I'm at the point I'm seriously thinking I should just downgrade my MacMini to Mojave. I thought VMWare would "just work," like it has with my other VMs in the past. ![]() (Not shoot-'em-ups, but games more like the newer redone Myst games.) I've tried a number of different things (like VirtualBox, as I mentioned, and UTM). The goal is to get a working Mojave system I can play some games in. It seems to me that #1 is my best choice if I can get by the infinite loop, but I'm open to other ideas. What do I lose by doing it? Are there issues with, say, file formatting and storage that would make that slower than a VM created directly in VMWare? While this might be doable, there are reasons I'd rather not do this, since I'd rather use a good source for the Mojave install file. But I have to get past that infinite loop it hits on restarting.Ģ) Is there a good source for a Mojave install file? Or some way to use the upgrade file?ģ) What about converting the VB VM to VMWare? I have seen there are web pages talking about doing that. I haven't done it, but I've read about it being done. I'm considering several possibilities, but need help for each one:ġ) If I can create a VM based on the restore partition of my current Mac Mini, then I can downgrade it from Big Sur to Mojave. (This is why I pointed out that VirtualBox could use that same media to create a VB VM - VB doesn't have an issue with the data on that ISO.) It takes a long time (I think over an hour) to prepare the install media, but it reports it as bad media. I found I had to mount the ISO as a drive, then drag the Mojave file and drop it on the window for creating a VM. I didn't expect more, since it's just an upgrade file.ģ) I used the Mojave install ISO I downloaded. I think the EFI messages are about booting from a disk, then from the network, but it's hard to tell.Ģ) I tried using my Mojave upgrade DMG from the App Store, but I can't get past the Restore utility. Then it goes back to the smaller black window and continually repeats. I get the Apple logo and progress bar and when it tries to reboot, I get a smaller black window that resizes to a larger black window, and then I get EFI info that flashes by too fast to read. I've used VMWare before, so I checked on the latest version and got VMWare Fusion Player 12.2.4 and installed that on the Mac Mini.įrom there, I've tried a few ways to create a Mojave VM:ġ) I tried creating a VM from the Restore Partition from my Mac Mini. The relevant point is that VirtualBox did find that install ISO okay. (I figure I'll keep the VM in a sandbox, so I can do that for at least a test setup.) The Mojave install ISO file worked in VirtualBox, but the VM is absurdly slow. One had directions to create one in VirtualBox, so I followed that and tried making a VM from the Mojave install image I got from there. (That's my guess.) Then I looked online and found a few articles about creating VMs in different software. I used the App store to get the Mojave upgrade DMG file and tried to create a new VM from that, but since it's only an upgrade file, it doesn't work. If you have a way to do that, a sure-fire way, feel free to bypass everything I've tried and tell me how to do it! My goal is to create a Mojave VM so I can play some 32 bit games that won't work from Catalina and up. You can download the latest version of macOS Sierra using the following direct link: … tallOS.I have a Mac Mini from late 2014 running Big Sur and VMWare Fusion Player 12.2.4. Mac OS X Yosemite using the following direct link: … MacOSX.dmg You can also try the macOS High Sierra Patcher. If you have an issue obtaining a full installer from the Mac App Store, make sure you are on the latest version of Sierra or higher. You can download the latest version of macOS High Sierra from the Mac App Store using the following link: Softwareupdate –fetch-full-installer –full-installer-version 10.14.6įrom the App Store using the following link: ĭirect installer links can be found here:Įl Capitan using the following direct link: … MacOSX.dmg Check out gibMacOS for an automated tool. ![]() Softwareupdate –fetch-full-installer –full-installer-version 10.15.7Įxpert users can use the following sucatalog link to retrieve the required components. Once finished, you can find the installer in your Applications folder with the name “Install macOS Catalina”. You can also use Terminal to download the full Catalina installer using the command below. ![]() You can download the latest version of macOS Catalina from the Mac App Store using the following link:
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