OSX 10.6.7 VMWARE image for AMD ONLY

I have had a lot of trouble obtaining a working OSX 10.6.7 Vmware image that would work with my triple core AMD Phenom II based laptop. I finally got this one that originally had 10.6.2. After getting it working with my laptop, I then came across the problem with the USB devices (including keyboard and mouse) not working after upgrading to 10.6.5 or above. After a couple of hours of research, I found that the problem is the Apple USB drivers dropped with the 10.6.5 upgrade, simply do not work with non Apple hardware. The solution is to do the upgrade and then, before rebooting, reinstall the drivers included with 10.6.4. Anyway, I was able to use Apple's software upgrade service to bring this up to 10.6.7, with the latest iTunes and Safari versions. This version is setup for US English, New York's time zone. User accounts setup are: Username: Administrator Password: 123456789 Username: root Password: 123456789 If you need to get this working with Intel processors, it could be as easy as replacing the boot ISO in the Virtual machine settings (DARWIN_SNOW_LEGACY.ISO) with the regular DARWIN.ISO found with the Intel based Vmware images. I have not tested that as I don't have an Intel machine, so you are on your own there. Cheers!!

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HawkieMan (2011-05-11)

Good torrent. Worked out of the box on my AMD machine. Good VM setup worked speedy and well.
No nonsense and well working.

madrip1 (2011-05-16)

says file corrupt wont unrar

madrip1 (2011-05-16)

sorry vmware workstation error wont work i guess i dont know how to do this.

vampire03 (2011-05-18)

i hope this works fine.

iamgodlol (2011-06-23)

I have an AMD Athlon II X2 250 processor and 5GB RAM. I got the file but upon running it on VMWare I get the error "Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Player supports hardware virtualization." What now?

bkarankar (2011-08-05)

hi,
i tried to add this with vmware workstatoin 5.0 but got a error as
Unable to open configuration file "C:\Mac OS Snow Leopard.vmx":
(null)
my system config as
AMD 1055T
Asus mobo
8 GB memory
2 GB 6950 GPU
120 GB SSD
what will be the possible solution, please post...

bkarankar (2011-08-06)

awesome bro,
i update my vmware workstation and its working fine.
it was my dream to have mac on my system, but after too many research i found its only possible on Intel.
now because of you, my dream came true.
Thanks brother, thanks you very much for this share.
one question, have you any idea how can we install lion on vmware on amd. if this too possible then will be great for us.
Thanks again.

redsox360 (2011-08-14)

Thanks its working great but when I connect my usb device it doesn't show up. Is there anything special I should do or try?

rifts123 (2011-08-31)

Hey man this is great, first one I have found that boots right up.
Weird problem though, my mouse movement works fine but I can not click on anything.
Any ideas?

misomian (2011-09-17)

Best OSX for AMD image I've ever tried. No boot difficulties, no sleep problems, no crashes on shutdown.
Easy upgrade to 10.6.8:
0. As a precaution, create a snapshot before you do anything else
1. Copy IOUSBFamily.kext and IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext from System/Library / Extensions to your desktop or somewhere easily you can find them easily
2. Download and install the Mac OSX 10.6.8 Combo Update from Apple, but MAKE SURE you don't click Restart when it finishes
3. Download and install the legacy kernel and sleep enabler package from Nawcom: http://blog.nawcom.com/?p=791
4. Finally, using an app like Kext Helper ( http://cheetha.net/ ), install the two kexts you backed up in step 1
5. Reboot and enjoy!

misomian (2011-09-17)

Forgot to add: Xcode works great on this, no problem connecting to my iPad for development.

ionfist (2011-09-18)

@misomian or @all
Can you please tell me how did you connect your iPad, because I am having trouble doing so.
Thanks in advance!

misomian (2011-09-19)

@ionfist:
These AMD installations can be pretty finicky when it comes to USB working or not. This one worked fine for me, while most haven't. In case it helps you though, here are the IOUSB kexts from an earlier install I did on my own, where I got USB working but had other issues that prevented it from being a good vm.
http://pastie.org/2553749
As a precaution make a snapshot first, then open the included Kext Helper app from the zip, drag both kexts to its window, enter the vm's admin password, click Easy Install, and reboot when done.
Let me know if it helps! If so I'll upload a companion torrent with these files and instructions.

BAKERSFIELDBOY211 (2011-12-02)

My frist comment ! has any one tryed it on intel Prossor yet, if so how did you do it, was it time csuming...

tristant (2012-02-18)

"I allocated 3 gbs of ram for this virtual machine, why does it only detect one gigabyte? help please :D"
In the Empire EFI booter type "maxmem=2048" (without quotes, for 2GB of RAM) before you start OSX
"Weird problem though, my mouse movement works fine but I can not click on anything."
I've got the same problem, can anyone help?

tristant (2012-02-18)

Also, for reference misomian instructions for upgrading to 10.6.8 do NOT work w/ the Russian 10.6.2 that also works for AMD (and the mouse and keyboard work in that version for me).
I'd really love to have a working copy of 10.6.8, does anyone know how to fix mine (and rifts123) input (mouse clicks & keyboard don't work) problem?
I'm using VMWare 8.0.1 build-528992, does that matter?

tristant (2012-02-18)

Or better yet, someone with a working VM of 10.6.8 on AMD upload their machine folder!

mb_72 (2012-05-08)

Thanks from me also. Worked fine immediately 'out of the box' (Workstation v8.0, paid / licensed version), and I'd been trying to get OSX running for ages.

greyfox19 (2012-10-30)

I have an AMD phenom II x6. "It says CPU has been disabled by the guest machine." any word on how to fix this?