macOS-Sierra-VM

Tutorial on how to setup a macOS Sierra Virtual Machine

For my projects I make use of macOS Sierra Virtual Machine, as I like to devide security research, development and personal use. I can imagine more people would like to organize their environments like that, therefore I will help you setting up a VM.

Requirements

• At least 4GB of ram (bare minimum), 8GB would be way better
• A intel core i3, i5, i7 or Xeon Quad or Eightcore processor (Any Intel processor will do, but these are the best).
• Around 80GB of free harddisk space.
• VMWare Workstation (not player, as that will not have VMWare tools).
• Windows 7 or Higher (x64), Linux 64-bit.

Setup

• For the best VM usage, disable unnecessary Windows animations, C:\Windows\System32\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

• You will need to have a license key for VMWare Workstation.

• Here are some licenses that can be used. YA3JU-AWY9P-M882Z-2PX79-WCRE8
  5A02H-AU243-TZJ49-GTC7K-3C61N
  VZ1XR-66GEM-H899Q-35P59-P688A
  FZ59H-2QDE5-M8EZP-DNPZ9-N6AC8
  CY740-8MG55-H8ELQ-VQN7E-MP0C4
  AZ3M0-4UG92-481PQ-EEPEZ-NGUA4
  CY7J0-6EW85-089RZ-EMNXZ-QGAUA
  UG548-4TDD6-4818Y-LPQQX-QA0GF
  YU712-DRGDQ-H884Z-J7MZE-MCATF
  GC1ER-21W4K-H80HY-REWQX-ZCUE4
  YV7TR-8EF95-085MP-WWXQG-MC8R0
  UZ7ER-89D0L-M85CZ-L7MQT-MY0CF
  GV1H2-D4F95-089EP-ZNM7C-WCKR2
  VC7R8-DZE9K-4819Y-M4WXG-Z6UYA
  GZ1H2-6FD80-0843Z-4GMQC-PVUR2
  UY14A-88E1P-M88AZ-5YQE9-YLHG0
  VG5XK-DTYEM-M887P-DYZXE-Q72V6
  CZ3WA-AXZ8Q-489VP-A6Z7V-P20Z4
  VV31H-A8Z1J-H84PZ-57NEG-XFRF4
  CY5M8-FGF42-M8DUQ-AMY7G-NAH92
  UA1HR-FFZEQ-489HY-YGQ5C-NZHZ8
  AG5DH-8HF42-081UZ-XDM5C-X3UD6
  UY7JA-0HY85-M81VZ-DGZ7E-YUUR2
  AZ5EA-A2Y45-H893Y-ZYZZT-Z6RYD
  CA118-A0Y1M-089YQ-Y4XE9-PQAG0
  GY1NR-A5XD4-0815Y-GGQQT-ZA8ED
  CA5H2-64Z1J-489PQ-UWNQZ-ZZ2A0
  CC5RR-46D43-080PY-TXWGX-QAKW6
  UG11H-F8G11-M885Y-CFY5Z-Q3H9D
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  VC31K-DZYD3-089LY-HYQEX-W3RV6
  UC3R8-A2X14-H80WP-Q5YET-QGAU8
  UV70U-A6E17-H8DGP-5XNE9-WCAD4
  CV3T0-DYGDK-480RY-LNZ7T-YU2F4
  MU20T-8X15J-RZYY9-QH07M-1270P
  NG63J-4KLD1-HZP49-P8CQM-12Q2J
  NV6EA-21K8L-NZ6M8-P19Q0-CCL0Q
  4F4W7-6624N-CZVN0-03AQ0-03TPR

• Download the vmdk of Sierra at https://goo.gl/pBVDXz

• Download the VMWare Patch tools at https://goo.gl/bZsv5f

• Extract the vmdk rar file using WinRar or any other rar extraction software.

• Make sure you have VMWare workstation installed.

• Extract the patch tools

• Rightclick win-install.cmd and choose "Run as Administrator"

• Open VMWare workstation and create a new VM.

• Choose "I will install the operating system later"

• Choose macOS from the list of Operating systems in the next step.

• Edit the VM settings to your likings, preferably half of your computer memory should be allocated to the VM and all processor cores.

• Remove the harddisk and re-add a new harddisk

• In the next step, Browse to the extracted vmdk.

• Go to C:\Users\yourusernamehere\Documents\Virtual Machines

• Go into the macOS Sierra folder

• Open the .vmx file in your favorite text editor

• Add the following after the last line: smc.version = "0"

• Save the file and boot the virtual machine

• Follow the macOS installation steps

• Install VMWare tools

• Reboot

• Congratulations, you successfully set up a macOS Sierra VM.