For those wondering if you can install macOS Sierra as a VM in Fusion, the answer is: Yes you can!
I used the VMWare Airwatch Assistant Tool to create the.dmg and.plist file. I then deleted the files from the Mac (after I copied them up to our file server) and closed the VMWare Tool. L created the Application in WorkSpace One and Assigned to a group that had that same test Mac in it to Auto Deploy the new app.
Photos app not wopening mac.
<rant> It does require a bit of a workaround however. VMware Fusion uses their own custom script to create a temporary VMDK which the VM boots off. They've been using this since Mavericks and quite frankly, it's time to drop their own custom nonsense as Apple has been providing 'createinstallmedia' for a few years now. </rant>
What you'll need:
Part 1: Creating the installer disk image.
Fire up Disk Utility and create a blank sparse disk image or use 'hdiutil', whichever you like. Size: 6GB.
Mount it (or double-click in Finder to mount):
Next use ‘createinstallmedia' from the macOS Installer:
Part 2: Make the vmdk
The newly created install media should still be mounted, if not just mount the macOS_installmedia.sparseimage again.
Before we start, you need the device id of the mounted sparse disk, so run ‘diskutil list’. Look for the volume “Install 10.12 Developer Preview” and note the device id for that disk, in my environment this was: ‘/dev/disk2’
Next we need to create a vmdk, for this we use ‘vmware-rawdiskCreator’. Specify the path so that the resulting vmdk is created inside your freshly created VM’s folder (just simplifies the next step).
What we have now, is a vmdk pointer that refers to our mounted sparsedisk (thus, don’t try and unmount the sparsedisk).
Part 3: Attach vmdk to your VM
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Unfortunately you can’t attach an existing vmdk that happens to be a rawDisk, so we need to edit the vmx file for our VM.
Navigate to it, in my case that would be ~/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/macOS.vmwarevm
Use your favourite editor, such as vi or nano, then add these lines (added mine right below the first set of sata0*** lines to macOS.vmx (or whatever you happen to call your VM):
Save the vmx file
https://gvdgej.weebly.com/blog/stikies-app-on-mac. Part 4: Power On
Ignition, launch! All should be working at this point and your VM should be booting up just fine, unless either one of us messed up somewhere along the line.
Once the install has run through, you can power it off and remove the lines you added in the vmx file in Part 3.
More and more companies tend to release products for both Mac and Windows platforms. If a Windows developer wants to create apps for Mac OS, the most economical way is to use a virtual machine. When I upgraded my operating system from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and installed VMWare Workstation 11, I found my Mac OS X virtual machine couldn’t work. Here are the issues and corresponding solutions.
How to enable Mac OS X Guests on VMWare Workstation 11?
By default, VMWare Workstation 11 does not support Mac OS X. If you are using VMWare Workstation 11, you need to download and install Unlocker 2.
How to use Unlocker?
Try to create a new virtual machine, you will see Apple Mac OS X:
Error: Could not find component on update server
After successfully booting your Mac OS X virtual machine, you need to install VMWare tools. Click VM > Install VMWare Tools, you may see the following error message:
Right-click the virtual machine and open settings. Select CD/DVD and load darwin.iso, which has been copied to your VMWare Workstation when running Unlocker.
Create Vmware Vm From Mac Installer App Windows 10
Restart operating system. Now you can see the VMWare Tools:
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