[SOLVED] can't install Mac OS X on VMware.

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Elie Abou Issa

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Hello, I recently purchased a retail copy of mountain lion. I downloaded VMware 10 and extracted installed.DMG, converted it to an ISO and used it to boot. I formatted the virtual drive and started the installation process but after 6 to 10 minutes a message appear saying:"can't download the additional components required to install mountain lion". What should I do?
 
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OS X isn't supported on VMWare; it isn't supported on anything other than a Mac. It will however run on VMWare Fusion on a Mac. So that's your best bet.

That doesn't mean that you can't make it work on a PC, but you'll need to do a deal of research and you won't get any support from Apple. I suggest that you look at specialist Hackintosh web sites and post a question in their forums. One hint - they will probably want a few details about your hardware and software setup before you will get any help.
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OS X isn't supported on VMWare; it isn't supported on anything other than a Mac. It will however run on VMWare Fusion on a Mac. So that's your best bet.

That doesn't mean that you can't make it work on a PC, but you'll need to do a deal of research and you won't get any support from Apple. I suggest that you look at specialist Hackintosh web sites and post a question in their forums. One hint - they will probably want a few details about your hardware and software setup before you will get any help.
 
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Same problem as with VMWare. It might work, it might not. It all depends upon your hardware and how much work you are prepared to do. I have managed to get OS X running in both VMWare and VirtualBox, but it was very slow and unstable - and easily broken by OS updates.

If you really want to run OS X on a PC then do a native install on hardware that is known to work and still be prepared to do a lot of research. If you want an easy, stable way to run OS X then buy a Mac. That way you would even get support for the OS.

The bottom line remains that OS X is not supported, and not guaranteed to run, on anything other than an Apple Mac.
 
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