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On another Mac, download the macOS Sierra installer via the Mac App Store.

Since you're a long time Mac user I'm going to assume you have access to another Mac, so my suggestion would be to try reinstalling a fresh version of macOS Sierra via a USB installer. This is the type of UX pain that really irks me, and very unlike Apple.

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I did read installation stuck in a loop due to damaged HD and Mac OS X Sierra installation stuck in a reboot loop but neither is about the same looping scenario as I find myself in. Below is a visual representation of this madness:Īlso, clicking on 'continue' instantly displays the next/previous screen - there is no indication that anything else is happening - not even the apparent eligibility check. I have tried the above steps again today with the exact same result. And now I’m back at Step 6 again and get stuck in a loop between steps 6 & 7.

I clicked continue again when it told me to click ‘continue’ to download and restore macOS.I clicked continue when it told me to click ‘continue’ to set up the installation.I selected Reinstall macOS from the macOS Utilities window.I opted to erase the HD with a 2 pass secure erase.I selected Disk Utility from the macOS Utilities window.I used Command-R to boot into macOS Recovery.Yesterday I decided to reinstall macOS Sierra on my iMac. The setup almost be done.I am a long time Apple Mac user since the 1990s, and I have never come across this sort of ridiculous behaviour before. Go through the setup process but DO NOT SIGN IN WITH YOUR APPLE ID, choose "Set Up Later". You may get errors, Ignore those errors, the prelinkedkernel should still rebuild just fine.Ĭlose Terminal and reboot into your hard drive. Rm -rf /Volumes/Catalina/System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel (replacing "Catalina" with whatever you named your hard drive earlier): cp -rf /Volumes/CatalinaAMD/System/Library/Kernels/kernel /Volumes/Catalina/System/Library/Kernels/ Reboot the VM back into the BIOS, select the installer and open Terminal once again. If the VM restarts and you get a ‘CPU is disabled’ error, close the error window, attempt to close the VM window, select ‘Power Off’ and reopen VMware. The Catalina installation process will be continued:

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Volumes/CatalinaAMD/System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel to the Hark Disk Catalina /Volumes/Catalina/macOS Install Data/Locked Files/Boot Files/Īfter execute the command, restart the VM again. With that command, we coppy all the prelinkedkenel under the installation source CatalinaAMD Type this command in Terminal (replacing "Catalina" with whatever you named your hard drive earlier): cp -rf /Volumes/CatalinaAMD/System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel /Volumes/Catalina/"macOS Install Data"/"Locked Files"/"Boot Files"/ Once the installer has booted, click on "Utilities" in the Finder bar and select "Terminal". This is our Catalina installer that we are booting. Power off or reset the virtual machine.Įdit the vmx file by adding the following line to the bottom of the vmx file: bios.bootDelay = "2000"īack to the BIOS, Select "EFI VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive (2.0)" and press enter. The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Select the hard drive that we erased earlier with Disk Utility and press "Install". When the installer opens, press "Continue".Īgree to the terms and conditions. Select "Reinstall macOS" and press "Continue".

Change "Format" to APFS and press "Erase". Select "VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media" under "Internal" hard drive. Select "Disk Utility" and press "Continue".

Select SATA -> Use an existing virtual disk.

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Update the Hard Disk by Click on Edit virtual machine settings.

Open VMWare, create a new VM, Select Apple Mac OS X under Guest operating system and choose "macOS 10.15" under Version.

Run the Unlocker by running the win-install.cmd with Administrator right.

Install the VMWare as your way, either Player or Workstation will be fine.

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VMware Player /Workstation Pro 15 or higher.

CPU also needs to support the SSE4.1 and AMD-V.

VMware’s graphics acceleration not being compatible with macOS, you will not have any graphics acceleration in your virtual machine.

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USB-A to RJ45 ethernet adapter and USB-C to Audio Jack dongleĪnd this guide is a Personal experiment about how to setup the Fresh MacOS on the Laptop AMD with Windows 10 host.

USB 3.2 Type A, USB 3.2 Type C and Micro SD card reader.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.1 GHz).

Yeah, it’s AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with Radeon Graphics Vega 7. I had bought a new laptop on Dec 2020 to replace the old one – Sony VAIO E VPCEG23 11 years old, It’s ASUS Zenbook UM425IA from, but wait, the AMD laptop.

Don’t want to try these complexity steps? Just Run my pre-made macos BigSur VMDK.