Running a MacOS 14 Sonoma VM in VMware

#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
 
   04. Install VMware Workstation Player, accepting the defaults
   05. Extract the downloaded MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation
   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
   14. Then paste the following options at the bottom of the file
         board-id = "Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95"
         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
   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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[CraigB]

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.

[JeremiahDenning-gukl]

lol..."Wait approximately 3 years"

[HarleyLocklear-lr]

Thank you! Helped me more than my own professor here.

[LynPaine]

the file disk image iso is corrupted, how to fix that issue?

[AFiB]

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!

[bhushank]

I can't find Sonoma collection on a given step1 link. Can you please provide direct link?

[thebenberman]

At 2:07 I chose version "macOS 14" and all worked well. Thanks for the tutorial!

[Flashback_Jack]

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.

[DanielD]

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?

[Vito_Bardo]

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 ?

[riccardobiemmi]

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?

[adamelhassan]

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

[GurkiratSMultani]

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?

[LoSburro]

The installation it's very slow on the disk, it's a common problem?

[raiden]

I tried getting the iso from the link to internet archive but got no result finding the Sonoma version. Am I doing something wrong.

[prlwwll]

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?

[JuniorRMusic]

My vm gets stuck on the boot screen it just says VmWare

[realmenaca]

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"

[pearlroy]

How can I use iservices on this vmware?

[MisterK-YT]

Will this work with VMWare Workstation (not Player)? Since it’s free now for personal use