VMWare MacOS does not allow boot camp functionality.
VMWare MacOS does not allow boot camp functionality.
hey how u guys doing. i managed to install a macosx catalina on VMware workstation. but there is a little problem and i cannot use boot camp to create bootable windows 7 USB to install on macbooks. i work for a computer wholesale company in my country. we mostly use this macs with windows OS and its annoying cause macs are really expensive in here so we bring them mac OS refurbished here to use this mac mainly for accounting and light use like internet cafe and things like that. this mac are bring to us with wiped HDDs so there is no mac installed to install with boot camp. i want to make a bootable USB for this macs to install windows without boot camp and boot from option menu directly to windows installation and don't need to install mac and use bootcamp with it cause it will save a lot of time for us using usb bootable drive. the mac we use is mainly mid 2007 and late 2009 macbooks so they are using ODD so we have use DVDs to install windows directly and mostly make lots of lots dead DVD because of malfunctioning odd or jammed ones. 2007 one and 2009 one models it will be a huge time saving solution if i can use usb and do not have to use odd or even external odd to do that. so i created a vmware macosx catalina on my pc to make a bootable windows 7 usb to do that but there is a little problem that is said "This Mac does not support Boot Camp." and "This Mac does not support Boot Camp." in vmware. i cloud not found any solution to fix this problem. can u guys help me out? and we can't install mac on them because of time problems and heavy workload during our day also not be able to bring them to home for this job to do. hp z230 with i5 4690 16gb of ram 128gb ssd 1050 graphics and windows 10 installed. macosx installation was on link bellow: Youtube
It functions properly once the initial Windows setup is complete, but after the first restart it fails to boot and displays a white screen. Nearly every device experiences this issue. Most users rely on it without internet access, so we advise them about this problem as well. Macs also don’t support Windows 10.
Latest versions of mac OS often skip creating a bootable USB for installation; they install directly from an ISO file. You must use an older mac OS version on each model you own, and the Bootcamp Assistant will generate a USB for each one you keep. This method also pulls in Windows drivers that are hard to get elsewhere. It’s unclear if this still works with very old Macs, and it seems unlikely Apple would remove the servers supplying those drivers. This process feels unnecessarily complicated—installing mac OS should be simpler and quicker than installing Windows.
Certainly, here’s a concise guide to resolving the VM issue:
- Focus on fixing the VM environment.
- Identify drivers and software as potential causes.
- Use USB Windows installation to reduce setup time.
- Compare performance across different operating systems (VM, Mac, Windows).