Naki Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) On 11/25/2020 at 2:03 PM, Aaron44126 said: Yes, since Big Sur anyway, minimizing windows is very slow and CPU-intensive. I've seen other users report this. I think that it basically boils down to the lack of hardware graphics acceleration... and Apple not really caring at all to make sure that things work OK without it. And funny you should mention it, I just discovered AirMessage yesterday while looking for alternate iMessage solutions. I'm thinking that I will run it on an actual 2010 Mac Mini that I have and see how it goes. Thanks! Interestingly, I run ALL kinds/versions of older VMs on same PC & laptop too, and they all work fine - NO slowdown on windows minimize in any of those many macOS VMs, it happens at once and does not slow down the Guest or Host OS/CPU. Have them all here from OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, to 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite and all the way to Catalina and now Big Sur -- and issue only happens in the latest Big Sur VM and not any of the others. Edited November 26, 2020 by Naki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyK Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 3:56 AM, flakey said: This morning I applied the Workstation Pro 16.1.0 upgrade, with the same familiar symptoms: my macOS VM won't boot successfully after the upgrade. Once again MK-Unlocker came to the rescue, and patched Workstation successfully. My macOS Big Sur VM is online again once more. So, continued thanks to the provider of that particular tool. So far, VMWARE 16 does not work with AMD Ryzen processors Catalina or Big Sur vanilla installs. Nobody has successfully done this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macist Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) Any change in AMD Zen 2 / Zen 3 Ryzen support for VMWare 16 ? Still not working ? Or a new solution ? Appreciate a lot if anyone knows there is a development... PS: Running a Ryzen 7 3700X Edited February 1, 2021 by macist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakey Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 11/20/2020 at 9:56 AM, flakey said: This morning I applied the Workstation Pro 16.1.0 upgrade, with the same familiar symptoms: my macOS VM won't boot successfully after the upgrade. Once again MK-Unlocker came to the rescue, and patched Workstation successfully. My macOS Big Sur VM is online again once more. So, continued thanks to the provider of that particular tool. MK-Unlocker to the rescue again! Today it was the turn of Workstation Pro 16.2.1 (I skipped 16.2.0) to receive the tender ministrations of the unlocker. My Monterey VM boots once more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyK Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 11/10/2021 at 5:38 AM, flakey said: MK-Unlocker to the rescue again! Today it was the turn of Workstation Pro 16.2.1 (I skipped 16.2.0) to receive the tender ministrations of the unlocker. My Monterey VM boots once more. Which one is the MK-Unlocker again? Is this the one? https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker/releases Also, does it work for AMD chips? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakey Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) On 11/10/2021 at 11:38 AM, flakey said: MK-Unlocker to the rescue again! Today it was the turn of Workstation Pro 16.2.1 (I skipped 16.2.0) to receive the tender ministrations of the unlocker. My Monterey VM boots once more. Good lord. MK-Unlocker still works with VMware Workstation Pro 17.0.0. I'm astounded it's kept working for so long. Edited November 29, 2022 by flakey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinkcat Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) To summarize: You can run an unmodified Big Sur or Monterey on an AMD platform in a VM using the MK-Unlocker? I am buying a non-Apple laptop to run Workstation Pro for linux and must decide between Intel vs. AMD CPU and plan to virtualize a lot. Edited January 3, 2023 by Thinkcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakey Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/3/2023 at 4:17 AM, Thinkcat said: To summarize: You can run an unmodified Big Sur or Monterey on an AMD platform in a VM using the MK-Unlocker? I am buying a non-Apple laptop to run Workstation Pro for linux and must decide between Intel vs. AMD CPU and plan to virtualize a lot. No idea. My VM host runs an Intel CPU. Perhaps another forum member with an AMD rig might be able to advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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