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Allow consumer versions of macOS 10.5/10.6? #124

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thepwrtank18 opened this issue May 26, 2024 · 2 comments
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Allow consumer versions of macOS 10.5/10.6? #124

thepwrtank18 opened this issue May 26, 2024 · 2 comments

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thepwrtank18 commented May 26, 2024 •
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Consumer (non-Server) versions of macOS 10.5 and 10.6 crash after booting, since VMware detects that they're not Server versions and stops the virtual machine just as the Apple logo appears.

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thepwrtank18 commented May 26, 2024 •
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It appears that this dialog is stored in vmware-vmx.exe and it's variants (debug and stats).
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https://github.com/ivanagui2/efi-unlocker lets you patch the BIOS to bypass the error. For modern versions of VMware, I made an updated version: https://github.com/thepwrtank18/efi-unlocker

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