HowTo: Install MacOS Sonoma 14 with XCode and iPhone Simulator inside a Windows using VMware Workstation

Here is a step by step guide to create a MacOS Sonoma (Intel) virtual machine on VMware Workstation, so that you can run Xcode with iPhone Simulator. It’s nice to have a MacOS virtualised for development and testing.

If you want to test or use MacOS ARM, there are different methods. It does not work.

If you have a Apple Laptop, the EULA allows you to virtualise one copy of the OS

MacOS Intel on VMware Workstation

Download the image from – https://support.apple.com/en-au/102662
Create a bootable installer for macOS – https://support.apple.com/en-mt/101578

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

Mounts created disk: hdiutil attach /tmp/Sonoma.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/Sonoma

Creates install media: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/Sonoma

Unmounts disk image: hdiutil eject -force /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma

Creates CDR file: hdiutil convert /tmp/Sonoma.dmg -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/Sonoma

Converts CDR to ISO: mv -v ~/Desktop/Sonoma.cdr ~/Desktop/Sonoma.iso

Cleans up files: rm -fv /tmp/Sonoma.dmg

Download and Install VMware MacOS unlocker from – https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker/releases
Create a VM with LSI and NVMe, “Virtualize Intel VT-x or AMD-V/RVI”
Install VMwae Tools with Unpacker Darwin ISO.
Enable VMware Tools under Privacy

MacOS ARM on UMT

Use UMT – https://mac.getutm.app/#:~:text=UTM%20employs%20Apple’s%20Hypervisor%20virtualization,well%20as%20ARM64%20on%20Intel.
https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker

Reference

This has all of the details required https://www.sysnettechsolutions.com/en/install-macos-vmware/

Build a VMware Workstation Vagrant Image

Click on the following inside a Mac Intel Machine and it will download the install er to this location.. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-sonoma/id6450717509?mt=12
Or Download the ISO from – https://www.mediafire.com/file/vku90kjifs1fmu0/macOS%20Sonoma%20ISO%20by%20techrechard.com.iso
Download Unlocker – https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker/releases
Follow this guide – This has all of the details required https://www.sysnettechsolutions.com/en/install-macos-vmware/
Run Optimiser – https://github.com/sickcodes/osx-optimizer
VMware Network Bridging might now work, so set a Manual IP address using Bridge Mode.