Install Mac OSX in VMware Windows PC
This article explains step by step method to install Mac OSX in VMware on your Windows PC. If you are interested to learn something on Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard or do some testing on Mac OS, then you can continue read this article. This article is only for testing purpose. Whoever doesn’t have chance to buy apple hardware with Mac OS, can use this method to install and run Mac on VMware home Windows PC.
Installation is not ‘Very’ Easy
Installation is not easy as inserting the CD and click ‘Next’ ‘Next’ or running some executable files. I wanted to install and learn Macintosh OSX on Windows in my PC, so I searched on internet for possibilities to have Macintosh on Windows computer. The results returned nothing very useful other than changing your XP, Vista themes to Mac OS themes. Based on the other tips in several sites and after I did it practically, now I’m writing this method to install mac on VMware in Windows PC.
But still I like to share what I found when I searched,
This video shows nicely how to change the XP theme to Mac OS theme. It looked as good video. But when I tried to install it…., guess what? Anti-virus popped up. I left it. You can try how to change the XP theme to Mac OS theme if you want.
Step by step to change the Windows theme to Mac
But I’m talking about real Mac. As I said earlier installation is not very easy since both OS hardware platform requirements are different, Mac can be installed on Virtual PC on your PC. To make the installation easy, in other word “to avoid the Mac installation”, we will just import the Mac OS pre-installed hard disk to your PC using VMware. Don’t be more confused, follow the below easy steps. Here are the requirements,
Software Requirements for Install Mac on VMware
Virtual PC software. Several virtual PC software available, but this method goes with VMware workstation since we will be using VMware hard disk image.
VMware workstation 6 or more
you can download the VMware workstation at VMware site here . Either you can try 30-day free evaluation version or buy the full version, but don’t ask crack.
Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard VMware image download
(Note – This is a torrent download)
Hardware Requirements:
Make sure after you installed VMware workstation, you have minimum below hardware resources to allocate for Mac OS.
RAM – 1GB
Hard Disk 15GB
Processor – Automatic allocation.
Install Mac on VMware Step by Steps
1) Install VMware Workstation.
2) Download Mac OSX 10.5.5 Leopard VMware Hard disk image. ( Approx Size – 1.9GB)
3) Extract the Image to a folder (You need WinRAR for extraction and extracted size is Approx 9.4GB). Make sure extraction is successful and you get all VMware files as below
4) Start VMware workstation and open the Mac OS X Leopard.vmx. ( In VMware go to File – Open from extracted place)
5) Once you open the correct vmx files, you can see the configurations which already done on the image. The below screen is the default one when you open it, before you power on the virtual PC. ( this is what I’m getting in my PC)
6) Make sure Guest OS should be ‘FreeBSD’. Even if you have Dual processor and have option to select two processors in VMware option, DO NOT change to two. Leave the Processors 1 only. Do not worry about Hard disk allocation 30GB. You can increase the memory size if you have memory resource in your computer.
7) That’s it click ‘Power on this virtual machine’. Now you should be able to see Mac OS.
In case your Mac stuck with following welcome screen for long time,
You must disable ‘Intel Hardware Virtualization’ from your BIOS. Note that any time you enable or disable the Hardware virtualization setting in the BIOS; one has to completely power off (cold restart) the CPU for 10 seconds before booting.
Read More about how to Disable or Enable Hardware Virtualization in BIOS
Now start the Mac on VMware again, this time it will work fine.
Network
Somewhere I read that Network will not working in Mac with VMware, but it works fine with this image. I tested ‘Bridged’ and ‘NAT’ networks in VMware. It worked fine.
Mac Admin Password
This OS image has Mac Admin password, the password is ‘password ‘.
Mac VMX File
Here is the correct VMX file for your reference
.encoding = “windows-1252″
config.version = “8″
virtualHW.version = “7″
scsi0.present = “TRUE”
scsi0.virtualDev = “lsilogic”
memsize = “1024″
scsi0:0.present = “TRUE”
scsi0:0.fileName = “Mac OS X Leopard-000001.vmdk”
ide1:0.present = “TRUE”
ide1:0.autodetect = “TRUE”
ide1:0.deviceType = “cdrom-raw”
floppy0.present = “FALSE”
ethernet0.present = “TRUE”
ethernet0.startConnected = “TRUE”
ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000″
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = “FALSE”
usb.present = “TRUE”
ehci.present = “TRUE”
sound.present = “TRUE”
sound.fileName = “-1″
sound.autodetect = “TRUE”
mks.enable3d = “TRUE”
pciBridge0.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge4.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge4.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”
pciBridge4.functions = “8″
pciBridge5.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge5.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”
pciBridge5.functions = “8″
pciBridge6.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge6.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”
pciBridge6.functions = “8″
pciBridge7.present = “TRUE”
pciBridge7.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort”
pciBridge7.functions = “8″
vmci0.present = “TRUE”
monitor.virtual_mmu = “automatic”
monitor.virtual_exec = “automatic”
roamingVM.exitBehavior = “go”
displayName = “Mac OS X Leopard”
guestOS = “freebsd”
nvram = “Mac OS X Leopard.nvram”
virtualHW.productCompatibility = “hosted”
ft.secondary0.enabled = “TRUE”
tools.upgrade.policy = “useGlobal”
extendedConfigFile = “Mac OS X Leopard.vmxf”
ide1:0.fileName = “auto detect”
ide1:0.startConnected = “FALSE”
ethernet0.addressType = “generated”
tools.syncTime = “FALSE”
uuid.location = “56 4d 4e 0f ea ce 5e 03-83 66 d3 86 b7 b4 42 e4″
uuid.bios = “56 4d 4e 0f ea ce 5e 03-83 66 d3 86 b7 b4 42 e4″
scsi0:0.redo = “”
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = “134217728″
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = “17″
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = “21″
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = “22″
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = “23″
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = “24″
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = “16″
usb.pciSlotNumber = “32″
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = “33″
sound.pciSlotNumber = “34″
ehci.pciSlotNumber = “35″
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = “36″
ethernet0.generatedAddress = “00:0c:29:b4:42:e4″
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = “0″
vmci0.id = “660874947″
tools.remindInstall = “TRUE”
checkpoint.vmState = “”
ethernet0.connectionType = “nat”
Mac OSX in VMware under Windows check the different method..
Hey friends just downloaded this and it works perfectly with no prbs thanks for the upload
Just download in 30 min, worked great ! Thank you !
hi .. any one help me .. sound not working …. any fix ..
Yes it worked a first step. But after an software-update and restart, it does not work further: There comes a for a short time a window: “Press powerswitch”. And the the vmplyayer disappeares…
Any ideas?
Me too
Me as well!! Pretty frustrating. I even tried to update to snow leopard 10.6.3 via CD and although it appeared to go through the full CD (45 minute wait, wasn’t going to watch every second) and showed a message it will finish installing after a reboot — after that reboot nothing really happened and I still have 10.5.5
Anyone have a fix so we can update the vm?
Thanks for the good instructions.
Only problem is that it doesn’t work for me. Stays stuck in the gray loading screen.
I have Intel i7 processor, Asus P6T SE, 6GB memory and VMWare Workstation 7.0 installed. I checked that the Hardware Virtualization is disabled in BIOS but still the problem persists.
Any ideas how I could get it workding?
you are suppose to check that hardware virtualization is enabled and not disabled!
Thanks for the very good instructions
Anything working right .
What is the password for the Mac Admin account
The password : password
No joke the password is seriously: password
when I start up …the menu char look like Russian …char set how do i change this
rest it works fine…good job
Is it possible to do a software update?
I have the same problem as Andreas. Once it starts installing an update it crashes and says I need to press the restart button. After a restart it crashes again before it logs in.
It run slowly …
Hi folks.
Firstly, thanks for the help.
Is it my impression or the guest (mac os) runs VERY slow?
I have an Acer 4gb, amd turion x2 dual core 2.1Ghz
See ya.
Humberto
I got stuck at welcome screen. I changed the “Preferred mode” to several options. The one that got it to boot, successfully, was: “Binary translation” w/”VMWare kernel paravirtualization”.
Then it worked.
Thanks a lot
which is your system?
Is there any way I can Install 10.6 or higher version on Vm ware and that would be a great help..!!
Thanks a lot
I downloaded it easily and after download it installed easily and is working fine, but it is working really really slow. What should I do? I have Intel Dual-Core 2.20 Ghz and 4 GB of RAM with windows 7 x64. What is the problem? Thanks for providing.
I have exactly the same problem as I mentioned above. =/
Aamir, how much RAM you allocated to VM?
If your computer processor supports VT (Hardware Virtualization Technology) then try some more new methods in this blog to install Snow Leopard 10.6.
I have 4GB of RAM but even when I make the VM use most of it, it still runs slow.
I use Windows 7 x64 and as far as I know, my computer has support to VT but I didn’t find where to configure that on my OS though.
I’d be glad for a help.
Cheers
@Humberto you should use this link http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?ProductID=1881&DwnldID=7838 to find out if your computer has support for VT or not…it will tell you if your computer has support for VT or not…if you have VT support you can find many articles to install mac os x…the reason i am saying is that i had to install the steps in the article to set up mac os x as my computer didn’t support VT even though i am using windows 7 x64 and have a core 2 duo 2.1 ghz machine laptop with 4 gb ram.
P.S: i had the same problem of the speed of the mac os x installed through the article to be very slow even though i was giving maximum ram i could give it but was not able to resolve speed problem…disabling few mac os x problems like magnification for dock and few other improvements give a little boost but it was still not usable.
It is working in my computer too but like Jawad says, it is really really slow … So I don’t know if is better just to buy a MAC. This is driving crazy … really slowly.
It doesn’t want to extract it all! It says my disk is full when I actually have over 300gb of free space. What’s wrong?
Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization. i keep getting this error? any help/
never mind i got it freebsd wasnt on i am still getting errors im stuck in boot look i tried th”-v” for diagnostics but still stuck in boot loop
meh
Worked great !
OS: WinXpPro Sp3
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5200+ 2,7GHz
VMware Workstation: 7.1.4 build-385536
Thanks again!
I can’t get the internet in Leopard to work. Network setting says ‘Network: Bridged’.
Am I missing something?
Plus, how will this work with full screen?
Any ideas?
Use ‘NAT’
Hi! Everythings working fine! Just wondering, can you post some drivers. i have only got the ethernet driver.
Heres how its going:
http://downloaddudesource.webs.com/httpimage/mac.PNG
Hi,
Is it possible to update this version of MAC OSX(10.5.5) to MAC OSX 10.6.8.
Thanks,
Sagar.
Thanks dude it worked like a charm..:)
Hey,
I got it installed and everything, the internet works, but im not getting any sound. I am using an AMD Phenom II 550 with an AsRock motherboard. I really appreciate any help. Thanks
Hi,
Thank It work fine , how do you install to full screen
everything is perfect and fine download worked perfectly and my logon screen was stuck for a long time but where and how do i disable ‘Intel Hardware Virtualization’ from your BIOS and is it dangerous
cheers.
I cant extract the .7z file
I tried this and it’s GREAT! one then the MAC osx doesn’t fill the secren how can I fill the sreen option?
” I tried this and it’s GREAT! one then the MAC osx doesn’t fill the secren how can I fill the sreen option? ”
Hey !
Tell me what Virtual machine application are you using ?
if you are using Vbox then may you install the Guest Additions, so that you can fit the screen as you like
if you are using VMware then may you install the VMware tools, in order to fit the screen as you wish.
Hope to benefit from this .
hi i did exactly what you sayed every step but sun virtualbox sayed
Fatal: no bootable medium found! System Halted
what’s the problem now???
thank you so much
sorry i posted in the wrong page it’s refferred to the virtualbox one
I am using DELL STUDIO laptop(intel t6500 and 3gb ram).I think my pc has no VT support.now want install mac os X for using xcode.I have installed Mac OS X 10.5(leapad) and xcode 3.1 on vmwire with help of Sysprobs and it is running smoothly.Now i want know that is there any way for running Snow leapad on my pc(No VT support) .its for upgrading my xcode to some higher versions.please help me…
can you give me the sysprobs.com link that worked for xcode 3.1 ??? are you a iphone app developer ???
thanks in advance ..
I successfully installed MAC OS after upgrading to windows 7 in my office laptop. Thanks for providing the details. Really appreciated your work. Keep rocking.
while installing i faced a error “boot 1 error”. please help me
Installing what? vmware workstation or MAC? If you say mac, no need to install it. Just extract and open with vmware
hi rakesh.. sound in not working .. any fix ???
can this installed in pc that does not support VT ???
This method works for computers with no Intel Hardware Virtualization or VT support. If you do have VT then you can try out one of other methods to install snow leopard but if you don’t have VT support as many of us who have tried and commented on this article don’t then we can at least try out leopard through vmware by following this article.
If you do get VT support in the future then don’t try out this method but instead a newer guide to install snow leopard.
thanks for the reply bro .. working like a charm .. for keygen of all 8 series of VMware download from http://www.mediafire.com/?9mvv2q41u6x6bp9 …
but while extracting i dint get 4 folders that is shown on the screen shot .. will it going to effect me in the future ???
thanks in advance ..
hi .. sound in not working .. any fix ???
WORKS AWESOME!
I was spending loads of hours for hackintosh on my intel p4 3ghz….
this is the only guide which clicked!
thanks for your comments it helped me to get the right version of vmware…but for me it needed virtual technologyh enabled.
It is working like a horse very fast
unlocker is not there
I think it does not need Unlocker
Can i run logic studio or logic express in that image
I installed this through VMWare Player and its running fine, its not that slow. But the problem I’m facing is the net is down. I didnot change anything in VMWare and kept wahtever was there(the default being bridged mode). In that case when I check network settings inside my MAC, it shows some predefined IP like 192.168.182.128 and it shows “Greeen” meaning Etehrnet connected. But when I tried to ping to google, yahoo or google dns on 8.8.8.8 it shows unreachable also I’m not able to open any page on browser. Then I tried changing the VMWare settings from Bridged to NAT mode but to no avail. Would appreciate some help to get my internet working. Thanks a lot.
HI,
i also tried to install Mac 0s in VMWare 7 ;
i have downloaded the OS; opened .vmx file with VMware 7
BUT, it is hanging with Gery Apple screen in Vmware for past 30 minutes;is taht expected:
Please reply ASAP
and how much time we can expect that grey image to stay?
will this work with my usb wifi thing.
because i have no Ethernet cables that can get to my room
ok ive got the latest version of vmware, ive got this running, but i cant set a screen size bigger than 1024×768? how do i change this? also how do i install vmware tools? I also cant update this because it starts to update then a message comes up saying to restart the pc, so i did and i restart the vmware thingy and it still says it wtf?
these are my specs:
CM-HAF-932//AMD Phenom-II-X4-965-BE-Deneb-3.4 GHz-Quad Core//CorsairH50
ASRock 770 EXTREME3 AM3 Mobo//EVGA GTX-480(1536MB GDDR5)-Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme+cooler
3TB(x1)1TB(x2)//G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB//DVD-RW(x1)//1000 Watt Corsair PSU
42″Vizio TV(1920×1080)(1080P HD)(120Hertz)//Win 7 Ultimate(64)//Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard
Razer DeathAdder Mouse//XBox360-pc controller//MW3 Xbox 360//
I have a latest VMware installed on my machine and MAC is working not quite right , mouse responding slow. How ???
I can’t set the screen size bigger than 1024 x768? how to do it ????
How do i install VMware tools on MAC????
I perform the software update but some problem login to MAC..Error message saying press power off to restart the computer.. i did this 100 times….same error ???
how ??????