How To Install Fully Functional Mac OS X Lion Virtual Machine inside Windows 7 [UPDATE: 10.7.3]

Posted by Jonathan on September 13th, 2011, in How to and tagged guide, hackintosh, virtual machine

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[UPDATE] Tested and confirmed that the free version of VMware Player works just as good as VMware Workstation.

[UPDATE Oct 2nd 2011] Updated broken link for VMware unlocker, added Audio / Sound driver for VMware Mac OS X Lion

[UPDATE Oct 13th 2011] Please update to 10.7.1 and take a snapshot of your working system before any attempts update to the latest 10.7.2 update release, which will likely cause kernel panic. You can download the update patch to 10.7.1 here

[UPDATE Oct 17th 2011] See update below on how to update your VM Lion to 10.7.2 latest release of Lion

[UPDATE Dec 5th 2011] Updated broken link for VMware unlocker mirror1, mirror2, mirror3 (re-uploaded, Mac OS X Lion VMware Unlocker.exe)

[UPDATE Feb 2nd 2012] See update below for how to update your VMware Lion to 10.7.3

[UPDATE April 12nd 2012] Updated broken link for VMware unlocker again, you can grab it here (instead of an exe file, it’s just a simple zip file. Unzip and follow the same instruction listed below)

[UPDATE May 14th 2012] Added new link for VMware Unlocker, can be download here, grab it while it lasts. Also please don’t update to 10.7.4 yet…

The topic of “Hackintosh” has become ever popular ever since Apple started using Intel as their CPU provider in 2006. Since PC and Mac basically running on the same hardware there is no reason why you can’t try out the Mac OS X on your PC. This marked the birth of the Hackintosh community, after years of development now making your own Hackintosh has become easier then before.

Although, the process of making your own Hackintosh from scratch has become easier, there are still many things you need to pay attention to. Especially for a beginner, it’s still a quite difficult process to go though. (If you are looking for a Hackintosh guide be sure to checkout the new updated guide on Snow Leopard from hardware selection to end installation)

So here instead of a guide for a real Hackintosh OS X Lion, this will be a guide on

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How to create and install Mac OS X Lion Virtual Machine inside your Windows 7

If Hackintosh is not new to you, you will have no problem to follow along with this guide. If you are new to this “Hackintosh” thing, don’t worry this isn’t the real Hackintosh and installing on a Virtual Machine meaning it doesn’t matter what you do, you can always recover or start from scratch again without damaging your perfectly working Windows 7 environment.

Requirements:

You must have an Intel CPU, if you have an AMD CPU then this will NOT working for you.
Check make sure your Intel CPU has virtualization technology and is enabled from your BIOS, find out how click here?
At least 4GB of RAM (less than this will slow your system down very significant margin)
At least 20 GB of Hard Drive space

To start, here are the following tools and items you need to have:

VMware Workstation 7.1+ (get the latest version) or even better free version of VMware Player will work as well
After many readers’ respond, it looks like it’s a good idea to download and install VMware Workstation even with a free trail, for initial setups. Afterwards you can use VMware Player to run the VM.
Download the Mac OS X VMware unlocker Mac OS X VMware unlocker mirror1, mirror2 and other helper ([UPDATE] VMware unlocker link)
Download the Audio / Sound driver for VMware Mac OS X Lion if you want to get audio working as well (thanks to Manas commentator)
Download the bootable “Mac OS X Lion bootable vmdk” (find it on Google should be around 4.12GB in size)

Make sure you have the above tool ready, after you’ve installed VMware workstation run the Mac OS X VMware unlocker

Pick a location to extract the file.

Go to the location you’ve just extracted the file. should be something like this \Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\VMware Unlocker – Mac OS X Guest

shift + right click on the folder “VMware Workstation Unlocker –Windows” to “Open command window here”

Run “windows.bat” command

When this is done you should see something like the above screenshot.

Now navigate back to the folder \Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\Mac OS X Lion find the named Mac OS X Lion.vmx and double click.

This will open the VMware Workstation, you should see something like the following

Now click Edit virtual machine settings

Here you want to add a new hard disk which will contain the vmdk you’ve just downloaded. Click “Add..” select “Hard Disk” Click next

Select “Use an existing virtual disk”

Browse and find the vmdk file, click “Open”

Click “Finish” when you done.

The reason you want to add another hard drive is that in the original setting, the 40GB has no OS on it, therefore VMware will try to boot off the OS from the second disk (the vmdk file) which will load and boot into Lion Installer.

Now back to the main menu, click “Power on the virtual machine”

From now here just following the on screen instruction to install Mac OS X Lion. Should be pretty straight forward.

When you done installing Mac OS X Lion on the Virtual Machine, go download the VMware tools inside the new Mac OS X Lion

Double click “Install VMware Tools”

After you finish installing the VMware tools, reboot the machine now you should have native screen resolutions.

From now on, it’s highly suggested to take a snapshot of the working VM. Incase in the future you done anything that messed up the machine you can always rollback to previous working state with the save of snapshot. From this moment on, you can also remove the second hard drive (the bootable Lion installer vmdk file) that you’ve added to the VM earlier.

Update to 10.7.1

You should be able to install the 10.7.1 update without an issue.

Warning: Please ONLY update to 10.7.1 and take a snapshot of your working system BEFORE any attempts update to the latest 10.7.2 update release, which will likely cause kernel panic. You can download the update patch to 10.7.1 here

Update to 10.7.2

Here are the steps to enable your VM successfully update to the latest 10.7.2 Lion which includes iCloud and many other integrations. (Thanks to one of our commentator Jay)

1. Download the 10.7.2 combo update from Apple’s website, don’t try to update it from Software Update.

2. Don’t apply the update yet, make sure you have taken the snapshot of your current system

3. Open Terminal inside Lion

4. run the following command, including the dot at the end.

cp -r /System/Library/Extensions/AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext .

5. Now apply the update, but don’t reboot after it’s finished.

6. now go back to terminal and at the same directory location run the following command

7. sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext

8. sudo cp -r AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext /System/Library/Extensions

9. reboot

Update to 10.7.3

1. Make sure you have updated your VM to 10.7.2 before proceed.

2. Download the OS X Lion update 10.7.3 here ~~(don’t download the combo update)~~ (due to CUI bugs in the 10.7.3 update Apple has removed the download and redirect all the update to combo update, you can still try to use the combo update to update your VM Lion, I’m getting mixed results, some reported working just fine some didn’t. If you wish to get the update from 10.7.2 to 10.7.3 you can get the alternative download not from Apple here http://imzdl.com/info/480)

3. Take a snapshot before update

4. Repeat step 3-9 from previous steps in 10.7.2 update and you are good to go.

Note: Things you need to know, in order to keep your VMware Lion Hackintosh up to date, you need to apply update one at a time. Ex, from a fresh install image, you need to first apply 10.7.1 update, then when the update is successful, you need to update your VM to 10.7.2, and finally to 10.7.3. If you try to directly update to 10.7.3 using combo update it doesn’t seems to be working. Good luck !

Optional – Enable VMware Shared Folder

After you’ve had a fully working Lion you can enable the VMware share folder to your Windows 7 host machine. So this way the VM will have access to your Windows 7 file.

To do this, go to the “Virtual Machine Settings” when it was powered off.

Go under options tab, select “Shared Folders”

Pick “Always enable” and click “OK”

Go “Browse..” the folder that you wish to share to.

From here you can pick and choose to make the folder to be “Read-only” or “Enable this share”

That’s all there is. Finish the wizard and power on the VM again you should now see the mount folder on your Lion desktop that points to your Windows 7 shared folder.

Got Stuck ? Checkout The Basic Troubleshoot Guide

Over the last couple month there are large number of readers found this guide to be very useful detailed guide on such topic. However, there are also quite a few number of people experiencing issues with this install guide. Rather than try to answer the questions one by one, I’ve compiled a post dedicated on the topic, how to troubleshoot your hackintosh/VM Mac OS X.

If you are one of those who get stuck, it’s a good idea to check out the guide first BEFORE you try to leave a comment below.

Happy Virtual Machine !

xprakash

It is to circumvent ” Error 5 access is denied ” problem. You can do it even if you don’t have basic idea of command. Just follow the steps-
1> open command windows as suggested in above tutorial
2> Note the path and close it
3>Go to start menu and type cmd. When you see cmd.exe, right click it and press “run as administrator”
4> Now you have to define the path in command window, for that type cd/ and press enter for going root drive(C: or D: or any other in which your “Mac OS X Lion VMware Files” folder is located. (To change drive simply type the drive alphabet followed by colon like C: )
5> Type cd followed by single space and the initially noted path(if possible care about the lower/upper case of the alphabet)
6> Now type windows.bat and press enter. It must work!

:)

i don’t understand you ,can you make a video thanks

manish

Hey,
i am having problem adding virtual hard drive (that .vmdk torrent file} m trying to add that fuile error comes something incompatible version …..is incomapatible with workstation 6.5-7.x virtual machine… m using workstation 8 i have right vmdk file.

can u help me on this

CK

Hi, nice Tutorial. I have sucessfully installed on VMWare Workstation 8. However, I do not know how to make it run under VMWare Player after the trial period. It just shows a blank screen with apple logo. Please advice. Thanks.

cakar

I think your VMWare bring guest OS (Mac OS) to shutdown. It happened to me, but in my case VWware giving a note about why the system will shutdown.

Cpmedia

great article!

Been meaning to try this.. is there a similiar tutorial for VirtualBox?

Jonathan

glad that you mentioned, actually if you are looking for a free software solution try to VMware Player, it works as well.

At this point, the unlocker is for VMware only, no support for VirtualBox yet

Cpmedia

Awesome.. thanks again and keep articles like this coming!

Newman

No luck on AMD here. Anyone have any ideas. Tried the Darwin Boot and got a total kernel panic. If I just go with the instructions above I get the apple screen and vmware player just closes. Any hope for an AMD solution?

Jonathan

my bad, I should’ve mention that there are no support for AMD CPUs

Newman

I kinda gathered that after doing some further research .. bummer … got snow working though

AdamOnDemand

Hey Newman, I’d love to get your instrux on getting OSX Snow running on an AMD (turion dual core x64) with Win7… Where should I look?
THX

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MBS

Nice tute, got it working thanks. How can I get sound to work also?

Manas

Just look into my post below. I have the download link for the audio driver.

Jay

Because I’m running VMPlayer and not the Client – I don’t get the same readout in the cmd prompt.

Is there a different process to take with VMPlayer to execute the editing of VMWare vmx, vmx debug and vmx stats?

Jonathan

what does your prompt say after you run the script ?
Venkat

VMWare Player and VMWare Workstation has different directory structure. Hence the Unlock errors out. Kindly provide us the instruction for the VMWare Player, if any one tried out successfully.

Jonathan

one thing you could try is to install VMware Workstation as trial, along with VMware player

CK

I tried but cannot install them in parallel. If I try to install VMWare Player after installing VMWare Workstation, it will uninstall VMWare Workstation. Subsequently when I tried to unlock, it reported an error on directory for VMWare Workstation. Please help. Thanks.

OG

Did you managed to run Mac OS in vmplayer?

Manas

I installed the Mac OS X Lion successfully through VMware on my windows 7 PC. But I have one issue. I don’t have sound on the Mac. Not sure what’s wrong. Is there some configuration I need to change in VMware? Would appreciate if someone could guide me.
Manas

I got my Audio / Sound working now on VMware – windows 7. Here is the driver you need to download and install it in your Mac. Once you install it, just restart your Mac. That’s it. Your sound will work.

Driver is: EnsoniqAudioPCI_v1.0.3_Lion.pkg

http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet_vmsvga2/downloads/Audio/EnsoniqAudioPCI_v1.0.3_Lion.pkg/

Jonathan

Thanks Manas, it works great ! I will update the post to including the link !

Cheers
srikanth

Hi Manas,

Finally, i am able to hear some sounds and also able to play songs however, the voice is not continous its breaking every second… any idea????? please let me know….

Vmware Workstation 8
MAC OSX Lion

Thanks

Jonathan

it worked fine for me, maybe you want to dedicate more resources to your VM (in terms of RAM)

Manas

How do I make my webcam work? Would appreciate if someone could help me on this.

srikanth

My webcam is working when i disconnected from Host and connected to the client (in WS8 Under VM -> Removable Devices)…

danosato

if I buy the Os X lion from the apple site, do you think it would work on my sony laptop

Jonathan

as much as we encourage legal use of softwares, this is something not going to be useful for you. You simply can’t purchase the Mac OS X lion on a PC, not unless you purchase the more expansive $69 USB version of the OS, in which case it won’t be useful for you either
Jung

I have already experienced the problem. My sony labtop is vpc z series, but the MAC OS X Lion on my lab top was not installed. The problem was the virtualization Technology in BIOS. If the VT in BIOS of your labtop is disable, change as the enable. After that, try again to install the MAC OS X Lion using the VMware. It works perfectly without the webcam.

Zohan

mine gives a error 5, access denied , unable to change to c:/….

someone help

Jonathan

which step did you get this error ? and are you the administrator of this computer ?
Joe

I got the same error, and then disabled UAC and restarted. Now error 5 is gone, but the directory is “unable to change”

Fustrated

I’m at the windows.bat part, but when I try, It say that it’s unable to change the directory. What should I do?

Zohan

same problem…

Fustrated

I used workstation 8.0, and that fixed the problem. I also didn’t change anything during the installation(other than no quicklaunch shortcut)
Just use the 8.0 unlocker

danny

Didn’t work for me either. Instead, I ran cmd.exe by right-clicking and selecting “run as administrator,” then navigated to the path of the .bat file and ran it again. Worked!

Max

The link for Mac OS X VMware unlocker
is dead, please update your page.

Jonathan

updated, post with new links

Cheers

Fustrated

Finally got it to work, But now I just have a white screen with the pinwheel of death. Any tips? I have intel hd as my graphics.

Aaron

Fustrated, have you gotten it to work yet? I have the same problem.

Leroy Sham

I am having the exact same problem. VMWare asked me to repair the disk (i switched to the free player after doing all the steps before powering up the VM) and i hit yes. Then comes the Gray apple logo, followed by a white screen with the wheel of death. What to do?

Chib

I get the same problem too! Is there a solution for this?

Jonathan

try re-run the unlocker if you have updated VMware before

Naner

I got the same problem and was able to fix it. People said it had to do with the unlocker, which I already had ran, so I investigated.

The thing is, the unlocker looks for an installation of VMWare Workstation at C:\Program Files\VMWare\VMWare Workstation. In my case, I was using Player, not Workstation. So what I did was close VMWPlayer and rename its folder (C:\Program Files\VMWare\VMWare Player) as VMWare Workstation. Then I ran the unlocker and renamed it back to VMWare player. VM working perfectly now.

GermanGeek

I got it working by temporarily renaming VMWare Player installation directory (C:\Program Files\VMWare\VMWare Player\” in my case) to “VMWare Workstation” and then running the unlocker. It gave me errors, but it worked. After running the unlocker I switched the name back to “VMWare Player” and the pinweel of death is gone! Good Luck!

Caleb

Does this delete the data already on windows 7? Do I need to do a back up first?

Jonathan

no you are installing a new Virtual Machine, inside your Windows 7. It has no effect for your data in Windows 7

Caleb

Ok thanks

nirpan

Very thorough and absolutely to the point tutorial. Thank you.

Was wondering if there was a massive difference running it as a dual boot rather then within vmware? My keyboard is acting up a bit.

Still than you.

Jonathan

in terms of performance, yes there is a mess difference between running an OS virtually vs natively

trublu

I’m getting this error.
Unable to change directory to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation
By the way, I’m using a Win7 64–bit OS and the VMWare is located in Programfiles(x86).
How to fix this problem. Thanks

Jonathan

are you the administrator of the machine ? If so make sure you run cmd as administrator.

PS. are you on VMware workstation 7 or 8 ?

trublu

I’m using the latest VMware player which is 8

Jonathan

wait I’m confused, VMware Player latest is 4.0. where as VMware Workstation has 8.0. In either case, if one doesn’t work you can always try to uninstall and install the older version

and you didn’t answer my first question

Donbrindlesmack

the instructions are for workstation but just shift+right click the vmware player unlocker if you’re using that…
Freakz

Having a problem in “windows.bat” step..

Command prompt says – “VMware worstation unlocker – windows/windows_32.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file”

tried on version 4 & of 3.15 of VMware player

Freakz

ok got it.. I was using the wrong folder but now the command prompt shows vmware-vmx-debug.exe and vmware-vmx-debug.exe as “missing file”.

Freakz

Can anybody tell is that fine or what I might be doing wrong… why does it show the files as missing…

jj

Did you manage to find the solution? I’m also facing the same problem.

bubbley

Im using VMware workstation 8 , everything was fine for me all through the above installation process but when I share some file im not able to see it in the desktop of lion…what might be the problem ?
kishore

i would like to install lion as my second operating system on my windows 7 laptop.Can u help
Ryan

When I use the Command window, and I type windows.bat, it says access is denied. Is there any way I can fix that…Thanks
Freakz

sound is not working can anyone help ? I tried “EnsoniqAudio” but it does not work

Jonathan

It should work, did you restart the VM after installing the pkg ?
Jonathan

Also check your setting in the VMware, make sure you already have the Audio set to “auto”
catalin

I just added a new sound card in VMware. It worked. But, before that, I installed those 2 drivers. I don’t know which one really worked.

bubbley

@ Jonatham : can u give me the link to download video graphics driver for this,named : VMware SVGA ii display driver v 1.2.3 ??
sco1000

All worked fine till it asked to do a software update and now all i get is the apple startup page and a spinning wheel, how do i fix this. thanks

Jonathan

no fix at the moment, Please ONLY update to 10.7.1 and take a snapshot of your working system before any attempts update to the latest 10.7.2 update release, which will likely cause kernel panic. You can download the update patch to 10.7.1 from apple support site

Cheers

Tom Home

Hi. This is a great guide. Audio still doesn’t work for me (but, granted, I am running the VM in Win7 64-bit in a Bootcamp partition on my MDP … don’t ask …). I was able to get Lion 10.7.1 working fine but 10.7.2 is now released and, when I updated it, the VM hangs at the “grey Apple” screen. So just a warning to everyone to NOT apply that software update until guys much smarter than me can figure out a workaround!

Tom Home

One more thing – I had to open the command prompt as Administrator to get it to work (even though I logged in as a user with Admin privs), so I needed to Google “how to open command prompt as admin” and found a good way to do that at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47415-open-command-window-here-administrator.html

Steve C

You just saved the day, nicely done.

Jonathan

looks like update to the latest 10.7.2 will cause kernel panic. For now, you can download the update from Apple website to update to 10.7.1 and make a snapshot of the image, future change to the system if anything not working you can always go back to the previous working snap shot of the 10.7.1 that you had. until there is a work around, please keep your system to 10.7.1. If you need the latest iCloud feature, update iTunes to 10.5 is suffusion enough

Jay

Jonathan, thanks for this “How To”. It’s working well. There is a fix for the 10.7.2 problem that I was able to apply. The fix by Donk is on InsanelyMac:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=270140
Make sure to download the 10.7.2 combo update from support/ download in the Apple website instead of using software update.

Jonathan

Thanks Jay !

I will test it out and update the Guide whenever I can

Cheers

Mario Bario

I was able to install Mac OS X Lion using VMware Player 4. However every time I power on I get the error message:

Error while powering on: Unable to open file “C:\Users\MAN\Desktop\Unlocker-VMware\
Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\Mac OS X Lion\Mac OS X Lion.vmdk”: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot.

trkster

I have same message. any solutions?

kiran

frndz i have problem in vmware workstation unlocker ,command promot error
“system error 5 has occurred.access is denied”

plz help
Bunford

Hi,

Followed the guide and worked perfectly on Windows 7 64 bit using VMWare Workstation 8. For anyone getting any “errors” running the windows.bat, simply click ‘Start’ and in the search box type UAC. Open up the UAC app it finds and pull it all the way down. It’ll then let the windows.bat run, or this is what I did at least to get it working.

However, I do have an issue. My OSX seems very stuttery and jerky. It takes a while for typing/mouse to follow what I do, movies on YouTube, for example, are very jerky and everything seems jerky in general.

My system has a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 6GB RAM and a ATI 5770 1GB graphics card I’ve tried assigning 1, 2 or 4 cores to the processor in VMW options and tried varying RAM from 1 to 4GB but no difference!? Running at 1920×1080 resolution too.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Bunford

Jonathan

the video might be choppy, since after all it’s running inside a VM you don’t get the core graphics accelerations as if you would normally run on a real Mac. That’s the only downside, if you really can’t bear with it, then I guess you can always try the real Hackintosh way.

Cheers

elwin

i have done till last part …then it written…
:VMware tools enable many features and improve mouse movement, ….Log into the guest operating system and click install tools….how to log into guest operating system??

Jonathan

the guest OS in this case is the OS X Lion.

If you wish to install the VMware tools, DO NOT use the given one, please install the VMware tool from the download link provided. and install it inside the Lion

Cheers

elwin

hai..thanks for replying….i still dunno how to do…i did until steps where i power on this virtual disk….after that something like command prompt came out…yellow words and black background….the last line is ress ESC in 1 seconds to skip startup.nsh, any other keys to continue.
Shell>….
then what shud i do ??

Psycotik

I have the same problem…
A person know the solution please?

johnmaill

I have also the same proble, what is the solution please?

Vikas

I have a portable 260 GB USB Hard Drive with 2 partitions. My Laptop has windows 7 installed in the inbuilt hard drive. Can i install and boot lion OS X from the external USB hard drive??

Jonathan

yes you can, however, running from USB hard drive will just make the VM more slower. I run it on a SSD and still won’t run it smoothly, I would only imagine running from a USB Hard Drive unless is USB 3.0 then I will be laggy as well

Venkat

Thnks a lot for such a great explanatory tutorial. Can I use an external hard disk when it asks to “Select a Disk” while adding a hardware?
http://non luis

i had an error call “El nombre de servicio no es valido” what can i do
luis

i had an error called “El nombre de servicio no es valido” What can i do?

luis

is because i dont had still the Mac OS X Lion bootable vmdk? mmmm….. And i had a 2gb ram it is ok?

Jonathan

you need the vmdk, and 2GB is too small

gil

after installing 10.7.2 update and rebooting the osx screen displays the apple logo but it’s stuck?!
rene munro

hey jonathan,

thanx for that tutorial!

everything worked out fine for me.

wasnt able to see youtubemovies till i disabled hardwareacceleration under flashsettings.

one thing that dont work is to get the cd/dvd player running under lion. it detects the drive but cant read data.

do i need a driver for lion or is it a problem with vmware?

sorry for my poor english and greets from germany…

Jonathan

glad it worked out for you, I’ve yet tried to mount the CD, did you try to enable it in the VMware ?

if not, you can always mount the CD to your windows 7, and share it in Lion via VMware

Cheers

NIck

Hi
Will the installation remove windows 7 from my pc, how easy to get back to windows 7 so that i can use my programs that i know want work on os x lion and will it slow my machine down much?

Jonathan

no it won’t, it installs inside Windows 7. Think it as another application running INSIDE your Windows 7

NIck

Thanks for the quick reply Jonathan
patricktyp

hello, i have a question. when i go to the install screen of lion, he asks me to choose to select the disk were i want to install mac os x, there is no disk to select.? what’s my mistake?

Jonathan

did you follow the step ? you need to add a virtual hard drive. Please read the guide again

patricktyp

Yes, but i was only 5gb big, so i used the expand button, after expanding I get a message:” The disk was successfully expanded. You must repartition the disk and expand the file systems from within the guest operating system.” What shall I do?

patricktyp

okay shit, i got it!

diputsmen

how did you do it, i have the same problem

Tom

Should network connect out of the box? Can’t hit the tubes. Can ping my host machine though.

Jonathan

yes it should, just the default network setting is good enough, try to toggle between bridged and use NAT in VMware network settings

Jeff

Thanks for the excellent tutorial! My issue is that after I get the VM settings all set, when I go to power on the virtual machine for the first time, I get an error which says “Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X, you need a host on which VM Player supports hardware virtualization”.

The weird thing is that my processor (Intel Q8300 quad) supports hardware virtualization and I’m running Windows 7 64-bit. So I don’t understand this error. Any ideas?

Jonathan

If the unlocker ran correctly this should not be an issue.

check this for virtualization of your cpu

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2009/08/how-to-tell-if-your-pc-is-ready-for-windows-xp-mode/

for more info

Cheers
Steve C

I had this issue as well. What you’ll need to do is restart your computer, go into the BIOS, and enable Hardware Virtualization. Most newer computers have the ability to do this, but a lot have the feature disabled.

On my HP laptop it was under the System Configuration tab in the BIOS. All are different so it’s hard to tell where it’s listed in yours.

http://twitter.com/Digital_Misfit Jim J

I couldn’t figure out why I kept getting the same error until I saw Steve’s response. I enabled Virtualization in the BIOS and viola, installing OS X! I have a Macbook Pro but it’s nice to have Windows on one screen, Mac on the other, and only use one keyboard/mouse/machine.

Daniel

First of all when i run the unlocker it says too few matching sites but it still says that it succeeds in running. next when i tried running the os it said that it was corrupted and needed to be repaired. i tried running it without repairing it but it failed to run the os. then i let it repair and now when i boot up the os all first i get an error about something having to do with my disk drive. then it continues but just runs a command line and that’s it. What can i do to fix all of these issues

Jonathan

many things might go wrong here, if it’s corrupted, maybe you didn’t get the working vmdk of Lion. Try to download another one, make sure the size matches.

http://wonderhowto.standp-vidzzz.com StanDP

Don’t for a second think this will DO ALL that a hardware Mac can and does… The full screen games WON’T Play properly without a proper fix, and of course Lion no longer supports ANY Power PC fucntioning softwarezZz; Lame very lame…

Jonathan

the VM isn’t ment for gaming, it just gives you a taste of how Lion works. Maybe you can do some specific development that can only be done on Mac, another than that … it’s not so much useful since it’s still pretty buggy

http://1 Dalek

keep getting error “The file specified is not a virtual disk.” on the “installer” and “Unable to open file “C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\Mac OS X Lion\Mac OS X Lion.vmdk”: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot.” when using Mac OS X Lion.vmdk, please help????
Adnan Bhatty

Thanks for a very helpful article.

I followed the instructions and managed to run Mac OS X Lion under VMware player on my Intel Core i7

The only problem I am facing is I am not able to see the VMWare Tools install option anywhere in the Mac OS.

Please help.

Regards,
Adnan

Jonathan

you don’t see the option, it’s a package that you need to download, read it carefully from my post.

and install this package inside the VMware Lion that you are running.

Othmane

I got 2 errors:

“software virtualization is incompatible with long mode on this platform. Disabling long mode. Without long mode support, the virtual machine wil not be able to run 64 bit code.”
and then the second pop-up :

“Mac OS X is not supported with this software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization”

PS: I use VMware workstation 8.0!! Is there any problem if use this version of do I need to try another version!!
Adnan Bhatty

Thanks for your reply Jonathan,

The only step that I have missed is downloading “Other Helper” in your instructions.

Download the Mac OS X VMware unlocker and other helper (***VMware unlocker link updated***)

Is that what you are referring to?

Regards,

Adnan
Adnan Bhatty

You have mentioned in your instructions that

When you done installing Mac OS X Lion on the Virtual Machine, go download the VMware tools inside the new Mac OS X Lion…

But I can not locate the VMWare Tools icon in the Mac OS X Lion desktop.

Kindly help.

Adnan
Steve

I can’t get the unlocker to work on VMWare Player 4 on Windows 7 64 Bit. It goes through the motions of working but Mac OS X is still not there as an option when creating a new virtual machine.

Any suggestions? Or do I just do as you told someone else and download VM Workstation 8 as a trial and do it that way?

Will I lose it once the trial ends though?

Thanks in advance.
Peejay7

Hey Jonathan, Great tutorial!
I got through almost every step until the actual first boot up of Mac OS X. When booting, I get the white Apple screen and a popup from VMplayer saying that the machine has disabled my CPU. The white logo screen then sits there forever. Interestingly enough, under settings if I put my processor to just 1 core, all of VMplayer crashes. More cores provides me with the pop up and a stagnant grey apple. Any advice?

Thanks!

Jonathan

are you running Intel Processor that has hardware virtualization support ?

usually set CPU to 1 for stable, not recommend to set more than one CPU, in your case it’s kernel panic. you can try to use -v model during booting of the VM Lion

Cheers

Peejay7

I have an AMD Phenom II processor with virtualization support. I have tried setting it to 1 processor and have tried using the different virtualization engines with no success. Whenever on the just 1 processor the apple logo comes up and then all of VMplayer crashes. Anymore processors and the guest host disables the CPU and nothing occurs at all. I have read that it might be that I have more than 4 cores on my processor which leads to the OS denying it.
Any help is appreciated!

Jonathan

only works on Intel CPU, this VM is created based on Intel CPU

Peejay7

That’s odd, considering two of the options for the virtualization engine include support for “AMD-V” AMD’s virtualization engine.

Jonathan

its not, VMware do support ADM-V but it’s not the VMware settings we care in here, the VMDK that you downloaded only support Intel CPU.

and also keep in mind the most important thing, Apple has never support running their OS on AMDs.

Dave

Any way to speed the emulation up?
Everything works fine, but its a bit “choppy”.

I’ve an i7 running at 3.4ghz, 12GB XMS3 Ram and a GTX 560. This is running in a Asus Sabertooth x58 motherboard.

I do have my system fully setup as a “hackintosh” as well, dual booting with windows 7 – but would prefer to run it at full speed in windows 7

Jonathan

well, that’s the drawback for running in a VM, until some genius came up some video driver for this this is the highest you can get.

it’s the same for pretty much all other VM. No way you will get optimal performance compare to a native install.

Cheers

Alan

I am yet another person with this issue I have looked on the net and it states that it’s something to do with a virtual machine or something already being open?

I am absolutely clueless as to how to go about fixing this issue and I think there are probably a lot with the same issue but just waiting for an answer to be given, so please if anybody knows the answer to fixing this problem then please help us out

“Unable to open file “C:\Users\Alan\Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\Mac OS X Lion\Mac OS X Lion.vmdk”: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot.”

Alan

Ok I figured out exactly what my problem was >.< When I tried to "add harddrive" the vmdk file just didn't install at all and it just created a second harddrive which was pretty much identical to the first and it just conflicted so now I'm currently looking for a boot file to see if that will fix my issue.

Basically that would be the same problem as others are having. They are adding the extra harddrive but it just conflicts with the first because I think we need a working booter/loader

sekerat

I think you choose the wrong file. You should choose Mac OS X Lion bootable vmdk what You download earlier.

For those have a problem stuck at command things, just open that folder and run windows.bat as Administrator. Hope it helps
baobab

Yeah, you have to choose another vmdk file, as required in step 5.

If the issue remains, try to set boot order in Mac shell

Danilo

I can’t get past the windows.bat command. I get an error message stating this:

C:\Users\Danilo Umali\Desktop\Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\VMware Unlocker – Mac O
S X Guest\VMware Workstation Unlocker – Windows>windows.bat

The VMware Authorization Service service was stopped successfully.

—–
Mac OS X guest unlocker for VMware, version 7

Unable to change directory to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation
—–

The VMware Authorization Service service is starting.
The VMware Authorization Service service was started successfully.

C:\Users\Danilo Umali\Desktop\Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\VMware Unlocker – Mac O
S X Guest\VMware Workstation Unlocker – Windows>

Can you point me in the right direction?

MABATISTA

I also have this problem….any help?¿
Matthew

Download Download VMware Workstation 7.1, and not VMware Player, download VMware Workstation here : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ET1324RR
joeyP

you have to change the bat file so it points to where the correct files are located. mine looks like this:

@echo off

net stop vmauthdservice
echo —–

windows_32 “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\x64″ “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmwarebase.dll”

echo —–
echo.
net start vmauthdservice

Matthew

If i Install the Mac, I will lose my drivers??(Camera,internet,Sound)????

Jonathan

This is a Virtual Machine installation, meaning your original OS stays not touched.

Kevin

Hi,

I’m wondering if you still need all of the components that are listed in the “build a hackintosh part I” tutorial. Because it is a virtual install, does it really matter?

Thanks

Jonathan

Good question, no you do not need most of the hardware listed from that guide, but you do need an Intel CPU that supports hardware virtualization.

Cheers

SC

Hi there, great tutorial. I got everything to work except I get no video or audio. Anything I should be taking a look at?

Joe

From another board people were having the same issues. Here are fixes. I have not tried this but on the other website it seemed to work:

Issue #1: only 1 screen resolution
1. Screen Resolutions
go http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsvga2/files/Audio/
Download installer for VMsvga2 v1.2.3 versions (234.4 KB)

Issue #2 No Audio
same page, download EnsoniqAudioPCI_v1.0.3_Lion.pkg

And then in your Mac OS X Lion install those two packages.

Issue #3: Sharing folders between PC and virtual OSX
1. use the link to download the file and extract it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dhbxnndmznw
2. you will find the darwin_snow.iso. mount this one to you vm cd. the vmware tools is inside it. run it and restart your vm then a new folder will be your desktop.
Joe

Also, i read that if you want video in youtube to work, turn off hardware acceleration.

Peter

I’m getting an error when trying to start the VM for the first time.

“VMware Workstation cannot open one of the virtual disks needed by this VM because it is larger than the maximum file size supported by the host file system. Some remote file systems do not support files larger than 2 GB, even though the file system on the server might.
Cannot open the disk ‘I:\OS X VM in Windows Kit\Mac OS X Lion Bootable .vmdk (For VMware)\Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk’ or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Reason: The file is too large.”\

sigh
Rory

Hey there

Great tutorial! Everything seems to work great until I try to power on the virtual machine I get the message “The disk “C:\Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk” has internal consistency errors that may be caused by partial corruption of the disk file. It is recommended that you restore a backup of this virtual machine. If you do not have a backup, VMware Workstation can repair the disk, but there is a possibility that the data on the disk may be corrupt and affect the stability of the guest.
Do you wish to repair the disk and continue?”
Regardless of whether I choose the yes or no options given I receive the error “Cannot open the disk ‘C:\Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk’ or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Reason: The specified virtual disk needs repair.”
Have you got any ideas on how to repair the virtual disk, or how to fix this?
Thank you!

Jonathan

This sounds like a corrupted download of the vmdk image. You might want to try and re-download from another source.

Rory

I figured it out. Turns out there is a known corruption in the file vmware-vdiskmanager in 7.1 which meant it was unable to repair the vdmk image. I just updated Workstation and voila! Works like a charm Thanks!

http://ranzan99.blogspot.com Ranjan

hey is this working on pc without hardware VT ?
plz reply
thanks

Jonathan

no it does NOT work without Hardware Virtualization.

DC

Batch file fails for me using Workstation 8 on 64bit Win7 Home Premium.

Jonathan

try uninstall Workstation 8 and install Workstation 7 instead.

Stefani

If I install this mac os, then how do I switch back to windows? Will I lost my drivers?

Jonathan

This is a Virtual Machine install

macker

what is hardware virtulazition???

Jonathan

please check out this post http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2009/10/securable-tells-what-security-features-in-windows-7-are-available-on-your-computer-tools/

to see if you CPU supports, also make sure you have a Intel CPU

jesusfreak3330

um, i am having a problem with the “windows.bat” entry step. i put in windows.bat and it gave me the following error message

System error 5 has occured.

Access denied.

PLEASE HELP!

ABC

you must disable UAC and restart.
Jonathan

make sure you run this windows.bat as “Administrator”

Jeremy

This is great! Thanks! It worked perfectly for me.
I’m interested in trying to dual-boot Windows 7 and Mac OS X Lion on a windows PC. IS there a tutorial which is as easy to understand as this was?
bill

I get an error while installing. It begins by saying the install will take 20 minutes. It get to 9 minutes left and fails. The error screen that pops up offers no information as to what went wrong. Any ideas?

Hellbinder

Hey, I am having the same problems. I know this was a while back but did you get this to work. Mine fails at the 9 min left mark.

Any information as to why or what I could do?

Thanks

Ted

Great tutorial. I had it working, but when I upgraded from WS 8 to 8.01 the OS X VM will no longer start. It just hangs at the apple logo and never finishes the boot. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Ted

Ok, I ran the windows.bat unlocker again and then went back to the existing OS X VM and it runs now. My only other observation is that doing anything in the OSX vm spikes my CPU usage across all 4 cores – even doing something as simple as opening safari. I have Quad Core, win7 x64 and 8GB RAM. I’ve alloted 4GB RAM and 2 CPUs/2 cores each for OS X.

Jonathan

it’s actually quite common, regardless of how powerful your machine is for Windows, running on this VM will be laggy

Wolf

I’ve gotten through till i have to install it and it stops and says cannot install on this system any help?
Thomas

Hello, I have quad core i5 and I was wondering how many processors and how many cores to allocate to osX, I don’t understand what the difference between the number of processors and processor cores is, being quad core isn’t that only one processor with four cores, thus allowing only one processor and two cores to osx would best? Performance wise I would like win 7 and osX to be balanced. Thanks

Jonathan

some CPUs say core i7 has hyper thread, that’s where 4 core has 8 threads. And OS think it has 8 processors to execute the programs on.

in your case you don’t see a difference, and really in this Lion VM it doesn’t matter how many processors or core you assign to the machine it won’t make a difference, the VM is not optimized for much settings.

you can try it yourself playing around with different number of cores and processors. I bet you won’t notice a difference in terms of speed/performance of the VM

d2iguy

Hi everyone. Happy Thanksgiving. I am a very skilled Win IT guy but new to the Hackintosh world. Have a Sammy Series 9 Laptop and successfully got VMware WKS 7.14 running with Lion 10.7. Trying to get it up to 10.8 to overcome a display issue (native res for the Samsung is 1366×768). Whenever I try to upgrade to Lion 10.7.1, it was giving me a javascript error. So I went to update java to update 1. Got the same error: Java for Mac OSX 10.7 Update 1 can’t be installed on this disk. An error occured while evaluating Javascript for the package. I have read all over and can’t seem to find a solution. So now I have two issues:
1. Can’t get updates installed
2. Can’t get the native resolution I seek.

Glad to throw a turkey leg to anyone with a solution

Jonathan

“Trying to get it up to 10.8 to overcome a display issue” not sure what do you mean Mac OS 10.8 is no where near release. The latest is 10.7.2 Lion

If you are on 10.7.0 you can just straight upgrade it to 10.7.2 by following the guide I’ve updated for 10.7.2. You can skip update to 10.7.1

do you need the new Java update ? if not it’s not worth it bother it

d2iguy

Thanks for the reply Jonathan. I meant to say 10.7.2 and not 10.8. I was looking to move up to the next build “thinking” it was needed to resolve a display issue. I don’t have a need for Java so that would not drive me to update. I ran into the issue when i tried to upgrade and wanted to see if anyone else ran into it either. I have not tried the 10.7.2 update yet. The question becomes should I make the move and will it help with the display issue. I appreciate your expertise and time.

http://officialreseller.in/ Mourya

Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.

Im getting the above error.

I have Intel Core2Duo 2.2Ghz with 4GB RAM with Intel Classic DGPR33 Mother board
http://officialreseller.in/ Mourya

Adding few more points:

CPU Name Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz
Vendor GenuineIntel
Number of Bits 64

But for some reasons i have installed Current OS: Windows 7 Ultimate – 32 Bit

Could this be the problem ?

Jonathan

your CPU supports 64bit, but you are running 32 bit system. I’ve only tested this under Windows 7 64bit VMware Workstation

also make sure your CPU supports hardware visualization.

It looks like it doesn’t, in that case your hardware won’t work

d2iguy

Ok, to remain consistent with my thread, I am running Win 7 64bit on a Core i5 proc. I know it supports hardware virtualization and it is enabled.

http://officialreseller.in/ Mourya

1. Hardware “visualization” ?? or is it a typo for virtualization? How did you come to this conclusion

2. Lets say if my current hardware has the above then can I try the same in Windows 7 – 64 bit OS ? Will that work ?

3. Could you please add me: m0urya@hotmail.com ?

Jonathan

ops sorry about the typo, yes I meant Hardware Virtualization.

http://ark.intel.com/products/30781/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E4500-(2M-Cache-2_20-GHz-800-MHz-FSB)

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) No

Filipers

Hey guys, I’m trying to update to the 10.7.2 but I’m getting this error: “Mac os x update combined can’t be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements of this update”.

Does anyone knows why? I’m following the tutorial for upgrade on this site!

Thank you!

Filipers

Got it… It was the wrong image. My MAC OS Lion is a Server not Client!

http://officialreseller.in/ Mourya

OK now, I understood that the processor itself dont support virtualization.

1.My next best option would be, can i do Hackintosh ?

2.If yes, can i have both windows 7 and hackintosh on two different partitions drives of the same hard disk.

3.Can i dual boot ?

Jonathan

to answer your questions:

1. yes, you can socket 775 still is one of the supported socket

2. yes, but better with two different hard drive, you can still manage to install them on one hard drive with two partition but it will be tricky.

3. since 2 = yes, of course you can make it dual boot

Andrew J

Hello I Am New To YOur Site.
So My Question is that is it possible to do all this but on a XP rather than Win 7?
Thanks..

Jonathan

yes it should work, though I’ve not tested personally.

you sure can give it a try.

Cheers

Sumit Basu

I have Done the instalation …done the hardware virtualization bypass.
But whenever i power on the OS…Vmware Logo is coming after that one No entry logo is coming …Instalation is not talking place.
please help me
If possible you can help me through team viewer
sumit

Jonathan

when you said you have “Done the installation” you mean install VMware Workstation ?

before power on the vmdk have you added another virtual disk ?

Sumit Basu

Dear Jonathan
I have instal VMware 7 workstation
added the hard disc size 5 Gb
but when click on power on the Ash color screen comes withvmware logo…and after 10 sec on on entry logo is power
and automatically Os gets power off
if you dont mind can you help me on team viewer
sumitbasu@in.com

Sumit Basu

See my scree shot
VMware logo is coming
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/192/vmer2.jpg/after 10 sec this no entry logo is coming
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/vmer1.jpg/

Sumit Basu

please help me…………

cascio97

Help us!!!!!! like Sumit Basu i have the vmware logo and then a no entry logo… how can i solve that???

mail me any suggestions… lorenzocascio@gmail.com

THX Lorenzo

Scusme for my bad english… i’m italian!

steve

hi jonathan
thanks for the instructions when i click on power on this virtual machine i receive this message
Unable to open file “G:\Mac OS X Lion Bootable .vmdk (For VMware)\Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk”: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot.
steve

hi jonathan
thanks for your instructions when i click on power on this virtual machine i receive this message

Unable to open file “G:\Mac OS X Lion Bootable .vmdk (For VMware)\Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk”: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot.power
Er

The link for Mac OS X VMware unlocker
is dead again, please update your page. Thanks!
mark

mac os x download link deleted.

Jonathan

updated the guide, with new mirror download links

Check it out

steve

here is the one i downloaded

http://www.fileserve.com/file/eXrZRDT/Mac OS X Lion VMware Files (1).exe

mark

fileserve has been block by my country. can upload to another filehosting site? such as mediafire.

thanks

steve

http://www.mediafire.com/?bmsm36ba9bcgphz

nfconnon

After all this how do I uninstall the OS from my computer if I would like the space back?

Jonathan

you can just delete the VM image file, no need to uninstall the “OS”, since it’s not a real OS anyways.

hope that answered your question

nfconnon

Sweet thanks. So its taking up a real 40gb virtually? Mind=blown. Haha.

Jonathan

no it’s not taking 40GB of space, if you follow the step up, your virtual disk will adjust size dynamically, the VM thinks it has 40GB but in fact when it comes to the actual VM file size it’s much less than 40GB. It only storage the file it needs.

AlSultan

I have a question

Would this be reversable.ieif I decided to remove the whole thing what would happen to the RAM that I divided ?

many thanks

Steven Cruise

I replied to let you know but I made the mistake of not directly replying to your post. Just FYI. But no worries about your question, you’re safe, read my below message for more info.

Steven Cruise

The RAM is only reserved while the virtual machine is actually running. 100% of your computers RAM is available to Windows when you aren’t running Lion.

So therefore, no worries! If you delete Lion and/or uninstall VMWare the RAM you set aside for It will just go back to normal.
baba

I managed to get the sound. After installed the EnsonAudio driver, close the VM. Edit the “Mac OS X Lion.VMX file” in windows, add the following lines:

sound.present = “TRUE”
sound.virtualDev = “es1371″
sound.fileName = “-1″
sound.autodetect = “TRUE”
ayo

Great tutorial. Worked well. I did have to use vdiskmanager to fix the vmdk disk but after that it worked.

Anyone know if you can copy-paste files from the win 7 host to the mac os lion machine without using the shared folder?

Jonathan

if by copying you mean copying files (not copy past clipboard) then yes there are other ways as always. But enable sharing folder between the host machine is the best approach in this case.

Mario

Hello,

I’m having this error: “A virtual CPU has entered the shutdown state. This would have caused a physical machine to restart. This can be caused by an incorrect configuration of the virtual machine, a bug in the operating system or a problem in the VMWare Workstation Software.”

Any ideas?

Regards
MG

Jonathan

not sure why, but try to follow everything in the guide, and leave the default for everything else that I’ve not mentioned

Daniel

Is there any specific hardware I need to do this besides an Intel Processor? Also, do I need a certain motherboard like when you are building a hackintosh?

Jonathan

no, as long as you have an Intel CPU that supports Hardware Virtualization you are all set.

For Hackintosh, please check this guide http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2011/04/beginner-guide-for-building-a-fully-working-snow-leopard-hackintosh-along-with-windows-7-part-ii-installation/ for all the hardware required.

Stevenson

Just mentioning (don’t know if it has been said):

Updating to 10.7.2 as stated in the article only works if you FIRST update to 10.7.1 (& reboot the VM).

Updating from 10.7.0 to 10.7.2 doesn’t work …

Great work jonathan

Jonathan

Thanks Stevenson, but I don’t recall I’ve mentioned upgrade from 10.7.0 to 10.7.2 doesn’t work, it should work if you download the combo update package from Apple. and follow the guide on the few command you need to run to fix some of the issues.

Cheers

antonio

I have a new ASUS notebook (Intel i7, 8 GB RAM), Windows 7 64 bit, VMware Workstation 8 and I tested your procedure. I can confirm that it works great only if I apply 10.7.1, then reboot, then apply 10.7.2 according your instruction.
I tried applying directly 10.7.2 combo update (after a VM snapshot) and it doesn’t work (initial screen blocked). THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT WORK!!!

Steve Cruise

Is there a way to get multitouch working on here? I’m using an HP laptop and whenever I try to scroll with two fingers it thinks I’m trying to scroll on the Windows side of things. The keyboard works fine, I can press up/down or spacebar to scroll. When I use the touchpad I was hoping to be able to swipe between the different full screen windows. Any ideas?

Jonathan

good question, but as far as I know, there aren’t such thing yet. To get multitouch working, the driver is needed, I’ve never seen such driver in hackintosh community myself. I could be wrong, but it will be very hard to find the specific one that you are looking for.

The other thing you can get away is assign shortcut for a specific action inside the Lion. (ex. press some key combo => switch full screen)

Leo

Hi

Is it correct that you can only run Lion OS as a guest OS in VMware on a 64 bit machine? When powering up the I get the message “Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.”

is there anything I can do?

Steven Cruise

You have to go into your BIOS and enable hardware virtualization. I ran into this same issue… Should be somewhere in the BIOS settings, but it varies with each one.

FauzanHarun

The best
Dave

Worked first time! No hitch.. Even upgraded successfully! No sound though but I’m not too bothered. Mac OSX on 24in HD LED full screen is a joy to behold!

Need to migrate to the player now but I can’t see that being a huge deal.. hopefully

Jonathan

you can download the audio driver mentioned in the post, that will bring sound to your Lion.

Cheers

Dave

Ah I’ve only noticed that now.. no idea how I missed it..

Excellent.. thanks pal

FauzanHarun

Hey! Will this work with 2gb RAM Computer?

Jonathan

like stated in the guide, probably not

Bud

Quick question, Do we need to partition 40 gigs of space before hand? Or does adding a hard disk do that for us? just like to make sure before I attempt this.

Jonathan

no you don’t need exact 40GB, by assigned 40GB hard drive, you dynamically create a virtual hard disk for the OS.

Dennis

It says that I need to register to get VMware, is there any way to avoid this?

Jonathan

registration is not required

Ben

Does “Update on 10.7.2:” step 4 need a sudo?

I did it and it copied nothing, i thought that was a little odd but proceeded anyway. In step 6 i am getting a no such file error.

I am about to reboot, wish meluck

Ben

Maybe i added the slash.. works 2nd time.
Sorry..

Ryan

Great tutorial. Followed it with no problems at all.

Thanks!
steve

how do i install the vm tools package and sound driver within vmware

thanks

Jonathan

you download the links from the guide, inside the VM and double click install

chet

I’m on VMW 8 (I was on 7.1) and keep getting a internal consistency error. I updated to 8 cause of the message about 7.1 above. I stall get the damn error what should I do? I’m also using Ubuntu x64. Arg!

Jonathan

it doesn’t sounds like its the VMware version issue. Have you tried both net and bridge connection in the VMware settings ? (for network)

steve

thank you jonathan for the easy to follow turtorial how do i get rid of the black border around the ouside and to full screen

thanks
Anup Pareek

Hey Jonathan, am using Win 7 32bit OS. I downloaded VMware.Workstation.v8.0.0.471780. As well downloaded Mac OS X Lion from the link that u provided. But when i run the ”Windows.bat” command on Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\VMware Unlocker – Mac OS X Guest, it tell Access Denied. I tried to disable UAC, but no help. I searched for some help, but NO GO.. Please let me know what i need to do. You can send me some steps through mail : “anup_prk20@yahoo.com”. I would really apperciate.
steve

after installing the vmware tools package how do i change the screen resolution
thanks

Jonathan

go inside the Lion VM, go to System Preference => Display and you will find screen resolutions.

harry

If you got the ‘Unable to change directory to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation’ Error and have installed vmware to a non-default directory, try starting ‘windows.bat’ with arguments as explained below:

Usage: windows_32.exe [ ]
Where defaults to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation
and defaults to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmwarebase.dll

e.g.: windows.bat “E:\vmware_workstation” “E:\vmware_workstation\vmwarebase.dll”

harry

ok, wordpress removed some of my orignial text. Just run ‘windows_32.exe ds’ and it will print the help text for its arguments.

Aditya

hey i successfully installed the os on my laptop but the overall interface is kind of slow…
specs of my laptop are
intel core i5 ghz
4gb ddr3 ram
nvidia geforce gt 540m (1gb) graphics card
500gb hd

should i increase ram usage from 2gb to 4 gb for faster usage??
or is there any other way

also…icons on my dock do not animate like they do on a mac when we hover the cursor over them…is there any way to fix that to??

thanks in advance

Jonathan

it’s normal, you can try to increase the RAM but it might not help. That’s the downside of making an unsupported VM, not everything will work smooth as a native install

Aditya

what about increasing the memory of my laptop all together???

Jonathan

it might help a little but won’t be a significant improves for sure. the VM has no native graphic acceleration

Aditya

okay thanks for the fantastic tutorial and valuable comments….
but yes if you do have any solution to this please share…..

steve

how do u install programs in lion i can’t c a application folder

thanks

Jonathan

press control + command + G in the finder.

then type

/Applications/

it depends on which application you wish to uninstall, most of the apps you can just delete the xx.app

steve

i want to try to install programs not uninstall them

thanks
Leroy Sham

I boot my VMWare Machine up. Then comes the Gray apple logo, followed by a white screen with the wheel of death. What to do?

Jonathan

try to re-run the unlocker again

Leroy Sham

*Queue Zelda-finding-SFX-thingy*
That was the problem. I purchased a full edition of Workstation also, just in case it was the free player being retarded. Donkey shorts, works fantastic!
Daniel

I have the same problem. When I try to run windows.bat as admin it can’t find windows_32 because my antivirus deleted it. Is it safe to disable my antivirus for this?

Admin

Im finding a problem and I followed each single step but at the boot startup it tells me:
————————————————
Boot Failed. EFI SCSI Device
EFI Shell version 2.10 [4096.1]
Device mapping table
fs0 :Removable……… bla bla bla…
————————————————-
PLEASE I NEED HELP!!!!!!
yuyangchee98

its kinda laggy. anyway to let it run faster?
http://www.quentinrenard.com Quentin

What’s the difference between installing a dual boot of MacOS and Windows7, and installing MacOS on a virtual machine ??
Will there be any difference of quickness or efficiency ? or any problem of competition between the two OS ?
Cheers

Jonathan

a VM is just another application running inside a Host OS.

dual boot will be a different story. it installs the OS naively, hence will have better performance out of it

Admin

Im finding a problem and I followed each single step but at the boot startup it tells me:
————————————————
Boot Failed. EFI SCSI Device
EFI Shell version 2.10 [4096.1]
Device mapping table
fs0 :Removable……… bla bla bla…
————————————————-
PLEASE I NEED HELP!!!!!!
Asad

I’m getting this

Software virtualization is incompatible with long mode on this platform. Disabling long mode. Without long mode support, the virtual machine will not be able to run 64 bit code. For more details see http://vmware.com/info?id=152.

PLEASE PLEASSE HELP
Venkat

My mouse pad in Dell Inspiron Laptop freezes during installation. Any solution?

Jonathan

try to use a USB mouse, if the track-pad is not working

saratchandra

Hi, your posting is so interesting, But
I have a problem in installing Mac Os Xlion
” Installation error, contact your software advissor” please give me a hint
vinod

I got everything to work except I get no video and video. Tried installing the audio driver from the link in one of the post.

Jonathan

not sure what do you mean by “no video”

vinod

I mean the file seems to playing(in VLC) as I can see the time moving forward, however the screen is blank and no sound either.

Jonathan

can’t you just play it in Windows instead ?

vinod

I can play it
windows. Just trying to make the OSX have all the basic functions. No problem if there is no solution to this issue.

Virata

I got this error when I pressed the power on this virtual machine “Unable to open kernel device “Unable to open kernel device “\\.\VMCIDev\VMX”: Overlapped I/O operation is in progress. Did you reboot after installing VMware Workstation?” anyone can help me? I’ve rebooted my device but the error s still there. T_T

Jonathan

check make sure you have the right path to your bootable OS X. and re-run the unlocker again.

Virata

yes I put the bootable OS X on the partition I made for it, but it seems like the error always appears every time I play the virtual machine.

cascio97

Go to Mac OS X Lion.vmx file and open up in notepad… search for “vmci0.present = “FALSE”" and change “FALSE” with “TRUE” then start your Fantastic MAC OS X LION Installation…

Hope it helps… Lorenzo

You can also contact me by mail lorenzocascio@gmail.com !!!NOT SPAM!!!

Ryan

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I’m up and running on 10.7.2.

I can confirm that the procedure to upgrade to 10.7.2 from 10.7.0 does not work and required me to fall back to a snapshot, but upgrading from 10.7.1 using the same procedure worked flawlessly.

I’m now fighting a different issue. Any change I make to the VM settings (enabling shared folder, altering RAM allocation, etc) results in the VM freezing at the grey screen with Apple logo and requiring a fallback to snapshot. Anything I install inside the VM seems to work fine.

Appreciate any help. I’m running VMWare Workstation 8.0.1 build-528992 on Win 7 x64 8GB RAM.

Thanks,

Jonathan

Thanks Ryan, I will adjust the post accordingly.

try re-run the VMware unlocker again, see if that helps to solve the grey screen issue

Ryan

Running the unlocker again did the trick. I was able to add RAM, a Shared Folder and up the number of processors for the vm. It booted without error and OS X recognizes all of the updates.

I had updated VMWare workstation after creating the OS X vm which apparently locked it.

Thanks again for the help!

http://www.justozone.yk Milan

I need help on the second step: I cant seem to open the “command window here” (from shift,right click) as Administator. What shall i do. And how. Please tell me quick.

P.s i am logged in as Administator.
http://www.justozone.tk Milan

Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.

what do i do/

Jonathan

checklist
1. do you have an Intel CPU ? if yes, check #2
2. does your CPU support hardware virtualization ? if yes, run unlocker again. If either 1 or 2 is no, then too bad your computer is not compatible to run/install Lion in VM

Glaad

Hi,

I have the same error “Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.”

I have an Inter Core 2 Duo CPU P8600 2,4 Ghz. It supports hardware virtualization, and Virtualization is enabled in BIOS.

I Tried to run unlocker aganin, but I still have this problem. What should I do ?

Thx

Jonathan

did you get any error when running the unlocker ? make sure you select the “right” unlocker for VMware Workstation or VMware Player which ever you are using to host the VM

Thomas

This happened to me too.

HELP!!!

kris

hi,
First of all idd like to thank you for this great guide, i spent half a day trying all kinds of stuff and nothing worked properly.

Thn i stumbled upon your guide and now i have a very good setup. Ty ty ty

If there is any fix to the stumbling screen and stuff like youtube video not working keep me posted

Thx again, god bless you
http://www.imarini.com ughi63

all items works fine until I tryed to
install Mac OS X Update Combined on Macintosh HD 122.09Gb free/128.64Gb total:

“Mac OS X Update Combined can’t be installed on this kisk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update.”

initially the disk space was 40GB, so i extend the disk with VMware and then expand partition with Mac OS, but it doesn’t work anyway

can you help me?

Jonathan

I don’t think the disk size is the limitation here.

make sure you download the 10.7.1 combo package first and install that first, and make sure your machine upgrades to 10.7.1 smoothly first then download the 10.7.2 combo package, and run the installation again

http://www.imarini.com ughi63

installing 10.7.1:
“Mac OS X Update Combined can’t be installed on this kisk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update.”

Ian

when i power on this virtual machine, it wrote Software virtualization is incompatible with long mode on this platform. Disabling long mode. Without long mode support, the virtual machine will not be able to run 64 bit code. For more details see http://vmware.com/info?id=152. and when i click ok, it wrote Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.

what should i do?

wellslogan

This happened to me. Here’s how I fixed it: I went to the BIOS and enabled “Intel Virtualization Technology”

cbenji

I got mine to install fine. I am using it on workstation 7.1.4 and the only thing I can’t get to work is the keyboard input from my laptop. Any suggestions? I’m on a Dell XPS.
Tom

Hi,
I am trying to install OSX 10.7 on Vmware, i have followed all the instructions and when starting the virtual i get the grey Vmware loading screen and then a grey mac screen with the no-entry sign. (Kernal panic i think)
Anyone know a way around this ?#

Thanks

Jonathan

checklist:

1. did you ran into any error when running the unlocker ? did you ran the “correct” version of the unlocker ?

2. have you updated your VMware AFTER you ran the unlocker ?

in most case, try to re-run the unlocker again If not check BIOS for Virtualization Settings

Josh D

How exactly do you get the OS X unlocker to unlock VMWare not installed on the default C:/ directory?

Jonathan

the unlocker is not location dependent, from the bat file all it’s doing is shutting down vmware services.

SpiderKnives

Hello,
I’ve successfully installed and ran Lion. However, even after adding a CD drive and mounting Darwin, I can’t get it to run. Additionally, it won’t detect my network.

I’m running VMware 8.0.0 on Windows 7. Please help!

SpiderKnives

To clarify, there is no CD drive within Lion even when one is clearly defined, and I can’t get it to show up. Thanks!

Jonathan

use shared drive instead. See the last part of the guide

Ashok

I have intel G35 motherboard. But it does not have HT technology enable. How i can install it then?

Jonathan

this has nothing to do with Hyper-threading, you need Hardware Virtualization

ank_khushi

great tutorial indeed. tried on win7 x86 using vmware player & created running mac osx lion. so far everything is working fine.
HC

Great tutorial. Followed the whole article and got Lion 10.7.2 installed successfully on Lenovo X201 running Windows 7 Pro 32-bit. VMWare Workstation 8

Installed iBook Author. However, there seem to be some display issue as the main screen is blank. I think it is related to display ‘cos I see glimpse of the text/graphics when I switched the orientation between portrait/landscape. Anyone with the same problem and a resolution method?

Lloyd

First thanks for this tutorial Jonathan it workes great for me, even if for an unknown reason the sound did work only a view reboot after I installed 10.7.2.

I have the same issue as HC, iBook Author display is not working properly

Lloyd

I tried with VMware workstation 8 with and without 3D acceleration, but it is the same

Jonathan

there is no 3D acceleration for Lion running in VM

mraede

Same thing, 10.7.2 working great, but ibooks author will not show anything on the editor area. Need help.

Jonathan

a lot people too experience the same issue. It seems the iBook Author need some sort of graphics acceleration for it’s interactive display within the iBook, and VMware doesn’t have the full graphic support so I guess at the moment there is nothing we can do about it

Jonathan

apparently the new iBook Author require graphic acceleration and VMware doesn’t have this supported. So yeah too bad, unless there is a new workaround, you can’t try the iBook author on this VM

Jonathan

iBook Author need Lion to have graphic acceleration for it’s interactive stuff within the Book. Since VMware doesn’t support such, iBook Author won’t work properly

until there is a workaround, VMware with iBook author will not work

Kris

I have followed the steps exactly however, I have been having trouble installing the OSX on the virtual machine.

The installer starts fine and initially displayes 23 minutes left but after about 30 mins of installing the countdown goes into minus e.g. Time Left -1 minutes.

After about another 15 minutes, the installer starts again and the computer freezes…

I need some help pls…
http://youtube.com Abhi

my PC goes too slow and it don’t stop installing. time too goes in minus/negative.

pl. Help

i hav intel core i3
and my hardware oxlixation is fine

Jonathan

make sure you have enough storage room in your hard drive.

http://youtube.com Abhi

the prob. is same as of kris
Ross Arnold

Help needed please, I’ve followed the tutorial all the way to added the second hard drive, however, when I come to power on it says unable to process CD ROM http://i41.tinypic.com/o78x94.jpg then will not load showing http://i42.tinypic.com/2f0g1oh.jpg and then finally showing this http://i42.tinypic.com/5upssg.jpg

Can anyone help?

ross.arnold3@gmail.com

Andrew Godfroy

Hello, I am also running into this problem, any help would be awesome

Ross Arnold

I’ve worked it out… For anyone with the same problem it’s because you are trying to boot from an empty drive.

If you go into the edit settings and utility on the hard drive and change the 40gb to be listed after the 5gb it will boot

NRM Rao

I can’t find a way to change the listing order – Utilities for Hard Disk only offers Map/Defragment/Expand/Compact. I’m running VMware Workstation 8.0.
Can you help? Many thanks.

Hitech

I have followed your tutorial, but after powering On the mac vm show white screen with rotating mouse cursor, I left for an Hr, but it didnot return.

I have windows 7 64 Bit, with virtualization enabled from BIOS.

Please helpe me out to get it runing

Jonathan

did you add the second hard drive ? there is no need to wait for an hr. once it’s stuck you are probably did something wrong, its a VM feel free to shut it down anytime.

Johnny

Did anyone figure out how to make the windows 7 clipboard accessable from within the OS X?

Jonathan

if you install VMware tools it should work

Johnny

I installed vmware tools and I can confugure the display resolution, but I still can’t access the clipboard!
Is there a way to access the vmware tools properties or config from within the os X?

Mike

This tutorial works great.

When I tried to run ibooks author I get a white screen in the app. I should be seeing the theme I chose.

Is there anything I can do or is this a VM-related issue?

Cheers

Jonathan

a lot people too experience the same issue. It seems the iBook Author need some sort of graphics acceleration for it’s interactive display within the iBook, and VMware doesn’t have the full graphic support as you can tell, it’s sluggish.

http://www.ulsa.edu.mx Armando

Photo Booth is also showing just a black screen, but it still takes photos, while FaceTime looks fine. I do not believe that iBooks Author has a non supported feature. It must be something else, since somebody has commented that they could see a brief glimpse of text and graphics, before it goes blank.

Jonathan

my from build, iBook Author works just fine. Haven’t tried anything with Web cam, good to know

fred

I had to add sound card in hardware after installing the sound driver, but the audio is very choppy on anything from iTunes to garage band. any suggestions other than increasing ram? running on hp dv6 with intel i3 cpu, 4gb ram.
Mike

I keep getting this error message when powering on. “You have configured this virtual machine to use a 64-bit guest operating system. However, 64-bit operation is not possible.”

I run Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with now problems at all. What do I need to do?
Mehran

Successfully run it on Windows 7 64 bit.
Just a few words :
1) Enable VT in your BIOS.
2) Download Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.6 Intel AMD Vmware Image.rar from torrent 2.34GB
3) Make sure you run the VMware Player as administrator.
4) There is no need for Unlocker. You just need to
add another Hard virtual hard drive in Vmware and select Mac OSX 10.6.6-0.vmdk ( 7GB ) from extracted folder as a source.
5 ) vmWare shows two icons EasyEFI and Mac on screen .
6) You need to select Mac but Mouse in not working so make sure to use arrow keys to select Mac and then press Enter key and Mac will load successfully.
Hope this helps somebody
NRM Rao

I am using VMWare Workstation v.7.1.4 Build 385536. When I try to add a new Hard Disk with Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk, I get the following message and cannot proceed further.

“The selected virtual disk is incompatible with this Workstation 6.5-7.x virtual machine. Adding this disk would make this virtual machine incompatible with older VMware products.”

Can someone help, please?

Thanks in advance.

Jonathan

well it sure worked for Workstation 7.1 at least.

did you run the unlocker ?

Seth

Thanks for this great tutorial. I also just installed 10.7.3 using the process described above for 10.7.2 and everything works like a charm.
PDiddy

I am having a hard time downloading the OS X Lion bootable vdmk due to site doesn’t offer it or you have to pay. Is there a way I can get it from you?

Jonathan

a quick Google search should do the trick. Download via Torrent

Cheers

KelvinCelciusFarenheit

Is this risky in anyway?
the snapshot thing kinda scares me

Jonathan

what harm does it do ? do you know what it means to take a snapshot of your VM ?

Jenita

Perfect Tutorial!!
ranjan

hey bro is there a VT bypasser for the Vmware workstation 8.0.1

Jonathan

you mean the Lion VM unlocker for VMware Workstation 8.0.1 ?

the same unlocker works for most of VMware products 7.x 8.x workstation included

Ernie Nkwatchkai

Anybody else having problems getting the 10.7.3 (Client) download? The page is there … the download link is there … but the link just goes to a 404.

Is there an alternate download for the 10.7.3 Client update? Or can we actually use the Combo update without problems? 10.7.2 is running great, iCloud seems to be working, and I’m having fun with my VM. But I’d love to add the .3 update. Sounds like some of you have it already, but with the download MIA, it’s kind of tough to finish.

Guess I’ll keep watching for it to be available. BTW, GREAT step-by-step tutorial here. Top notch stuff!!

Jonathan

you’re right, at the moment, it seems only the client combo http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484 to 10.7.3 is available. I’m not sure why Apple pulled the update from 10.7.2 to 10.7.3. The comobo update didn’t work for me, you can feel free to give it a shoot. It replace more kexts than what we need.

another site you can check out has mirror download is http://imzdl.com/ (but some of them are none stander releases, beta and developer release)

Khan

os_x_10.7.3_build_11d50_delta_update_iMZDL.com.dmg ( http://imzdl.com/info/480 ) is the one you want.
Using the torrent hash check, I checked what i already grabbed (~500MB) from the apple 10.7.3 (Client) patch, it’s the same file.

Ernie Nkwatchkai

Thanks Khan. Pulling it down now to try it out.

aaryan

hey jonathan,
after following all steps as given in ur guide
and when i clicked POWER ON THIS VIRTUAL MACHINE, it says BOOT FAILED.EFI SCSI DEVICE. PLS HELP…
nitesh

“Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.”
this message is shown after attaching mac os x lion.vmdk file .

what to do . pls help.
xAPHx

Update 10.7.0 to 10.7.3:
I installed lion in the vm and downloaded the 10.7.3 combo update. I followed the steps mentioned above but installed the 10.7.3 combo update directly on 10.7.0. This worked fine for me.

Thanks for these PERFECTLY described instructions!!!
http://darrellx.com Darrell

Works absolutely perfect in every way, thanks! One slight correction, when you an enabling the shared folders, you say: “Go under options tab, select “Shared Folders”

Pick “Always enable” and click “OK””

What you should say is: “Go under options tab, select “Shared Folders”

Pick “Always enable” and click “Add Folder”

Then it goes to the wizard as you have displayed. If you click “OK”, you are back out and have to go back in then select add folder, etc.
DaveB

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew if I would encounter any problems if I tried to install/use Logic Pro 9?
Cheers

Jonathan

I’m not a music guy, never tried it. But you sure can give it a try, I don’t see why it won’t work, but you might ran into issues with audio/in or out if you are going to use the software with hardwares on another end

DaveB

Okay thanks alot! I’ll give it a go in the future

DaveB

Hi, I’ve been able to install Lion onto the virtual machine however I am now stuck! I’m at the part where you say to “go download the VMware tools inside the new Mac OS X Lion”. I have no idea how to do this, I’m probably missing something simple, but I can’t figure it out! I know there is a hyperlink there, I downloaded that but the file is unrecognisable in Lion. Any help?
Cheers

putteswiss

You probably have been reading this in the pc part. Now open this page in your mac and click link and download then open and install. Hope this will help you.

aaryan

trying to install vmware tools. its telling COULDN’T FIND COMPONENT ON UPDATE SERVER. CONTACT VMWARE SUPPORT OR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR. PLEASE HELP….

DaveB

Same problem!

Sha

All its asking you to do is to get the darwin.iso file that you had initially downloaded earlier. IF you downloaded on your windows profile its no big deal. Just go into the Lion > Safari > this website > download the link again and run it. Everything will work.

One issue I have is even though I installed the sound drivers, still no sound. Made sure to add sound card in the beginning as well. Don’t know whats up with that but this is only temporary. I want to see how smooth it can be if dual booted.

Does anyone know if you can purchase an Apple mouse and use it with this. I wouldn’t mind having the gesture scrolls.

BigJerry

Wonderful guide! Everything is working great! Running on a VM with a quad core I7 3.4Ghz CPU, 8 GB of RAM, and 200GB hard drive given to it. Double the Xbench mark of my 2010 Mac Mini. 240 vs 115.

Thank you very much!
SOS

I also tried to install OSX Lion, and everything worked untill the Apple logo showed up at firt boot, and now it won’t go on from there, it’s stuck. Anyone who knows what can solve this problem?

Jonathan

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2012/01/hackintosh-basic-troubleshoot-beginners-video-tutorials/

Kelevra

I am trying to update from 10.7.1 to 10.7.2, I keep getting an error that says, “Mac OS X Combined can’t be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update.” I’ve entered the “cp -r /System/Library/Extensions/AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext .” line into terminal and then tried the update, and the above error was what I keep getting. Any help?

putteswiss

Did you make shore to keep the space betveen all letters and dots most easy to copy and paste. If that don’t work i can’t help you.

aaryan

hey sha.
thnx for the help.
everything is fine now.
Kelevra

Does anyone know how I can get my TouchPad to work on Lion? I am able to use it as a mouse, but the mac says there is no touchpad installed.

Jonathan

by touchpad you mean your laptop’s touchpard ? no it will NOT work as a Mac touchpad, the touchpard from your PC is really a Mouse. and it doesn’t do anything else.

You CAN NOT get a touchpad to work under VM Lion, not even if you buy the Apple Magic TrackPad

mayank

Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization. how to solve this dude

Jonathan

you can’t unless you have a computer that supports what it suggested

Bne

the VMware Workstation Unlocker does not work. it keeps saying system error 5 occured.
Bne

i have an amd processer. hopefully this does not matter

Jonathan

VM Lion will not work properly under AMD for this VMDK, but it has nothing to do with the error message you get from running the unlocker.

If you still getting it, check the following:

1. try to run it again as administrator
2. if still not working try to manually disable VM services and run it again (since the batch file all it does is to stop the VM services and does it’s unlock then start the services again )

Cody

I can only get as far as launching the vmdk on wmware workstation. Once i do that, the boot sequence fails and a list of partitions is compiled by on the screen. I’ve been trying for weeks to figure out how to fix whatever is wrong, but im frankly no good at reading code. I own a 6 month old Gateway laptop, i3 2.4 ghz processor, 320 GB HD, virtualization enabled,6 GB RAM. Anyone think they can help me, please use simplified answers, as i stated before, i dont understand code that well. Thank you!
putteswiss

Thanks works perfect i used workstation 8 and all install and works excellent running with i5 and 16 ram pc so both the pc and mac run super smooth at the same time.

putteswiss

And for the ones that don’t get sound after innstalling the sound file remember to click edit and then add there you found that you have to add a sound card do that and then power on and olala you have sound.

Luke

When I type the command “windows.bat” it says “windows.bat is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.”

How do I fix this?
trakers

Hi all,

It’s possible tu use a “apple keyboard” with VMWare to work ?

Because i didn’t find any topic about this. I don’t want to pay a keyboard if after i can’t use it

Jonathan

Apple keyboard will work perfectly with Hackintosh native boot, it will not however work as what you expect in VM. Since the VM only treats it as a normal keyboard from Windows.

If you want to get Apple keyboard to work either on your PC or VM or hackintosh, checkout this post for more detail info http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2011/12/map-apple-keyboard-on-windows-7-and-restore-apple-function-keys/

Cheers

trakers

I would like a apple keyboard to work with xcode easyer … so it’s the best to make a native boot ?

Jonathan

any keyboard under VM Lion will not recognize as Apple Keyboard even if you have a real Apple Keyboard attached to the PC.

Yes you should try to install a real hackintosh make it native boot, that case your apple keyboard and tackpad would work

http:www.ilimitech.com mohsin

Hi,
is xcode installable on this lion?for iPhone development?

Jonathan

yes, you can install Xcode. This is a fully functional mac

http://www.nextlevelfx.netii.net Diego Morocho

Hi…
Thanks for this guide, is really helpful… i have a functionally Mac OSX Lion!!
I have the same error (disc needs repair) and i updated the VMware to 7.1.4 and works fine
It’s a good new: Support Xcode!! now i try to develop some apps to iPhone…
Thanks for everything!!
LEO MESsi

ARE u totally sure this will work in win 7 i3 processor 64 bit system

Diego Morocho

Yes, i have a windows 7 64 bits, with i3 processor and works fine!

LEO MESsi

But ive just got 3gb ram

fl415

hi, in the tutorial you stated that we should not use the combo update for 10.7.3. However, the link you supplied is combo update and I cant find any other update. So what do you mean by dont use the combo update?

Jonathan

good call, someone else also have mentioned that (see comments above) I’ve updated the guide, please refresh, let me know if you still have issues.

fl415

I followed your instructions, and the 3D effect is not showing at all for the dock. Is there any way to improve it?
fl415

Also after I installed the darwin_snow.iso from you. I still can’t get the screen resolution to full screen. Do I need some other tools?

LIONEL GOMEZ

hEY i want to know how to make it full screen ….coz its resolution is about 900 X 800

Jonathan

mentioned in the guide, follow the link download and install the VMware Tools inside the Lion

Rico

Nice tutorial, brah! Now running 10.7.2 with no issues (except my shared folders don’t show up anymore as they did in 10.7.1)…downloading 10.7.3 and going to install that.

I remember trying this months ago with Snow Leopard but got nowhere with it so I gave up. Tonight I was bored and just googled running OS X on Win 7 and found this page. Followed all the steps and installed flawlessly. Now running at 1920×1080 on my 63″ plasma as my monitor. Thanks!
Ted

HEY COULD SOME1 tell me how to update to 10.7.1

Rico

Up in the “Update to 10.7.1″ section I just downloaded the file by clicking on the “here” link even though there’s a line through it. Takes you to the french site, hit Telecharer, download and then update from that file. Worked no problem for me.
Jonathan

download link here http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1437

install it after download

Taranjot Badwal

Hello , i followed everything as u suggested above … but in my virtual machine it goes past the Apple Logo but it remains stuck FOREVER on the screen where the mouse is a colorful spinner .. its stuck there forever … PLEASE HELP !!!
Jimbo

Surprise this hasn’t been posted here.

We need a “GETTING MOUNTAIN LION (DP) WORKING ON VMWARE” post

Jonathan

I will have a post on Mountain Lion VMware install on Windows 7 real soon. Stay tuned !

Jimbo

Awesome, thanks Jonathan. Eagerly waiting..

In case it helps, a straight update from 10.7.2 to Mountain Lion using the DMG found at (http://download.imodzone.net/info/495) causes restart when apple logo is shown on boot.

One more thing, hopefully we will be able to upgrade the Developer Previews to the next version, then the FINAL release version!?

Mormoop

Hey guys. Wondering if you could help me out. I’m trying to update to 10.7.2 from 10.7.1 and after entering the line of code in terminal, when I install the combo update, it says unknown error, install failed. Don’t really know what to do. Any ideas?

VMware Workstation 8
Windows 7, 64-bit

Mormoop

NEVERMIND! Sorry guys, it seems that it was just a matter of clearing up some more hard drive space.

Thanks again to those who made all this possible. I love my mac [on my pc], and am thinking about purchasing one for real. This is a great way to try it out without spending any money.

Ethan Peters

Whenever I try to start up my vm, I get the error message: “The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine.”

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this error?

Jonathan

during the VMware settings configuration setup, set the CPU to single core, if you have a recent Intel CPU. If you have AMD, then this will not work for you

Ethan Peters

I have an AMD FX-6100. Is there any way to make it work with that CPU?

Jonathan

unfortunately no

Ethan Peters

Oh well, at least I didn’t spend any money

Yossi

That one worked for me (i3-2100 CPU): If you ran out of options, try configuring the VM (VM->Settings->Processors->Virtualization Engine->Preffered Mode) to “Intel-VT-X or AMD-v”.
Thomas

“Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.”

HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!
stalin garcia

gracias por ayudarnos a actualizarnos con nuevas aplicaciones
Johnny

This tutorial was good but the process of downloading the Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk was slow. I really hope that this works for me.
Do you have any idea how to install X-Code and iOS SDK on this? If so send me an email at johnnyptran.1@gmail.com.
NedEX

Hi, great work.

I want to notice you that i just installed 10.7.2 combo update (the one you provide) with your kext backup method, from a clean Lion installation.

Everything works fine now, after the installation the machine restarted twice (i don’t know if it is “usual”).

Now i’m going to install the latest update (not the combo one).

Bye!
diputsmen

I get stuck making an account, i go through the process and i make the account but when I finish it brings me right back to the beginning… please help

ironcitymz3

I am having this same issue! I have created like 6 accounts and it keeps taking me back to the beginning of the account creation page… please help!!!

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Jimbo

Has anyone gotten Mountain Lion update working on this yet? Can’t find a guide ANYWHERE on the internet and it’s been almost 10 days…
NickelMax

Jonathan,

This is by far the most detailed explanation i found in the web. Great job!

I just want to make sure. Will I have any problems running it from my Windows Vista?

I have virtualization with a:

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad
2GB RAM
32-bit System

Jonathan

it will, but your lack of RAM might be an issue

NickelMax

You are right! It ran super slow on 2GB. I upgraded it to Windows 7 (64bit) and increased my RAM to 4GB. It now runs well.

I’m in the upgrading process. Hope it goes well.

So far your instructions were awesome. Thanks.

prashil

i have cpu- AMD fx 4100, 4gb ram. board- m5a97. Plz tell me how to use this on AMD.
gkats

Hi, I installed Hackintosh 10.7 from a bootable vmdk on Vmware on Win 7. Everything worked fine. Then I tried to upgrde to 10.7.2 using the instructions above. After the reboot my system is stuck in a grey screen with an apple. I cannot start any boot flag (like those described in the videos above). The system does not respond to any shortcuts or key. Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks.

Jonathan

go back to your previous snapshot, carefully run the instruction / command again

osioke

This is the same thing I experienced. I repeated the steps from the 10.7.1 snapshot I have; exactly the same problem each time. Might I be missing something?

Thanks again for your support Jonathan. Excellent work.
gkats

Rolled back to my previous snapshot. Tryed to upgrade again but the result is the same. Grey screen with the apple again! Any suggestions?

Thank you for all your help!!!

Win7er

Wow, this was a very clear process. Thank you. I can’t believe how smooth OSX runs inside of a VM enviornment. Everything works except for the laptop’s webcam (HP DV6 3236nr), but that’s fine…maybe at some point.
karan khurmi

my intel processor does not supports Intel Virtualization Technology
What should i do?

Jonathan

too bad, your system is probably too old to run VM Lion. You can’t do anything, get a new machine would help.

karan khurmi

:’(
karan khurmi

but vmware workstation was installed perfectly on my system and even the windows .bat command in the DOS worked absolutely

Mike Alessi

Got up to 10.7.2 with no problems. Tried the combo update to 10.7.3, and shockingly, it failed. Good old grey screen with circle and bar through it. Of course I have snapshots, and I’m going to try the standalone 7.2 to 7.3 update next. Thanks for the awesome instructions btw.
osioke

Thanks a lot for a working guide. I have read through several others and they are rubbish; yours actually works.

I am able to update to 10.7.1 but I cannot get to 10.7.2. The system halts on reboot at the apple screen (even overnight). I followed your steps for the 10.7.2 update exactly as prescribed.

I do not fancy Apple’s restrictive approach, so I am only attempting this out of necessity.

Thanks again.

osioke

It worked on my 5th try (I’m not sure what I may have done differently, although I followed the instructions to the letter). Thanks.

Jake

My webcam is not working in mac.I disconnected from the host from the removable devices but it still does not work.Its detecting the webcam but it says that its being used by another device.Can anyone please help??
e_hiero

Thanks very much Jonathan. I run 10.7.1 flawlessly.
But when I try to update to 10.7.2, I got error message : “Mac OS X Combined can’t be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update.”
I already run Terminal “[drive]: ~users$ cp -r /System/Library/Extensions/AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext .”
What do I missed?

Joe Anderson

Make sure you disconnect the second hard drive (4gb) before applying the updates. I had the same problem.

Edonwin

I have a HP pavillion dual core with 4 gb ram but already 4 years old and this tutorial worked perfectly!
Many thanks
Zanzaricchio

Tutorial works like a charm, including the upgrades to 10.7.3.
Unfortunately my copy and paste did not work, and that was a showstopper.

But I have finally found the solution (if anybody have the same problem): get a newer version of Vmware tools.

Vmware tools are periodically pushed on the Vmware support web site for all of their host and guest combination.
The version I got was for VMware Fusion (it doesn’t matter if you are running on Windows: VMware tools are ISO that runs on the guest side of the virtualization pipe) here:
https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/4.1.1/536016/packages/com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip.tar

un-tar and unzip the inner zip file. You are going to find a new darwin.iso file.
Connect it to the VM’s CD/DVD device and run the VMware tools inside.

Z.

Ryan

Thanks for this – I’ve been trying to find the updated vmware tools to get cut and paste working, didn’t think to check the comments on this page itself. Lol.

John Abraham

Please help me. I have my machine running in VMware Player, but when I start it, it goes to the gray screen with the Apple Logo in the center, then an all white screen with the spinning rainbow cursor and never moves on from there. What am I doing wrong?

Jonathan

try eject the bootable install disk

macloverKIN

hey its working nycly thanks BUT THE SOUND IS NOT WORKING CAN U PLZ TELL ME HOW TO SOUND DRIVER STALL ??

Jonathan

I’ve included sound drive and it’s download link in the guide

http://benisntfunny.com Ben

Very retard proof guide. Thank you.
Justin

Hey, i have an 32-bit intel core i3 acer laptop and was wondering about my RAM.. it has 4GB but says it only has 2.8GB usable. would that be a problem?

RB

It’s not exactly a problem, I would imagine 1.2GB is being used for graphics. You may experience slow performance however but give it a try.

MANGAE

GREAT TUTORIAL, ALL WORKS AS DESCRIBED

THANKS A LOT
Fave

Thank you! I’ve installed and upgraded to 10.7.3 without encountering any problems. My question now is how can I use the VMWare Player when my VMWare Workstation expires? Should I open the snapshots I took using the VMWare Player?
Ryan

Well dangit. Got everything up and running, except iCloud gives me “account limit reached”. Hrmph.
Purusoth

When i run the MAc OS X Lion unlocker as an administrator I am getting this error.

“C:\Users\Purusoth\Desktop\Mac OS X Lion VMware Files\VMware Unlocker – Mac OS
Guest\VMware Workstation Unlocker – Windows\windows_32.exe”‘ is not recognized
as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
—-
”
By the way, I’m using a Win7 64–bit OS and the VMWare is located in Programfiles(x86) so it because of that . pls hlep me .. I m stuck in ths step .
Angel

I want to change the keyboard type to Japanese so I tried to follow the instructions in this site (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mchlp2886.html). However, I can’t find the “Change Keyboard Type” button. Can anyone help me?

Jonathan

go to System Preferences > Language & Text

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dennis

has anyone gotten photo booth to work properly within vmware workstation? I getting a black screen saying “There is no connected camera”

Thanks.

Jonathan

VMware probably does not support with USB camera connection, so Photo booth is probably not going to work, or anything related to webcam

Siva Zona

Damn this is good….I was wondering can u make tutorial on how to dual boot win7 and osx lion.. If u have win7 already on computer.

Jonathan

check out the guide on http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/tag/hackintosh/

Obi

I installed everything and and it’s all working fine.. But I was curious If it was possible to somehow have the option of either booting windows 7 (native OS) or the Mac OS (dual booted) early on so you could choose

Jonathan

yes, that’s called Hackintosh

check out some of the guides here http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/tag/hackintosh/

botsjeh

Apparently there is a difference for cp -r between XXX/ and XXX, or am I mistaking?

Jonathan

if could be the difference between a directory or a file

nero

Hi i am having problems when turning on the machine. It is asking for a license key. I’ve already ran the unlocker. Any ideas?

Jonathan

the license key on VMware has nothing to do with Unlcoker for Mac OS X

http://huh? MAzbo1

I am trying to run Keynote in this VM and its relling me that I do not have enough Vram to run the presentation anyone knows how to up the Vram ?? I tried changing it in the .vmx file but still no go.

Jonathan

unfortunately there isn’t a way that I’m aware of. Since the VMware Workstation isn’t designed to run Mac OS X on Windows, graphics accelerations isn’t supported. That’s also one of the reason why you experience “lag” in the VM.
RB

Some users have reported improved performance by lowering their ram <= 6GB. Other than that there isn't a lot your can do besides updating hardware.

RB

Excellent guide, thanks a lot for your continued support. I tried to install the latest version of Xcode but was told i needed OSX 10.7.3 but I just consulted this guide and was glad to see you’ve updated it! Thanks again.
Logan

My VMWare workstation won’t activate with the unlocker it keeps asking for a license key whenever I try to run the virtual machine, please help!
http://www.facebook.com/xanhellx xanhellx

-It worked great! Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!
Samidjo

I installed it on Windows XP. The process works till Update 10.7.3 . The progress bar stops at about 10%. I have tried both combo and imzdl updates. Could anybody help?
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Sergey

Thank you very much! Everything working like a charm.
Dave C

For anyone still having trouble with the sound, I found that after I had installed the driver I had to go into the Virtual Machine settings, click the “Add” button and chose a sound card, then when the VM boots next you’ll have sound. Hope that helps someone!

Jonathan

thanks for the extra tips !

http://www.psp-flevoland.nl Squirrel61

Many thanks for this excellent guide! Now I can get rid of my 10.6.6 netbook which refused to update any further.

I’m now running 10.7.3. Installed and updated to 10.7.2 following your instructions. Then tried the 10.7.3 combo after taking a snapshot. It turned out that I needed the snapshot because my VM got stuck somewhere in the boot process after the obligatory restart.

In the second try, I used the online update. Copied the AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext to a safe location before starting the update and copied it back when the computer prompted for a restart. This step is probably useless, since the installation of the update only starts after the confirmation and then there’s no user interface left to restore the kext.

So was I just lucky, or isn’t the kext backup necessary at all when updating from 10.7.2 to 10.7.3?

Jonathan

i would say it’s always safer to have a backup for your “current working” kext

Cheers

http://eximitsolution tej

Cannot connect the virtual device ide1:0 because no corresponding device is available on the host.

Do you want to try to connect this virtual device every time you power on the virtual machine?
i am facing this issue pls help me
Jake

can you run microsoft office 2007 on this?

Jonathan

why do you want to run office 2007 in a Mac ? you run it on PC, besides Mac has different version of Office

M. Ahmed A. Fazli

Awesome tutorial.. i made it =)
with core i5 2.3GHz
8gb ram
500gb HDD
1Gb geforce GT520M
Musto

Thanks for this guide, it worked greated, haven’t tried the updates yet, I’ve installed ilife in order to use garage band.

I’ve literraly copied the VM onto an external USB 2 drive and the performance is a lot better(which is expected) but I’m thinking of buying a SSD drive, connecting via eSATA hoping to improve my performance yet again.

Can anyone recommend a good USB sound card which is compatible with mac os x lion? I’m basically trying to get this setup working so that I can edit music and play around with garageband, long term i will probably buy a mac but this Virtual Setup could potentially do a good enough job in the interim.

Thanks again guys

Musto
Benjamin

Hi, i followed this tutorial and it worked just fine.
But when i started using it i ran into some problems. When i open an app like keynote or pages i am not able to see what im writing or making.
Games doesent work either it just shows a black screen and i can hear the sound of the game.
Any solution?
kinghorsey

Anyone have updated links for the Mac OS X VMware unlocker since all the above links are dead?

Jonathan

I’ve reuploaded. Check out the update in the beginning of the post.

Cheers

kinghorsey

Thanks!
But isn’t the zip upload missing some files?

Jonathan

not really, that’s all you need to unlock VMware to run OS X. The missing bootable .vmdk file like I mentioned you need to download that separately
Jonathan

oh my bad, to start the configuration. right you do need those files. It’s missing hmm… well too bad I can’t find the original.

anyone who have previously downloaded were able to re-upload it again ?
Jonathan

forget what I said before, new link to the original Mac OS X Lion VMware unlocker.exe is reuploaded

Cheers

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Avneet

Mac OS X VMware unlocker not working links… Please help.

http://twitter.com/JonathanHu Jonathan Hu

it works, with the latest update. see top of the post

Dann Roxs

”error 5 has occurred” when I try and run windows.bat

windows7hacker

try run as admin, if that doesn’t work. you can just manually disable all the VMware services and/or processors, then run the windows_32.exe from commend line

Germukas

Hello , im getting a really annoying problem . I have a netbook Samsung RF series, 8gb ram, itel core i7. And when i’m about to do something in OS X LION num lock just blinks several time on and off, its really annoying. How can i hide this ? thanks
Kevin

The Mac Logo shows up and I get this
“The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point”
David

Really good tutorial, worked really fine.
With a 3D acceleration upgrade this would get near perfection.
Keep on the good work!
thedarkzero

when i tried it it says “The selected virtual disk is incompatible with this Workstation 6.5-7.x virtual machine. Adding this disk would make this virtual machine incompatible with older VMware products.” i know what it means but i don’t know how to change it. help!

ne0xys

Edit/Preferences/Default Hardware Compatibility
Change to 8. That’s it.

Dooha_333

Thanks for this great tutorial

However when I try to update to 10.7.2 I get the message ”
Mac OS X Combined can’t be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update.” what is the problem ?
Avneet Singh

Hey again!

I have a problem. After running Mac OS X on my virtual drive, I find it taking too long to load. In fact, it isn’t running. My virtual machine is stuck at this step. Please Help Soon!
Hendi101

HELP!!!!
ive downloaded this file Then i go into Terminal and enter the code but i get this message:

“cp: illegal option — /
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P] ] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P] ] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file … target_directory”

and i cant continue with the installation!!!
Thekenichi26

I was trying to run windows.bat but it gave me a system 5 error. what do i do?

Thekenichi26

*system error 5

Lukasz

go to folder and open “windows.bat” file clicking right mouse button and choose “run as administrator”. Worked for me

please answer anyone!

can i install this VMDK file directlly on my hardrive without using VMware?
http://club15cc.com/ Club 15CC

Thanks. The darwin_snow.iso tip was what I needed to get the full monitor resolution. Much obliged! Btw,
http://www.youtube.com/MrZackehhSoul provides consistent and reliable torrents and tutorials for anyone trying to get this to work…
Darifianto

please Guy’s.
I cant have the link for Mac OS .vmdk Please kindly send the link to my email
darifianto@d76196a7c6a7e79bcd5e5613aa2167eb:disqus yahoo.com
Asad_ca4u

My Issue is that when i finish the install, the initial setup finishes, but then it goes back to the beginning of the initial setup where it asks for the Apple ID and computer account setup. It wont go past that step, please help.
Hasinullah2008

Thank you very much
Doelerz

I am getting this upon boot? Any help?

Thanks

Abhishek Mazumdar

i also have the same problem As yours doelerz. have you found any solution to this yet..?? please HELP..!!!

Abhishek Mazumdar

doelerz … i also was having same problem when i used vm player …but when i used workstation it worked fine

mel23

Hi there- The April 12 unlocker link (to the ZIP archive) is not working. Can you please repost a working link? Thank you!!! (I tried the unlocker at
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=268531, but it doesn’t seem to be working for me…)
Ernesto Raventos

Jonathan this is my problem when i click on power on this virtual machine everything runs very good but when it gives me the option to install Mac OS X
it says select the disk where you want to install Mac OS X.
I dont see any disk and i cant continue.
Please Help me.
Thank you for yor understanding

TLam

you will need to erase your disk before installing Lion. Go back to the splash screen and click on disk utility, then on the vmware disk, then go to the erase tab, name it something then click erase. When its done, you can just x out of disk utility. then go onto installing OSX. Hope this helped

Ernesto Raventos

I dont see any disk utility option the first page i see its to select a language the second one is the agreement and then the third one i cant click next because it says select a hard disk to install OS and i dont see anythin, please help me

Ernesto Raventos

Should i find the disk utility option before i click power on virtual machine or somewhere inside vmware?

dailycupofjoe

It’s on the top where you choose the hard disk

Nicu Rusu

The MAC OS X LION UNLOCKER links doesnt work!! Please someone can send me the file at canicumd@gmail.com
Nicu Rusu

I get System error 5 when opening windows.bat in command, PLEASE HELP

Mastermindnm9000

Nicu, try opening the file by giving it administrative control. So, right click on the file before opening and select ‘run as admin.’

Mastermindnm9000

Nicu, try opening the file by giving it administrative control. So, right click on the file before opening and select ‘run as admin.’
Ernesto Raventos

Guys please help me when I First try to install the OS It wont lete because indont see any hard drive please help I added a pictures 3 posts down thank you very much
http://twitter.com/joeyismusic Joey Sturgis

This is too much work for what you get.
Crunchattak

Hy the link to update to 10.7.3 via imzdl is broken. Can you post a new link?
Thank in advance.
teat

>Nicu, try opening the file by giving it administrative control. So, right click on the file before opening and select ‘run as admin.’
I encountered the same problem. Even I right click or shift + right click, there is no “run as admin” option.
I installed the work station v8. I thought this might be the problem and tried v7. But I don’t have a client ID or whatever ID from VMware for version 7, I couldn’t finish installing v7.

What should I do?
Abhishek Mazumdar

everytime i try running “Mac OS X LION.vmx” through VM Player it stucks me in between like this (as shown in the image). PLEASE HELP..!!
My Pc Configurations are :

Motherboard : Asus P5G41T-M LX3
Processor : Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 (3.0 Cache)
RAM : 4GB (DDR3)
Graphics Card : NVidia GeForce 8400 gs (1 GB)
Virtualization Technology : Enabled

Abhishek Mazumdar

my this problem wad solved by using “Workstation 8″

Henk

Excellent tutorial there jonathan. Everything runs fine on my Dell Latitude i5-2520m. I’d like to use it to get started with iOS development.
As running OSx on non-Apple hardware is ‘illegal’, do you think developing apps and finally trying to add them to the Appstore might by risky in any way? That it somehow shows I used a VMWare setup instead of Apple equipment and they can block me or anything similar?
Osuron07

Any tips on getting 10.7.4 to install? I was able to get the first 3 updates done with no issues. But the new 10.7.4 gets stuck at boot, and I’ve tried the steps listed above with AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext and just doing a software update, no luck. I use vmware player, anyone have success with updating on it? Or even vmware workstation?

Andy

10.7.4 does not work using this method, i am a VMWare VCP and have a licenced VMWare workstation 8 install, ive tried a couple of times now, .3 is fine .4 fails.
Looking into why ill let you know what if anything i can see.

Osuron07

I appreciate the response, thanks. Hope you are able to figure it out because it’s out of my league.

Abhishek Mazumdar

whenever i try ro run the “mac os x lion.vmdk” file through workstation 8 ..it says “The file specified is not a virtual disk”….Please HELP..!!!!!!!!

Osuron07

If you are following the instructions, maybe it was just a corrupted download? I used these instructions on vmware player and workstation 8, both with complete success.

Abhishek Mazumdar

Thx 4 ur sugedtion……..can u provide me the vdmk download..i live India & a few weeks back all torrent sites have been blocked here…so i cannot download it again..or u can also send me a download link of the vdmk file

Osuron07

I have no place to upload it to I’m sorry.

Abhishek Mazumdar

now i got the right download ,,everything went smoothly..but when i clicked “power on this virtual machine”..it gave me an error saying..
”
Unable to open file “C:UsersrawrVMWareMac OS X LionMac OS X Lion.vmdk”: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot.”Please HELP..!

Ernesto Raventos

Guys this is my problem when i click on power on this virtual machine everything runs very good but when it gives me the option to install Mac OS X
it says select the disk where you want to install Mac OS X.
I dont see any disk and i cant continue.
Please Help me.
Thank you for yor understanding
Im using 64 bit is that why?

Osuron07

No you have to create a second hard disk to install it too. One hard disk is configured for the lion installer, the other empty hard disk will be where the installer installs lion too. Once you’re done installing, you can delete the hard disk with the Lion installer.

Otlds

This is an excellent tutorial and works perfectly if you follow it step by step.
WARNING!!!!! Do not upgrade to the new 10.7.4 it will freeze your VM at boot.
Hoping that someone finds a fix for this…. Real bummer
Hansvds

Before the last OS X Lion update from last friday, may 11, the virtual machine in Vmware 8.02 on W7 took about a minute to start up, now it takes about 20 minutes before I can log in.
No changes in W7 software or hardware just the Apple update.
Any ideas?
Ovidiu

I updated incrementally to .1 > .2 > .3 and >.4, without any issues. 1, 2 and 3 boot and work correctly, but .4 boots extremely slow (more than 10 minutes, while the others boot in less than 1). In the end though, .4 works correctly and suspending the VM from VMWare solves the long boot issue until a fix will be available.
Mike

Error while powering on: Unable to open file “C:UsersrawrVMWareMac OS X LionMac OS X Lion.vmdk”: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot. Any Ideas?

Thanks

Abhishek Mazumdar

i also have the same problem..please post here as soon as you get a solution to this

Dfdhgfhg

can you upload the latest version of vmware tools? Would be nice if the graphics driver was a little bit faster.
Jrfizzle3

I click on the batch file and run as administrator but it says that this is not a recognized as an integral or operable command or bat file. This is the image I get. What should I do?
Jrfizzle3

Here is the link to a video of my problem. Any help?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGITP7eF1wM&feature=plcp
Abhishek Mazumdar

Unable to open file “E:VMWareMac OS X LionMac OS X Lion.vmdk”: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot……”
Please HELP….!

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