Advertisements Step by Step instructions to create OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 Bootable.vmdk to Install Mountain Lion in VMware, Windows host. This article explains how to create a bootable OS X 10.8 mountain Lion.vmdk image for VMware Workstation 8 on Intel based Windows 7 computer. This article is first part of the series and we’ll teach you how to install OS X Mountain Lion on VMware in second part. Requirements:. FakeSMC.kext.
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Intel Core Processor based System with minimum 4 GB of RAM (for smooth operation). Working copy of 10.6 / 10.7 virtual machine in VMware 8. Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 Installer. Patience and Time.
FAQ: Q: Why I Need a bootable vmdk? Ans:We need to create a bootable installer image which can be used as a boot loader and installation medium to install OS X Mountain Lion in VMWARE. Ans: We need a working Snow Leopard (10.6) or Lion (10.7) Virtual Machine in VMware. Latest version of VMware Workstation (ver.
You can download a free trail, for initial setups. Afterwards you can use VMware Player to run the VM. Q: Can I download pre-built bootable vmdk? Ans: We don’t encourage you to download vmdk file from file sharing sites, though you can easily find it on Google (Mac OS X Mountain Lion bootable vmdk). Personally we prefer to buy (Mountain Lion @ $20) a copy from Apple and create our own vmdk. Note:If you like our work, encourage us by sharing this post on Twitter, Facebook, Google + as much as you can. Video Tutorial Instructions to create Mac OS X Mountain Lion bootable vmdk: Step One: Launch VMware, navigate to your 10.6 / 10.7 VMware installation and attach a new 6 GB (minimum) virtual hard disk (VMDK) file.
I made a 8 GB partition on my installation. Click on edit virtual machine setting. Hardware Add Hard Disk Create a new Virtual Disk Next. Specify disk capacity 6 GB and Check (Store virtual disk as a single file). Write down disk file name, i.e. Mac OS X Server 10.6 (experimental)-2.vmdk note disk name may vary Step Two:Power up your 10.6 / 10.7 VMware machine, and press Initialize in the pop-up window. Now open Disk Utility, select VHDD you created in previous step, click on partition tab and use following settings.
Volume Scheme: 1 Partition. Name: MLI (or whatever you want). Format: Mac OS X Extended. Options: Apple Partition Map.
Now hit apply button and enter your password when asked. Step Three: Now attach the Mountain Lion Installation media.app /.dmg /.iso you downloaded from Apple or file sharing sites to VMware virtual machine. If you have.app downloaded from Apple App Store Right-click on the installer and hit “Show Package Contents”. Navigate to Contents SharedSupport and locate a disc image file called “InstallESD.dmg”. If you have.dmg downloaded from file sharing sites Move it to your 10.6 / 10.7 VMware installation and double click to mount. If you have.iso downloaded from file sharing sites Burn the.iso to a disk and mount the DVD in your physical drive (make sure your drive is connected to VMware.) or mount.iso with demon tools virtual DVD drive.
Step Four: Now mount the base system image from terminal using the following command. Cd /Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD open BaseSystem.dmg Step Five: Go to Disk Utilities and select the source and destination as shown below to start the restore – this will copy the entire base system to 5GB hard disk.
Click on Restore, Drag the Mac OS X Base System.dmg found on your desktop to the Source Window. Drag your VHDD (renamed as MLI in step two ) to the Destination Window and Click Restore. It’ll give you a warning about Erasing it click on Erase.
Check the following screenshot to understand this step better. Installation process will take 10-20 minutes, after installation you’ll end up with 2 “ Mac OS X Base System” drives on your desktop.
Figure out which one is your VHDD by Right-Click Get Info and check the capacity as an indicator. Rename your VHDD back to MLI for further convenience.
Step Six: Copy the installation packages from Mac OS X Install ESD to MLI. Open MLI and navigate to System installation and you’ll find a link to Packages remove it, and create a new folder called “ Packages“. Go to the original Mac OS X Install ESD (you mounted in step three) and copy the contents of Packages to the folder you made in previous step. Step Seven: Copy the kernelcache file to MLI and Modify the plist file to enable the kernelcahce. Copy kernelcache from the Lion installer image to your installer image aka MLI with following command.
Apple has announced the Mac OS Sierra as the next version of Mac system software. During its presentation that took place at the WWDC 2016 conference, the new macOS sierra was versioned as Mac OS X 10.12 and will be accessible as a free copy for all compatible Macs. The Mac OS 10.12 final comes with a lot of amazing features. One major feature is the debut that Siri makes on the Mac. Siri has been designed with new capabilities for the Mac desktop.
This is the only way to make the Mac desktop a smart device. Now, You can install macOS Sierra on Windows. VirtualBox is capable of installing a macOS on your computer as an application. It works perfectly well with Sierra and in order to run macOS on windows, you need a computer with windows that has to be 64-bit, at least 4GB RAM and a dual-core processor. Installing macOS Sierra in VirtualBox is very easy; you download virtual disk and open it with VirtualBox, then create a new virtual machine.
Here are the steps to install macOS Sierra on VirtualBox on Windows. Latest preview: 10.12 Final (16A323).
Download Image: Google Drive (One Full): Google Drive (5 of 5): Fix Download Limit: Code for VirtualBox (New): VirtualBox: Steps to Use macOS 10.12 Sierra on VirtualBox on Windows Step 1: Extract Image File with Winrar or 7zip Install, Select Image file, Right click then select “Extract Here”.