This article will tell you how to install VMware Fusion on MacOS, how to resolve problems like“Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.” during the installation process and how to create a windows 7 virtual machine on MacOS correctly.
1. Download And Install VMware Fusion For Mac.
- If your Mac uses an HDD or a Fusion Drive (not SSD), make sure that the option TRIM is disabled: go to Hardware Hard Disk Advanced Settings uncheck Enable TRIM option. Start your virtual machine and test performance. Possible solutions for Windows virtual machines. Install all pending Windows updates.
- Step 4: Tap on Next and you will see Mac OS X 10.7 Virtual Machine Created that will be running Mac OS on Windows via Virtual Technology. Now we need to configure the Hardware in order to run Mac OS X smoothly on PC. So to do it, tap on Edit Virtual Machine Settings that will appear inside Mac OS X 10.7 tab –.
- Click here to download VMware Fusion MacOS version.
- Double click the dmg file to install it correctly.
After this, you should be able to restart Windows 7 through VMWare Fusion, and as long as you have the wireless settings on NAT, which means network address translation (where the virtual machine is using the Mac’s internet connection), you’ll have wireless (and wired) internet. Give your new virtual machine a name (I just called it “Mac OS X”) and set the operating system to “Mac OS X Server (64-bit)”. See the picture of step number one. Step 2: Click Next and choose how much RAM to give your virtual machine. This depends on how much RAM is in your system — you can get away with 2GB, but if you have more.
2. Create Windows 7 Virtual Machine.
- Click Finder in desktop dock.
- Click Go —> Applications in Finder app top menu bar. Double click VMware Fusion app in right panel to start it.
- Click File —> New in VMware Fusion top menu bar to open the Install from disk or image dialog. Choose Create a custom virtual machine in right panel.
- Click Continue button and select Windows 7 x64 in the virtual machine list. Click Continue button again. And select Create a new virtual disk option then click Finish.
- If you meet error messages such as “Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.”, You can follow below steps to fix it.
3. Fix Could Not Open /dev/vmmon Error During Virtual Machine Creation.
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- Click Apple start menu —> System Preferences… menu item.
- Click Security & Privacy in System Preferences popup dialog. Click Allow button to enable VMware to create virtual machine.
- Also make sure select radio button App Store and identified developers in Allow apps downloaded from section. If you can not change it, click the bottom left lock icon to make the radio button clickable.
- Now click VMware Fusion app to go back to VMware Fusion screen, click File —> Open in top menu bar and select just created Windows 7 x 64 virtual machine file.
- Click Virtual Machines —> CD / DVD (SATA) —> Choose Disc or Disc Image menu item. Select the Windows 7 iso file and click the triangle start image in the virtual machine window to start windows 7 installation. The installation process is same as install windows 7 in physical machine.