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Even we have used it using Qemu on Windows without virtualization support and it ran successfully.

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Puppy Linuxis one of the best Lightweight Linux that one can easily install on a Laptop or Desktop using a virtual machine (VirtualBox, Vmware, or Hyper-V). Alpine Lightweight Linux- Best to run Docker Top Lightweight Linux distributions to run on VM- Virtual machine Lightweight Linux Distro There have also been many new testers via GitHub, some who want to remain anoymous, but a big thanks to them.8. Modified the Unlocker code to run on Python 3 in the ESXi 6.5 environment. Sam also wrote the code for patching ESXi ELF files and Thanks also to Sam B for finding the solution for ESXi 6 and helping me withĭebugging expertise. Thanks to Zenith432 for originally building the C++ Unlocker and Mac Son of Knife These URLs will link to the latest versions of VMware's hosted products: The ISO must be maually attached to the VM via the guest's settings. The Player version does not automatically pick up the ISO images and so

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Version 16/17 of Workstation Pro recognises the darwin.iso files and the tools can be installed in the usual way by using the 'Install VMware Tools' menu item. The Unlocker provides the VMware tools ISO images. This does not apply to the Arch Linux AUR packages due to the provided ALPM hooks.

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You will need to re-run the unlock program to patch the newly installed VMware files.

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If a new VMware version is installed the patches will be lost as the update will overwrite the patched files. The binary filesĪre installed to the /usr/bin directory so they are already added to your $PATH. To Unlocker, VMware Worksation Pro/Player, or any of VMware Workstation Pro/Player's components. Included in all of the packages are some Pacman hooks to help unlock and relock VMware whenever there is an update

Precompiled binaries and PKGBUILDs to buildįrom the source of the latest release as well If you are using Arch Linux or a derivative of Arch, you can install and use this like any normal packageįrom the AUR.

check - check the patch status of your VMware installation.

You will need to be either root or use sudo to run the scripts in the terminal. On Linux navigate to the folder where the unlocker has been unpacked, and run the required command from the

check.exe - check the patch status of VMware.

relock.exe - remove patches from VMware.

With Administrator rights which are required to patch VMware. On Windows you can double-click the executables to launch them from the 'windows' folder.

Navigate to the folder with the extracted files.

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Unzip (Windows) or untar (Linux) the archive to extract the executables and VMware Tools images.

Optionally check the sha256 checksum matches that published in the release.

The code is written in Go and has no pre-requisites and should run directly from the release zip download. Running the Unlocker 2.1 Download Release Or any other features that are not already in the VMware compiled code. It is important to understand that the Unlocker cannot add any new capabilities to VMware Workstation and Playerīut enables support for macOS that is disabled in the VMware products that do not run on Apple hardware.

Provide a copy of the macOS VMware Tools for the guest.

Patch vmwarebase.dll or libvmwarebase.so to allow Apple guests to be selected during VM creation.

Patch vmware-vmx and derivatives to allow macOS to boot.

The patch code carries out the following modifications dependent on the product being patched:

These capabiltiites are normallyĮxposed in Fusion and ESXi when running on Apple hardware. The guest OS type, and modify the implmentation of the virtual SMC controller device.

The Unlocker enables certain flags and data tables that are required to see the macOS type when setting

Workstation Player 16/17 on Windows and Linux.

Workstation Pro 16/17 on Windows and Linux.

Unlocker 4 is designed for VMware Workstation and Player and has been tested against: There is also Auto Unlocker which is still active. Sends me an email with the relevant details. I have stopped developemnt as I no longer use VMware but would be happy to refer to a fork if someone The unlocker should continue to run as there have been few changes to the VMware code in many years. Alternatively download the tools directly from VMware. The unlocker has been updated with the latest ISOs which fix the VMware Tools across macOS, Linux and Windows guests. Please redownload the unlocker as VMware have

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