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            <h1>Running a MacOS 13 Ventura VM in VMware</h1>
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          <h2>Installing and Configuring VMware</h2>

<p>💡 <em>NOTE: MacOS higher than version 12 requires a CPU with AVX2 instruction support</em></p>

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	<li>Download a MacOS Ventura .iso <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=MacOS%20Collection&amp;and[]=mediatype%3A%22software%22" target="_blank">Download</a> OR create your own <a href="https://youtu.be/JFMvUpdCMwo" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/JFMvUpdCMwo</a></li>
	<li>Download VMware Workstation Player <a href="https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation <a href="https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker/releases" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Install VMware Workstation Player, accepting the defaults</li>
	<li>Extract the downloaded MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation</li>
	<li>Inside the extracted file, right click Unlocker.exe &gt; Run as administrator</li>
	<li>Click the Patch button</li>
	<li>Wait for patching to complete before continuing</li>
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<h2>Creating the Ventura VM</h2>

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	<li>Launch VMware Workstation Player</li>
	<li>Click Continue to use Workstation Player for free for non-commercial use</li>
	<li>Click Finish</li>
	<li>Click Create a New Virtual Machine on the right side of the application</li>
	<li>Select Installer disc image file (iso) &gt; Browse to and select the downloaded MacOS Ventura .iso &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 13 &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Name the VM MacOS13 and set the path to store the VM files &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Adjust the disk size if necessary &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Finish</li>
	<li>Open File Explorer and navigate to the VM files</li>
	<li>Edit the .vmx file in a text editor</li>
	<li>Search for board-id.reflectHost and set the value to &quot;FALSE&quot;
	<p>board-id.reflectHost = &quot;FALSE&quot;</p>
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	<li>Search for ethernet0.virtualDev and set the value to &quot;vmxnet3&quot;
	<p>ethernet0.virtualDev = &quot;vmxnet3&quot;</p>
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	<li>Then paste the following options at the bottom of the file
	<p>board-id = &quot;Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95&quot;<br />
	hw.model.reflectHost = &quot;FALSE&quot;<br />
	hw.model = &quot;MacBookPro19,1&quot;<br />
	serialNumber.reflectHost = &quot;FALSE&quot;<br />
	serialNumber = &quot;C01234567890&quot;</p>
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	<li>Right click on the MacOS13 VM &gt; Power On</li>
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<h2>Installing MacOS Ventura</h2>

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	<li>After an initialization sequence the MAC OS Setup should start</li>
	<li>Select a Language &gt; Click the next arrow</li>
	<li>Select Disk Utility</li>
	<li>Select the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media &gt; Click Erase</li>
	<li>Name the drive MacOS &gt; Set the Format to APFS &gt; Click Erase</li>
	<li>Click Done &gt; Close Disk Utility</li>
	<li>Click Install macOS Ventura (13 beta)</li>
	<li>Click Continue &gt; Click Agree &gt; Click Agree again</li>
	<li>Select the MacOS disk &gt; Click Install</li>
	<li>Wait while Mac OS installs files, the VM will reboot several times</li>
	<li>Select your Country &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Confirm your languages and keyboard layout &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click Not Now on the Accessibility screen</li>
	<li>Click Continue on the Data &amp; Privacy screen</li>
	<li>Select Not Now on the Migration Assistant screen</li>
	<li>Select Set Up Later and then Skip on the Apple ID screen</li>
	<li>Click Agree &gt; Agree again</li>
	<li>Enter a name, user name, password &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click Customize Settings</li>
	<li>Click Continue &gt; Select Use or Don&#39;t Use for Location Services</li>
	<li>Pick a time zone &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Choose whether to share analytics with Apple &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen</li>
	<li>Pick a theme &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Welcome to MacOS 13 Ventura</li>
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<h2>Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)</h2>

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	<li>Right click the Install MacOS disc on the desktop &gt; Eject</li>
	<li>On the VMware toolbar click Player &gt; Removable Devices &gt; CD/DVD &gt; Settings</li>
	<li>Click Browse next to ISO Image File &gt; Browse to the extracted Unlocker files \tools &gt; Select darwin.iso</li>
	<li>Click the Connected checkbox</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
	<li>Inside the VM, double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer</li>
	<li>When prompted, go into the Security settings and scroll to the bottom &gt; Click Allow next to VMware &gt; Reboot</li>
	<li>After rebooting double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer again</li>
	<li>After the install succeeds, reboot again</li>
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