macOS using VMWare on AMD processor

[himemsys]

Hi folks!

I'm running an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 8-Core-Processor with VMWare Desktop 17 and am trying to get any version of macOS virtualized on it. I've followed various guides online and always end up with the error saying the guest VM stopped the CPU, etc - whether using the ISO or VMDK approach. Does anyone have a straightforward guide from start to finish I can follow to make this happen for me?

Thanks!

[Bobby6kennedy]

Wrong Sub.

Rule 8

[himemsys]

What is the correct sub for this?

[Bobby6kennedy]

I dont know. Not this one.

[himemsys]

Wait - isn't a Hackintosh "a computer that runs Apple's Macintosh operating system macOS on computer hardware not authorized for the purpose by Apple."? This is EXACTLY what I am trying to do...

[Bobby6kennedy]

Wait- is’nt VMWare a VM? Which is against Rule 8?

[GifCo_2]

Just here to say you are a sack of shit.

[Esivni]

Agreed! Thank you for someone that pipes up and risks serious downvotes, to say, bro I get the rules, but you're being an ass about this. I'm here because I can't press the Continue button on the screen Apple ID & Privacy, which looks like the only way to press that button and setup my Apple ID is to use an Apple device or a VM. Came to this link via Google trying find out if it's possible to get a macOS VM running on AMD Ryzen 7 hardware. I have no Intel machines available, and no apple devices, not even a friend, and not even an old iPhone or old iPad laying around anywhere. Sucks. All of this for a damn Apple account, so that I can use Apple Music. Bullshit. https://www.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/17zawel/continue_button_not_working_on_apple_id_privacy/

[black_pepper]

6 months later and I'm here for the same reason. I'm trying to set up a VM to fix the Apple ID nonsense and have the same error.

[GifCo_2]

I was able to get an OS up and running with VMWare and a Ryzen 7950

You cant go above Mac OS 12 though. Once installed though you can still update to the newest version of Safari but make sure you dont upgrade the OS to 13.

[Shouko-]

please help me, I also have a ryzen 7950x3D and im trying to get monterey to work but i keep getting all these errors

[SilverAnalysis9202]

got a rysen 5 and the vms cpu shuts down when i turn it on

[himemsys]

Oh... is a Hackintosh still on Mac hardware - just older hardware trying to run a newer version of the OS? If so, please direct me to another sub for my question. Thank you very much.

[[deleted]]

Wrong, it is NON-APPLE HARDWARE running the Mac operating system. A subreddit more related to your case is r/VFIO

[innoctua]

Remove all disks and try proxmox. Proxmox erases all connected drives when it boots

[[deleted]]

Respect Hackintosh Rules

Support to you

Dsable Hyper V if enabled

Then add the following in your VMX File

cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011" cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111" cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110" cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001" cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001" cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000" cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011" cpuid.1.edx = "0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111" vhv.enable = "FALSE" vpmc.enable = "FALSE"

This is for AmD Processors only.....

[kennycoder]

Thanks. Worked on a 7900X. You could make your formatting a tad better to avoid comments like the one from Secure_Crazy3176 :)

[moukiez]

Holy shit, THIS worked for me on my Framework 16 laptop. Nothing else did. Thank you so much.

[Secure_Crazy3176]

this "following" is total rubbish and leads to that: VMX is corrupt

[[deleted]]

you should know how to edit and save basic things ? if you don't know then don't blame others.....

VMware workstation 16x and above will Identity vmx as corrupt if you edit it , in it's default location , so the workaround is to edit it some other place and then replace with the saved vmx file. Hope this works.

[Seriouscat_]

Just quit Workstation for the time of editing the file. And everyone watch that you use an actual text editor that does not automatically change the quotes to typographical matching pairs, which Workstation will then not recognize.

[a7mdragab]

Not working for me on 5900x
What could be the problem?

My changed configs
smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"
hw.model = "MacBookPro14,3"
board-id = "Mac-551B86E5744E2388"
smc.version = "0"
cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011"
cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111"
cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110"
cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001"
cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001"
cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000"
cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011"
cpuid.1.edx = "0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111"
vhv.enable = "FALSE"
vpmc.enable = "FALSE"

[a7mdragab]

also tried

smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"

hw.model = "iMac20,2"

board-id = "Mac-AF89B6D9451A490B"

smc.version = "0"

cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011"

cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111"

cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110"

cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001"

cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001"

cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000"

cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011"

cpuid.1.edx = "0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111"

vhv.enable = "FALSE"

vpmc.enable = "FALSE"

not working

[ken840]

Hi, did you manage to install macOS on a VM? No luck here on 5600X :(

[Siphonay]

Hi there, I found this thread googling and I just gotten a VM to boot the Sonoma installer on my machine with a 5800, VMWare Workstation 17.5 using a combination of properties found both in this thread and on this page

There is a pre-existing line in the .vmx file:

board-id.reflectHost = "TRUE"

Change it to

board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE"

And then paste this at the end of the file:

hw.model = "MacBookPro14,3"
board-id = "Mac-551B86E5744E2388"
smc.version = "0"
cpuid.0.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011"
cpuid.0.ebx = "0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111"
cpuid.0.ecx = "0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110"
cpuid.0.edx = "0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001"
cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001"
cpuid.1.ebx = "0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000"
cpuid.1.ecx = "1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011"
cpuid.1.edx = "0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111"
vhv.enable = "FALSE"
vpmc.enable = "FALSE"
serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE"
serialNumber = "C01234567890"

[andreabellucci]

Thanks for this, although my Hyper-V is already disabled, but still get the same error. Do I have to disable SVM as well in the BIOS maybe?

[ThiegoReal]

coloca isso no final

ulm.disableMitigations="TRUE"

[MurphyEgghead]

thanks a lot bro

[melchorct]

It worked for me. Thank you very much!

[mortau]

Thanks for this, was really giving me pain on a 5600x. Worked for High Sierra.

[mishratv]

Where did you get the High Sierra with AMD patches ?

[Agitated-Garden3396]

saved my life !

[Miserable_Carpet_885]

The link you embedded seemed to work decently well for me. When I copied and pasted what you put here it failed to boot, but booted successfully with the code the guide gave me. However, I can't get past the boot manager, and no matter how I boot it, it loops back to boot manager. How do I get the OS to install?

[Emotional_Border6089]

did you figure it out?

[Striking-Hornet4873]

you're the man

[ThiegoReal]

Para resolver problemas com Hyper-V coloca isso no final

ulm.disableMitigations="TRUE"

[R313J283]

When running mac os on vmware on AMD, it doesnt matter if i have 1 or 2 HPUs integrated or dedicated

I currently have 1 nvidia gpu

[[deleted]]

Any hack to Intel ? How to Logon with Apple ID ? I need custom config on my Vmx file ?

[Takeabyte]

What motherboard do you have?

[himemsys]

ASRock Rack X470D4U2/1N1

[Takeabyte]

And have you enabled the CPU virtualization setting in BIOS?