You can download and check for the updates and comments here. All credits go to developer of this patch. Unlocker for 9, 8.0 and 8.0.1 Download Links This unlocker works well with 9, 8.0 and 8.0.1. But, I can confirm that latest 1.1.0 unlocker works well with VMware workstation 9 on Windows 7 Host.Īfter applying patch with VMware unlocker – One more Guest OS type and versions. The above all screenshots remain same with earlier versions (almost one year ago). I have not updated the screenshots for latest 1.1.0 unlocker or latest VMware workstation 9. Unlocker for VMware workstation 9, 8 and 7 Using older ulockers to patch recent VMware workstation did not work and I could not start any virtual machines.

Later, I found a similar patch for 9 and 8 series. Obviously, the upgrade process replaced patched files, so no longer I able to run Lion OS X on VMware. I have demonstrated and tested on Workstation 7 series in previous post, but once I upgraded to VMware workstation 9 or 8, it stopped working. Sysprobs already published a working method to install and run Lion OS X on VMware workstation based on this unlocker. But the latest Lion OS X needs this patching. UPDATE – This post has been updated after testing latest unlocker (version 1.1.0) with VMware workstation 9 on Įarlier Mac OS X versions like Snow leopard 10.6 and leopard 10.5 can run on VMware desktop virtualization products without this patch. It does this modifying some core VMware system files. OS X Unlocker essentially patches the installed VMware product so Mac OS X can be installed. Extract the contents of OS X Unlocker onto your computer. Download the latest, at the time of writing it is.

Confirm VMware Workstation or VMware Player is installed correctly, and close the program. This is really only needed if you want to use client versions of Mac OS X. Mac OS X - On Mac OS X you will need to be either root or use sudo to run the scripts. Lnx-install.sh - patches VMware lnx-uninstall.sh - restores VMware lnx-update-tools.cmd - retrieves latest OS X guest tools 6. Here is the download links of working unlocker for VMware Workstation 9, 8 and 7 series versions (tested by me) on Windows 7 32 bit host.

This unlocker utility replaces few VMware program files to be able to install and run latest 10.8 and 10.7 Lion OS X guests. If you are a Hackintosh user on desktop virtualization software VMware, then the “VMware unlocker” is a compulsory utility to run Mac OS X lion guests.

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