A Windows PC (4GB RAM with Vitualization enabled in BIOS)
How to install Mac OS X in Windows using VMware
Launch VMware program
Click on File > New Virtual Machine
In the window that appears next, Click on Custom (advanced) then click on Next
Select Workstation 12.0 in the hardware compatibility drop-down box then click on Next
Click on "Installer disc image file (ISO)" then click on Browse
Navigate to the location of the Mavericks ISO file > select it then click on Open
Click on Next
Tick the round box beside Apple Mac OS X
Then select Mac OS X 10.7 in the drop-down box (Mavericks is actually 10.9 but this is to prevent future errors)
Click on Next
Give your virtual machine a name then Click on Next
Tick the round box beside BIOS then Click on Next
Select number of processors (should be 1 then you can increase the number of cores of processor depending on your PC's specs)
Set RAM size for the virtual machine (a minimum of 2GB is required)
Tick the round box beside "Use network address translation (NAT)" then Click on Next
Tick the round box beside "LSI Logic" then Click on Next
Tick the round box beside "SATA" then Click on Next
Tick the round box beside "Create a new virtual disk" then Click on Next
Specify the maximum disk size (should be above 15GB) then Tick the round box beside "Store virtualdisk as a single file" then Click on Next
Leave the disk file name the way it is then Click on Next
On the next window that appears, Click on Finish
Click on "Power on this virtual machine"
A black CMD prompt like screen should appear, Press Enter key to proceed
Select "Use english for the main language" then click the arrow button
Click on Continue
The license agreement screen should appear, Click on Agree
Click on Utilities > Disk Utility...
Select the disk with the partition size you created earlier on > Click on the ERASE tab
format: should be Mac OS Extended
Name: can be anything you like
Then click on Erase
In the confirmation box that appears, click Erase
Once the disk has been erased successfully, Click the small red button on the top left hand corner in order to close the disk utility windows
Click on Customize
Open up "Other Optimizations" > tick the check box beside VMware-Virtual-Machine then click OK
Select the disk you erased earlier and Click on Install
Wait while Mac OS Mavericks installs
Once successful, the installation process would prompt for a restart (it would auto-restart after a 10 secs countdown)
You might get stuck on a blank grey coloured screen (If you don't then skip this step)
Simply force restart the guest OS (click on the small arrow beside the pause button then click on Restart Guest)
Wait while the Guest OS restarts (Mac OS should begin loading)
On the welcome screen, tick the check box beside Show All > scroll down and select your country from the list then click on Continue
Choose your keyboard layout (select US if you are not sure) then click continue
Choose your network connection profile then click continue
Select "Don't transfer any information now" and click continue
Click on Agree to proceed from the license agreement screen
In the confirmation box that appears, click on Agree
Fill in your name, account name and password (it's compulsory) then click continue
Wait while Mac sets up the machine
Once successful, you should now get to the Mac OS desktop screen
Important Notice
Account creation might be skipped during installation process. If this happens, Use the details below to login into the OS
Username: root
Password: niresh
This post was last modified: 04-10-2019, 08:28 PM by X3non.