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- #USING DMG TO INSTALL MAC OS X IN VMWARE SOFTWARE#
Erase the Storage by clicking the "Erase" button on the top. Note: You may have to select View/View All Devices You will see a window with different storages on the left. On the upper-left corner, you will see a "Utilities" button. Then you will be asked where to install macOS. After a while, you will need to choose the language for installation. If you use the command "exit" you can shift to the EFI menu, but changing the settings doesn't seem to affect the progress of the UEFI Interactive Shell, which stops at the Shell> prompt. This part needs clarification - UEFI Interactive Shell loads, but nothing happens.
When it boots, you will see some data being displayed. In the SATA controller, click "Add Optical Disk". Choose your version (if you have Mojave or Catalina, choose Mac OS X (64 bit)). Type the name for virtual machine and Mac OS X for type. (if your file isn't like this ignore this step) iso, it will ask you if you want to keep this title just say yes. The file outputted will have the extra extension of dmg once this process is completed. Press enter and wait for the process to complete. Enter hdiutil convert /Your/Path/To/YourCdrFile.cdr -format UDTO -o /Your/Path/To/macOSInstaller.iso (for file paths, You can also just click and drag an item into the terminal to automatically type the file path, use left and right arrow keys to navigate). After the conversion completes, you will see a. Also choose the name for installer disk and the final destination (if it lets you). In the window, choose the InstallESD.dmg and the disk type to be "DVD/CD-R master for export". Inside the sub-folder Contents/SharedSupport you will find a InstallESD.dmg file, Right click and copy it to the desktop or your file of choice. When download finishes, find the app, right-click and select "Show Package Contents". Download the macOS Installer file from the App Store (OS X El Capitan and Sierra is downloadable from Apple's website). #USING DMG TO INSTALL MAC OS X IN VMWARE MANUAL#
The manual installation requires access to the Mac App Store through an existing installation of macOS.Ĭreate ISO Installation Media Push-button installer of macOS on VirtualBox Manual installation runs on Linux, Windows (WSL 1, Cygwin), and macOS creates a VM that is compatible with OpenCore and can be exported (with manual modifications) to KVM/QEMU for near-native performance installs macOS without modifying the original Apple binaries and without third-party bootloaders downloads macOS Catalina, Mojave and High Sierra directly from Apple's servers requires only VirtualBox with its Extension Pack and dependencies that can be easily installed in a single command with most open-source package managers This is against the EULA of Apple, and therefore following this article IS considered a violation of Apple's terms of service.
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#USING DMG TO INSTALL MAC OS X IN VMWARE SOFTWARE LICENSE#
License violations Īccording to the macOS and OS X software license agreement, macOS should only be installed on Apple Mac devices.