
- #Os x mavericks vmware player mac os x#
- #Os x mavericks vmware player install#
- #Os x mavericks vmware player pro#
- #Os x mavericks vmware player mac#
If you do not have access to an OS X machine, then purchase the OS X Snow Leopard DVD from the Apple Store ($19.99 US or £14.00 UK), you can use the DVD directly but it is easier to covert the DVD to an ISO.

#Os x mavericks vmware player mac#
Please note this media creation method will NOT work for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) an apple script is required to create a bootable DMG file from the "Install OS X Mavericks" or "Install OS X Yosemite" app downloaded from the Mac App Store, see the second post in this thread for details, link below:
#Os x mavericks vmware player pro#
Link to the "Unlocker" download to support Workstation 11.x, Workstation Pro 12.x, Player 7.x, Workstation Player 12.x, Fusion 7.x, Fusion 8.x and ESXi 6.x: Link to the "Unlocker" download to support Workstation 10.x, Player 6.x, Fusion 6.x and ESXi 5.x: If you have access to an OS X machine, Redeem your purchase and download OS X from the Mac App Store under Purchases or use Updates to get OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite) or 10.11 (El Capitan) once downloaded on your OS X machine extract the InstallESD.dmg from your App Store download of "Install OS X Lion" or "Install OS X Mountain Lion" in the Applications folder, right click the icon and select "Show Package Contents" open folder "SharedSupport" and copy the InstallESD.dmg to your desktop.
#Os x mavericks vmware player install#
Install the "Unlocker" following the included readme.txt, version 1.3.x for Workstation 10, Player 6 or ESXi 5 and "Unlocker" version 2.0.x for Workstation 11, Player 7, Workstation Pro/Player 12 and ESXi 6 created by Donk based on work by Donk, Zenith432 and Sam B, see the links below, to enable support for OS X. It is important for the method detailed below to work, you must be running a relatively recent Intel processor with VT-x (Hardware Virtualisation) support which has been enabled in BIOS. If you have access to an existing OS X machine physical or virtual you can download OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite) or 10.11 (El Capitan) for free.
#Os x mavericks vmware player mac os x#
The VMware USB Arbitration Service service was started successfully.I originally wrote this "How To" in the following topic "Workstation 8/9, Player 4/5 and Fusion 4/5 Mac OS X Unlocker" started by Donk, see link below, since there are now some 500+ replies in the topic, I thought it was time to extract the post and start a new topic.Īlthough a lot of alternative methods are available, the following "How To" based on the work by Donk, Zenith432 and others on "InsanelyMac" is a proven method for installing a "Vanilla / Retail" version of OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite) and 10.11 (El Capitan) under VMware Workstation 10/11, Player 6/7, Workstation Pro/Player 12 and ESXi 5/6, using physical media (Snow Leopard) or an email with a content code for the Mac App Store (Lion and Mountain Lion) purchased from the Apple Store or media created from the App Store download. The VMware USB Arbitration Service service is starting. The VMware Authorization Service service was started successfully. The VMware Authorization Service service is starting. Unlocking Mac OS X guest on non-Mac OS X host (method 0). įile C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\vmwarebase.dll: Unlocking Mac OS X Client guest (method 0). Unlocking Mac OS X guest on non-Mac host. Mac OS X guest unlocker for VMware, version 7ĭirectory C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\圆4: SUCCESS: The process "hqtray.exe" with PID 3540 has been terminated. The VMware USB Arbitration Service service was stopped successfully. The VMware Authorization Service service was stopped successfully. UIPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\vmwarebase.dll VMXPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\圆4 InstallPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\ The output should be something like this: Run the windows.cmd file from an elevated command prompt.

Please help in further diagnose the problem. Also, the screenshot for -v right before the final installer screen (stuck at the installer screen and not going further at the end). I ended up having the hang situation again at the grey screen trying to load the Snow Leopard installer. I pressed F8 at the vmware logo, then went to the interactive shell and used "fs0:\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi -v". Jun 14 18:39:18.867: vcpu-0| This virtual machine will power off.Ĥ) So, changed the SMC.present to "FALSE" and then power on the VM again. Jun 14 18:39:18.867: vcpu-0| The guest operating system is not Mac OS X Server. Here is the journey:ġ) Installed Unlocker on my laptop and created the Mac OS X VMĢ) Powered it on and got the "A Virtual CPU has entered the shutdown state"ģ) Added the CPUID mask and then got the following message at the end: Ok, I tried everything from scratch on my Sandy Bridge laptop again.
