check.exe - check the patch status of VMware.relock.exe - remove patches from VMware.With Administrator rights which are required to patch VMware. On Windows you can double-click the executables to launch them from the "windows" folder. Navigate to the folder with the extracted files.Unzip the archive to extract the executables and VMware Tools images.
Optionally check the sha256 checksum matches that published in the release.The code is written in Go and has no pre-requisites and should run directly from the release zip download. Or any other features that are not already in the VMware compiled code. It is important to understand that the Unlocker cannot add any new capabilities to VMware Workstation and Playerīut enables support for macOS that is disabled in the VMware products that do not run on Apple hardware. Provide a copy of the macOS VMware Tools for the guest.Patch vmwarebase.dll or libvmwarebase.so to allow Apple guests to be selected during VM creation.Patch vmware-vmx and derivatives to allow macOS to boot.The patch code carries out the following modifications dependent on the product being patched:
These capabiltiites are normallyĮxposed in Fusion and ESXi when running on Apple hardware. The guest OS type, and modify the implmentation of the virtual SMC controller device. The Unlocker enables certain flags and data tables that are required to see the macOS type when setting
Unlocker 4 is designed for VMware Workstation and Player 16 and has been tested against: It is safe to say we should look for alternative approaches to the unlocker. Currently the exact details of what may change are not clear, but This will likely impact Workstation Pro/Player as well. This is documented at the VMware KB for Fusion: VMware will stop supporting new macOS versions as guests starting with Fusion 13 and the next version of ESXi.