#MacOS #Sonoma #VMware

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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  [ Ссылка ] OR create your own  [ Ссылка ]
   02. Download VMware Workstation Player  [ Ссылка ]
   03. Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation  [ Ссылка ]
   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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