macOS in VMware (AMD or Intel) w/ working iServices (iMessage on Android!)

[@MarkDMetzger]

First off, great video - easy to follow and very helpful. My macOS VM was running fine on my Intel system for several months, but just today developed a bootloop issue. Would you be able to recommend some things to check or potential fixes? Thanks.

[@akvaithi]

Thanks! I have had that issue too but my solution has been to delete the "scoreboard" files in the VM folder

[@MarkDMetzger]

@@akvaithi Thanks for the suggestion. I did find the culprit - the Windows Security dashboard recommended I turn on a feature called "memory integrity" which I did. As soon as I disabled this feature, my VM worked again.

[@akvaithi]

Thanks for the tip!

[@BassBunnyMusic]

@@akvaithi OMG I wish I had seen this comment sooner. I had the exact same problem. However, I opted to try a new VM. It has been only headaches and have not gotten iServices re enabled :(

[@BassBunnyMusic]

@@akvaithi Will you please PIN this comment thread? And please put it in the description? Thank you!

[@kronec_pain]

Wow, such a good step by step video!! AND.....the fact that this actually works unlike so many of the other videos out there. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video.

[@tonicz770]

thank you so much for this tutorial. i can confirm this still works as of feb 9 2023. i recommend downloading the same version he has for autounlocker just cause the newest version does not look like how it does in the video. just in case it wasnt obvious enough you can skip anything with vmx if you have an intel cpu. that part is for people with amd cpus only. also the iso for catalina that he has linked does not work but you can find that with a quick google search.

[@JoshFloorp]

Hey can you help me? I installed the catlina iso and it says that it couldn't detect the disk image, which one did you use?

[@Airsupplied]

please can you make video on how to update to ventura

[@sasankapolisetti7699]

Would this still work if I use the method listed on BlueBubble's guide to setting up a vm, which using opencore to get an image and then converting that to a format that works with vmware?

[@mxthical4255]

It says I cannot sign into imessage on this mac at this time

[@gamingaxe490]

corrupts my machine.

[@Djimy-p1w]

Your tutorial is litteraly the best one on KZbin, everything is so clear and detailed. I was finally able to get my MacOS Monterey VM with ICloud/IMessages services working thanks to you. For the one getting into the reboot loop after updating .vmx, i used MacBookPro14,3 infos instead of the one in the video and it worked. I'm using an AMD CPU. Now, if someone can help, i'm getting some white noise/robot voice while using my microphone in FaceTime for example. But it is every time i'm using it, i suspect some VMware microphone driver issue ? or something like that, people can hear me but it's so frustrating. Thanks.

[@carlosbenavides3023]

DUDE... Theres a video with thousands of likes that uses a disk containing the os, hows possible that it has way more views than this one, dude seriously thanks, really good video. I spent hours trying to fix the serial number of the virtualbox machine till i gave it up and watched your video

[@akvaithi]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Cencyte]

I followed instructions exactly and everything worked as expected. Thank you for the hard work and dedication to the solution!

[@BassBunnyMusic]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! After many wasted hours of trying to build a hackintosh for airmessage, this is what finally worked! Running on an old dell optiplex. Very thourough, and simple instructions, everything worked the first time like a charm. You are the best, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[@akvaithi]

NOTE: ON AMD SYSTEMS, IF YOU'RE HAVEING BOOTLOOP ISSUES, USE TH FOLLOWING FIX: "The reason it crashes is because the serial number bios is not valid for the macos. You need to try another device in clover config, I tried macbook pro 2019, followed your steps and its working. The fix is to use a different device in clover confi, use a macbook or something. Also press the serial number few times." Credit: @octoslut

[@BrandonPeccoralo]

Yeah, running VMWare esxi server and once I copied/pasted/tried/crashed etc, I found the code injection with serials and such put it in a boot loop saying there was an error. I also mistakenly updated Catalina once online. I'll try dif Macbook Pro with serials

[@orangeshorts8487]

can you give me the code for the vmx file? i cant access clover and it would be greatly appreciated!

[@akvaithi]

Clover is not used in this guide, the vmx file is generated automatically. If you cannot find the vmx file, turn on file extensions.

[@orangeshorts8487]

@@akvaithi then can you show me the original vmx file's contents? i fucked up the vmx file im so sorry

[@akvaithi]

Even if I showed my vmx file, it would not help since the differences in the hardware configurations will create different vmx files, I recommend you restart and have VMware create a new vmx file properly and you can add the necessary changes. To prevent this from happening again, I recommend you make a copy of the original vmx so you can replace it in case something stops working, sorry this is the most I can help you.

[@dabzcast]

Everything followed up except I got stuck in a bootloop after changing my macOS 10.15.vmx file at 14:48 I've tried deleting the soreboard files, and checking memory integrity too :/

[@arsyad1105]

Have you found the solution? I've tried remove the additional line and it work again but iService won't work without it.

[@dabzcast]

@@arsyad1105 nah I gave up I honestly don't really care anymore 😔

[@gamingaxe490]

vmx file is corrupt this method sucks.

[@joelk2893]

Can't belive this still works in 2024. Amazing video worked on the first try. Thank you!

[@harjyotsahni]

Massive kudos, really cool tutorial and really well made and detailed. It works very well and easy steps. Thanks very much!

[@Yash_J09]

Clover configurator isnt showing list of models when I click the up and down arrows in SMBIOS. Why?

[@troller6548]

Sameeee u fixed it?

[@galaxystay9]

This was amazing! I had so much fun doing this and it works perfectly! Thank you!!

[@akvaithi]

Glad it worked!

[@sphrcl.]

@@akvaithi I have an issue. I do everything like I'm the video but when I try to power the VM on for the first time, I get an error "failed to power on virtual machine." Any ideas?

[@gamingaxe490]

Does not work, corrupts my machine, why tf does the config never work in Sequoia latest on VMware. what model to choose in clover for latest mac with latest version?

[@張一峰-b9o]

It works! Thanks for your video!

[@chungysama6598]

YOU'RE A GENIUS youre the ONLY tutorial out here that worked!! thanks so much man you have no idea how helpful this was!

[@akvaithi]

Glad it was helpful!

[@roombacate]

I can't sign into iMessages. It just says "You cannot sign into iMessages on this Mac at this time." and tells me to contact support giving me a customer code. Pls i need a fix

[@rakeshjhajha6731]

Thankyou brother love you too much ❤❤

[@eternalmorris7545]

Where do I find the text VMX file? When I go back to the original folder, there is only a vmxf file. Ugh, I was so close to getting this right the first time

[@syybie2922]

the file is named macOS 10.15. open it with notepad it the same one

[@jun]

does the apple id have to be connected to iphone edit: it didn't work with a newly created account but worked with my old account that was once with iphone

[@eternalmorris7545]

It worked. Thank you so much. I had to change the Virtual Machine file to open with notepad

[@notfavorite]

Best tutorial I could find it works perfectly and syncs with my phone!

[@systembooster2742]

I got till the smbios step, but once I genreate new key where do i find the smbios.txt text?

[@orangeshorts8487]

do you know what is happening when it get stuck in a "your vm restarted because of a problem" Bootloop? Help!

[@Danijamali1]

BRO absolute legend, the step-by-step instructions can be followed by a monkey if needed. perfect video

[@aijc]

this is incredible, a start to end tutorial for exactly what I wanted and needed. thank you so much

[@mrvinster35]

I cant seem to find the symbios.txt file in download . Did I miss some thing?

[@shadowx3490]

It's in the video description

[@reluxdzn]

Thank you bro. It's worked. I am using Ventura 13.2.1 still working.

[@chrstopherjames9987]

Bro how,I can't find the vmx file

[@PKN-86]

This was a lot work and it has been a great effort. Well done for putting in the hard work that benefitted others.

[@mhobbs0131]

Tried on Windows 11. I do not have a .vmx file only a .vmxf file. Not able to proceed.

[@syybie2922]

the file is named macOS 10.15. open it with notepad it the same one

[@shadowx3490]

​@@syybie2922 Thank you soooooo much man you are angel

[@TheDonz]

Cant get the VMX file, can see same file name, but VMXF file, but when I open it, it only has a few lines of code..... I will try again next week and redo it

[@TheDonz]

Actually works without the last step about changing the VMX file for me, thanks, didnt think it was going to work

[@indigolin4883]

​@TheDonz so I have the same problem do I just skip the edit vmx step ?

[@luishowin]

I have an amd ryzen 3 pro 2300u cpu and it worked so well! thank you!

[@supernova1660]

Thanks! It worked successfully. I don't have a need to use iMessages or anything but this was fun for a side experiment.

[@mbras2023]

Really nice video, well done and clear instructions. Everything worked perfectly first time! Thanks.

[@akvaithi]

Glad it worked 👍

[@Sikaros]

THANKS SO MUCH! I'm BLUE and using iMessage now :) on a SAMSUNG GALAXY S22 ANDROID 4 LIFE

[@akvaithi]

Glad it works!

[@BassBunnyMusic]

Unfortunately, this is not working for me anymore as of 06-05-2023. Worked in February. Just says unable to sign into iMessage. Have tried multiple times, and am sure that VMX is correct. Wish I had seen comments about memory integrity and scoreboard files, to save the working VM. Oh well... Any chance of an updated guide? Seems like they patched it.

[@Kidvicious707]

How's it working for u now any update

[@GabrielCintra]

Does this allow me to use my apple ID on the virtual machine to access other things such as iBooks and etc?

[@shadowx3490]

Yes

[@dudeitaddzz40]

I download Catalina.iso but when I click next to select a guest operating system apple doesn't appear and I downloaded the unlocker already whats going on?

[@akvaithi]

Try to reinstall VMware and re run the unlocker

[@dudeitaddzz40]

Thank you! But one more question I made to the part where u sgin to app I'd but it says "error during authentication" what do I do?

[@shadowx3490]

​@@dudeitaddzz40I got the same error but next day i log again and i didn't got it.

[@Omarilzz]

Bruh tbh this is a work of gold

[@akvaithi]

Thank you!

[@Omarilzz]

@@akvaithi After Clover Config added to VMX it shows your computer restarted because of a problem drive.google.com/file/d/1ji1e_DzYgg3chqWNn0Z33hMtx4kN0XwB/view?usp=sharing VMX File if u don't mind checking :)

[@akvaithi]

Do you have an AMD or Intel computer

[@Omarilzz]

@@akvaithi Amd and it works in safeboot only

[@akvaithi]

That's really weird, make sure you copied over the AMD vmx edit properly

[@ianarce7092]

This tutorial it’s worth its weight in gold! thanks a lot!

[@bhuvanparashar5812]

Hi, I can't seem to find the 10.15 vmx file in the host computer after editing the values on clover. I had my macOS installed in the D drive due to less space in C drive

[@akvaithi]

Check to make sure file extensions are on, then you will see the. vmx file

[@bhuvanparashar5812]

@@akvaithi found it, thanks! Also, do you have any videos or tutorials for airdrop services?

[@akvaithi]

Airdrop will unfortunately not work, the VM doesn't have the required hardware.

[@kristinaolson2429]

Curious if anyone has gotten this to work with two factor authentication - the kind built into the iPhone and MacOS where it puts up the 'allow' or 'deny' on the screen and then hands out the 6 digit code. NOT the SMS version.... I find the activation process hangs at the final step and it returns to the apple ID screen (to start over). Any ideas?

[@akvaithi]

If it hangs and starts over, you might need to try a different serial number

[@akvaithi]

Also, I have been able to have the tfa work properly with real apple devices,

[@VjSheph]

After i change the values in the vmx prompt when trying to enable iservices it keeps saying that the vmx file is corrupted when i try to open the vm. Is there any fix?

[@vickchid189]

Holy shit, this worked on Big Sur I love you bro

[@simoomis5121]

Can u send to me vmx file please

[@lbcdx7678]

My specs are 2.1 GHz Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics and I have 8 GB of RAM installed. I pasted the text in the vmx file, masked the CPU, and even switch the guest operating system to Windows but it cannot boot.

[@akvaithi]

Sorry, but I believe the newest Ryzen CPUs don't work, I don't know how to fix it, I recommend asking on the r/hackintosh subreddit

[@annex2077]

Just to warn all people, this does not work as of December 2024 due to patches released in the new Mac OS lineup(Mac OS Sequoia (15)). If you tried it on Mac OS 15 it will say the .vmx file is corrupt. But I think it should still work well on older OSs

[@gamingaxe490]

how to do on newer mac?

[@gamingaxe490]

does it work on 14, the program that i want to use supports 14 minimum.

[@ChrisT-nn5mz]

Thank you for your excellent knowledge, someone who knows what they talking about, no head banging music to a background track and some idiot pointing here and there very quickly. Will it be the same for the installation of Mac OS Sonoma 14? I tried to install it using someone else's video. It stated to in stall, black screen with the white progress bar, onto the next stage then had an error. "your computer restarted because of a problem press any key or wait for a few seconds to continue starting up".

[@chem1kal]

Hi, I am getting an error occured during activation, i have used plenty of serial numbers including those without a valid purchase date,any fix?

[@akvaithi]

Try to make the VM from scratch.

[@indigolin4883]

4:12 i need help i dont have a vmx file show up

[@20thCY]

Same. What the hell happened? Did I miss something?

[@Fastblack83]

Really good video, thanks. Works perfect and I can finally text from my PC.

[@michellewellman2268]

THANK YOU!!!! You are a gift to adroid parents and their android children. My child was getting excluded for not having an apple phone. This solution allows her to be "included" again! It is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen and should be a template to others on how to do a tutorial the correct way!

[@samgoldstein5634]

i keep on receiving a message that the vmx file is corrupt but ive double checked it a ton and im sure everything is typed in correctly including no extra spaces. Im not sure what to do

[@samuelss88]

Same here! :(

[@shadowx3490]

4:10 If you can't find the vmx file, it's because it's name has been change to macOS 10.15

[@joseyskindaweird]

The VMX edit link doesn't work. It comes out as a host error

[@gamingaxe490]

Vmx gets corrupted by this method, it is 100% sensitive.

[@cherrbear8236]

Followed your instructions and this worked perfectly, thank you!

[@akvaithi]

Glad it works!

[@MANMEET2577]

I get this error please help You cannot sign in to iMessage on this Mac at this time.

[@akvaithi]

You will need to try a different serial number.

[@SeniorSiarr4]

Thanks a lot. That video was really helpful.

[@emircanertunc671]

For those who edited properly and have "VMX File is corrupted". Just check that you don't have the line that you wrote in double. In my case I had already a "board-id..."

[@aijc]

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[@emircanertunc671]

@@aijc birsey degil ;)

[@marianamonteiro8353]

I'm getting the same error, just check and I also had board-id duplicated. But even removing one of them, the error continues. D:

[@marianamonteiro8353]

Oh, just checked again and I also had hw.model and hw.model.reflectHost duplicated.

[@MagneticMaybe]

The VM doesn't connect to the internet after I rebooted it. Any help?

[@Kevin.01-g9q]

Thanks for the detailed guide. It Took a little patience of about 2 hrs. But glad that it worked at last. So this still works till today. 😃. Beeper mini is also released. But i think i may stick to this method and avoid paying subscription fees to them. Also does Air message encrypts message in transit ?

[@troller6548]

bro the up and down arrow worked ?

[@Kevin.01-g9q]

@@troller6548 which up and down arrow ?

[@troller6548]

​​@@Kevin.01-g9qin the clover configurator I can't see anything nothing pops up

[@Kevin.01-g9q]

@@troller6548 in the smbios configuration menu ?

[@troller6548]

@@Kevin.01-g9q can u help me please 😭😭

[@jasonstoffel8207]

Big help! Very nice video! It works perfectly, thank you very much!

[@kronec_pain]

Do you have a fix for the 'Memory Modules Misconfigured' warning that you get upon every boot up? It doesn't seem to bother anything except me having to click close everytime...

[@akvaithi]

No, sorry, that's a warning built into macOS and there isn't a way to disable it unless you make a full hackintosh with opencore dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/universal/memory.html

[@baby333]

Works amazing 2022, clear perfect instruction great job

[@akvaithi]

Glad it worked out!

[@baby333]

@@akvaithi I have 1 problem, now whenever i turn it on, it opens imessage and automatically freeze, and go back to lockscreen, and its been doing that everytime, any idea for a fix?

[@akvaithi]

Hmm I haven't seen this issue before, try restarting and make sure you uncheck the "reopen apps" when the restart dialog comes up.

[@baby333]

@@akvaithi It was weird, restarting imac, vmbox, even my entire pc didn't work. I put my finger on the monitor where the "X button" to close is :P and i spammed it to close it :P but it still would do the crash whenever I open imessage. It was crashing on someoen's chat specifically, so then I went to Contacts > I added them as a contact > clicked "New message" and opened messages from contacts basically, closed the chat that was making me crash and now its working. Weird, that chat had a video (or live photo) do you think that can cause the imac vmbox to crash?

[@akvaithi]

Yep, that is possible and live photos auto play (I believe) on Mac and since we don't have proper Mac hardware acceleration, it could just crash

[@LukeYTP]

i just wanted to say dont put any cores less then 2 2 is the minium for it to be runnable

[@blazeop07]

Can i log in to my system preferences and activate icloud in vmware macos Monetrey with this guide? I need to add family memebrs in apple music but i dont have apple device so i need to sign in with icloud

[@shadowx3490]

In 2024 there are some changes but it works thanks for the amazing video😊

[@shadowx3490]

That was so stressful it look me 7 hours

[@kelvinkorto828]

I’m just lookin into getting it working over here

[@kelvinkorto828]

Does it actually work?

[@kelvinkorto828]

And what version of MacOs are you using?

[@shadowx3490]

@@kelvinkorto828 Yes

[@NiladriTherapist]

when i am trying to sign in my apple id it it says a error occurred. plz helppp

[@NoobyBoiPlayz]

try changing name from macpro to macbook pro

[@NoobyBoiPlayz]

you just have to create a support ticket and give them the error it gives you. they activated it for me

[@NiladriTherapist]

@@NoobyBoiPlayz thank u

[@NoobyBoiPlayz]

@@NiladriTherapist np

[@phoenixwright5863]

thanks bro! your guide is very useful. I can say that it is a fantastic video. I recommend everyone to watch it.

[@Alex_is_him09]

HELP its stuck in boot loop after editing the vmx for the last time

[@DerickTherving]

*FOR ANYONE WITH AMD ISSUES* Remove the SMBIOS text from your VMX file if you've already tried the process with the device in the video, and boot back into macos. It will boot normally. In Clover, set your device to "MacBookPro16,4" Follow procedure normally, but generate the first serial number a few times before copying Continue with tutorial normally, and everything will work!

[@Jytx7]

Who else is getting an error saying "You cannot sign in to iMessage on this Mac at this time." ? I have changed serial number numerous times and remade the VM again and the same problem happens. I am so close to being able to finish but this is stopping me. Is there any way I could fix this?

[@irunthis91]

Same is happening to me, did you find a fix yet?

[@akvs9]

@@irunthis91 me too, did you find a fix?

[@ncogg]

Hello. I have run into a small snag. My VMX file. Is very short. Not with all those options. Displayed on screen. Search is Bluetooth. CPU etc. Any suggestions?

[@jun]

nice, it worked. thanks for such a great tutorial!

[@omarciyo]

ive been stuck on "You cannot sign in to iMessage on this Mac at this time." for the past week Ive tried calling apple support like 3 times, messing around in the .vmx files from different tutorials, setting the device as MacPro7,1 MacBookPro 16,1 and MacBookPro15,4 and they all get me signed into the mac but no luck signing into iMesseges / FaceTime. I tried signing into the Mac VM itself in system preferences and it worked somehow. any idea what i could do?

[@akvaithi]

You should try a fresh smbios and remake the VM from scratch

[@Jytx7]

@Omar Hidrogo so did changing the mac vm in system preferences work? And also how did you do it?

[@Jytx7]

im asking because i have the same problem as you.

[@chem1kal]

@@Jytx7 yes same whats the solution

[@Zack-pm4rb]

@@chem1kal Did you figure out the solution, I cannot figure out what to do?

[@TheEGames]

Every time i try to install vmware tools it gets stuck and doesn’t finish

[@ChefGD1]

Hey, does anyone know why I can't create an apple id on the vm?

[@tiquefantas64]

After I changed the MAC address, Vmware no longer opens ( after the step at 14:05 )

[@4slashed]

didnt work it tells me i need an apple id whenever i try to send a message kinda disappointed cause this took me 2 hours to set up could you help?

[@Exendes]

Jesus christ finaly something worked. Thanks man

[@ashleystrangeful]

Hi, when i tried to power up my vm file, it says Error during poer on, failed to start virtual machine. i Not sure what error its referring to. Can you help?? Suggestions? My systems a AMD, vm - 50gb disk, 16gb ram and 12 core - half of my actual machine

[@BrendenBudnick]

How do you enable iCloud on Virtualbox, bc I already set up a VM

[@jfullflow]

I'm getting a "Safari cannot connect to server" error when trying to configure airmessage. I have set all permissions appropriately but still getting the same error, any ideas?

[@akvaithi]

Airmessage servers might be down, I'm about to export and upload a guide for Bluebubbles that might help you, so hit the bell icon if you want to be notified

[@Yolo-jk3si]

Hey, for my one the CD eject button doesn't show... I'm not sure where I went wrong.. But when I try to change the iso it says the guest operating system is using the iso

[@akvaithi]

Make sure you eject it in the OS

[@johnlee3197]

this is awesome! nice work

[@BowGiulius]

Thanks, it worked! Is it possible to do the access with iCloud with this method also?

[@k9chilly5]

Worked like a charm!

[@TB-bza727]

you are the man! thank you!! Quick question. Is it ok to sign in to apple ID in settings AFTER setup is completed? So that saved contacts/names come up as new messages come in on the VMac from people already saved in your actual iphone?

[@reelmadjid4011]

Did you tried ? Is it working ?

[@jplvnw8961]

when I attempt to login it says "You cannot sign in to iMessage on this Mac at this time." everything else seemed to work though, any ideas?

[@jplvnw8961]

Do I have to verify the account with an iPhone?

[@akvaithi]

Yes, it is recommended that you use an older appleid that was created on a real apple device like an iPhone or iPad since they have the highest chance to work. sometimes calling apple support also works.

[@jplvnw8961]

@@akvaithi oh ok cool, also I couldn't just use someone else's phone to create a new id on there could I? because then it would be linked to the device or something?

[@akvaithi]

yes, creating an account means it will be linked to that device but you can log out after it has successfully logged into the VM

[@jaysqvl]

So i followed this tutorial but for some odd reason, I'm able to receive messages no problem, but i'm unable to send them. Anybody know why?

[@derpformayor8167]

Why is my vmx file not there?

[@riyadziyad9690]

ITS IN THE DESCRIPTION

[@alexmodelon1487]

Thank you very much for this video, it works perfectly ;)

[@FoxyDrew]

For anyone wondering, MacOS Ventura finally broke this method. Everything goes swimmingly until you edit the vmx file, then the Virtual Machine won't even boot.

[@PrimalDashes]

so will it still work with monterey?

[@akvaithi]

Yes

[@marianamonteiro8353]

@@PrimalDashes i'm trying with monterey and im getting "Error while opening the virtual machine: VMX file is corrupt."

[@retr0802]

yo thanks man works like a charm

[@origamidude5892]

When I try to edit the vmx file to put in serial number info, there is only a vmxf file that doesn't look anything like the one in the video. What can I do?

[@akvaithi]

Enable file extensions

[@origamidude5892]

@@akvaithi Got it, thanks for the quick reply!! Its working great

[@nomannic1]

@@akvaithi thank you! I had the same problem and your comment fixed it. :)

[@itsHec]

The link for [SMBIOS and VMX edit files] is not working :(

[@DougTheMan376]

Best step by step guide by far thank you.

[@solarisis]

Amazing, went flawless

[@yilmazbozaci7641]

Even though I changed the serial, the authentication still didn't work for me.

[@tbunkua]

Awesome tutorial! Only issue I have is sound input / microphones is not working. I have a usb fifine mic and the built-in mic in the logi streamcam. Both shows up in the system preference, but does not appear to receive sound input. Tested in Facetime, PhotoBooth, and Recorder. Facetime shows video, but no sound input. PhotoBooth and Recorder just freezes. Anyone have any ideas on how to get a mic to work?

[@datdollar]

I did everyone correctly and ot was working perfectly for a couple days then now everytime I boot in to the desktop it sends me back into the login as soon as iMessage pops up