If you need to install Windows, Linux or any other Operating System in your computer, one of the best choices is to virtualize them.
What? Yes, virtualizing an Operating System is to run them on other OS. That means that you can run Windows on Mac or Linux. The hosted OS can be run at any moment as if it were a common program, without having to restart the computer. The only problem is that they will share the resources, so you'll have to be careful with RAM if you don't want to have problems.
VMWare Fusion can be used to install the other OS in a new partition or in a disc image. The hosted Operating System will work as usual.
VMWare Fusion is a very good choice. It can take screenshots, resume applications, deal with USB, DVD units, bluetooth adapters,...
One of the main features of VMWare Fusion is the one called Easy Install that will allow you to install any Operating System without having to keep an eye on the installation, just provide name, pass and serial number and VMWare Install will do the rest.
RequirementsWhat? Yes, virtualizing an Operating System is to run them on other OS. That means that you can run Windows on Mac or Linux. The hosted OS can be run at any moment as if it were a common program, without having to restart the computer. The only problem is that they will share the resources, so you'll have to be careful with RAM if you don't want to have problems.
VMWare Fusion can be used to install the other OS in a new partition or in a disc image. The hosted Operating System will work as usual.
VMWare Fusion is a very good choice. It can take screenshots, resume applications, deal with USB, DVD units, bluetooth adapters,...
One of the main features of VMWare Fusion is the one called Easy Install that will allow you to install any Operating System without having to keep an eye on the installation, just provide name, pass and serial number and VMWare Install will do the rest.
Only for Mac computers with Intel processors and MAC OS X 10.4.9 or higher.You'll have to register in the VMWare Fusion website to run it.
VMware Fusion Player 12 is now free for personal use on the Mac!
Last month VMware announced VMware Fusion 12. The new version includes macOS Big Sur support for host and guest. VMware also announced that the Mac version is now FREE ($149 Normal Price) for personal use! Previously the Free VMware player was only available on Windows. You can use it to test macOS, Windows 10, or Linux. If you’ve always wanted to set up a macOS VM, now is the time. It’s never been easier to build a test VM, so let’s get started!
VMware Fusion for Mac, free and safe download. VMware Fusion latest version: Run Other Computer OS Alongside Your macOS. VMware Fusion is a software virtualization hypervisor—or virtual machine monitor—developed by VMw. VMware Fusion 12 VMware Fusion delivers the best way to run Windows on the Mac, and the ultimate development and testing tool for building apps to run on any platform. Ready for macOS 11.0 Big Sur, Fusion 12 supports macOS 10.15 Catalina and includes new features for developers, IT admins and everyday users.
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VMware notes that the free version is available for the following situations.
Snapshots With VMware Fusion Pro you can use Snapshots to create a ‘rollback point’ to revert to on-the-fly. System Requirements: 64-bit capable Intel® Mac (Compatible with Core 2 Duo, Xeon, i3, i5, i7 processors or better).Minimum 4GB of RAM.750MB free disk space for VMware Fusion and at least 5GB for each virtual machine.
Fusion Player offers a Personal Use License, available for free with a valid MyVMware account. Home users, Open Source contributors, students, and anyone else can use Fusion Player Free for Non-Commercial activity.
VMware.comIf you are one of those, head over to the registration site.
Once registered you will see your license key, be sure to document this somewhere as you will need it when you install VMware Fusion Player.
If you didn’t and need to find your license key later, use this link.
This link also has a download area to get the the 600MB .dmg installer.
Install VMware Fusion Player 12
Open the .dmg and install Fusion Player 12. NOTE: VMware Fusion 12 requires macOS Catalina or newer. Once complete, open the application and you will be prompted to enter in the license key.
When you first start VMWare Fusion you will get a Select Install Method Screen. In the past you needed to run through a bunch of steps to create a macOS Install .ISO file. Not anymore, you can just drag and drop the full Install macOS Install.app (or Windows iso or Linux .iso) over to this window to begin!
The next screen will let you select macOS installer.app file. You will normally only see the one that you just dragged over. In my case, I have already installed 10.14, 10.15 and 11.0. Click Continue.
You will now see a final finish screen, before you start to configure the VM.
The next screen will tell you that VMware Fusion Player is creating installation media.
You will get a warning about running this VM machine with side channel mitigations enable. It says that side channel mitigations provide enhanced security but lower performance. You can change the settings when the VM is not running in the Advanced panel of the VM.
The new macOS VM is booting to the installer! Once booted, it will be just like you booted into the recovery partition. All you need to do is select Install macOS to begin.
30 Minutes or so later you will be at the Setup Assistant Screen.
Congratulations! You’ve just built your first macOS virtual Machine!
Snapshots
One of the best features about having a macOS virtual machine is snapshots. You can build out a fresh OS and then take a snapshot before you make any changes to the system. Did the test not work? No big deal! Instead of reinstalling the OS to test again, just revert back to a previous snapshot! It’s literally that simple. You can access snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu bar item.
Boot your macOS VM to Recovery Mode
Quick Way –
sudo nvram 'recovery-boot-mode=unused' && sudo reboot
To get back to macOS out just reboot!
Thanks for the tip Mike! More info here – https://mrmacintosh.com/boot-to-internet-recovery-recovery-partition-or-diagnostics-from-macos/
2. Long Way.
If you need to boot the VM to macOS Recovery mode, all you need to do is edit the .vmx file located in
/Users/youruserfolder/Virtual Machines/vmnamehere
Right on the file and then select “Show Package Contents”. Inside will be your vmnamehere.vmx file. Right click on that file and edit it with your favorite text editor. Add this line at the very end of the file and click save.
macosguest.forceRecoveryModeInstall = 'TRUE'
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Start up the VM an you will now be in recovey mode.
To boot back to macOS, open that same file and delete the line that you just added above and click save.
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The final step is to delete the
.nvram
file in that same directory.NOTE: 10/07/20
I am having trouble booting to recovery with Big Sur Beta, I’m going to run a few more tests. This works fine on 10.14 and 10.15.
If you have any questions, leave a comment below!
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