I also came across this post which seems relevant, but my Mac is too new to run that older OS, so the InstallMacOSX.pkg contained within the disk image won't run (what it normally does is install and installer in the Applications folder, then you can open that and the computer restarts and begins the installation process).Īny tips to create a new virtual machine get a fresh installation up of the old operating system would be great. I came across this help article but it reference Boot Camp and I am not using Windows in this case.

VMware then opens a window saying 'No operating system was found.' I get the same error when trying Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and I haven't yet tried other OS versions. I go to File -> New, click 'Install from disc or image,' select the corresponding InstallMacOSX.dmg disk image file, selecting the specific OS version (I tried selecting the 32-bit and 64-bit versions in separate attempts since I'm not sure which the linked installer is) and both times when the instance reboots, it says it couldn't find a hard drive or CD-ROM drive ('No compatible bootloader found' for each one). I tried installing Mac OS X 10.7 Lion downloaded from Apple's website here (I own the original DVD as well, but don't have an optical drive), yet I can't seem to install it. I'm using the free VMware Fusion Player license (application version 12.1.2 running on a 2020 Intel Mac running macOS 10.15.7). I hope I'm posting in the right sub-forum.

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