![]() Then, delete the label “MyVolume” and add your disk’s name at the end of the terminal command. Here I’m copying the code for macOS Monterey 12.6.Ĭonnect a USB disk of nearly 16GB size and choose a suitable name (I use WINYTIPS) for it. Copy-paste the required command for the OS version to the Terminal app in your Mac. The steps for making a bootable macOS USB installer is given below.įirst, visit the Apple’s website for the Terminal command that is needed for making a USB drive from the downloaded “install macOS” app. Once you have a copy of macOS full installer downloaded from the App Store, you could use it make a USB disk. How to make macOS USB disk (offline Installer) So if you want to install macOS on multiple devices or make a bootable USB disk, copy this offline installer to a safe location. ![]() Sometimes the installer gets deleted automatically after a macOS installation or upgrade. Once the download is complete, open your Mac’s “Applications” folder as shown below.Īs shown in the above image, you will find an “Install macOS Monterey *” app this is your full-size macOS installer. Please scroll down to the DMG download section. MacOS Yosemite, Mountain Lion & Lion are available for download as DMG installers, directly from Apple. You can then do the normal macOS installer stuff to get Monterey installed.Īnd, at the end, if it all worked out, you should be at Setup Assistant, and able to start customizing and using macOS Monterey.Ventura 13.2.1 | Monterey 12.6.3| Big Sur 11.7.4 | Catalina 10.15.7 | Mojave 10.14.6 | High Sierra 10.13.6 | Sierra 10.12.6 It should then boot into the macOS installer. Side note: I don’t know why macOS (or VMware Fusion?) won’t allow you to take a screenshot of this menu being open, so that’s why this “screenshot” looks so awful-it’s really a photo of the screen. Then click Connect Install macOS Monterey. Click the option at the top to select a USB drive to connect. Once your setup of the custom virtual machine is done, go ahead and click the play button to start up your virtual machine. Then go ahead and create a new virtual disk. Then, instead of dragging the installer to Install from disc or image, select Create a custom virtual machine.Īt the moment, you can’t select macOS 12, so just select macOS 11 as a placeholder. Then leave that USB drive connected to the Mac you’re trying to create the Monterey VM in. You’ll see that VMware Fusion is “able to create the installation medium.”Ĭreate a bootable USB of the Monterey installer by following the instructions in How to create a bootable installer for macOS. …except for the fact you can’t select macOS 12 as an option. ![]() You’ll try to drag the installer to the Install from disc or image part of the window.Įverything will look as if it’s proceeding as normal… If you try to install Monterey using the traditional method, this is what happens: I would recommend using proper support channels (like the aforementioned VMware Fusion communities online forums) to get actual support if you run into any issues.Īs of the writing of this blog post (22 November, 2021), VMware Fusion doesn’t officially support macOS 12 (Monterey) for VM guests. If it doesn’t work for you, I probably don’t know any better than you do why that’s the case. I’m sharing only a more detailed step-by-step guide of a summary I read, and this is only what worked for me. Hopefully, these instructions will be obsolete soon in a future update of VMware Fusion (where you can just select macOS 12, drag the installer to the install wizard, and have VMware Fusion do everything for you).These are just more fleshed out steps from a brief overview in the VMware Fusion communities online forums.
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