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Installing a MacOSX High Sierra VM on Windows machine
Information here is based from this Techs Viewer article
These instructions assume you are running Windows 10 but should also be pretty similar to Windows 7+.
Image can be downloaded from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fwcv6OZEVS3ShtqPX5P4gEGwNTfdinCP/view (Techs Viewer Google Drive)
Right click on newly downloaded file labeled, "macOS High Sierra 10.13 by Techsviewer" and select "Extract Here"
Download the latest supported version of VMWare player directly from VMWare here, https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_player/12_0
Newer versions can be used but require extra setup and have not been tested with RDRM or PGSS
No other version of VMWare Player or VMWare Pro can be installed at the same time. Please uninstall any other versions of VMWare before continuing with this step.
4.1: Browse to, https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/339-unlocker/ and register for a free account. Once registered, you should be able to see another link to "Download this file" from the provided link.
4.2: Once downloaded, open the newly downloaded directory and find the file named win-install.cmd. Right click on the file and select "Run as administrator"
5.1: Open VMware Player and select “Create New Virtual Machine”
5.2: Select “Install the Operating system later”
5.3: Click "Next"
5.4: When prompted, "Select a guest Operating System" - Select: "Apple Mac OS X" and Version: "macOSX 10.12"
5.5: Click "Next"
5.6: Change your "Virtual machine name:" to whatever you'd like
5.7: Change your "Location:" to wherever you want to save the virtual machine. I'd suggest a physical drive location with more free space than you provide the virtual disk in the next step.
5.8: Click "Next"
5.9: Select "Store virtual disk as single file"
5.10: Click "Next"
6.1: Right click on the newly created VM
6.2: Select "Edit your virtual machine"
6.3: Select "Memory"
6.4: From the slider bar, select at minimum 50% of your total system memory.
6.5: Select "Processors"
6.6: From "Number of processor cores" menu, select at least half of your total physical cores available.
6.7: Select "Hard Disk (SATA) 40 GB”
6.8: Click "Remove" (This is a blank virtual hard drive that we will replace with the one we downloaded/extracted in step 2.)
6.9: Click "Add"
6.10: Ensure "Hard Disk" is highlighted
6.11: Click "Next"
6.12: Ensure "SATA (Recommended) is selected
6.13: Click "Next"
6.14: Select "Use an existing virtual disk"
6.15: Click "Next"
7.1 Select "Browse"
7.2 Find the location where macOS High Sierra Final by Techsviewer.vmdk got saved to after extracting in step 2.
7.3 To allow the USB access to the VM you will have to do the following:
In the .vmx, add:
usb.quirks.device0 = "0xvid:0xpid skip-reset, skip-refresh, skip-setconfig"
Replace 0xvid:0xpid by the vid & pid found in `vmware.log. Example:
usb.quirks.device0 = "0x05ac:0x12a8 skip-reset, skip-refresh, skip-setconfig" In vmware > Edit virtual machine > USB Controller : USB compatibility : USB 2.0 Active : Automatically connect new USB Devices Active : Show all USB input devices Active : Share Bluetooth devices with the virtual Machine
Launch Mac OS and make sure that the mouse is Focus on vmware (or login in Mac OS)