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+ <title>Running a MacOS 13 Ventura VM in VMware</title>
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+ <h1>Running a MacOS 13 Ventura VM in VMware</h1>
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+ </div>
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+ <div></div>
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+ <div id="content">
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+ <h2>Installing and Configuring VMware</h2>
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Download a MacOS Ventura .iso <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=MacOS%20Collection&and[]=mediatype%3A%22software%22" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
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+ <li>Download VMware Workstation Player <a href="https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
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+ <li>Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation <a href="https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker/releases" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
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+ <li>Install VMware Workstation Player, accepting the defaults</li>
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+ <li>Extract the downloaded MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation</li>
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+ <li>Inside the extracted file, right click Unlocker.exe > Run as administrator</li>
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+ <li>Click the Patch button</li>
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+ <li>Wait for patching to complete before continuing</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<h2>Creating the Ventura VM</h2>
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Launch VMware Workstation Player</li>
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+ <li>Click Continue to use Workstation Player for free for non-commercial use</li>
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+ <li>Click Finish</li>
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+ <li>Click Create a New Virtual Machine on the right side of the application</li>
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+ <li>Select Installer disc image file (iso) > Browse to and select the downloaded MacOS Ventura .iso > Click Next</li>
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+ <li>Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 13 > Click Next</li>
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+ <li>Name the VM MacOS13 and set the path to store the VM files > Click Next</li>
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+ <li>Adjust the disk size if necessary > Click Next</li>
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+ <li>Click Finish</li>
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+ <li>Open File Explorer and navigate to the VM files</li>
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+ <li>Edit the .vmx file in a text editor</li>
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+ <li>Search for board-id.reflectHost and set the value to "FALSE"
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+ <p>board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE"</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Search for ethernet0.virtualDev and set the value to "vmxnet3"
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+ <p>ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Then paste the following options at the bottom of the file
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+ <p>board-id = "Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95"<br />
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+ hw.model.reflectHost = "FALSE"<br />
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+ hw.model = "MacBookPro19,1"<br />
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+ serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE"<br />
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+ serialNumber = "C01234567890"</p>
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+ <em>NOTE: If running an AMD processor, add the following additional options to the bottom of the file</em>
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+
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+ <p>mc.version = "0"<br />
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+ cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011"<br />
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+ cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111"<br />
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+ cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110"<br />
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+ cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001"<br />
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+ cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001"<br />
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+ cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000"<br />
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+ cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011"<br />
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+ cpuid.1.edx = "0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111"<br />
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+ smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"</p>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Right click on the MacOS13 VM > Power On</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<h2>Installing MacOS Ventura</h2>
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+
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+<ol>
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+ <li>After an initialization sequence the MAC OS Setup should start</li>
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+ <li>Select a Language > Click the next arrow</li>
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+ <li>Select Disk Utility</li>
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+ <li>Select the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media > Click Erase</li>
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+ <li>Name the drive MacOS > Set the Format to APFS > Click Erase</li>
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+ <li>Click Done > Close Disk Utility</li>
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+ <li>Click Install macOS Ventura (13 beta)</li>
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+ <li>Click Continue > Click Agree > Click Agree again</li>
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+ <li>Select the MacOS disk > Click Install</li>
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+ <li>Wait while Mac OS installs files, the VM will reboot several times</li>
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+ <li>Select your Country > Click Continue</li>
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+ <li>Confirm your languages and keyboard layout > Click Continue</li>
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+ <li>Click Not Now on the Accessibility screen</li>
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+ <li>Click Continue on the Data & Privacy screen</li>
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+ <li>Select Not Now on the Migration Assistant screen</li>
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+ <li>Select Set Up Later and then Skip on the Apple ID screen</li>
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+ <li>Click Agree > Agree again</li>
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+ <li>Enter a name, user name, password > Click Continue</li>
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+ <li>Click Customize Settings</li>
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+ <li>Click Continue > Select Use or Don't Use for Location Services</li>
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+ <li>Pick a time zone > Click Continue</li>
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+ <li>Choose whether to share analytics with Apple > Click Continue</li>
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+ <li>Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen</li>
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+ <li>Pick a theme > Click Continue</li>
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+ <li>Welcome to MacOS 13 Ventura</li>
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+</ol>
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+
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+<h2>Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)</h2>
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+
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Right click the Install MacOS disc on the desktop > Eject</li>
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+ <li>On the VMware toolbar click Player > Removable Devices > CD/DVD > Settings</li>
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+ <li>Click Browse next to ISO Image File > Browse to the extracted Unlocker files \tools > Select darwin.iso</li>
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+ <li>Click the Connected checkbox</li>
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+ <li>Click OK</li>
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+ <li>Inside the VM, double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer</li>
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+ <li>When prompted, go into the Security settings and scroll to the bottom > Click Allow next to VMware > Reboot</li>
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+ <li>After rebooting double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer again</li>
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+ <li>After the install succeeds, reboot again</li>
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+</ol> </div>
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+ </div>
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