MAC OS X Leopard 10.5.5 VMware Image

hi guys, first of all i would like to give credit to "Xelabo" who made the image... after a while i made some updates, and applied the AMD patch to simplify the life of people... :) this image should work for Intel and AMD out of the box.... just unzip it... move it to where you normally hold your images and run it enjoy it ! ! ! ! ! if you wanna learn more about the image visit: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=132176 ***NOTE AMD PATCH WAS APPLIED NO NEED TO DO THAT STEP AGAIN Password is password "note - no capital letters at all" Help the community and seed thank you

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

bv_abhi (2009-03-27)

Does this One run

SKYDOS (2009-03-27)

is it working?

geoscopic (2009-03-27)

very sluggish.

neven2101 (2009-03-29)

This dosn't work on my vmware. some ceash report

mong_the_great (2009-03-29)

is there a specific version of vmware to be used.

kevin_msu (2009-03-30)

Would this work well if i wanted to hack a netbook and put OSX on it?

UltimateBenutzername (2009-04-01)

works on Dual Core Athlon

UltimateBenutzername (2009-04-01)

How is it possible to change the resolution of the display? 1024 only?

tecneeq (2009-04-02)

Works perfectly on my Computer: Debian 5.0 32 Bit, VMWare Workstation 6.5.something, 2Gigs Ram, AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2350 @2100MHz.
Thanks a bunch!

ishpra (2009-04-04)

Wow, Awesome Mate, I tried installing Leopard in VM by downloading it, I wasted all my time in downloading almost 7 GB of file with no luck, thanks for the upload, it works great. Good for learners, to have a look at Leopard.
However, what is the password for Mac Admin Account for this VM.
Thanks a lot.....

CsNWoWPlayers (2009-04-04)

Please, Seed i want to try it out because of my iPhone =)

Turbo_zk8 (2009-04-05)

The Admin Password is "pcwiz".
Or at least I think it is.
That is what seem to work for me.
Works well on a
Q6600 Quad Core CPU
5Gb Ram
GeForce 7600 512Mb
VMWare Workstation 6.5

UltimateBenutzername (2009-04-06)

Hey guys,
What's the size of ur resolution? more than my 1024?

tking0036 (2009-04-10)

Thankyou this is GREAT!!! Runs on my cpu without 64bit VT. Great for Developing For iPhone

rnd.next (2009-04-13)

People should read the comments to the torrent, things like passwords are more often then not right there... it might even be in the included READ ME, but they're just lazy (or stupid, depends...)
Anways, thanks for the upload. I had pcwiz' 10.5.2 image before, but after some apps/updates began to require 10.5.3+ I searched how to update it... and just downloading an image that was already updated seemed to be the best/fastest/least frustrating method. :-)
@UltimateBenutzername:
It seems the OS only detects that the connected 'display' can show only one resolution, so you can't change it with regular settings. But can try (I can't guarantee that it works, haven't tested it. But it should.)

fraki2 (2009-04-15)

I can confirm that it works on a windows xp x86 hosted vmware player, but it doesn't work (for me) on a vista x64 hosted vmware player. It stucks on boot.

 Tiimb0 (2009-04-15)

Try it Now for everyone that want VMware download it from here:

zgong (2009-04-21)

Hi, I've tried both vmware workstation 6.5 and vmware player running on ubuntu 810 64bit and vista 64bit as host. I got hanging on the big apple bootup screen in all of them, anybody knows how to solve it?

loaded12 (2009-05-06)

I had the stuck at boot problem. Would just stay at the gray boot up screen with the apple logo and the spinning thing.
Fixed it by loading last snapshot... boots right up no problems. Still slow though. So just hit the revert to last snapshot button in VMware Workstation (near top). I don't know if you can reboot tho... havn't tried it. I just keep pausing and resuming and that works.

koggit (2009-05-17)

can't get through the boot..
says "crash using uid" over and over in verbose mode.. otherwise freezes at apple logo.
as previous commenter mentioned, loading last snapshot works (since it doesn't require booting) but is VERY slow. unusuably slow. i wanted to run the iPhone SDK but i can't tolerate 2000ms delay and 4 hour installs that should only take 5min.
i'm running:
Q6600
4gb ram
GeForce 8800gt
Vista 32bit
VMWare 6.5.2

manbearpig9000 (2009-05-22)

i got it working fine, but no sound, which i can live with, but the password of password is not working, i tried it several times several ways, it just doesn't work.

subsity (2009-05-28)

Please be aware this torrent is being tracked by apple. My isp has been contacted and I just got my inet reconnected back. No joke!

iamtheNiGHT (2009-05-30)

I'm going to assume from the comments, that this only works with 32bit operating systems?
The only people who got it to work were using x86 and those who had start up hang had x64

iamtheNiGHT (2009-05-30)

Yeah, I just tried it on my laptop and it worked fine with 32bit.
It's reallllyyyy slow though. I don't know if there's a way to speed it up, but at the speed it's at now, it's not worth using. It's been loading displays for like 2 minutes now.

misterhomer (2009-06-01)

Im sorry, but what is the root password? I can not instal any KEXT!

KrizBlaze (2009-06-02)

Worked Great for me.. A little slugish but over all pretty good.. THANKS!

rernst (2009-06-24)

What is the root password? Can't install *anything*...
No, it's not password, not pcwiz, not Xelabo.

battleaxe230 (2009-07-07)

for me its working out of the box, but exept the Audio and Wireless device....
Oh... forgotten some specs
i have an intel processor 3,5 gb memory (stablest)
ralink wireless 802.11 wireless (does not work for me like i sad)
realtek hd audio (not working either on this vmware image for me)
but its a piece of awsomeness, and its working out of the box!!!!!
Thx :)

CodyWalsh (2009-07-11)

When i update this to 10.5.6 its its alway fail on me
help me Plzs and the password is "password"

medofree (2009-07-11)

from
To the ones stuck forever in the gray bootup screen with the apple logo:
Step 1. Disable Intel hardware visualization from your BIOS. This will cause VmWare to be in HW emulation mode. Your virtual Leopard will be sluggish, but you should be able to boot. Note that any time you enable or disable teh HW virtualization setting in the BIOS, one has to completely power off (cold restart) the CPU for 10 seconds before booting.
Step 2. Once you successfully booted in Leopard, create a clean snapshot.
Step 3. Reboot to change your BIOS setting back to enable Intel HW virtualization technology. Note that any time you enable or disable teh HW virtualization setting in the BIOS, one has to completely power off (cold restart) the CPU for 10 seconds before booting.
Step 4. Boot and restore the snapshot, it should no longer be sluggish -- but remember NOT to shutdown/reboot -- you can only pause/snapshot and restore with HW virtualization enabled.
To the ones with a sluggish virtual Leopard:
Start at step 2 above.
Enjoy,
Johnny901

medofree (2009-07-12)

The Mac Admin password is : Xelabo

Psyk0maN (2009-07-25)

Hi, this is very useful but unfortunately is not working for me... :( I'm using the VMware Workstation version 6.5.1 build 126130, on a laptop Asus pro31jseries with windows xp.
When I run the image after some seconds that the apple appear this is the error message that I get:
*** Virtual machine kernel stack fault (hardware reset) ***
The virtual machine just suffered a stack fault in kernel mode. On a real computer, this would amount to a reset of the processor. It can be caused by an incorrect configuration of the virtual machine, a bug in the operating system, or a problem in the VMware Workstation software. Press OK to reboot virtual machine or Cancel to shut it down.
Please help!!!!

tam007 (2009-08-05)

disabling the intel hardware virtualization worked for me. but its still sluggish.

tehblue (2009-08-23)

This worked great for me without making any changes on an Athlon 4000+ w/1GB RAM. Not sluggish but just a little slow due to my hardware.
Your hard work allowed me to complete testing of a VPN system for my client who just requested MAC OSX 10.5 verification. I was able to locate the Cisco VPN 4.91 client, installed, configured and tested perfectly.
Keep doing what you are doing! Without this my Mac verification would have been delayed while I try to borrow someone's mac to test. EXCELLENT WORK!
It should be noted however that I will be purchasing a Mac to test with in the future and to improve my technical skills on both the hardware and software.
I believe in giving credit to where it's due and supporting those who put hard work into their products.
Thanks again!

jl1009 (2009-08-27)

hey how do u install vmware tool on this, im using workstation

green98ls (2009-09-12)

got this to work just fine on my AMd phenom box. after I did the update it wouldn't work.
anyone do the update and have it still work??

mrjimbo (2009-09-19)

Well, the password should been easy to get but it sucked that it didn't - but there is always a solution.
1. Boot into single user mode (at start screen with the count down - press a key to get to the boot prompt. Then write '-s' for getting single user mode. After that it is straight forward just write what's below and you set a new password.
2. Type fsck -fy
3. Type mount -uw /
4. Type launchctl load
5. Type dscl . -passwd /Users/user password, replacing password with the desired password.
6. Reboot - you will now get a log in screen, choose user "User" and your password and it works!
Good luck!

PokerCrow (2009-10-19)

This sure works, and regarding the root user password everybody is complaining I was having the same issue and after a whole day of struggling with the VM I found the solution... and I can't believe it was that simple! The reason no password works with the root user is that there's no root user enabled!! To remedy this go to Utilities > Directory Utility. Click the lock open to allow changes and you'll be asked for the Mac Admin password (which is "password"). Now go to the "Edit" menu on the top bar and select "Enable Root User" where you'll be asked to provide a password. Voilá!! Now you can login on the terminal.

MoBetta (2009-11-06)

Got this to work on an ASROCK X58 core i7 @ 2.67Mhz + 6GB CORSAIR with 2 SATAII 500GB in RAID0 Nvida GTX285 on a HannsG 28 inch monitor and the rig is overclocked to 3.6Mhz running Windows 7 ULTIMATE 32bit RTM and VMware® Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739. Didnt work first try it got stuck at apple boot screen with spinning wheel, but did what medofore said and got past that. I then made a snapshot and proceeded with Software update (networking works out the gate) and it Kernel Paniced (guess it didnt like getting updated 10.5.8) so reverted snapshot and only did software updates. But this upload worked great.
Thanks Sindakit

Rsrd (2009-11-10)

how i disable the Intel HW virtualization technology in bios
i want usa the snow lepoard in virtual machine

Rsrd (2009-11-10)

where i Disable Intel hardware visualization in my bios
i can´t find

oxygens (2009-11-11)

Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge VMware Appliance (osx, win7, linux, anything that runs vmware):
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5157060
Full game (NOT rip) with working cracks preinstalled, and other goodies:)

bigboybalkis94 (2009-11-30)

I was wondering, in this leopard install if we are able to install the updates as well as a possible upgrade to snow leopard? inside of vmware?

shootout (2009-12-06)

does anybody know how to fix the sound on this OS? if so please tell me how...thanks :)

hgaqui (2009-12-10)

I tried the tutorial down here about intel virtualization, disabled, powered off, started the VM, took a clean snapshot, paused it, restarted, re-enabled the virtualization on boot, powered off, resumed the VM but it is still sluggish.
If anyone knows how to get it running normally, please tell us. If there isn't a way to run it smoothly, please tell us anyway (:

newbie512 (2009-12-16)

I am having trouble, i run win7 on a intel core 2 duo 2.2gz, ram: 4gb, nvideo 8600 512mb.
I am stuck in the "endless mac boot up screen".
I use the free version of vmware so i don't know if i can take snapshots or if that is the problem.
could i have any help, msn me: [email protected]

tux76 (2009-12-18)

password is not : password , not : Xelabo, and surely now: pcwiz... anyone can provide the correct password please help

meotish (2009-12-20)

noooo, is not fair, i downloaded iphone sdk, it says that i need 10.5.8 or later, i made the update then i installed, then it crash, and the virtual machine not ever started again :( ....what can i do??????

robin1232 (2009-12-21)

stuck on bootscreen

destinymanboy (2009-12-22)

I got a wireless network at home and it works fine everything, but doesn't work the internet on MAC, anyone can help me about this problem, my network wireless adapter is a Linksys Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter: Model No. WUSB54GC

destinymanboy (2009-12-22)

oh by the way the internet works good on my window vista but the when i start virtual machine and start with it the MAC os, the internet doesnt works there is a lan bridge but, when i connect my adapter doesnt go through the wireless network to the internet, any help please i really need this....

final8x (2009-12-22)

I can't logon it. It was stand on start screen. I'm using Toshiba M55-S329 (Intel Pentium M - 1.86GHz, 1G RAM). Can anyone help me?

Jason761 (2009-12-23)

Can I use updates on the Mac image like the Mac Software Update and Mac Update? I seem to get this "The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point." on Vmware...

kivi22i (2009-12-27)

crash using uid 0 gid 0 euid 0 egid 0...wtf please help...

ecasmb (2009-12-27)

@meotish
search on google for
Install Snow Leopard on a PC / Laptop (OSX86) Tutorial/guide
there you have the tutorial for how to upgrade :D

thebuilderddd (2010-01-02)

Nice! I relly wanted a VM of a Mac! Thanks!

kenvogt (2010-01-02)

will this install using the boot-kabyl-bumby.iso?
my specs
Intel Core 2 Duo 8400
2 gb ram
intel dg35ec mobo
nvidia gts 250 graphics card
ive tried 2 other dls, but none have worked. endless bootscreen.

darthdeus (2010-01-05)

When I run it on Vista x64, it gets stuck on boot screen, however when I restore snapshot, it starts correctly, BUT, password ISN'T "password" and internet connection isn't working.
Any other suggestions for password?

darthdeus (2010-01-05)

If you have problem with booting, try editing virtual machine processor settings and turn on VMWare kernel paravirtualization. However, its slow like shit

darthdeus (2010-01-05)

OK, here's my summary. If I try to boot the last vm state as I downloaded it, I have to use paravirtualization, which makes it instanely slow, but it works. Also password "password" works, so you can "sudo su" and change everything you want. But it is really slow. I've also managed to get the internet working setting up network connection to NAT in VM settings.
The other option is to restore the last running snapshot, which doesn't require paravirtualization on my machine, so it is pretty fast, but "password" DOESN'T work, so I can't do pretty much anything. I also tried rebooting and then it didn't start, so I guess thats because paravirtualization is off, which means once you turn it off, you can't turn it on.
Is there any way how to reset user password? Could it help to run like Live Ubuntu and overwrite /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow for example?

darthdeus (2010-01-05)

One last thought ...
The vm as it's downloaded is already booted, but without paravirtualization, however, when I try to suspend my running box which has paravirtualization on, I can't turn it off.
Here is the idea. If it was possible to turn paravirtualizatoin off when the machine is suspended, then I could simply boot it, suspend, turn off, resume and have it run smoothly.

 cclloyd (2010-01-06)

ATTN: If you need to enter a password, just boot into single user mode when the boot loader comes up.
And is there anyway to increase resolution past 1024x768?

rocketero (2010-01-12)

yes you can get resolution greater then 1024x768, by editing the file:
add the lines:
Graphics Mode
1280x1024x32
32 is the bits, I use 24bit. you can test other resolutions higher or lower than that.

rocketero (2010-01-12)

for some reason the code I wrote abote did not show up correctly, so I'll try to fix it:
< key > Graphics Mode < /key >
< string > 1280x1024x24 < /string >
take out the spaces out as this was the only way to show the "key" and "string" code.

paxmees (2010-01-25)

Password is Xelabo

sheni7 (2010-01-28)

Has anyone figure out why I keep getting this message every time I try to update software? "The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point." Has anyone successfully updated from 10.5.5 to 10.5.8? Also has anyone been able to add sound? If so how? Thanks.

PROTEOUS271158 (2010-01-30)

The best working ,easiest loading VMWare image of a Mac OS to date without a doubt!!!!
The Password is...password...,for the administrator account!!!
The Password IS...Xelabo..., for the root account!!!
Do not try to load any combined update!!!!!
This will cause the CPU disabled alert!!!
Internet works best in NAT.
Don't know why the sound isn't working,would be nice if someone could figure this out.
The the two versions posted as fully functional lep and snow lep are simply put...a poop flinging ,dickpulling, monkey clusterfuck!!!
Now, that being said,could we please put our efforts into learning from this version and improving on it while showing proper respect and giving Sindakit a fucking standing ovation for this excellent edition of a VMWare image and at the same time take notice of the scant little offerings available for any pre made images!

OlympusDeadPool (2010-02-03)

is there any way to get sound to work

halfempty21 (2010-02-05)

hi every1 noooob here for all havin sound card problems .
1 select sound card setting to use host card
2 start your mac (not in full screen)
after start up complete .
3 look at bottom right of vmware u see all devices .right click spound card and select
connect (disconnect from host)
this should be first optionn in popup list ''''''''
and your sound is allll goooood..

halfempty21 (2010-02-05)

i need help wit making mac run faster really slugish ... i turn up avail memory to max but stil preety slow....
any help is good help

halfempty21 (2010-02-05)

any ideas on speeding up this mac

fforw (2010-02-13)

Works straight out of box, takes forever to un7z, boots fine, uses little ram, cpu not overloading, but is very sluggish, probably due to graphics
root password is ; ROOT, not user
still tweaking with kernel without pae and also tweaking the configs in the VMware Workstation 7 cpu settings, anyone have results with 1cpu vs 2cpus ?
Fujitsu Lifebook n6410
Duo T2300 @ 1.66GHz 1GB RAM
Ubuntu 9.10 kernel 2.6.31-16-generic-pae
VMware player 3.0

fforw (2010-02-13)

*sorry root password is password

darkshak (2010-02-13)

i need some help...when i put the image in vmware and start it up i get boot1: error

fforw (2010-02-13)

wha OS you using, what version of Vmware and what are basic specs of you machine ?

darkshak (2010-02-13)

well my os is windows seven with intel core 2 duo running vmware workstaion 7.0.1

darkshak (2010-02-13)

dell inspiron 1525

darkshak (2010-02-13)

any 1 please

fforw (2010-02-13)

it seems that it has something to do with your MBR, if you sure you unzipped correctly and opened it in vm and it doesnt work, you can either reunzipit and try again or use a mac os x install disk (if you have) and boot with that and use fdisk to fix mbr

fforw (2010-02-13)

also read other comment about disabling cpu virtualisation...
and try it in VMplayer instead of VMware maybe

darkshak (2010-02-13)

i found out that i got an error when unziping so i downloaded the torent and i still got this ! C:\Users\Shakiel\Documents\Azureus Downloads\Mac OS X Leopard-1\Mac OS X Leopard.7z: CRC failed in Mac OS X Leopard\Mac OS X Leopard.vmdk. The file is corrupt
! C:\Users\Shakiel\Documents\Azureus Downloads\Mac OS X Leopard-1\Mac OS X Leopard.7z: Error - operation failed

fforw (2010-02-13)

usually crc error means you have to download again, but try using 7zip for windows maybe will help if not your outta luck

darkshak (2010-02-13)

dang i tried both already

fforw (2010-02-13)

you downloaded it twice already ?

darkshak (2010-02-13)

yeah last night it took four hours so i set my alarm on my ipod and woke up and it was done it didnt work so i deleted in and downloaded it again

fforw (2010-02-13)

maybe your hard drive has bad sectors ? no one else seemed to report that type of error... try booting your computer with a ubuntu live cd and un7z from there, then boot back into windows... unzipped fine for me under linux

LAPARA (2010-02-15)

HEY GUYS IM TRYIN TO INSTALL MAC OS X ON MY HP PAVILLION 061 AND I CANT
I GOT INTEL PENTIUM 4 519 ON IT
INSTRUCIONS==MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
ITS A SINGLE CORE 3.6 MHZ
I GOT 3 GB OF RAM AND 160 GB OF HD
PLEASE HELP ME OUT AND I WILL PAY DHE FAVOR BACK BY SEEDIN OR SOMETHING
CONTACT ME\
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

spartan22 (2010-02-15)

what i did to make the audio work is install this from this link.

Then i installed RealtekR1000.pkg using Kext Helper b7. The audio is a bit choppy. Im running an emachine amd antlon II x2. Thanks uploader works great!!

GreyZer0 (2010-02-18)

Please Seed!

GreyZer0 (2010-02-18)

I Stuck in Boot !

khoudor (2010-02-23)

excuse me guys, but first time using such thing, so how do i run it ?? there is no image file and i tried making 1 using ultra iso but vmware workstation didn't accept it, so what are the steps to use this thing ?

kukumaiwu (2010-02-24)

waoh!I have started to using it!damn it sooo goood!LoL

drakeshe (2010-02-24)

For those that get stuck on the gray screen, make sure you have at least VMWare Workstation 7, and then go into the menu and go VM->Settings...->Hardware Tab->Processors
then change 'Virtualization engine' 'Preffered Mode' to Binary Translation with 'Disable Acceleration' ticked, and 'VMware Kernal Paravirtualization' ticked also.
This way you won't get stuck at the gray boot screen (Note that it will still take a while to boot)

Conisewer (2010-02-24)

Please help guys.
I did the whole bios hardware thing, turned off, booted, snapshoted, then turned hardware back on. It worked great. But that was with 1gb of ram. I repeated the processes and did it with 2gb, booted with out hardware, snapshot, and when i booted with hardware it was sluggish. I have 8gb of ram if it helps. Thanks
Cheers
Conisewer

drakeshe (2010-02-24)

@Conisewer - It will always be sluggish.

_hunt3r_ (2010-03-04)

hi guys...
my Mac VM is working fine, even the wireless is ok.. i just set the network adapter to

_hunt3r_ (2010-03-04)

hi guys...
my Mac VM is working fine, even the wireless is ok.. i just set the network adapter to NAT.
the only thing i couln't solve yet it's the sound. I'm using the default host sound card, it's connected but doens't work. can anyone help?

eldar134 (2010-03-18)

Does it contain XCode?

orhancc (2010-03-26)

This file is corrupt the vm machine is not working
! D:\ISO\Mac OS X Leopard\Mac OS X Leopard.7z: CRC failed in Mac OS X Leopard\Mac OS X Leopard.vmdk. The file is corrupt
! D:\ISO\Mac OS X Leopard\Mac OS X Leopard.7z: Error - operation failed

LNITORL (2010-03-26)

This program works perfectly with VM 7. In Windows, unzip, copy file to my docs. Open VM 7, choose open existing VM. find Mac OSX file open, chose vmdk file. Thats it. You might have to shut it down and adjust your processor settings to overcome sluggishness. But it works fine, Except for no sound.

LNITORL (2010-03-26)

EDIT for previous post: Sorry the file to open in Mac OSX folder is 'Mac OS X Leopard.vmx'

orhancc (2010-03-27)

i fixed the problem. some trouble is happening when transfer but the screen is waiting on boot. i can see the apple and is waiting there. what can i do

orhancc (2010-03-27)

i fixed it. changed network to nat.

alex3796 (2010-04-23)

Thanks !!!!

GenoOrlando13 (2010-04-26)

it works fine but its really slow i dont advice any body to download this!!

DanishHaq (2010-04-30)

THANKS SO MUCH

tgcleader (2010-05-05)

ok i got the usb working now im updating my itunes and now its been stuck on configuring installation for awhile now what would be wrong?

DaHakenHacker (2010-05-06)

could i use this in Virtualbox?

r0hypn0l (2010-05-07)

A bit too slow for my taste... but who can complain? OS X is slow on my Mac, too :P

ian128 (2010-05-13)

not working!!!!!!!! then i see the file name tiger-x86-flat .dmg what is it?

aser103 (2010-05-14)

I am using VMware 7 and works very nice...thanks sindakit...

GenoOrlando13 (2010-05-15)

It Works Buts Itsa Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really Really SLOW lol

Soboredlesso (2010-05-25)

Q: How can I get wireless, working for Mac OS X on VMware?
Q: What happened to iLife for Mac OS?
The password is Xelabo

brainlessinc (2010-06-08)

if the user name is "svp" then the password is "123"
bless ya!

kirix21 (2010-06-11)

All of the Team Fortress 2 nerds are downloading this now to get their virtual item

GijsV444 (2010-07-27)

Works great!! But there is only one resolution, so it's not full screen...
Except for that is everything perfect!
And if it's slow you just have to edit te settings: give it some more ram or processorcores!

d.justins (2010-08-01)

After downloading and using many OS X Virtual Machines, this one is hands down the best.
Major Respect to the person who set this up. Thank You!
Many are complaining of slowness, but it is a huge feat to make OS X a working virtual machine, and even more difficult to make it efficient.
Just add as many processors and allocate as much memory you can spare and it actually runs just as good as my friends old MacBook. Actually, it runs a little bit better.
I am really impressed with how well this works compared to all of the other os x vms out there.
Thanks again.

TyMoTech (2010-08-07)

Works great. Yeah it is a little slow but it works regardless. Thanks for uploading this. I am having some problems with the sound. Could it be because I have a Microsoft Sound Driver? If so, what driver should I download and use?

lightrk (2010-08-14)

Everything work fine ..But !does anybody know how to fix the sound on this OS? if so please tell me how...thanks :)
plz plz plz plz

tiamat4455 (2010-08-23)

I installed it on a computer at work and it works. It's slow, but it works. I'll try at home on a more powerful computer using more RAM and processors. I tried to update to 10.5.8 but then it won't work... so don't do this. Keep 10.5.5. If I'll find solutions to increase the move I'll post another comment.
For all of you who have problems with adjusting resolution here are a few steps to follow:
1. Open the next file with Text Edit:

2. Under the line (above Timeline) write these two lines:

Graphics Mode
1680x1050x32
3. File / Save as / com.apple.boot.plist on desktop. Be careful to add ".PLIST" at the end to use this extention.
4. Copy the file from desktop in the place it originally was. There will be a message. Click AUTHENTICATE and REPLACE.
5. Restart... and enjoy your new resolution.
on step 2... use the resolution that is better for your display. I used 1680x1050 because this is mine. 32 is the color depth (but I'm sure you figured this out :D).

tiamat4455 (2010-08-23)

later edit:
step 2: under the line < string > < / string > ... with no spaces
step 3: < key > Graphics Mode < / key >
< string > 1680 x 1050 x 32 < / string >
no spaces here, too... hope it will appear this time correctly in the comment.

tiamat4455 (2010-08-23)

jees... the graphics mode lines are also on step 2 :))... I didn't sleep for 2 days :)).

tiamat4455 (2010-08-24)

back again... I tried to run this image on my computer at home (intel i3, 2.93GHz, 4GB ddr3, ati radeon 3870 512MB/256 bits) and it didn't work. It only worked on my computer at the office (AMD Athlon dual, 2,21 GHz, 2GB ddr2), but it's very slow. Perhaps there are some compatibility issues... I don't know. Even though... great torrent. thanks.

nickd123 (2010-08-31)

For all of you how says it is slow as hell
delete the AppleTPMACPI.kext file in System/Library/Extensions
and at the boot prompt type in platform=X86PC and dont restart the VM just pause it
Disable all serial, parallel, and floppy controllers in VMware BIOS
And to boot in a different resolution put "Graphics Mode="1152x860x32" With the quotation marks

jaisukh4u (2010-09-04)

HI. I downlaoded (download speed gr8...thanx 1mbps) n installed fine...but just after finishing installation it took me to screen "to transfer from mac to mac" and asks to select country and then language ! after that again it takes me to the same page "did you own mac" asking for some registration but there is no option for putting password ! only option > transfer from mac, transfer from time machine, transfer from hard disk, do not transfer ! but none of the options work ! it just takes back to the same screen !

gammatertiary (2010-09-17)

Works just fine. Thanks for sharing, Syndakit.
Instructions for enabling root and for changing graphics mode were fine too and much appreciated.
But the system doesn't recognize my SATA hard drives, and doesn't see USB memory devices, so I cannot figure any way to copy stuff from and to the host system. Shared folders are not seen in OS X.
I'm a noob on the Mac. Can anyone please suggest what to do?

bond.87 (2010-09-17)

@ gammatertiary......
hi, hope this helps to resolve the issue wid USB stick connectivity :
1) Start mac (Not in full screen mode) using vmware;
2) Post log in, look at bottom right hand corner of vmware & u'll find all the devices listed viz. hard disk, CD/DVD.... connect ur USB stick & u'll notice the same listed here, right click on the USB device name & select connect (disconnect from host).... this should be first optionn in popup.
4) U r good 2 go now, the USB stick will now appear in the desktop of Mac.
(Plz note the USB stick will work either with host or guest @ a single point of time)
As far as using the host hard disk is concerned, i am still trying to figure out the same as its only 2 days i am using the Mac.
FYI.... i am using VMware® Player 3.1.1 build-282343
Cheers....

bond.87 (2010-09-17)

even i am looking 4 sum help......
i can't figure out how 2 install VMware Tools in this Mac & enable sound..... if anybody knows the procedure, plz help me out.... thanks.

gammatertiary (2010-09-17)

@bond.87
Thanks for that. The USB works fine, now.
Instead of the viewer, I grabbed the workstation at
and I figure enabling SATA is probably similar to changing the resolution. That is, it involves adding something to the boot config.
About the sound, I haven't tried, but I've seen it discussed in the comments for the various Mac OS X torrents (there are several).

bond.87 (2010-09-17)

@ gammatertiary
u r welcome & thnx 4 da workstation link, 'll grab it later.... i did found sum tips 2 fix da sound in different forums but nothing turns out 2 be working, guess installation of VMware Tools might fix it but can't seem 2 install it either.

Hyperion888 (2010-09-20)

works fine on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (8GB) using VMware 7.1.0
Processors setup with 2 cores.... Preferred mode – Automatic.... VMware kernel paravirtualization checked
4GB
network set to NAT
takes about a minute to boot
sound does not work unless u fuck around with a USB device
cant change resolution either
and chess doesnt work
Im running a pretty mild Core 2 Duo E6600, 2766 MHz, 8GB
Thanks for the effort. ive never used a Mac before so this will be fun

hobochang (2010-09-24)

Thank you, Sindakit, for the fantastic torrent. I was dying to try out Mac OS X before buying an iMac, and I got things working without problems.
Well, sound was a bit of an issue, but it's working now so I figured I should help those who haven't gotten there. For me, it was as simple as installing this file:
I'm a complete noob when it comes to this sort thing, so I can't offer any further help. Hopefully this is sufficient for most people!

gammatertiary (2010-10-01)

For SATA HD, in VMWare Workstation, Settings, add, Hard Disc. Choose "use a physical disc". "Use entire disc". And when you boot OSX the HD will appear on desktop.

dbgtrocks (2010-10-13)

hey can anyone help me? when i opened it with utorrent, in the status it says access is denied...

dbgtrocks (2010-10-13)

no problem... i re downloaded it and it started.

toeasy111 (2010-10-19)

I'm using VMware® Workstation 7.1.2 build-301548 on Linux Fedora 13. The MAC OS X Leopard 10.5.5 VMware Image works nicely. I'm still having issues with my MAC OS X Leopard installation on my Asus N50VC Notebook. I much prefer Linux using Leopard in the virtual. Thanks for all u hard work. Much appreciated.

toeasy111 (2010-10-19)

I'm using VMware Workstation 7.1.2 build-301548 on Linux Fedora 13. The Mac image works nicely..) I'm still have issues with my Leopard installation on my Asus N50VC. Much better to play around with OS X via VMware. Thanks for u hard work. Will seed. Cheers

monster47 (2010-10-23)

thaks for the seeds im 5 minutes in and already at 16%

subestrenos9 (2010-10-24)

What you did is a complete mess and the work of a incapable!
Because of you a lot of people lose time for nothing.
Following does not work or only halfways:
- Starting up the machine is impossible only if you resume from snapshot. Result: all changes that you do afterwards get lost as you have always start up from snapshot.
- No Sound
- The Admin account is password protected. Result: Updates and changes not possible.
You are incompetent and if you were working at our company already fired.
The downloaders don’t want a SHIT MERDA SCHEISSE CACA upload which is useless and were they have after downloading a lot of work with it.
The end user simply wants something that works and nothing that requires adjustments, stupid programming or something else!
It seems you never worked for a result that was intended for end users to be used.
You axxhole!

subestrenos9 (2010-10-24)

Get a view at:

This one at least works perfect like it is expected.
Just download and open with VM!
Unfortunately it is an old version of MAC OS X 10.4.1.

kovacsistvan55 (2010-11-01)

Success on a Core2Duo (boot without problem, internet works), after several failures on a 4 year-old laptop with Pentium M processor, and no Virtualization in it.

acid6x (2010-11-07)

haha! ive been looking for this. thank you Xelabo and Sindakit

jeff696969 (2010-11-16)

No lie, I just ran this on my Asus netbook running win 7 ultimate. I used vmware player, not the work station. To top it off, I imported the image from a portable 500G USB hard drive.
It took about 15 minutes to boot, and was slow as shit, but it worked. I'm going to try it on a kick-ass quad tomorrow.

lloyd_boner (2010-11-25)

It worked for me on Debian Sid / VirtualBox 3.2.10.
Played with Mac OS X for a couple of minutes, I can't get why people are so high about it - modern Linux environments, be it KDE or GNOME, provide better experience - and they are free.

tmperez (2010-12-05)

Did anyone get the VMware tools installed??

kenwatanabe (2010-12-11)

works with VMware Workstation 7.1.0 (64-bit linux) as is. Bumped to the RAM to 2G and added another core to the VM, no problem there.
works with ESXi 4.1 after converting the image to VMware infrastructure using the converter. However, need to delete existing NIC and add a generic E1000 NIC for networking to work.

MarkJohnson (2010-12-13)

I got this to work very nicely with vmware workstation 7.1.2 on my GigaByte H55n-USB3 with a i5-655k chip and a Powercolor HD5670 Go Green video card running Win 7 Ult x64 and convinced me to buy it after x-mas.
I have two issues right now.
1. I only get 1024x768 resolution and no others listed. How do I get new drivers or enable other resolutions?
2. I am trying to install programs and it keeps asking for a password, but the word password doesn't seem to work. I even found on insanely mac that xelabo was a password, but it doesn't work either.
other than these two issues everything seems fine. I had an issue getting the language to change as it has Russian or something selected, but found gear icon gave me language (flag) options to fix it.
Someone plz let me know the password or a workaround.

Diegofer89 (2010-12-16)

hey for markjohnson check the hint that offer when you try to install anyprogram che the word password!!!

rocketero (2010-12-28)

Works in Vmware Workstation 7.1.3, only thing I had to change was the 'Processor's Preferred Mode' to 'Binary Translation' and 'vmware kernel paravirtualization' because it was giving me an error at boot time about the CPU.
great torrent so far, although I also just acquired a most recent Mac OS X version 10.6.5 for vmware from an individual who call himself "Antony GR" also a great torrent which is not listed here at ThePirateBay.

rocketero (2010-12-28)

For people asking how to change resolution, add the following lines to the file:
com.apple.Boot.plist
Located at:

The lines to add are:
Graphics Mode
1280x1024x32
Where 1280x1024 is the resolution, it could be anything that your monitor supports.
and 32 it's the resolution, it could be 16 or 24
Hope that helps.
Remember to change that file you can copy it and paste it on the desktop, then do the changes then place it back in the folder of origin where you will be asked for the administrator password.

daveyv12345 (2011-01-05)

Thanks man!

clasan (2011-01-11)

Works fine with Ubuntu 10.10, AMD Athlon 64 X2, VMplayer 3.0.1 build-227600

danielc1657 (2011-01-13)

Thanks a lot, This really works, no virus and no time waste, that`s why there are almost 200 seeders. don`t look for another iso file cause you`ll waste your time.

piratebayADMIN (2011-01-16)

everyone stop downloading and just seed when my download finishes ill tell you when you guys can start up again..lol

tctctc2011 (2011-01-21)

Anyone kindly tell me what's the root password please !!!
I have tried "password", "Xelabo", "xelabo", "Password", "admin", none of them work!

jimfcarroll (2011-02-08)

Warning: Updating the OS through the Software Update seems to cause the VM to crash on startup.

mearshadhasan (2011-02-13)

hey guys there is no password just click ok and that's it

Zachu24 (2011-02-15)

didnt work... waste of fucking time

ian4873 (2011-02-15)

Hey guys..
Just try multiple times with blank password.. after some, it will say "too many attempts. try again later . Hint : type in xxxxx
Password is Xelabo

dvs_misfit (2011-02-20)

Works, thanks.

-Dan-The-MAN- (2011-02-26)

Worked amazingly on vmware workstation 7.1 with my amd processor

Saragoth (2011-02-28)

Anyone else have a problem with it just sitting at the grey Apple screen?

gayanf2 (2011-04-09)

i have
Core i5 650 3.20GHz
4GB Ram
Intel DH55HC Mother board
Windows 7 x64 bit Ultimate
But i'm Stucked in the Boot Screen (Gray Colour)
Plz some one tell me how to fix this soon

gayanf2 (2011-04-09)

i fixed it
Disable The Virtualization Technology in BIOS
it works

CVezery (2011-04-11)

thanks much for the up.
Works great in VMware Player 3.1.4 when i knocked the ram up to 1.5 gigs. unfortunately i cant get rid of the snapshot because i'm in player and i cant add another core since i'm running single core instead of duo or quad.

binyo66 (2011-04-19)

works under vmware 7.0.0 build-203739, windows 2003 R2, and Intel Xeon 5630 with virtualization disable in bios. thx

truced_animal (2011-04-21)

legit. good seeds too.
but i only got to the shell :-(
i tried virtualbox, i guess vmplayer works better.
7z makes sense, it will unpack to about 8.4GB.

miro12345 (2011-04-28)

how to install after downloading vmware please answer and in full steps

xXxmechagodzillaxXx (2011-05-28)

worked fine on my vmware i have windows 7 dual core amd processor with 2.1 radeon graphics card and 3 gigs of ram

vine3003 (2011-05-29)

hey sindakit i did as you have told but it keeps saying error loading a file in program data (app data) folder and stops loading at the white apple logo page
running on VMWare 7.1.3 build-324285
Win7 (64bit), 4gb ram, 1gb graphics, 500gb hdd, i7 740 chipset
any suggestions

softdev (2011-06-03)

For those of you who are stuck in the grey Apple logo page and cant login, do the following:
Go to the VM Settings of the image and select the Processors.
From the Virtualization engine box select:
Preferred mode: Binary translation
VMware kernel paravirtualization
That's how it worked on my Q6600 on Win7 x64, without disabling virtualization from BIOS.

denisp3 (2011-06-10)

I'm trying to update it and everything downloads fine but when I reset it to install the updates in one time it ask to me to shut down the computer and I can't go on..

denisp3 (2011-06-10)

Dam my mouse and keyboard doesn't work at this, any help?

AngelxBites (2011-06-13)

does this work on a Actual mac? is that what intell means in your description?:)

s1289 (2011-06-18)

can any one tell me where can i paste all those things on my laptop is a windows 7 and i have every things of vmware on my program files X86 and also on program data. i m really confused where to paste all those data extract from mac os for vmware.
thanks for help

Oathdynasty (2011-06-18)

Can I use this to install from scratch?

Oathdynasty (2011-06-18)

Edit for that last comment.... Can I use this to install OS X on a blank drive?

gondrup (2011-06-19)

Cheers for the tip softdev, worked a treat.

uppers_and_downers (2011-06-21)

thanx sindakit nice up! but to everyone else with all the n00b comments why not just type your Q`s @ google to get your A`s or look on n00btube (sorry) youtube dot com as it is full of tutorials for almost anything you might want to learn? just a suggestion

chrisbog (2011-07-23)

alrighty.. so i got the Mac Admin pass.. it is Xelabo make sure the "X" is capitol or it wont work!!!!

nomisharris (2011-07-27)

Working great, but a little slow. Will the software update work, or kill it? Thanks a bunch!

DOJane (2011-08-10)

working fine
"BUT WORTHLESS NO SOUND,TERRIBLY SLOW AFTER THAT I DONT DARE TO TRY IT ANYMORE ,U CAN JUST GET A MAC ENVIRONMENT WITH SCREWED FUNCTIONALITY"
and yes i've applied all those pacthes also but they didn't make any considerable change.
thanks anyways...wasted my bandwidth!

omsourav (2011-10-05)

its work. thanks

Characterise (2011-10-08)

downloading hope this one isnt .exe files like the other one i downloaded and couldnt get it to work and was researching everywhere lol

Characterise (2011-10-08)

okay still no good i just want leopard on my MACBOOK how do i bloody install it using the mac ;l

bitnosey (2011-10-25)

i tried it, on a system with
2.2ghz pentium dual core
4gb ram
windows 7 ultimate x64
some shitty intel graphics
3 minutes to boot
40 seconds to load safari
probably wouldve been faster if i wasnt running a bucket load of things but
thank you so much for this

mrgtrader (2011-11-12)

Worked great. I had to do those setup on Vmware like softdev said, but now is running nice!
Thanks

sophocha (2012-03-23)

This is the ONLY, I repeat....THE ONLY vmware image that works on workstation 8 on an AMD bulldozer 6 core CPU.The rest of the torrents (have downloaded 7-8 so far) gives me 'CPU termination' problems.Download this one!

Christov (2012-05-08)

does this version include iMovie and Garageband? the one i got works great, but doesnt include those....

melwilya (2012-06-13)

Thanks... working great.

sMrtEr-thAN-u (2013-06-28)

Very awesome!!, running on 1600 x 900 thanks to downloading the SVGA Display drivers from sourceforge as well as audio fix, installed Workstation 7.1 after it wouldn't pick up wifi on Workstation 9. opened vmx and is not only working, but this is the FIRST of about 20-30 different versions I have tried that is as fast, if not faster than my base windows OS.

krikri3 (2013-07-21)

thanks

psyculture (2013-12-08)

A senha de admin é : password
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