Running a MacOS 13 Ventura VM in VMware
Installing and Configuring VMware
Download a MacOS Ventura .iso Download
Download VMware Workstation Player Download
Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation Download
Install VMware Workstation Player, accepting the defaults
Extract the downloaded MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation
Inside the extracted file, right click Unlocker.exe > Run as administrator
Click the Patch button
Wait for patching to complete before continuing
Creating the Ventura VM
Launch VMware Workstation Player
Click Continue to use Workstation Player for free for non-commercial use
Click Finish
Click Create a New Virtual Machine on the right side of the application
Select Installer disc image file (iso) > Browse to and select the downloaded MacOS Ventura .iso > Click Next
Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 13 > Click Next
Name the VM MacOS13 and set the path to store the VM files > Click Next
Adjust the disk size if necessary > Click Next
Click Finish
Open File Explorer and navigate to the VM files
Edit the .vmx file in a text editor
Search for board-id.reflectHost and set the value to "FALSE"
board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE"
Search for ethernet0.virtualDev and set the value to "vmxnet3"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
Then paste the following options at the bottom of the file
board-id = "Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95"
hw.model.reflectHost = "FALSE"
hw.model = "MacBookPro19,1"
serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE"
serialNumber = "C01234567890"
NOTE: If running an AMD processor, add the following additional options to the bottom of the file
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"
smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"
Right click on the MacOS13 VM > Power On
Installing MacOS Ventura
After an initialization sequence the MAC OS Setup should start
Select a Language > Click the next arrow
Select Disk Utility
Select the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media > Click Erase
Name the drive MacOS > Set the Format to APFS > Click Erase
Click Done > Close Disk Utility
Click Install macOS Ventura (13 beta)
Click Continue > Click Agree > Click Agree again
Select the MacOS disk > Click Install
Wait while Mac OS installs files, the VM will reboot several times
Select your Country > Click Continue
Confirm your languages and keyboard layout > Click Continue
Click Not Now on the Accessibility screen
Click Continue on the Data & Privacy screen
Select Not Now on the Migration Assistant screen
Select Set Up Later and then Skip on the Apple ID screen
Click Agree > Agree again
Enter a name, user name, password > Click Continue
Click Customize Settings
Click Continue > Select Use or Don't Use for Location Services
Pick a time zone > Click Continue
Choose whether to share analytics with Apple > Click Continue
Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen
Pick a theme > Click Continue
Welcome to MacOS 13 Ventura
Install VMware Tools (optional, but recommended)
Right click the Install MacOS disc on the desktop > Eject
On the VMware toolbar click Player > Removable Devices > CD/DVD > Settings
Click Browse next to ISO Image File > Browse to the extracted Unlocker files \tools > Select darwin.iso
Click the Connected checkbox
Click OK
Inside the VM, double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer
When prompted, go into the Security settings and scroll to the bottom > Click Allow next to VMware > Reboot
After rebooting double click the mounted VMware tools and run the installer again
After the install succeeds, reboot again