Thought Fusion Mac OS

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Thought Fusion Mac OS

VMware Fusion: Powerfully Simple Virtual Machines for Mac. VMware Fusion Pro and VMware Fusion Player Desktop Hypervisors give Mac users the power to run Windows on Mac along with hundreds of other operating systems, containers or Kubernetes clusters, side by side with Mac applications, without rebooting. Fusion products are simple enough for home users and powerful enough for IT. Here's what you need to do to use your VMware Fusion OS X/macOS virtual machines in retina mode: Enable full resolution mode, as shown in the image above. Open Terminal (in the macOS virtual machine), paste this command, then press Return: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true.

  1. If your Mac isn't running Mojave or you are using High Sierra on a Fusion Drive, or if you can't update your Mac (or dom't want to update your Mac) to either macOS, or even if you are using Mojave.
  2. Aug 30, 2016 Some Mac users may require the ability to erase a disk or erase a hard drive from the command line on Mac OS, a task which is typically performed through the Disk Utility application from the GUI. The command line approach to disk erasure in macOS is a bit different and it requires precise syntax to insure that you are erasing the proper disk.

I had no idea that Mac OSX users had the ability to create Mac OSX VMs with VMware Fusion. Say that last part five times fast lol. I am going to walk you through the process of creating a macOS(Sierra) VM on my laptop. I would like to give original credit to VMware but I want to share this with my readers. The ability to create Mac OSX VMs allows me to analyze Mac OSX malware in a safe environment, whoop whoop.

Fusion Mac Download

Obtaining the macOS from Apple Store

  1. Open Apple store and login
  2. Enter “macOS” into the search
    1. You can download any Mac OSX version in the store and create a VM
  3. Select “Download”
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Creating VMware Fusion VM

  1. Open VMware Fusion
  2. Select “Add +” then “New”
  3. Select “Install from disc or image”
  4. Open Finder and go to the Applications folder
  5. Drag and drop “Install macOS Sierra.app” from Finder to the VMware window
  6. Select “Install macOS Sierra.app” and select “continue”
  7. On the next menu feel free to change the name of the VM and hardware settings.
  8. Select “Finish”

Install/Setup macOS OS

Thought Fusion Mac Os 2020

  1. Select your preferred language.
  2. Select “Install macOS” from Mac Utilities
  3. Accept the Terms of Service license agreement
  4. Select “Macintosh HD” for disk to install OS
  5. Select “Install”
    1. The install will take a couple of mins.
  6. Select “United States” for country
  7. Select “U.S.” for keyboard
  8. Select “Don’t transfer any information now” for “transfer your information”
  9. Leave Location disabled
  10. Select “Don’t sign in” for Apple ID
  11. Agree to the license agreement
  12. For account creation enter name, username, password, and password hint
  13. Select “New York – United States” for time zone
  14. Select “Finish”

VM Snapshot and linked clones

Snapshot

  1. Shutdown the VM
  2. Select “Virtual Machine” at the top, then “Snapshots…”, and then “Snapshots”
  3. Select “Take” and enter “Fresh Install”

Create linked clone

  1. Right-click “macOS 10.12” in the VMware Fusion VM library and select “Create linked clone”