Run macOS Sequoia in a VM on a Windows PC

Video Description

In this video I will show you how to run the latest version of macOS, which is Sequoia at the moment this video was created, in a virtual machine on a Windows-based PC. I will go through the process step by step and the goal is to get a running and workable virtual machine with macOS without the need for any Apple hardware or pre-made ISO images. Once we managed to do this, I will also check how well this actually performs and if it is usable for some tasks. ========== In the meanwhile, I have an updated method which also works on both Intel and AMD CPUs and which allows you to log in using your Apple ID. You can find this updated video over here: https://youtu.be/5Tj9U_sKWkc ========== Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:55 - Process Overview 02:33 - Download Sequoia BaseSystem.dmg 04:27 - Convert BaseSystem.dmg to VMDK 05:46 - Install VMWare Workstation Pro 07:22 - Unlock VMWare Workstation to run macOS 08:04 - Create Virtual Machine for macOS 11:44 - Install macOS Sequoia 14:40 - Install VMWare Tools 17:15 - Change resolution and Shared Folder 19:38 - Performance and Benchmarks Links used in the video: - Python 3: https://www.python.org/downloads/ - OpenCorePkg: https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/releases - List of board-ID and macOS versions: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/installer-guide/windows-install.html#downloading-macos - QEMU for Windows: https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/ - VMware Workstation Pro: https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=VMware+Workstation+Pro - Auto-Unlocker for VMware: https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker - VMware Tools download: https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=VMware%20Tools Commands used in the video: - Download Sequoia BaseSystem.dmg: py macrecovery.py -b Mac-937A206F2EE63C01 -m 00000000000000000 download - Convert BaseSystem.dmg to VMDK: C:\"Program Files"\qemu\qemu-img.exe convert -O vmdk -o compat6 BaseSystem.dmg BaseSystem.vmdk - Change resolution inside VM: sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 1280 800 Changes required to the VMX-file: For both Intel and AMD CPUs: ============================ Change these existing lines: board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE" ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3" Add the following lines to the bottom of the file: board-id = "Mac-937A206F2EE63C01" hw.model.reflectHost = "FALSE" hw.model = "MacBookPro15,1" serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE" serialNumber = "C01234567890" Only for AMD-CPU: ================= smc.version = "0" cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011" cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111" cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110" cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001" cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001" cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000" cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011" cpuid.1.edx = "0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111" smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"