Install Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) on Vmware 8

First, we need to make a statement. The article is intended for beginners of the Apple system.

The technology is developing too fast, so this type of articles still need to look at the timeliness. When I first installed a Mac, I referred to many articles on the Internet that ranked the top of the Baidu, none of which is suitable for me, I am not talking about the low version (outdated: VMWare 7 + Mac 10.6 Leopard version), but there are various problems in the installation process, so I have explored a set of methods to prove feasible, for reference, I hope that Mac can be used to install it on a PC with one click (I don't want to buy an Apple computer, but I don't want to handle it for iOS ). In general, VMWare is still very easy to install Mac, unlike the hard disk version of Mac, but also to toss the partition table.

By the end of this article, the latest version of VMware is version 8.0, and the latest version of Mac OS is version 10.7 lion (lion version). If you have an updated version, I suggest you don't have to read it down. The new version has a new version of installation method. If there are no related articles on the internet, try it yourself. Maybe the new version is getting simpler and simpler.

Step 1: Check your CPU

VMware requires 64-bit CPU and hardware Virtualization

1. What about CPU? Download a tool like CPU-Z, check, in the "Instruction Set" section, CPU containing em64t and VT-X will pass. If you don't have these two items, stop them. Game over!

2. After checking that your CPU is up to standard, you must manually enable hardware virtualization.

Enter the BIOS of your machine. Expand the CPU settings and select enable as the virtualizationg option. The specific settings are different. The BIOS manufacturers are different. It is roughly the same. If you have a notebook instruction, There are instructions on settings.

3. Note: After the BIOS is set, it must be shut down and then started to take effect, rather than restarting directly. (This is not mentioned in many articles on the Internet)

Step 2VMWare

1. Download the official version of VMware Workstation 8.0, download it from the official website, search for the serial number online, install VMWare, and continue.

2. Start VMware 8 and create a virtual machine (new virtual machine)

3. Click Next

4. Do not ask why. Follow the instructions below:

5. Name the Virtual Machine by yourself. The location is where you want to put the Virtual Machine File

6. CPU settings:

7. The memory is set to 2 GB. In practice, it turns out that setting 2 GB for a notebook is hard:

8. Install a VM Nic

9. Continue

10. Set the hard disk size of the VM:

11. This is a hard disk file, and Mac is in it.

12. Finally, finish.

13. Just now finish the new (create virtual machine) section, then edit (edit Virtual Machine), continue, go!

14. Remove the soft drive; otherwise, the system will be restarted infinitely.

15. After the soft drive is complete, the optical drive is used up:

16. Set the Virtual Machine graphics card:

17. VMWare 8.0 still does not provide the Mac option. manually modify the virtual machine configuration file. In the installation directory of your virtual machine hard disk file (forgot where: Check step 2 ), find the following file, open it with notepad, modify, change guestos = "freebsd-64 to" darwin10 "or" darwin11 ":

18. After saving the file, restart the VM and edit the VM again. You can see the options for Mac 10.7:

19. The installation is coming soon. The first step of installation is to place the original Mac OS 10.7. ISO image file to the drive of the VM:

Important:

In this step, I have tried DMG installation, various versions of boot files, and all the boot files mentioned on the Internet, finally, we found that you can directly install the 10.7 original CD image file. The so-called boot installation is just a superfluous addition!

Step 3: Mac OS 10.7Install

1. Installation interface:

2. This Mac is similar to the self-check process. Let it finish:

3. Select the language, simplified Chinese, as shown in the figure below:

4. If you select to install a Mac disk, the problem is blank. Therefore, you must first partition the disk and click "disk Tools" and "disk management" on the top of the Mac desktop ". Select "partition", and then drop down "1 partition" in the partition layout. Set the name by yourself. The format is default. Pay attention to the "options" below. Select the default "guid partition table ", click "application" and confirm "partition. If a partition is created, you need to "erase" it. This is similar to the partition format in windows. Click on the left to select the area you want to split, select the "erase" tab on the right, click "erase", and then click "erase. Click the red button in the upper left corner of the window to close the disk management window.

5. If the partition is correct, select the following disk.

6. Start the installation. Wait. In general, the installation is faster than that of Windows 7. Microsoft's things are huge and complicated:

7. A tick is displayed and the installation is successful.

Important:

After the installation is complete, you will be prompted to restart. Please close the VM now!

Step 4: play Mac OS 10.7

1. boot after Mac is installed. You need to use boot every time (Note: Here is boot, non-Installation Boot, two concepts). Click Edit "Edit VM Settings" on the VM ", remove Mac OS X lion from the VM drive. select hjmac as the ISO Installation File. ISO to start virtual machines.

Important:

Hjmac. ISO updated files: http://filemarkets.com/file/huwlnew/6efefd56/ (click "Free Download" button, can certainly download, long-term effective)

2. This is the boot interface, think different !, This is indeed the case. Set it in the keyboard direction and select "lion". This is the installed Mac.

3. For the first time after the startup, set the MAC address and the default language "China". Continue, select "Chinese-simplified" for "keyboard layout", and continue. "Internet connection ", because it is a virtual machine that uses a local Nat connection, continue. "Do not transfer now". Continue. "Apple id" is entered if you have one. If not, continue directly, "registration information", note that all are required and must be filled in with English letters and numbers, and then continue. "Create Your Computer Account" is similar to creating a Windows User Account. Remember your password, because the password is required for both boot and software installation and terminal commands, and then continue. Select time zone, click your ID location on the map, find the corresponding time zone, and continue. After all settings are complete, the login page is displayed. The password is case-sensitive in the login window. Do not enter an error ~~~ After entering the information, press the Enter key to enter the desktop.

4. Haha, what Mac Looks like is the desktop I installed successfully.

Do not find the north! Your "start" menu is on the top. The Animation button at the bottom is a shortcut. Have fun with yourself!

Looking at the nebula in the sky, it's mysterious. Does Mac come from outer space?

Step 5: on MacInstall VMware Tools

1. I installed RedHat in VMware before. When I was using VMware Tools, I clicked the VMware menu and it was OK. This method is problematic in MAC and cannot be used directly in vmware8. I am using Darwin. ISO for separate installation. Start Mac. After you see the desktop, place Darwin. ISO to the VMware optical drive, and select connected.

Important:

Darwin. ISO: http://filemarkets.com/file/huwlnew/c8c0a2e8/ (click "Free Download" for long-term validity)

2. Click "computer" on the top menu of MAC, open the optical drive file, and see the VMware Tools installation package.

3. Click "Install vmare Tools"

4. Select a disk and continue

5. Enter the password in the pop-up window and use your mac account password (in Step 4: 3). Wait for the installation and restart. Haha, Mac can be full screen ....