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How to install mac os x el capitan on vmware mac osx#
How to install mac os x el capitan on vmware install#
How to install mac os x el capitan on vmware password#
How to install mac os x el capitan on vmware iso#

Click Apply.ĥ/ Click on "Advanced options" and choose "Pre-allocate disk space". Click on "Hard Disk" in the "Removable Devices" section (there may be two hard disks listed, choose the ~40GB).Ĥ/ Change the disk size to a size that matches (or is larger than) the size of the backup you want to install.

How to install mac os x el capitan on vmware install#

In my case I used my Install OS X El Capitan.app that I had saved on an external hard disk.Ģ/ When the language selection window appears, shut down the virtual machine.ģ/ Go to Virtual Machine in the menubar and choose "Settings". How I resolved this turned out to be reasonably easy.ġ/ Go through the process of creating a new virtual disk using an installer for the operating system you want to use. What was needed was to find a way to combine the 40GB section with the additional free space into one continuous disk. The reason this was happening was because VM Fusion was trying to copy the backup data to the 40GB partition/container, not the empty portion with the free space. I would get an error message saying there was not enough space. If you make the virtual machine disk size larger, that extra space is set into a separate partition/container.įor me, this meant that even after shutting down the virtual machine and increasing the disk size to 512 GB, I was still not able to migrate my backup to the virtual machine. It seems that when a virtual machine is made, the OS is kept in its own separate 40GB partition/container. I was finally able to copy my bootable backup of El Capitan to a virtual machine, and it's now working fine!

How to install mac os x el capitan on vmware mac osx#

31-Click restart and you will be able to use your Mac OSX El Capitan.

How to install mac os x el capitan on vmware password#

30-Double click on VMware tools and install then enter your password.28-Go to unlock 207 folder then tools folder then choose darwin.iso.

How to install mac os x el capitan on vmware iso#

26-Right click on the virtual machine, choose removable devices then CD/DVD (SATA) then settings 27- choose iso image file then click browse.

24-Open VMware workstation 12 then follow the video.

23- Paste smc.version = “0” in the end of the text and click save.

22-Open the New folder that we create for the virtual machine and open the file.

21-Now return to Unlock 207 folder then open “key for vmware.txt” and copy smc.version = “0”.

19-Click finish then Keep Existing Format.

18-Click browse then choose the file that we extracted before (OSX 10.11 El Capitan retail by….

17-Choose Use an existing virtual disk then click Next.

16-Now click Add then choose Hard Disk then choose SATA then click Next.

14-Now Choose edit virtual machine settings then choose at least 4 gb of ram then 4 processors 15-Remove the Hard disk(SATA).

12- Choose store virtual disk as a single file then click Next.

10-Click browse and add a new folder where your virtual machine files will be located.(make sure it is not the same name of the folder where we did extract OSX 10.11 El Capitan retail).

9-Rename the virtual machine like you want.

8-Choose Apple Mac OSx and version OSx 10.11.

7-Choose I will install the operating system later then click next.

5-Open VMware Workstation 12 and choose “create a new virtual machine”.

3-Wait until the black screen vanish by itself and you are good to go.

2-Open the extracted folder then right click on win-install.cmd and run as administrator.

You should first have VMware Workstation 12 installed.

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