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Then patch VMware with macOS unlocker, create & modify a VM (Virtual Machine) for macOS Sierra, attach the VMDK and boot into macOS and perform a basic macOS account settings. This article will guide to download a pre-made VMDK which bootable with macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (latest at the time of writing). Apple announced macOS Sierra 10.12 in WWDC 2016.

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Looks like your an Imperial College chap so I’m sure you’ll figure it.In this article, I’m going to show you how to install macOS Sierra on VMware on using VMDK on Windows 10. Otherwise I hope you figure the issue yourself. I’m afraid that in your case, this post was written years ago so I don’t think I could help you anyway (memory fades) but maybe some of the thread subscribers will be able to help out. Hopefully this isn’t what you meant but that’s how it came across. It’s as if you’re saying, ‘fix my thing and I’ll make a donation to the people with life threatening illness, otherwise I won’t’.

Your comment doesn’t make me want to help you. I don’t need to explain that any further. Rather than take their money, I’d rather see them give it to a more needed cause: Christies help people with Cancer. People sometimes ask if they can send me money as a virtual beer when something has helped them out. I write the posts here and provide any info gratis as its the most viable way for me to give back to the web/tech community. I don’t mean to sound like a dick but I don’t think you’re understanding how this blog post ‘thing’ works. All the money I receive here will be donated to Christies Cancer Hospital (based in Manchester here in the UK).** **If that worked/helped, show your appreciation by sending a donation. Back on the main screen now, click ‘Next’ again and then ‘Finish’.Įt Voila! You now have your Parallels machine working in VirtualBox. winxp.vmdk ( don’t choose the numbered ones e.g. On the window that opens, click ‘Add’ on the top menu and browse to the folder you made in Step 9. On the next screen (headed as ‘Virtual Hard Disk’), click the ‘Existing’ button.ġ5. Now click ‘Next’, accept the defaults on the next screen and click ‘Next’ again.ġ4. ‘Windows XP’ and choose the relevant settings on the two drop downs below. Click ‘New’, then ‘Next’, then name your OS e.g. I called mine ‘WINXP’ and saved it on the desktop but you can put it anywhere you like.ġ2. vmdk) and paste them into a new folder someplace else. In the window that now opens, copy all those files (most end. From the next Finder window, right click on the same file again but now choose ‘Show Package Contents’.ĩ. Now right-click the file and select ‘Open Enclosing Folder’ from the menu.Ĩ. Using the Finder locate the new VMWare Fusion version of the Windows XP virtual machine (the file will be wherever you saved it in Step 5 and will end with a. Trouble is, we don’t want it to work in VMWare Fusion, we want it to work in VirtualBox. Eventually you will get a confirmation message. Whatever you do, it will probably take a good 30 mins.Ħ. Watch something on TV, go walk the dog, contemplate life. Choose a name & location for the new machine and click ‘Save’ĥ. Windows XP) and then choose the relevant file ending in. Browse to the Parallels folder (if it doesn’t default there) and choose the appropriate directory (e.g. Once installed, start VMWare Fusion, and choose File > Import from the menuģ.

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Download the trial version of VMWare Fusion (I used version 2.0.2.)Ģ. If anyone else is in the same situation, I hope it helps:Ĭonverting a Parallels virtual machine to VirtualBox:ġ.

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The only pickle with switching virtual machine software was I didn’t want the hassle of re-loading Windows XP as I’d spent some time building it up/adding programs etc under Parallels.Īfter much googling I came across a number of solutions, however, none as easy as the one I am suggesting here. Then I came across Sun’s free offering VirtualBox (in this walkthrough I’m running VirtualBox version 2.1.4) – it does everything I need, and it’s free! Previously I was using Parallels to run my virtual machines but since my trial version expired I wasn’t able to access my virtual OS any more.

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I use Windows on my Mac in two ways: Vista Premium through bootcamp and Windows 7 and Windows XP as virtual machines through the OSX desktop.

If this post helps you out, I’m collecting money for Christies Cancer Hospital and it would be good if you could contribute a small donation. This post is a step by step explaining how to convert a Parallels Virtual Machine to a VirtualBox Virtual Machine.

Mac os x lion bootable .vmdk (for vmware)