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iPodShuffle · ‎05-16-2022

I have a VM with Windows XP Professional SP3 that I want to use for nostalgia purposes and I am quite new when it comes to virtual machines. I think the internet somewhat works in the sense that goog...

I have a VM with Windows XP Professional SP3 that I want to use for nostalgia purposes and I am quite new when it comes to virtual machines. I think the internet somewhat works in the sense that google.com comes up, but almost nothing else does. It's a factory fresh install so I don't know if doing any troubleshooting steps regarding restoring settings will change anything. Does this have to do with things like certificates? I enabled TLS 1.0 in the Internet Explorer settings and would be happy to download a newer XP-compatible web browser on my host computer and copy it into the VM if that solves things, but I'm a bit unsure how to move forward since a lot of troubleshooting articles I come across are for advanced users with very specific scenarios and my issue seems more general. Happy to provide any clarifying information. Thank you!

iPodShuffle · ‎07-31-2021

I know some people virtualize older OSes with the corresponding hardware of the time order to simulate a specific computer model. In my case, I'm hoping to virtualize bootable backups of old Macs of ...

I know some people virtualize older OSes with the corresponding hardware of the time order to simulate a specific computer model. In my case, I'm hoping to virtualize bootable backups of old Macs of mine (as well as play around on fresh installations of older OS versions) and I don't care to preserve the experience of the slower hardware specifications of the time but would rather take advantage of my current Mac's power. If I'm not mistaken, when selecting the OS version being installed in VMware Fusion, the settings default to a virtual hardware configuration that more or less match that time period, right? Is there any reason I shouldn't just pump up the CPU cores, RAM, et cetera, to the maximum allowable in the VM settings in order to get the fastest virtualization experience? Does VMware Fusion have a dynamic "Maximum available" VM hardware setting that can either assign the maximum without me needing to specific select it, and/or dynamically adjust based on the available resources (which might change as I open and close applications on my actual computer)? Thank you!

iPodShuffle · ‎07-26-2021

Wow, thank you for the detailed how-to! This worked perfectly. I'll just add that the installer did mention the certificate being expired but I was able to click a button to continue anyway, without...

Wow, thank you for the detailed how-to! This worked perfectly. I'll just add that the installer did mention the certificate being expired but I was able to click a button to continue anyway, without needing to change the system clock or anything like that. I had previously had trouble dragging and dropping to and from the virtual machine but your note to install VMware Tools on the VM was a necessary step I was missing. I don't know the technical reason, but as dempson mentions, the InstallMacOSX.dmg disk image and the resulting InstallMacOSX.pkg installer aren't usable by VMware to install the OS. It's only the resulting Install OS X Mountain Lion.app application (or corresponding name depending on the OS version) that is usable as an installer. And as they explained, newer Macs can't run the older OSes, so I did this all within an existing VM running the same OS version as my computer itself. What is the reason that the technical check for OS version / hardware support gets skipped when being run within a VM? Did Apple do something intentionally to make it easier to run virtual machines, or is it because it can't determine the hardware and it just therefore allows it? Thank you!

iPodShuffle · ‎07-25-2021

I hope I'm posting in the right sub-forum. I'm using the free VMware Fusion Player license (application version 12.1.2 running on a 2020 Intel Mac running macOS 10.15.7). I tried installing Mac OS X ...

I hope I'm posting in the right sub-forum. I'm using the free VMware Fusion Player license (application version 12.1.2 running on a 2020 Intel Mac running macOS 10.15.7). I tried installing Mac OS X 10.7 Lion downloaded from Apple's website here (I own the original DVD as well, but don't have an optical drive), yet I can't seem to install it. I go to File --> New, click "Install from disc or image," select the corresponding InstallMacOSX.dmg disk image file, selecting the specific OS version (I tried selecting the 32-bit and 64-bit versions in separate attempts since I'm not sure which the linked installer is) and both times when the instance reboots, it says it couldn't find a hard drive or CD-ROM drive ("No compatible bootloader found" for each one). VMware then opens a window saying "No operating system was found." I get the same error when trying Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and I haven't yet tried other OS versions. I came across this help article but it reference Boot Camp and I am not using Windows in this case. I also came across this post which seems relevant, but my Mac is too new to run that older OS, so the InstallMacOSX.pkg contained within the disk image won't run (what it normally does is install and installer in the Applications folder, then you can open that and the computer restarts and begins the installation process). Any tips to create a new virtual machine get a fresh installation up of the old operating system would be great. Thank you!

iPodShuffle · ‎02-20-2021

I am a new user to VMware using Fusion Player version 12.1.0 on my modern Mac with the free user license. I was able to install Windows 10 on a virtual machine very easily, and I'm having a little ...

I am a new user to VMware using Fusion Player version 12.1.0 on my modern Mac with the free user license. I was able to install Windows 10 on a virtual machine very easily, and I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to create a Mac virtual machine. My idea is to create VMs to virtualize my old Macs, which I currently have backed up as .sparsebundle disk images on a single external USB drive. Is it possible to import or clone these into a VM, since they already have all of the macOS system files and whatnot? Thank you! Moderator edit by wila: Moved to VMware Fusion discussions

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Internet largely not working in Windows XP VM

Virtualizing older Mac OS versions—why not max out virtual CPU and RAM settings?

Re: Creating older Mac OS VM - "No operating system found"

Creating older Mac OS VM - "No operating system found"

Creating virtual machine from from old Macs