rapidvur.blogg.se - Installing mac os x in vmware on windows host

Quickly navigate back to the extracted unlock program folder "Extracted Folder Path"\Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\Mac OS X Lion\ to find the VM image file "Mac OS X Lion.vmx", then simply execute the file by double clicking on it. Once it's successfully executed (make sure that you use "run as administrator" for the Command Prompt), we are about to install the OS X image only figures away. Īfter that, execute " windows.bat" command under "Administrator" privilege to unlock the Mac OS X Client. " \Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\VMware Unlocker – Mac OS X Guest". The only quirk worth mentioning here is that if you do have a Hyper-V module installed on the PC before-hand (in my case, Hyper-V used to be my preference to virtualize the development environment), you have to manually remove and restart the machine, in order to get the VMware workstation set up on your PC.Įxtract the downloaded MAC OS VMware Unlocker program, then quickly navigate to the folder named VMware workstation installation should be fairly straightforward, after a few clicks, you get yourself a nice shinning VM environment set up shortly. Once you have gotten hold of all those items mentioned above, let's kick off this OS X adventure.

Get the latest VMware workstation (), really doesn't matter whether it's a free trial or a proper licence.

A retail copy of Mac OS X Lion operating system (my version 10.7.3 -, cost $31.99), made into a vmdk file for VMware.

Minimum 40 GB Hard-drive space (requires 5G more space for xCode if doing development).

Minimum 2 CPU Processors (4 processors are more preferable).

Pre-requisites and Tools You Need to Have So I take this 'special' opportunity to share this 20 mins installation guide in order to get you with a Mac OS X Lion VM in no time. Therefore, I have to get my hands dirty in this case to dive into the IOS development to move across the dark side.īasically, these days, Apple already began to use Intel as processors for CPU providers, so in other words, it's surely compatible to install Mac OS X operating system on top of the Intel PC.Īfter spending a bit of time poking around the "Hackintosh" community and overcoming a few quirks along the way, I have successfully set up my "first Mac Lion OS X" on my workstations (Windows 7 Ultimate) and work laptop (Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise).

The client I'm currently consulting with would like to revamp a current BI Dashboard prototype into a iPhone/iPad native application rather than a mobile web app.