ventura or monterey vm

[noob1234]

i have windows 11 home, and im trying to run a macos vm (preferably ventura, but monterey is ok if i have to) plz help

rlly i only want access to the ecosystem (imessage, facetime, etc) but i also want access to mac only apps

 

[noob1234]

i have ryzen 5 5600g btw

 

[Edhawk]

Does Win 1 Home allow you to run a VM? I thought you needed to run Win 11 Pro for that.

 

[noob1234]

I think only for hyper-v, u can still use anything like virtualbox, VMware, etc

 

[Edhawk]

If you are fixed on running a VM then have a look at this thread.

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

Oct 17, 2023

*** 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 it, you will have to make a new Patch as described)

*** Enable AMD-V or INTEL VT (Virtualization Technology) in BIOS. (you should research how to do this on your machine)


1) First you need to download VMWare Workstation Pro:

- VM Workstation Pro 17.6.3: (NOW...

• tucano2000
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As you have a 5000 series AMD CPU then your motherboard should be compatible to run a bare metal installation of macOS, assuming you have a spare SSD for the macOS installation. This will give you a better macOS experience. The VM experience can be very limiting and frustrating.

If you are using the AMD IGPU in place of a discrete GPU, then you would need to use NootedRed.kext for the AMD graphics to work in a bare metal installation.

NootedRed

The AMD iGPU kernel extension.

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