OSX

For those of you interested in creating your own Hackintosh on Windows 10/11, I’ve compiled a step-by-step guide in doing so using VMWare and OSX Sonoma (MacOS 14)

NOTE: MacOS higher than version 12 requires a CPU with AVX2 instruction support

1. Download the provided MacOS Sonoma .iso Download
2. Download VMware Workstation Player Download
3. Download MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation Download
4. Install VMware Workstation Player as personal use and navigate through the prompts by accepting the defaults
5. Extract the downloaded MacOS Unlocker for VMware Workstation
6. Inside the extracted file, right click Unlocker.exe > Run as administrator
7. Click the Patch button
8. Wait for patching to be completed before continuing to the next steps.

1. Launch VMware Workstation Player as ADMIN
2. Click  the option to use Workstation Player for free for non-commercial use (Personal Use)
3. Click Finish
4. Click Create a New Virtual Machine on the right side of the application
5. Select Installer disc image file (iso) > Browse to and select the downloaded MacOS Sonoma .iso > Click Next
6. Select Apple Mac OS X and macOS 14 > Click Next
7. Name the VM MacOS14 and set the path to store the VM files > Click Next
8. Adjust the disk size if necessary > Click Next
9. Click Finish
10. Open File Explorer and navigate to the VM files usually found at “C:\(USER)\Documents\Virtual Machines\” unless otherwise specified 
11. Edit the Virtual Machine Configuration File (“macOS 14.vmx”) in a text editor
12. Search for board-id.reflectHost by using keyboard shortcut CTRL+F and set the value to “FALSE”board-id.reflectHost = “FALSE”
13. Search for ethernet0.virtualDev by using keyboard shortcut CTRL+F and set the value to “vmxnet3”ethernet0.virtualDev = “vmxnet3”
14. Then paste the following options at the bottom of the file and save the changes that were made to the file. 

    board-id = “Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95”
    hw.model.reflectHost = “FALSE”
    hw.model = “MacBookPro19,1”
    serialNumber.reflectHost = “FALSE”
    serialNumber = “C01234567890”

15. Right click on the MacOS14 VM > Power On

1. After an initialization sequence the MAC OS Setup should start
2. Select a Language > Click the next arrow
3. Select Disk Utility
4. Select the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media > Click Erase
5. Name the drive “MacOS” > Set the Format to APFS > Click Erase
6. Click Done > Close Disk Utility
7. Click Install macOS
8. Click Continue > Click Agree > Click Agree again
9. Select the MacOS disk > Click Install
10. Wait while Mac OS installs files, the VM will reboot several times
11. Select your Country or Region > Click Continue
12. Confirm your languages and keyboard layout > Click Continue
13. Click Not Now on the Accessibility screen
14. Click Continue on the Data & Privacy screen
15. Select Not Now on the Migration Assistant screen
16. Select Set Up Later and then Skip on the Apple ID screen
17. Click Agree > Agree again
18. Enter a name, user name, password > Click Continue
19. Click Continue > Select Use or Don’t Use for Location Services
20. Pick a time-zone > Click Continue
21. Uncheck Share Mac Analytics with Apple > Click Continue
22. Click Set Up Later on the Screen Time screen
23. Pick a theme > Click Continue