Running a MacOS Big Sur VM in VMware

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Джерело:
https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0623.html

Installing and Configuring VMware

1. Download a MacOS Big Sur .iso Download
2. Download VMware Workstation Player Download
3. Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation Download
4. Install VMware Workstation Player, accepting the defaults
5. Extract the downloaded MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation
6. Inside the extracted file, right click Unlocker.exe > Run as administrator
7. Wait for the command prompt to close before continuing

Creating the Big Sur VM

1. Launch VMware Workstation Player
2. Click Continue to use Workstation Player for free for non-commercial use
3. Click Finish
4. Click Create a New Virtual Machine on the right side of the application
5. Select Installer disc image file (iso) > Browse to and select the downloaded MacOS Big Sur .iso > Click Next
6. Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 11 > Click Next
7. Name the VM MacOS 11 and set the path to store the VM files > Click Next
8. Adjust the disk size if necessary > Click Next
9. Click Finish
   NOTE: If running an AMD processor, edit the .vmx file in the folder you specified for the VM, add the following to the bottom of the file and save your changes

   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"
   smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"
   hw.model = "MacBookPro14,3"
   board-id = "Mac-551B86E5744E2388"

10. Right click on the MacOS11 VM > Power On

Installing MacOS Big Sur

1. After an initialization sequence the MAC OS Setup should start
2. Select a Language > Click the next arrow
3. Select Disk Utility
4. Select the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media > Click Erase
5. Name the drive OS11 > Set the Format to APFS > Click Erase
6. Click Done > Close Disk Utility
7. Click Install macOS Big Sur
8. Click Continue > Click Agree > Click Agree again
9. Select the OS11 disk > Click Install
10. Wait while Mac OS 11 installs files, the VM will reboot several times
11. Select your Country > 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 Customize Settings
20. Click Continue > Select Use or Don't Use for Location Services
21. Pick a timezone > Click Continue
22. Choose whether to share analytics with Apple > Click Continue
23. Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen
24. Uncheck the Enable Ask Siri box > Click Continue
25. Pick a theme > Click Continue
26. Welcome to MacOS 11 Big Sur

Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)

1. On the VMware toolbar click VM > Settings > CD/DVD
2. Click Browse next to ISO Image File > Browse to the extracted Unlocker files \tools > Select darwin.iso
3. Click the Connect checkbox
4. Inside the VM, double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer

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