Installing macOS Sonoma on Ryzen 7 VMWare failed

[HKPhysicist]

Dear AMD Engineers (I guess) and Experts,
I am developing cross-platform applications including iPhone and macOS apps. However, I do not have money to buy new iMac or iPhone. So I want to simulate a virtual environment on my Ryzen 7 2700X PC.

1. My first step is successful. I could set up a Ryzen 7 VMWare running macOS X 11.3 with the help of this author's installation file:
   
   

   GitHub - Ken5998/OpenCore-VMware-Workstation-AMD: Install macOS Big Sur on Ryzen with VMware Workstation and OpenCore

   Install macOS Big Sur on Ryzen with VMware Workstation and OpenCore - Ken5998/OpenCore-VMware-Workstation-AMD

   github.com
   However, XCode is no longer supported by macOS X 11.3 any more.
   
   
2. In order to develop Apple apps, I have to set up a macOS 14 VM. My next step is to create a bootable USB drive for macOS 14 Sonoma. I was successful creating it from within Step #1 VMWare VM running macOS X 11.3.
   
   
3. Then, I followed this author's guide to customise Step #2 bootable drive's EFI partition.
   
   

   GitHub - mikigal/ryzen-hackintosh: OpenCore EFI for AMD Ryzen Hackintosh

   OpenCore EFI for AMD Ryzen Hackintosh. Contribute to mikigal/ryzen-hackintosh development by creating an account on GitHub.

   github.com
   I then created an empty VMWare VM, booted the Step #2 macOS 14 installation USB drive. The installation GUI appeared! I then proceeded with the installation but it turned out to be a complete failure. The screenshot showed its final destination.
   

Could anybody help me to repair this installation? My purpose is to develop Apple apps so I do not need very fancy features as in a real mac computer.

 

[ExtremeXT]

Dear AMD Engineers (I guess) and Experts,
I am developing cross-platform applications including iPhone and macOS apps. However, I do not have money to buy new iMac or iPhone. So I want to simulate a virtual environment on my Ryzen 7 2700X PC.

1. My first step is successful. I could set up a Ryzen 7 VMWare running macOS X 11.3 with the help of this author's installation file:
   
   

   GitHub - Ken5998/OpenCore-VMware-Workstation-AMD: Install macOS Big Sur on Ryzen with VMware Workstation and OpenCore

   Install macOS Big Sur on Ryzen with VMware Workstation and OpenCore - Ken5998/OpenCore-VMware-Workstation-AMD

   github.com
   However, XCode is no longer supported by macOS X 11.3 any more.
   
   
2. In order to develop Apple apps, I have to set up a macOS 14 VM. My next step is to create a bootable USB drive for macOS 14 Sonoma. I was successful creating it from within Step #1 VMWare VM running macOS X 11.3.
   
   
3. Then, I followed this author's guide to customise Step #2 bootable drive's EFI partition.
   
   

   GitHub - mikigal/ryzen-hackintosh: OpenCore EFI for AMD Ryzen Hackintosh

   OpenCore EFI for AMD Ryzen Hackintosh. Contribute to mikigal/ryzen-hackintosh development by creating an account on GitHub.

   github.com
   I then created an empty VMWare VM, booted the Step #2 macOS 14 installation USB drive. The installation GUI appeared! I then proceeded with the installation but it turned out to be a complete failure. The screenshot showed its final destination.
   View attachment 12067

Could anybody help me to repair this installation? My purpose is to develop Apple apps so I do not need very fancy features as in a real mac computer.

Make your own EFI for it, that prebuilt one sucks.

 

[HKPhysicist]

After I had disabled AMD related buggy kernels, it began to boot to the second installation GUI.
Those kernels modules named AMD etc, are buggy. Do not use them at all.




I hope AMD keeps these "AMD OS X" projects going on and on. Poor Apple software developers benefit from it very much.
In return to AMD engineers' nice work, I will upgrade my Ryzen 2700X to Ryzen 5700X this winter.

Modify. Don't switch.

 

[whitesoxbraxton]

post your EFI?

 

[HKPhysicist]

post your EFI?

But installation died during reboot!!!

 

[HKPhysicist]

post your EFI?

 

[HKPhysicist]

Installation completely failed.
There is no need to upgrade to Ryzen 7 5700X this winter.

 

[tucano2000]

I'm working on a VMWare Sonoma 14.0 Final project running on Windows on an AMD Ryzen 5800X3D. It's already working, but I'm testing and If you are interested I will post here on the forum soon how to proceed. This version works on AMD is using opencore to boot in VMWare.

 

[tucano2000]

As promised I made a tutorial here:

Mac OS install on AMD Ryzen/INTEL (VMWare) Opencore - Improved Performance - Works with Tahoe / Sequoia / Sonoma / etc

*** First of all, don't make any changes to the vmware .vmx file. It is recommended that you create a new virtual machine from scratch so that it recreates this file by default and without any changes. *** Use VMWare Workstation Pro version at the link provided in the tutorial. (If you install...

forum.amd-osx.com

 

[HKPhysicist]

I'm working on a VMWare Sonoma 14.0 Final project running on Windows on an AMD Ryzen 5800X3D. It's already working, but I'm testing and If you are interested I will post here on the forum soon how to proceed. This version works on AMD is using opencore to boot in VMWare.

You are the hero!
I am looking forward to your result!