Install a macos VM on an Imac with Vmware fusion

[al2813]

I've been running Fusion pro on my machine until now just to very occasionally run windows when punctually needed. Today I have a second need. I need to run a 32 bit app called idreamX which is the best app (Mac/Windows included) that exists to manage Enigma2 boxes. The app does not run on Catalina, and I need to get an older version of macosx up and running just to use it. I thought I could set up quickly a VM on Fusion and this seems to be supported, but after downloading 3 ISOs and failing miserably, I would like to see if someone can point me to:

- a link to download an ISO of 10.14 or 10.13 that will work
- Some instructions on how to set this up

Any help is appreciated!

 

[chrfr]

I've been running Fusion pro on my machine until now just to very occasionally run windows when punctually needed. Today I have a second need. I need to run a 32 bit app called idreamX which is the best app (Mac/Windows included) that exists to manage Enigma2 boxes. The app does not run on Catalina, and I need to get an older version of macosx up and running just to use it. I thought I could set up quickly a VM on Fusion and this seems to be supported, but after downloading 3 ISOs and failing miserably, I would like to see if someone can point me to:

- a link to download an ISO of 10.14 or 10.13 that will work
- Some instructions on how to set this up

Any help is appreciated!

Apple has a link to get the Mojave installer directly: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210190
You can also paste the following into terminal on Catalina:

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 10.14.6

to make the Mac VM in Fusion, follow VMware’s instructions: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-F...UID-474FC78E-4E77-42B7-A1C6-12C2F378C5B9.html

 

[al2813]

Thanks for this! i did manage to get the installer. I even managed to convert to to an ISO but VMWare's instructions do not work for me! frustrating

 

[chrfr]

Thanks for this! i did manage to get the installer. I even managed to convert to to an ISO but VMWare's instructions do not work for me! frustrating

Don't convert the installer to an ISO. Just drop the app into the VMWare Fusion "Select the installation method" dialog.

 

[bogdanw]

As VMware creates a temporary disk for the install and deletes it afterwards, I prefer to make an install dmg that I can use multiple times. These are the Terminal commands:

hdiutil create 1014.dmg -size 8g -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J

hdiutil attach 1014.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/InstallMojave

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/InstallMojave

hdiutil detach /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Mojave

hdiutil resize -sectors min 1014.dmg

The dmg file can be dragged into the "Install from disk or image" window or used as a CD/DVD image in a virtual machine already set up.