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By Sourav Dev Sahu Updated on Feb 12, 2024

Running macOS on Windows is very much possible. PC aficionados may have

already guessed it, but if you’re still wondering, we’re talking about running macOS
on Windows using virtual machines. As the name suggests, virtual machines are
software that allows running different OSes on the host machine. It’s as simple as it
sounds, with no complications whatsoever.

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There are different types of virtual machines, but for the use of macOS on
Windows, we will limit ourselves in this guide to VirtualBox and VMware
Workstation Player, as they are the best known in this regard. As the process is
lengthy and there are many details to consider, you should follow the steps and pay
close attention.

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What is a Virtual Machine?

Pre-Requisites to Running macOS on Windows

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What is a Virtual Machine?

Virtual machines are computing software that lets you run applications, programs,
and even entirely different OSes on the host PC. That’s correct; you don’t require
any proprietary hardware to pull this off, and it all seamlessly happens on the host
PC. Virtual machines differ from cloud computing, as the latter relies on physical
machines on the server end to run, whereas the former is purely based on the local
setup.

You might not realize its importance suddenly, but it’s immensely fruitful for app
builders who wish to test their creations on different platforms. Since virtual
machines cannot interfere with the host system, they can be used to run apps in a
safe environment and even examine virus-infected data. Other than that, running
legacy apps that aren’t compatible with the latest software, switching between
multiple OSes, and fulfilling server and IT needs are a few other applications of
virtual machines.

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However, all that glitters isn’t gold, as virtual machines are resource-hoggers. You
are very likely to witness system slowdowns and throttling issues, which are caused
due to overload on the host system. Virtual machines take up a large chunk of
internal storage. All this directly results in reduced battery life. Hence, it is
recommended to use virtual machines on PCs that are capable enough to support
them.

Pre-Requisites to Running macOS on Windows

1. Ensure Your System Has Enough RAM and Storage Space
First, you must ensure your system has enough storage capacity to support the
virtual machine. With virtual machines, you can allot the required storage space
yourself, but for macOS, the recommended free space is easily a few dozen
gigabytes. The exact amount varies with macOS versions, but the least you should
keep in hand is 50GB. You would also require a considerable amount of RAM, a
minimum of 4GB, to be precise. Ultimately, the virtual machine’s performance
depends on the allotted RAM and storage capacity.

2. Enable Virtualization on Your PC

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Since virtual machines are meant for advanced users, you must enable virtualization
to enjoy running them on your Windows PC. However, it’s not something you can
enable in your PC’s settings; it has to be done via the device’s BIOS settings. You
can quickly check if it’s enabled by opening Task Manager using the shortcut Alt +
Ctrl + Del and switching to the Performance section from the sidebar. Here, you
can confirm if virtualization is enabled or not.
If it says disabled, follow the steps below to turn on virtualization:

1. Open your PC’s Settings.

2. Head to System from the left pane, scroll down and select Recovery.

3. Click on Restart now beside Advanced startup. This will boot your PC in
Recovery Environment.
4. Select the Troubleshoot option to fiddle with your PC’s advanced settings.

5. Enter Advanced options.

6. Click on UEFI Firmware Settings.

7. Select Restart to boot your PC into the UEFI BIOS mode of Windows 11.

8. Switch to the Configurations tab from the left pane.

 9. Ensure Intel (R) Virtualization Technology is enabled. If not, enable it from the
dropdown menu and save your changes by pressing the F10 key.

10. Confirm your changes by selecting Yes. This will exit you from your device’s
BIOS.
This method remains unchanged for Windows 10 users; however, if you’re using an
older version, you may need to use the power keys to enter your device’s BIOS.
Unfortunately, the key combinations vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and are
by no means standardized, so you’ll need to look up your device’s BIOS key online.
It’s usually a combination of the function keys and Fn, Ctrl, or Alt. Shut down your
PC and turn it on by pressing the required powered keys repeatedly.

3. Disable Hyper-V on Your PC

Since Windows natively supports running virtual machines, every machine ships
with a proprietary virtualization software called Hyper-V. To prevent interfering with
the security protocols of Windows’ native virtualization software, you must disable it
to ensure a smooth installation. Follow the steps below to do so.

1. Press the Windows key and search for Windows Security. Open it.
2. Enter Device security.

3. Select Core isolation details.

4. Disable Memory integrity. This prevents Hyper-V from interfering with third-
party virtualization software.

5. Confirm your action by clicking Yes in the warning that appears. A notification
will prompt you to restart your PC to confirm the changes. If not, perform a
manual restart.
6. Press the Windows key and search for Command Prompt. Click on Run as
administrator.

7. Run the following command: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off.

8. Exit the Terminal window and restart your PC to apply the changes.
If you ever need to enable Hyper-V again, run the following command in Command
Prompt: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto. An alternative way of disabling
Hyper-V is as follows:

1. Press the Windows key and search for Control Panel. Open it.

2. Enter Programs.
3. Select Programs and Features.

4. Click on Turn Windows features on or off from the left pane.

5. Scroll down and disable the following features: Hyper V, Virtual Machine
Platform, and Windows Hypervisor Platform.
 6. Click on OK and restart your PC to apply the changes.

With this, you have fulfilled all the formalities and are all set to run macOS on
Windows. We’ll proceed with VirtualBox first, followed by VMware Workstation
Player.

Run macOS on Windows Using VirtualBox

This method lays down the procedure to install macOS on Windows using
VirtualBox virtualization software. Since we are talking about installing an entire OS,
be prepared to handle large installation files, which can break your internet
bandwidth, patience, or both. Nonetheless, here’s how the process goes.

1. Head to the downloads page of Oracle VirtualBox and install the latest version
of Windows host on your PC.
2. Scroll down on the same page and download the VirtualBox Extension Pack. It
is essential to grant crucial features over and above the stock version of
VirtualBox, including necessities like connecting physical USB devices, host
webcam passthrough, and more.

3. Now, you must download the ISO file of macOS Sonoma, which, at the time of
writing this guide, is the latest version of macOS available publicly. You can
 download it from here. Fair warning: the installation file is almost fifteen
gigabytes, so ensure you are enjoying stable internet connectivity.

4. Head to the downloads folder where the files exist and double-click the
VirtualBox application icon to install it. Agree to the terms and conditions to
confirm the installation.
5. After VirtualBox is installed, it’s time to load the extension pack now. Select the
hamburger menu icon (☰) from the left pane and click on Extensions.

6. Click on Install and choose the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack.

Select Open.

7. Select Install to initiate the process.

8. The extension pack should now show up under tools alongside a green
checkmark that depicts its active and running.

9. Navigate back to the welcome page of VirtualBox and click on New from the
top toolbar. This will let you create a new virtual machine.
10. Give your virtual machine an uncomplicated and easy-to-remember name, as
you’ll need to manually enter the name of your virtual machine multiple times
in the subsequent steps. Set the type to Mac OS X and the version to Mac OS
X (64-bit). Hit Next.

11. In this step, you must allocate the virtual machine a part of the host system’s
hardware in the form of RAM, CPU cores, and hard disk space. Since the host
 system must also function appropriately, we recommend dedicating at most 40-
50% of your system’s onboard RAM. Since most CPUs are based on an eight-
core architecture or more, give the virtual machine at least 3 CPU cores to
work with. The upper limit of these numbers depends on the host PC’s
specifications, as you obviously cannot devote more RAM or CPU cores than
you already have. Don’t forget to select the checkbox beside the Enable EFI
(special OSes only) option.

12. Allocate the virtual machine at least 60GB of internal storage, as that’s the least
macOS Sonoma requires. Select Next and then Finish.
13. You can edit the allocations and alter other attributes by clicking the Settings
icon in the toolbar. This is where we’ll tweak a few more things.

14. Select Display from the left pane and drag the Video Memory slider till the
end, which allocates 128MB of video memory to the virtual machine. On the
same page, turn on 3D Acceleration.
15. Switch to the USB tab and ensure USB 3.0 (xHCI) Controller is selected.

16. Now, it’s time to load the macOS Sonoma ISO file. Head to the Storage tab
and click the disk icon that states Empty. Click on the disk icon on the right
and select Choose a disk file.
17. Locate the downloaded macOS Sonoma ISO file within the file explorer
window and click OK.

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18. Select OK on the settings wizard to confirm the changes made.

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19. Press the Windows key and search for Command Prompt. Select Run as
administrator to open it with administrative rights.

20. Copy and run the following commands individually by replacing “name of
virtual machine” with your virtual machine’s name in each command line.
Enter the commands as they are so you do not face any errors. Close the
command prompt window once the commands have been executed without
 witnessing any errors.cd “C:\Program
Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\”VBoxManage.exe modifyvm “name of virtual
machine” –cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd
bfebfbffVBoxManage setextradata “name of virtual machine”
“VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct”
“iMac19,3”VBoxManage setextradata “name of virtual machine”
“VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion”
“1.0”VBoxManage setextradata “name of virtual machine”
“VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct” “Iloveapple”
VBoxManage setextradata “name of virtual machine”
“VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey”
“ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc”

VBoxManage setextradata “name of virtual machine”

“VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC” 1

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21. Select Start to initialize the installation process.
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22. Wait until you arrive at the language selection page, where you can choose
your preferred language. In our case, it’s English. Click the arrow icon at the
bottom-right corner once you are done.

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23. Installing a fresh macOS requires formatting of the allotted disk space. Hence,
select Disk Utility and hit Continue.
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24. Switch to VBOX HARDDISK Media from the left pane. Select Erase from the
top toolbar.

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25. Rename your partition if you wish, and change the file format to APFS.
Besides others, this is the most recommended file format, which you can know
 more about in this Apple Support guide. Select Done and close the window
after the partition has been formatted.

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26. After heading back, select Install macOS 14 beta and click on Continue.
Next, agree to the licenses and other permissions as asked accordingly.

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Select the disk icon you created earlier, which should be present with the same
name. Click on Continue to begin the installation. The waiting games will start now,
so be patient since you will need it. Don’t fret if the installation takes a few hours to
finish. Restart the process or look for solutions if the installation gets stuck midway.

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You can set up macOS by filling in your details and credentials when it’s finished. If
you still require help, here’s a guide on how to set up a new Mac like a Pro. Since
Apple is known to restrict its services on third-party programs, you might be unable
to log into your existing Apple ID. Thankfully, you can create a new one if you like
or skip signing into your Apple ID entirely.

With this, you will be successfully running macOS on Windows!

Run macOS on Windows Using VMware Workstation

Player

Another popular alternative to VirtualBox is the VMware workstation player. Here’s

how you can get it running on your Windows PC.
1. Visit VMware’s website here and download the latest version of VMware Player
for Windows 64-bit Operating Systems on your PC.

2. Install the macOS Sonoma ISO file by heading here. Since it’s the same file as
the one linked above, which is almost fifteen gigabytes, you must ensure it is
connected to a stable and fast internet connection.
3. Now, head over here and download the VMware auto-unlocker ZIP file. It is
an essential tool to run macOS on Windows via VMware Workstation Player, as
it doesn’t support the former OS by default.

4. Open your downloads folder and locate the VMware installer. Double-click to
open it and initiate the installation process. Proceed through the initial setup by
accepting VMware’s terms and conditions.
5. Head to the file explorer to unzip the VMware auto-unlocker file by right-
clicking it and extracting its contents.

6. Open the extracted folder and look for the Unclocker application. Right-click it
and select Run as administrator.

7. Ensure that the Download tools option is checked, and then click on the Patch
option within the auto-unlocker application window. This will patch VMware
 and allow you to run macOS on Windows using VMware.

8. Now, open the VMware Workstation Player application by double-clicking it.

Select the Use VMware Workstation 17 Player for free for non-commercial
use option if it asks for.

9. Click on Create a New Virtual Machine.

10. Switch to the Installer disc image file (iso) option and select Browse.

11. Locate the macOS Sonoma ISO file from the file explorer window and click
Open.
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12. Click on Next.

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13. Set the Guest operating system type to Apple Mac OS X and the version
to macOS 14. Select Next.
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14. Give your virtual machine a name of your choice and hit Next.

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15. Now, you must specify the disk capacity you wish to allocate to the virtual
machine. It is recommended to devote at least 80GB of storage space for
macOS Sonoma. Indeed, you can allot more capacity if you want, but keep the
 host system’s disk space in mind. Also, enable the Split virtual disk into
multiple files option. Select Next after you are done.

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16. Select Customize Hardware in the next step.

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17. You can alter the amount of memory allocated for the virtual machine. You must
take care not to dedicate more than 40-50% of the host system’s onboard
 memory, as it would slow down the computer. So, if your PC has 16GB of
RAM, you should dedicate only about 4-5GB.

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18. The following section lets you set the cores you wish to allocate. 3 CPU cores
are adequate to ensure harmony between the host PC and the virtual machine.
Close the window after doing so.

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19. Click on Finish.

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20. Select the Edit virtual machine settings option in the VMware application
window.

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21. Switch to Options from the top and look for Working directory. This is your
virtual machine’s working directory, which will come in handy during
installation.

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22. Open your PC’s file explorer and locate the virtual machine’s working
directory.

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23. There will be multiple files, but you need to look for the VMware virtual
machine configuration file type having the same name you had set for your
virtual machine. To know the type of a file, hover the cursor over it to reveal its
type.

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24. Right-click the file and hover the cursor over Open with. Select Notepad from
the dropdown menu.
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25. Scroll down and add this line at the end: smc.version = “0”. However, if you
rock an AMD CPU and not an Intel one, you need to add the following lines
instead –smc.version = “0”
cpuid.0.eax = “0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011”
cpuid.0.ebx = “0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111”
cpuid.0.ecx = “0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110”
cpuid.0.edx = “0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001”
cpuid.1.eax = “0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001”
cpuid.1.ebx = “0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000”
cpuid.1.ecx = “1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011”
cpuid.1.edx = “0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111”

Save the changes made using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + S.

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26. Close all windows except the VMware Workstation Player window and
select Play virtual machine to begin installation.
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27. Select the language of your choice and click the arrow button at the bottom-
right corner to proceed. In our case, it’s English.

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28. Like in the case of VirtualBox, you must format the allocated SSD before
onboarding macOS. To do so, select Disk Utility and click Continue.
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29. Switch to VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media from the left pane and
click the Erase icon from the top toolbar.

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30. Rename the SSD partition if you want, and set the file format as APFS. Again,
to know more about other file formats, visit the Apple Support guide. Hit Erase
when you are ready.
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31. Once it’s done, select Install macOS 14 beta and click Continue.

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32. Agree to Apple’s terms and conditions to get going with the installation and
select the allocated disk drive. Proceed by clicking Continue.
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The installation of macOS under Windows will take a considerable amount of time.
It should be noted that the system runs quite slowly by default. In addition, you
cannot change the size of the application window. This is due to the severely
undersized graphics card, which is set to 3 MB by default. To increase it, you need
to install VMware Tools.

1. For that, eject the macOS Sonoma ISO file first by right-clicking the icon on
the home page and selecting the eject option. If the file isn’t showing on the
desktop, head to Finder and eject the ISO file from there instead.
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2. Click on the Player option from the top-left corner. Then, hover the cursor
over Manage and select Install VMware Tools.

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3. Double-click Install VMware Tools in the dialog box that follows and proceed
with the installation procedure.
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4. You may need to grant permission to authorize the installation by going to
Settings > Privacy & Security > Scroll down and selecting Allow. Enter your
virtual machine’s newly set password if asked for.

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5. After this, a restart will be necessary, which can be performed by clicking the
Apple logo in the top-left corner and clicking on Restart.
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That’s it! The display graphics are now set to 128 MB, which makes a huge
difference to performance. This brings you to the end of the installation process. As
virtual machines are given a random serial number, you won’t be able to use Apple
services such as iMessage and FaceTime on them. But don’t worry, there’s a solution
for that too. Follow the procedure below after you have set up macOS via VMware.

1. Open Safari within the virtual machine software and visit here. Click on
the Download button to install Clover Configurator on your macOS virtual
machine.
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2. Open the downloaded file. You may be required to allow the installation as a
part of the security measure of macOS, which can be done easily. Head to
Settings > Privacy & Security > Scroll down and select Open Anyway.

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3. Open the application and switch to SMBIOS settings from the left pane. Then,
click on the dropdown menu icon, as shown below.
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4. This menu lets you choose the type of Mac the virtual machine will be based
on. Select the option that says iMacPro1,1.

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5. Now, you must alter a few commands to execute. Bear with us, as this is a little
challenging. To simplify things, open the host system’s Notepad and paste the
following lines.board-id = “AAA”
hw.model.reflectHost = “FALSE”
hw.model = “iMacPro1,1”
serialNumber.reflectHost = “FALSE”
serialNumber = “CCC”
smbios.reflectHost = “FALSE”
efi.nvram.var.ROM.reflectHost = “FALSE”
efi.nvram.var.MLB.reflectHost = “FALSE”
efi.nvram.var.ROM = “EEE”
efi.nvram.var.MLB = “FFF”

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Switch to the virtual machine window where SMBIOS settings are open within
the Clover Configurator application. There, locate the Board-ID entry and copy
it. Replace AAA with the copied text in the above code lines on Notepad. Be
careful not to mess around with the double-inverted commas.
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Click Generate New beside Serial Number on the same page to generate a
custom serial number for your macOS virtual machine. Paste the copied text in
place of CCC in the above code.

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You are not done yet. In the Clover Configurator application window, switch to
Rt Variables from the left pane. Click Generate beside ROM to get a custom
value. Copy and paste it in the above lines of code in place of EEE.

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Locate the MLB value on the page and copy it. Replace FFF from the above
commands with the copied text. Now, the alterations are complete. Select and
copy the new code lines using the shortcut Ctrl + A followed by Ctrl + C.
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6. After this, shut down the macOS virtual machine by clicking the Apple Logo
from the top-left corner and selecting Shut Down.

7. On the host system, locate the VMware virtual machine configuration file type
with the same name as your virtual machine. This was explained in the
preceding procedure’s 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th steps. Again, right-click the
file and hover the cursor over Open with to access it using Notepad.
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8. Locate the line that says firmware = “efi”. It may be cumbersome to look for
the line among a dozen others, so you can use the text-finder keyboard
shortcut Ctrl + F to search for it. Don’t play with it, as we don’t have to do
anything with this line of code.
9. Move to a fresh line by pressing Enter, where you must paste the lines of cope
that you had copied from Notepad. In other words, the new lines should be
pasted just after the line mentioned in the previous step.
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10. Next, search for ethernet0.addressType – “generated” and
replace generated with static. This particular line of code should look like this
– ethernet0.addressType – “static”.

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11. After that, search for this line – ethernet0.generatedAddress =

“00:0c:29:cb:37:3e”. Remove generated from the text and replace the first
three ethernet address values with any of Mac’s official ethernet address values,
which can be found on this website (enter any value of your liking from the
website). Here’s a sample of what it should look like – ethernet0.Address =
“00:03:93:cb:37:3e”.
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12. Search for ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset – “0”, which should be
present just after the previous code. Change it
to ethernet0.CheckMACAddress – “FALSE”.

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13. Save the changes made using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + S and exit the
configuration file. Run the macOS virtual machine using VMware, and you are
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1. If you don’t see the option of Apple Mac OS X while setting up the type of
operating system on VMware, there’s a high chance that the patching process
failed. Ensure you have installed VMware Auto-unlocker and patched VMware
using it, as the latter doesn’t support macOS by default. Revisit the installation
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2. If you are prompted with an error message stating “VMware Player
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code lines mentioned in the 26th step of the procedure below, or worse, you
forgot to save the changes. Shut down the virtual machine and head to
VMware’s configuration file on the host PC. Open the configuration file using
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This brings you to the end of this guide. Yes, the procedure is exhausting, but you
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2 months ago
The main problem is that Apple only develops macOS for its own M-series CPUs,
What if I want to run Mac OS as the main OS, not a vm simulation? I
which run on completely different architectures and protocols. Running macOS on
wanted to get my mother a new laptop, and she only uses Mac/apple
Intel- and AMD-based CPUs will therefore become even more difficult in the future.
products, but the Macbook pro prices are ridiculous. She’s also not very
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technical. So it would be great if it just immediately booted into Mac OS
were never developed for AMD CPUs from the outset.
without any confusing crap she needs to go through.
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2 months ago

Unfortunately the VirtualBox installation does not work for me (intel), I have
followed the instructions to the letter and even tried viewing the video you
have cited. Also tried another version of macos. I get to various stages of
the macos install and then the VM radomly restarts with message “This
system was automatically rebooted after panic” :-(

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1 week ago
 Same issue

Chris REPLY

2 months ago

Thanks for your excellent tutorial, what I would like to see is all the code
lines put into one page. Have a little cupboard icon at the bottom, when
you click on it all the codes will be copied. That way you can then paste
them into the relevant folder VMware. One for intel and one for AMD. I was
able to in stall macOS Sonoma on my win 11 AMD pc, using Workstation
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