 128 MB
why don't i have get more graphics????
That's all you can get with VMware Workstation
@@i12bretro so what should i have to use for increase it??
To my knowledge you can't
I upgraded from big sur to sonoma but I have no graphics at all desktop background is white and anything graphical wont work can someone help
Is there a reason you select version 13 and not 14 in here?
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Hello! I did everything as in these instructions, but I get kernel panic during final reboots. What did I do wrong? Can you help me please?
This requires an Intel CPU with AVX2 support. If you have that, try another iso
@@i12bretro is there instructions for an AMD CPU? 7950x
It won't work on AMD CPUs
Will this work with iMessage and Apple ID
The installation is not completed, there is a loop at startup
Make sure your CPU is Intel and supports the AVX2 instruction set. If you meet those requirements, try a different installation ISO
it says "The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine."
Make sure your CPU is Intel and supports AVX2
@@i12bretro amd :( is there any methods to install it with amd
Not with VMware
Thank you for the work, however my vm is extremely slow, I assigned 12 vCPU and 16G and it is still crazy slow
What is your host hardware config?
no unlocker file for linux ?
thanks.
How is the speed? Coz I installed Monterey and it was terrific, could even play a RUclips video and it was lagging
It's basically the same as previous versions
The speed is so slow how to speed up?
the sound at the start is harsh on the ears
Amazing content
Thanks
the resolution is low and the refresh rate is 30 how can i fix that ?
The best you can do is install the guest tools. It's a VM, not a gaming PC
Can I ask you why I'm stuck at Apple logo, nothing happens, I also don't get to the part when you do the clean install :( I dunno what I'm doing wrong. Please help!
Requires an Intel CPU with AVX2 support. If you meet that requirement, try another iso
@@i12bretro hi mate, i have an ryzen 9 4900H CPU, is there any way to get it working?
No, it won't run on an AMD CPU
I just need usb to work, will it work?
Still bootloop :(
It’s normal mine was in boot loop for two days. But finally installed.
Why does it feel like I'm lagging, how do I make it run smoothly like in the video, what should I adjust?
For my PC specs, it's Core i7 Gen 11
It's probably more because it lacks proper graphics acceleration. As long as you installed VMware tools there's probably not much you can do to improve it
If I have Nvdia Geforce GTX latest graphic card , it will work in VMWARE smoothly?@@i12bretro
vmware tools makes it smooth if u dont have it
I don't know if you're still active on RUclips but I need your help. I have a basically top of the line rig and my sonoma is running at around 5fps, I'm not joking. I have installed the tools, I'm running it on and SSD, and I don't know why it's going SO SLOW. Any tips?
Try setting cpu cores to 4
@@i12bretro i have, unfortunately if I set it any higher it just doesn’t start. My CPU has 10 cores
Hmm, im not sure. I have a pretty dated CPU, and while its not 4k 120 fps, it's usable for my purposes. I only use it for research and making MacOS videos, so no video or gaming
@@i12bretro I have a what I consider to be beefy CPU and I can’t even run macOS in a stable way just on the homescreen
What is your CPU?
can you send me a link or something of where you got your iso? mine doesn't seem to be working, which i got from the internet archive. my imac also seems to be too old to make a sonoma usb drive successfully returning error code 112, which seems to occur due to a computer that can't run the os you're trying to make a usb from
I managed to create an ISO using his instructions. Tell me where you'd like me to upload it and I'll do it.
@@Flashback_Jack google drive would be nice. thank you!
@@gioelececchinii
Hang tight.
3 weeks later...
@@Flashback_Jack
@@KINGLIFERISM
I uploaded the ISO and linked you to it but you didn't respond. I'm not doing it again.
Can I pass an iPhone or iPad to the vm? I keep getting connection errors.
I've never tried. Don't own an iPhone or iPad haha
This is what I need, did it work?
@@i12bretro To be honest, I gave up because I couldn't get it to work. Then, I made the mistake of asking VM Ware and got some snarky rude response from them, so I quit using VM Ware.
You mean airdrop or connect? You need Wi-Fi and Bluetooth adapters.
I'm still waiting
This works with AMD processors?
No, it requires an Intel CPU
so after this tutorial i need another tutorial on how to download MacOS 14 Sonoma
ruclips.net/video/JFMvUpdCMwo/видео.html
doesnt work keeps booting me into the boot manager
Requires an Intel CPU with AVX2 support. If you meet those requirements, try a different iso
@@i12bretro used a different iso now and it works. Thanks ma G
Awesome! Glad to hear it
@@i12bretro do you know by any chance how to improve the performance/make it faster?
The best performance is running it in Proxmox with a physical dedicated GPU passed through to it. I don't think VMware has the ability to do PCI passthrough to get the benefits of GPU acceleration
don't work
Três 3 anos 😮 3 years
(Don't work in AMD)
That's correct
Graphics ram just is 128MB? Poor performance
You won't be doing any video editing on it, but it's usable for alot of other tasks
Hello
Works with Ryzen 7 5700x?
This is for AMD ruclips.net/video/N-qa3c-V794/видео.html
Man there is no "Tool" folder inside unlocked😮💨
The software should create it when you run the download option
no gpu passthrough in vmware?
Not that I know of
how to amd 5600g ?
Won't work on AMD processors
I have a AMD Fx-8120 cpu will it work ?
No, it requires an Intel CPU
@@i12bretro ok and do you know if any version of mac os is supported with my cpu ?
I don't know for sure. I'd suggest trying Monterey to see if that works for you
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@@i12bretro ive tried it it works but it lags so much and i have 32 GB Ram and a ssd but my gpu is a Radeon Hd 5670 i wasnt abke to get full graphics acceleration
Hello, Im trying to do something similar and would like to see if i could get a 30-60 min consultation because I'm spinning my wheels trying to find some ESXi related things . I sent you an email, Hopefully you are able to help me t, Thank you !
what is bro on 💀
ive got bootloops
Requires an Intel CPU with AVX2 support. If you meet that, try another iso
@@i12bretro i have AXV2 support (i5-11400), probably the problem was the unlocker
Works with AMD ?
No, it requires an Intel CPU
@@i12bretro Okay that why I stuck on Apple Logo 🤣
I think Monterey was able to run on AMD CPUs, but I've never tried it to verify
hahaha, 3 years
Give or take 👀
Hello friend, very good video and glad that it worked for you. Now in my case it has been a textbook fail. When I turn on the virtual machine, after the apple banner, I get the following error:: Your computer restarted because of a problem. Press any key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up. The only difference in my case is that I am using VMware Workstation 17 pro Version: 17.5.0 build-22583795, adn my hardware it's: Micro: DualCore Intel Pentium Gold G6405, Motherboard: Gigabyte H410M S2H V2, and two memory ram 2x8: Kingston 8 GB DDR4-2666 DDR4, Crucial 8 GB DDR4-2666 DDR4. If you, the creator of this video, or anyone who reads this comment can help me, I would be infinitely grateful. Please, someone help me. 🙏
It looks like your CPU doesn't support AVX2 so it doesn't meet the requirements for Sonoma
@@i12bretro Oh, thanks for the quick response, friend. I will try installing macOS Sonoma on another PC with another Intel processor that does have that instruction set extension. Regards. 🙏✌