How to Create Virtual Machine for macOS High Sierra in VMware Workstation 14/15

In this article, we will examine the steps to install a new virtual machine for macOS High Sierra installation using VMware Workstation 14/15.

How to Create a macOS VM for High Sierra

Under normal circumstances, you will get an error if you try to install a macOS operating system using the VMware Workstation virtualization program. The reason for this is that VMware Workstation does not support macOS systems.

When you try to create a new VM with VMware, you will not see an option for macOS in the operating system selection window. Usually, you can not install Mac systems with VMware Workstation. However, you can install macOS systems on VMware Workstation using the VMware Unlocker program.

In short, you only need to download the VMware Unlocker program and run the win-install file once to use macOS on the VMware Workstation.

What happens when you try to install macOS without using VMware Unlocker? The answer is that you will get errors about macOS setup errors, Mac not booting, and Mac restarting continuously.

In addition, you must use the appropriate version of the VMware Unlocker program; otherwise, you will encounter the errors mentioned.

In our previous articles, we discussed how to install macOS Sierra 10.12 and macOS High Sierra 10.13. You can access the macOS setup articles from the following links.

• How to Install Mac OS Sierra using VMware Workstation

In this article, we will prepare a virtual machine for installing macOS operating systems on VM Workstation 14/15 Pro.

How to Install macOS VM with VMware

You can not see macOS support while creating a VM on VM Workstation for macOS High Sierra or other systems. So, we’ll break it down using VMware Unlocker 2.1.1.

Step 1

If you try to create a VM without using VM Unlocker, you will not see the macOS option as in the following image.

Step 2

Download VM Unlocker by clicking on the button at the bottom of the article, shut down VMware Workstation first, and then run win-install.cmd as administrator.

Step 3

Wait until VMware Unlocker stops and restarts the VM Workstation service.

Step 4

Open VM Workstation 14/15 and click Create a new virtual machine to create a new VM for Apple Mac OS X. In the virtual machine creation window, select Custom (advanced) and click on the Next button.

Step 5

Click the Next button in the VM hardware compatibility window.

Step 6

To add the operating system ISO file later, select I will install the operating system later and click Next.

Step 7

After using the VM Unlocker program, you can see that Apple Mac OS X has appeared.

Step 8

Select the version you want to install and click on the Next button.

Step 9

Storing the VM on an external disk is helpful for performance. Once you have set the virtual machine name and location, click Next to continue.

Step 10

Configure the processor configuration of the VM according to your computer’s hardware specifications.

Step 11

Likewise, assign a 4 GB RAM value to the VM.

Step 12

Specify the disk size and click Next.

Step 13

Continue by leaving the location of the disk file in the default location.

Step 14

Click the Customize Hardware button.

Step 15

Click Processors and activate the virtualization feature for the VM as follows.

Step 16

Click on the Finish button to close the Wizard window.

Step 17

After creating the VM, open the virtual machine’s location and open the .vmx file.

Step 18

Add the ( smc.version = “0” ) value to the HighSierra10134.vmx file and save the file.

Step 19

Add the macOS 10.13 ISO file to the VM and run it.

Step 20

As you can see in the image below, the installation of High Sierra on the VM Workstation will begin!

Conclusion

In this article, we have created a virtual machine for High Sierra 10.13.4 on VM Workstation 14/15. In the following article, we will install macOS 10.13.4 with VMware. Thanks for following us!