- #OS X SNOW LEOPARD ISO VMWARE MAC OS X#
- #OS X SNOW LEOPARD ISO VMWARE INSTALL#
- #OS X SNOW LEOPARD ISO VMWARE ARCHIVE#
You should be prompted with a boot menu screen. As soon as the process starts, hold down the F8 key on your keyboard. Click the Power on this virtual machine option. Now it’s time to power on the virtual machine. Click the Open button to select the virtual machine. Click the Browse button and navigate to the Darwin_Snow.iso which is located in your Snowy_VM folder. Select CD/DVD (IDE) and under the Connection settings, select Use ISO Image File. You may adjust the hard drive size, memory, etc, to your liking.
#OS X SNOW LEOPARD ISO VMWARE MAC OS X#
Click the open button to load the virtual machine.įrom the Mac OS X Server tab in the VMware Workstation window, click the edit virtual machine settings icon. Navigate to your Snowy_VM folder, open it, open up the next folder that says “Mac OS X 10.6 Server (experimental).vmwarevm, and choose the 2KB file that is named Mac OS X Server 10.6 (experimental). Open up the VMware disk image framework that you just downloaded and extracted. Launch VMware Workstation by using the path Start > All Programs > VMware > VMware Workstation. VMware Workstation uses the disk image format to save and contain virtual machines. Note: This file is just a disk image framework, no viruses or anything like that.
#OS X SNOW LEOPARD ISO VMWARE ARCHIVE#
If you do not have an archive utility, you can get WinRAR here.
Download this file ( alt download ) and save it to your desktop.Īfter you have the pre-configured virtual machine file downloaded, you will need to extract the files using WinRAR or another archive utility.
#OS X SNOW LEOPARD ISO VMWARE INSTALL#
Now that you have Workstation 7 installed, you need a pre-configured VMware virtual machine file to install Snow Leopard on top of. After the installer finishes, restart your computer. One thing to note, when it asks your if you want to do a custom install or a typical install, choose typical install. The installation process is very simple just launch the installer, and the VMware installer will guide you through the rest.
Upon download, go ahead and install Workstation 7 onto your computer. The download may take a good half an hour to complete. If you do not feel like purchasing Workstation 7 at this time, you can get a limited trial here. For this demo, we will be using VMware’s Workstation 7. The processor must be Intel and not AMD*īecause we will be installing OS X on top of Windows through a virtual machine, the first step is to get some virtual machine software. For the most part, any newer processor lines: Core 2 Duo, Quad Core, and Core i7 should all work fine.īut, don’t expect to not get errors if you are using an older Pentium 4 machine. *In order for this to work, your computer must have a processor that supports virtualization. If you want to run OS X the best way possible, get a Mac. Thus, this article is intended for educational and demonstration purposes only. But, it is against Apple’s licensing agreement to do so. So, why aren’t Windows PC’s capable of running OS X? Well, Windows PC’s are capable of running OS X. Apple computers are capable of running Windows, either through Bootcamp or virtual machines. That is one strong advantage that Macs have in the Mac vs PC war. Many computer shoppers choose to buy a Mac not only to use OS X, but Windows as well. Google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad)
Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on a PC using VMware