Can MacOS be run in a VMWare type environment?

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Solution 1

This is probably what you are looking for. Good luck!

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_to

Solution 2

Yes, OS X can be run in a virtualized environment but the license of OS X client prohibits this use. OS X Server can legally be run in a virtualized environment but only on a Mac OS X host (not under VMWare on Windows, sorry). We use a VMWare Fusion image running OS X 10.5 Server for testing deployments.

Solution 3

Yes, I've ran Mac OS in a WMWare virtual environment in Windows. I would say that the exercise is not worth the time. The resulting OS is so massively slow, it's almost unusable. I could actually see the windows slowly drawing on the screen.

And the the VMWare goodies (e.g. drivers) that seamlessly blend the host and guest OSes are missing for Mac OS (as it's not a supported guest, due to it's being forbidden).

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Diana

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Updated on June 17, 2022

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Diana about 2 years

Can MacOS be run in a VMWare type environment on Windows?
viksit about 15 years

Interesting. I wonder if there's any way for Apple to actually enforce the terms of the prohibition? (Technical solutions, rather than ethical ones..)
Diana about 15 years

I clarified my question, I want to know if I can run OSX on Windows via a VMWare type client.
Chuck about 15 years

Note that even with OS X Server, you can't legally run it through VMWare on anything but a Mac.
Slidell4life about 15 years

I agree, and it says so on the page I linked.
sjstrutt about 15 years

I'd say that "it violates the license" rather than "it's illegal". Splitting hairs but it may be an important distinction.
jrage99 about 15 years

You say "Mac OS X client cannot be legally run on any VMWare product." However I don't see this provision in the EULA: images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx105.pdf The closest I can find is: "You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer" Presumably you can comply by putting one of the Apple decals that comes with the OS on your Windows box. Bam -- Apple-labeled.
Diana about 15 years

As controversial as this is, this was what I was looking for (an answer and proof).