Install Mac OS X in VMware Windows PC
This article explains step by step method to install Mac OSX in VMware on your Windows PC. If you are interested to learn something on Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard or do some testing on Mac OS, then you can continue read this article. This article is only for testing purpose. Whoever doesnât have chance to buy apple hardware with Mac OS, can use this method to install and run Mac on VMware home Windows PC.                                          Installation is not âVeryâ Easy
Installation is not easy as inserting the CD and click âNextâ âNextâ or running some executable files. I wanted to install and learn Macintosh OSX on Windows in my PC, so I searched on internet for possibilities to have Macintosh on Windows computer. The results returned nothing very useful other than changing your XP, Vista themes to Mac OS themes. Based on the other tips in several sites and after I did it practically, now Iâm writing this method to install mac on VMware in Windows PC.
But still I like to share what I found when I searched,
This video shows nicely how to change the XP theme to Mac OS theme. It looked as good video. But when I tried to install itâ¦., guess what? Anti-virus popped up. I left it.
Step by step to change the Windows theme to Mac [1]

But Iâm talking about real Mac. As I said earlier installation is not very easy since both OS hardware platform requirements are different, Mac can be installed on Virtual PC on your PC. To make the installation easy, in other word âto avoid the Mac installationâ, we will just import the Mac OS pre-installed hard disk to your PC using VMware. Donât be more confused, follow the below easy steps. Here are the requirements,
Software Requirements for Install Mac on VMware
 Virtual PC software. Several virtual PC software available, but this method goes with VMware workstation since we will be using VMware hard disk image.
VMware workstation 6 or more
you can download the VMwareWork Station at VMware site here [2] . Either you can try 30-day free evaluation version or buy the full version, but donât ask crack.
Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard VMware image download
[3] (Note â" This is a torrent download)
Hardware Requirements:
Make sure after you installed VMware workstation, you have minimum below hardware resources to allocate for Mac OS.
RAM â" 1GB
Hard Disk 15GB
Processor â" Automatic allocation.
Install Mac on VMware Step by Steps
1) Install VMware Workstation.2) Download Mac OS 10.5.5 Leopard  VMware Hard disk image. ( Approx Size â" 1.9GB)
3) Extract the Image to a folder (You need WinRAR for extraction and extracted size is Approx 9.4GB). Make sure extraction is successful and you get all VMware files as below
4) Start VMware workstation and open the Mac OS X Leopard.vmx. ( In VMware go to File â" Open from extracted place)
5) Once you open the correct vmx files, you can see the configurations which already done on the image. The below screen is the default one when you open it, before you power on the virtual PC. ( this is what Iâm getting in my PC)
6) Make sure Guest OS should be âFreeBSDâ. Even if you have Dual processor and have option to select two processors in VMware option, DO NOT change to two. Leave the Processors 1 only. Do not worry about Hard disk allocation 30GB. You can increase the memory size if you have memory resource in your computer.
7) Thatâs it click âPower on this virtual machineâ. Now you should be able to see Mac OS.
8) In case your Mac stuck with following welcome screen for long time,
You must disable âIntel Hardware Virtualizationâ from your BIOS. Â Note that any time you enable or disable the Hardware virtualization setting in the BIOS; one has to completely power off (cold restart) the CPU for 10 seconds before booting.
Read More about how to Disable or Enable Hardware Virtualization in BIOS [4]
Now start the Mac on VMware again, this time it will work fine.
Network
Somewhere I read that Network will not working in Mac with VMware, but it works fine with this image. I tested âBridgedâ and âNATâ networks in VMware. It worked fine.
Mac Admin Password
This OS image has Mac Admin password, the password is âpassword â.
Mac VMX File
Here is the correct VMX file for your reference
.encoding = âwindows-1252â³
config.version = â8â³
virtualHW.version = â7â³
scsi0.present = âTRUEâ
scsi0.virtualDev = âlsilogicâ
memsize = â1024â³
scsi0:0.present = âTRUEâ
scsi0:0.fileName = âMac OS X Leopard-000001.vmdkâ
ide1:0.present = âTRUEâ
ide1:0.autodetect = âTRUEâ
ide1:0.deviceType = âcdrom-rawâ
floppy0.present = âFALSEâ
ethernet0.present = âTRUEâ
ethernet0.startConnected = âTRUEâ
ethernet0.virtualDev = âe1000â³
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = âFALSEâ
usb.present = âTRUEâ
ehci.present = âTRUEâ
sound.present = âTRUEâ
sound.fileName = â-1â³
sound.autodetect = âTRUEâ
mks.enable3d = âTRUEâ
pciBridge0.present = âTRUEâ
pciBridge4.present = âTRUEâ
pciBridge4.virtualDev = âpcieRootPortâ
pciBridge4.functions = â8â³
pciBridge5.present = âTRUEâ
pciBridge5.virtualDev = âpcieRootPortâ
pciBridge5.functions = â8â³
pciBridge6.present = âTRUEâ
pciBridge6.virtualDev = âpcieRootPortâ
pciBridge6.functions = â8â³
pciBridge7.present = âTRUEâ
pciBridge7.virtualDev = âpcieRootPortâ
pciBridge7.functions = â8â³
vmci0.present = âTRUEâ
monitor.virtual_mmu = âautomaticâ
monitor.virtual_exec = âautomaticâ
roamingVM.exitBehavior = âgoâ
displayName = âMac OS X Leopardâ
guestOS = âfreebsdâ
nvram = âMac OS X Leopard.nvramâ
virtualHW.productCompatibility = âhostedâ
ft.secondary0.enabled = âTRUEâ
tools.upgrade.policy = âuseGlobalâ
extendedConfigFile = âMac OS X Leopard.vmxfâ
ide1:0.fileName = âauto detectâ
ide1:0.startConnected = âFALSEâ
ethernet0.addressType = âgeneratedâ
tools.syncTime = âFALSEâ
uuid.location = â56 4d 4e 0f ea ce 5e 03-83 66 d3 86 b7 b4 42 e4â³
uuid.bios = â56 4d 4e 0f ea ce 5e 03-83 66 d3 86 b7 b4 42 e4â³
scsi0:0.redo = ââ
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = â134217728â³
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = â17â³
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = â21â³
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = â22â³
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = â23â³
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = â24â³
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = â16â³
usb.pciSlotNumber = â32â³
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = â33â³
sound.pciSlotNumber = â34â³
ehci.pciSlotNumber = â35â³
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = â36â³
ethernet0.generatedAddress = â00:0c:29:b4:42:e4â³
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = â0â³
vmci0.id = â660874947â³
tools.remindInstall = âTRUEâ
checkpoint.vmState = ââ
ethernet0.connectionType = ânatâ
Mac OSX in VMware under Windows [5] check the different method..
Links
- ^ Step by step to change the Windows theme to Mac (www.wikihow.com)
- ^ here (www.vmware.com)
- ^ Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard VMware image download (www.sysprobs.com)
- ^ Read More about how to Disable or Enable Hardware Virtualization in BIOS (www.sysprobs.com)
- ^ Mac OSX in VMware under Windows (oreilly.com)
source: amanahad.blogspot.com
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