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Install vmware tools vmware fusion mac install#

To get sound, I found I needed to download the Ensoniq PCI audio driver from sourceforge and install it inside the VM.

Install vmware tools vmware fusion mac drivers#

For 10.6, the included sound drivers donвЂ™t work.

The VMware tools include the ability to share folders between your virtual Mac and your real Mac (see вЂVirtual MachineвЂ™ -> вЂSharingвЂ™.

After this second reboot, from the вЂVirtual MachinesвЂ™ menu select вЂInstall VMware toolsвЂ™.

After installation and reboot, again select вЂSoftware UpdateвЂ™ and this time select only вЂApple Software Installer UpdateвЂ™.

ItвЂ™s around 1.1GB so download and install may take some time.

Select вЂSoftware UpdateвЂ™ from the Apple Menu, click вЂCustomizeвЂ™ and select only the 10.6.8 combo updater.

If you do not do this, the tools installation will fail with the error вЂCSMERR_TP_NOT_TRUSTEDвЂ™ in the installer log. Normally installing VMwareвЂ™s drivers and tools is an easy process, but due to a bug in 10.6, you need to first install several system updates.

Complete the setup process by adding a new user etc.

The system will install and automatically reboot.

Rosetta may be useful if you plan to run older PowerPC applications. The printer drivers and translations are large and may not be needed.

After selecting the disk to install to (easy, there should only be one), you may want to click вЂCustomizeвЂ™ and remove/add packages.

You should soon see the Snow Leopard installation screen.

Click the triangle in the middle of the black VM screen to start the VM.

Also in the same menu under вЂCD/DVD (SATA)вЂ™, select вЂConnect CD/DVDвЂ™.

In the вЂVirtual MachineвЂ™ menu go to вЂCD/DVD (SATA)вЂ™ and select вЂChoose Disc or Disc ImageвЂ™.

To install, all you need to do at this point is re-open VMware Fusion and show the VM which disc to use for the installer.

Remove the line that has вЂsound.virtualDev = вЂњhdaudioвЂќвЂ™.

Below the line reading вЂfirmware = вЂњefiвЂќвЂ™ add:.

Open вЂSnow Leopard.vmxвЂ™ in Textedit by right clicking, selecting вЂOpen withвЂ™ and choosing вЂTexteditвЂ™.

Copy the two EFI ROM files from the unlocker folder to this folder (e.g.

Right click the Snow Leopard VM, selecting вЂShow Package ContentsвЂ™.

Navigate to вЂDocumentsвЂ™ -> вЂVirtual MachinesвЂ™ in the Finder.

If the command succeeds, you should have two new files, EFI32-MACOS.ROM and EFI64-MACOS.ROM in the efi-unlocker-master folder. Open the Terminal and run the following two commands:Д¬d /Users/$USER/Downloads/efi-unlocker-master

Install vmware tools vmware fusion mac Patch#

To work around this, patch it using the EFI unlocker from GitHub.

In the вЂ™SettingsвЂ™ dialog, click вЂAdd DeviceвЂ™, select вЂ™Sound CardвЂ™ and click вЂAddвЂ™ДЇusion blocks the use of regular 10.6 (not server) in the EFI ROM.

For destination, I put it in вЂDocumentsвЂ™ -> вЂVirtual MachinesвЂ™ -> вЂ™Snow LeopardвЂ™.

In the вЂVirtual Machine SummaryвЂ™, click вЂCustomize SettingsвЂ™.

Operating system: вЂApple OS XвЂ™ -> вЂMac OS X Server 10.6вЂ™.

For the installation method, select вЂCreate a custom virtual machineвЂ™.

Here is how I got it to work:ДЇusion doesnвЂ™t officially support 10.6, only 10.6 server. Installing Snow Leopard today in a Fusion VM is not particularly difficult, but I did find a few complications. IвЂ™m a big fan of Fusion as it allows one to test/experiment with all manned of different operating systems, without of course having to buy any hardware or risk breaking you main machine.

Fortunately, at the time VMwareвЂ™s Fusion product did allow running the prior 10.6 release, and I have relied on this more than a few times in the years since. As it happens, I did more or less the same dance nine years ago when Apple released MacOS X 10.7 Lion and remove the ability to run older PowerPC applications via Rosetta.

Install vmware tools vmware fusion mac upgrade#

Eventually I will probably have to upgrade and resort to running my old software in a virtual machine. I am as result sticking with the prior release (macOS 10.14).

Last yearвЂ™s macOS 10.15 Catalina release removed support for all 32-bit applications, including for example Lightroom 6 and Photoshop CS6. When it comes to running older software on current systems, Apple has a pretty poor track record.