how to import a VM from windows to mac

[vijgarud]

I have created a windows 2016 server VM on using VM workstation 16 pro .

I want to import this into my M1 Mac.

Could anyone please let me know how to import this 

[continuum]

Power off VM on Windows.
Remove snapshots ...
Zip full directory
Copy zip to Mac and unzip it
Open directory and doubleclick vmx-file

Ulli

[palter]

Actually, ignore the above.

Your Windows 2016 Server virtual machine is an x86 (Intel) architecture virtual machine. The M1 Mac is an ARM architecture system. No virtualization product (VMware, Parallels) can run an Intel VM on an M1 system.

There are emulator, not virtualization, solutions (i.e., QEMU and UTM) which can run x86 systems on an M1 Mac but you'll find that emulation is excruciatingly slow.

[scott28tt]

You would be OK if you had an Intel Mac.

[continuum]

Oops - overlooked the m1 part ...

Ulli

[vijgarud]

Thank you for the comments.I was looking for a possibility and now i can be satisfied that its not possible

[JamesKing75]

I have VMware workstation pro. My current method for installing a copy of Mac OS is to download a Niresh ISO and then use that to create a legitimate Mac OS installer.

But, considering I'm using a virtual machine, I was wondering - is there a place where I can just download a legitimate, unmodified, MacOS Sierra ISO without first installing Niresh?

[Technogeezer]

If you are trying to run macOS under VMware Workstation, that’s not supported by VMware. It’s also a violation of Apple’s  licensing agreements to run macOS on non Apple hardware. 

Similar to people asking about  Hackintoshes, don’t  expect any discussion that would involve breaking Apple’s EULA to get very far here. . 

[anilspp]

Thanks for sharing.