This simple guide is for those who want to try out Apple’s Macintosh OS X on VMware Workstation in Windows platform. The basic requirements are:

1. A PC running Windows x86 or x64
2. VMware Workstation 8
3. Download the following files:
   1. Mac OS X Lion VMware Files.exe (Size: 2.42MB)
   2. Mac OS X Lion Retail Bootable .vmdk (For VMware) (A bit torrent of size 4.12GB)

To Install Patch VMware, extract the VMware Unlocker for macOS Sierra. Right-click on win-install.cmd and select Run as Administrator. This step is very important because you won’t see Apple Mac OS X on the Operating System list while creating a new VM unless you patch VMware with the Unlocker tool. Run win-install.cmd As Administrator. In the window of selecting the guest operating system, select the “Apple Mac OS X” and the version “macOS 10.15” then click next. Choose the guest operating system. Give a name for the virtual machine, then customize the location where you want to place the macOS Catalina. Mac OS X Unlocker for VMware (AKA: macOS Unlocker for VMware, VMware Unlocker or Workstation Unlocker for short) is a universal unlock patch (actually a combination of the unlocker codes) developed by Donk from United Kingdom. As the best Mac OS X unlock patch for VMware virtual machine software on the Internet at present, it is capable of easily and quickly remove the function lock to Mac OS X. VMware Guidance Against Self Patching Photon OS for VMware Appliances EDIT: I found the article I was referring to and definitely remembered the details incorrectly. It’s not blanket guidance for all VMware appliances (although we know you should follow VMware approved patching methods for your VMware appliances).

Before running Mac OS X on VMware workstation, a patch should apply to some binary files of VMware workstation.
For illustration purpose, the following example will attempt to patch VMware Workstation 8 binary files:

1. First, extract the download file Mac OS X Lion VMware files.exe.using any file archive utility like 7-Zip or double click the .exe to extract the files.
2. Open command prompt (cmd) in Administrator Account.
3. Navigate to extracted folder “VMware Workstation Unlocker - Windows' and run install.cmd:

The VMware workstation 8 is now patched. You may continue the next step to configure and run Mac OS X Lion on VMware workstation 8.

Prepare a Mac OS X machine

Extract pre-configure Mac OS X Lion VMware workstation files from Mac OS X Lion VMware Files.exe in a new folder:
Start the virtual machine Mac OS X Lion.vmx. A dialog prompt for the virtual machine instance state:
Press “I copied it” button to state the virtual machine is a cloned instance.

Prepare Mac OS X Installation

The machine setting may change to suit the environment. e.g.: Memory size.
Next, add Mac OS X Lion Installer disk (Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk) by creating a new VMware hard disk.

Start Mac OS X Machine

Power on the virtual machine. A Mac OS X installation screen should appear as follow:

Prepare a disk for Mac OS X installation

Next, start Disk Utility to prepare a disk for Mac OS X installation:
Create a new Mac OS X partition by using the Erase option. A label for the new disk may specify in the option:
Confirm the Erase operation:

Start Mac OS X Installation

Follow the screen instruction to continue Mac OS X installation:
Confirm the installation on the new disk created:
The installation may take a while to finish:

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Finish Mac OS X Installation

Finally, the Mac OS X installed and the first screen appear as follow:
VMware tools provide few GUI enhancement experience for Mac OS X guest. Download VMware tools ISO for OS X here. Follow the following steps to install VMware tools in OS X:

1. Extract a ISO file (darwin.iso) from the zip archive file
2. Mount the ISO file to Mac OS X Guest operating system
   
3. Start Mac OS X guest system.
4. Open Finder from OS X desktop and select CD/DVD ROM device.
   
5. Double click Install VMware Tools icon to start VMware tools installation
6. Follow the screen instruction to complete installation.

1. How To Install Fully Functional Mac OS X Lion Virtual Machine inside Windows 7 [UPDATE: 10.7.3]. URL: http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2011/09/how-to-install-fully-functional-mac-os-x-lion-virtual-machine-inside-windows-7/

Vmware Tools is a set of utilities that drastically improves the performance of the operating systems installed as a virtual machine. Vmware Tools download makes MacOS on the virtual machine very smooth and stable. In this article, I also guide you on how to install VMware tools for Mac os Mojave in VMware workstation player 15.1.0

If you want to learn how to install macOS Mojave virtually on windows PC, read this article.

1VMware Tools Download For macOS Mojave: Explained

VMware Tools Download For macOS Mojave: Explained

Simply put, VMware tools are a collection of different utility software that helps you to make any operating system that has been installed on the computer very stable.

All the operating systems installed inside VMware (Workstation, Player, Sphere) are called guest operating systems. All the guest operating systems have their own sets of tools that help make the user experience smoother and make sure “most” devices work normally inside the guest operating system.

Some of the major use of VMware tools are:

• Better graphics performance
• Improved mouse and keyboard integration
• Scripts that help automate the guest operating system
• Adds the ability to copy and paste between the host and the guest operating system

Now, macOS is not natively supported by VMware workstations or any product from VMware. If you have installed macOS on virtual machines before, you will know that you need to run certain scripts before you are able to install any version of the macOS operating system as a guest operating system on the computer.

In the same way, VMware tools for other operating systems do not apply for macOS as a guest operating system. So you need to download VMware tools for macOS Mojave if you are installing Mojave.

Please keep this in mind that all different versions of macOS require a different version of Tools.

VMware Workstation Player 15.1Tools For macOS Mojave Download

Downloading the .iso files with the tools for macOS Mojave is very simple. I have included a link from Mediafire which should be very easy to download.

Installing VMware Workstation Player Tools(Darwin.iso)

Assuming that you had no issues in downloading the “Darwin.iso” file from the Mediafire link that I have provided.

Now, let’s start the installation process for these tools on your VMware workstation Player 15.1.0. (If you need VMware tools for other versions too, leave a comment down below and I will try to find it for you).

1. Shutdown the guest operating system if it is still running
2. Open the VMware Workstation Player dashboard
3. Right-click on the virtual machine that you have macOS Mojave installed as a guest and click on settings
   
4. Select “CD/DVD(SATA)”, now on the right column this give you an option to choose an iso file
5. Under “Use ISO image file”, click on “Browse”
6. Now navigate to the location where you have saved the “Darwin.iso” file that you downloaded from the previous link that I provided
7. Once everything is done, click on “OK”
   
8. Start the guest operating system as normally you would
9. Once you have logged into the desktop, you now see a new icon on the right-hand corner of the screen that reads “VMware Tools”
   
10. Double click on it and click on “Install VMware Tools”
    
11. When on the next window, click on continue > Install > Continue Installation
12. Enter your account password when it asks for it
13. Allow VMware under “Security & Privacy”
14. Once the installation is complete, restart the virtual machine
15. Please make sure that you go back to the virtual machine settings and eject or remove the ISO file so that it won’t try to install the tools again

Vmware Tools Download and Installation: Post Installation

What are the perks of installing these tools on the macOS guest operating system?

Once the installation is complete and the computer has been restarted, you might not even realize that the tools have been actually installed.

The best way to check if the tools have successfully is by switching the virtual machine to the “Fullscreen” mode.

Before installing these tools, you would end up with a boxed display that does not fill up the whole screen, but if the tools have been installed properly, you should be able to use the guest macOS in complete full screen.

Summing up all the best features that these tools bring to the guest macOS Mojave installation:

1. Display performance is drastically improved
2. Sound is back
3. Keyboard and mouse work much smoothly
4. The system is much faster overall
5. Your guest operating system might support lots of devices that were not supported by the system before installing the “Darwin.iso” file

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