How to install Mac Sonoma in VMWare virtual machine

Hardware Prerequisite

This sample was developed with HP Intel EVO i7 (12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1260P 2.10 GHz) 16.0 GB Ram with these technical features:

Summary

• Downlaod/Install VMWare WorkStation 17 Pro

• Download Mac Sonoma iso image

• Unlock VMWare for Mac

• Create/Configure VMWare Virtual Machine for Mac Sonoma

• (OPTIONAL) Install VMWare Tools in Mac Sonoma for increasing the screen resolution

Additional information

Navigate to this official Mac URL to learn more about Sonoma Operating System (OS):

https://www.apple.com/macos/sonoma/

See this youtube video: INSTALAR VMWARE WORKSTATION PRO O FUSION GRATIS 100% LEGAL [2024]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvzb2spWGW0

See also this web page for a detailed explanation about VMWare WorStation 17 and Fusion 13 FREE for Personal Use

https://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2024/05/fusion-pro-now-available-free-for-personal-use.html

For a general explanation about all the steps to create a Mac Sonoma Virtual Machine (VMWare) in your Windows laptop see this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8oLSDUxDEw&t=857s

1. How to download/install VMWare WorkStation 17 Pro

We have to creat a new account in Broadcom

https://www.broadcom.com/

We have to follow this link to download the VMWare WorStation 17 Pro for personal use

https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=VMware+Workstation+Pro

See the downloaded file

Install VMWare WorkStation Pro 17 Administrator

2. Download Mac Sonoma iso

See this video "How to Download macOS 14 Sonoma ISO File":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxJkQEro4lk

Follow this URL link to download Mac Sonoma ISO

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FdocBt9nSuqGmNWpwkIWqXi7FbuBd8P3/view

This is the code for creating the ISO

hdiutil create -o /tmp/Sonoma -size 16384m -volname Sonoma -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J

hdiutil attach /tmp/Sonoma.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/Sonoma

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Sonoma –nointeraction

hdiutil eject -force /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma

hdiutil convert /tmp/Sonoma.dmg -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/Sonoma

mv -v ~/Desktop/Sonoma.cdr ~/Desktop/Sonoma.iso

rm -fv /tmp/Sonoma.dmg

3. How to unlock VMWare for Mac

As prerequisite we first have to install the VMWare WorkStation 17 Pro in our laptop, as explained in section 1 in this document

We unzip the file Unlocker-v2.0.1-x64.zip in this github repo and press the Patch button

In the next section we can verify the Mac Virtual Machines are available in VMWare WorkStation Pro 17

4. Create/Configure Mac Sonoma Virtual Machine (with VMWare WorkStation Pro 17)

We create a new Virtual Machine(VM)

We first open VMWare

We click on Create a New Virtual Machine button

We select the option we will select the operating system later and press the Next button

Then we select the Operating System Mac OS and the version 14

We select the VM name and location

We input the VM hardrive space

Now we have to customize the VM

We configure the VM Ram memory. It is advisable to select minimum 8 Gb

We select the number of processors and cores per processor

We select the Sonoma ISO immage file

We choose the network NAT adapter

We set the USB Controller

We leave the default values for the *Sound Card

We finally input the Display Settings

5. How to run the VM

We press on Power on this virtual machine button

Then we will be shown the following Mac OS running window

We also will be asked to select the Mac OS language (English)

We first select the Disk Utility and press the continue button

Now we have to Erase VMWare Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media

We input the hard drive name and leave the other fields with the default values and press the Erase button

To continue we press the Done button

We select the Sonoma OS and press the continue button

We select the Country Region(Spain)

We press continue in the Written and Spoken language screen

We also press continue in the Accesibility screen

We also leave the default values in the subsequent screens

We select Set Up Later in the Sign in With Your Apple ID screen

We accept the Terms and Conditions screen

We choose the Ligth Screen option

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not forget to input the Account name and Password for your new Mac Sonoma during the installation last steps

Finally we confirm the Mac Sonoma Operating System is fully running in our Windows laptop

If you restart the VMWare VM you will be asked to input your password

6. How to Upgrade Sonoma version

Click on the Apple icon button and then select the menu option About this Mac

We can see the actual Sonoma version installed

Click on the Apple icon button and then select the menu option System Settings...

We select the Software Update Available menu option and the press the Update Now bytton

We accept the Terms and Conditions

We have to wait until the new Sonoma version is downloaded

After downloading latest Sonoma version 14.5 we have to wait for preparing the new environment

We have to wait for a long time to install the new Sonoma version, during this period of time the computer

automatically will be restarted and finally we can login again to the Mac OS

We can verify the Sonoma latest version was installed

7. VMWare Tools

See this youtube video for a detailed explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnEMP40xYWM

https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=VMware+Tools

We clck the check box I agree toTerms and Conditions

Then we click on the download button