Then, you can create a Mac OS X 10.7 64-bit or OS X 10.8 64-bit virtual machine and boot using the patched disk image.Īpple Installers will tell you it is not a supported installation type, but you can launch a Terminal and run the installation using command line. copying the boot image content to the read write disk image allowing ownership on the mounted boot image (so system files keep their ownerships) mouting the boot image contained in the original disk image

allowing ownership on the mounted disk image (so system files keep their ownerships) converting read only disk image to read write It is actually easy to patch InstallESD.dmg of 'Install OS X 10.9 Developer Preview.app' to run and install Maverick on a fresh VMware virtual machine. Note: as always, we will not be publishing hints about using OS X 10.9 until its release.

Fusion will ask if you moved or copied the virtual machine click I copied it.Īfter you've launched the duplicated virtual machine, run the Mavericks installer from within that virtual machine. Choose File > Open, then select the duplicate virtual machine. You'll need to update Parallels Desktop, then create a snapshot of an existing virtual machine and install Mavericks on that.įor VMware Fusion, the process is quite simple: take an existing virtual machine, running 10.7 or 10.8, duplicate it in the Finder, then launch VMware Fusion. John Martellaro, on The Mac Observer, posted an article with links to Parallels knowledge base articles explaining how to do this. However, you won't be able to create a new virtual machine in either of these programs using the Mavericks installer. If you have an OS X developer account, and want to work with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, you may prefer to do so using a virtual machine, in Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion.

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