Scrap the Mac, Leave the OS
This is the true story of a man’s journey beyond the hardware and into the OS….. Join me on a fantastic adventure of greedy, deception, and virtual machines. It’s simple I want to eliminate my mini mac and run osx in VMware so that I can install xcode iphone sdk. Is it possible? VERY! and I will explain.
I always see on forums, people pissed there isn’t an xcode release for windows.
Well if your not invited to the party, crash it. There are two options on the table. One download OSx86 and install a dual boot of windows vista & OSx. Two try to get VMware to run OSx86. I choose option number two because I did not want the hassle of dual booting. I want instant joy….
Before I begin I should state that you should buy a licensed copy of OSx if you intend on keeping it installed and plan on using it. This tutorial is purely for educational purposes and does not include any software.
In order to run the iPhone Xcode SDK you need 10.5.5 or greater with iTunes 8. You could install OSx86 stright through vmware. But why reinvent the wheel. A simple torrent search of “MacOS 10.5.5 VMWARE image” will land you exactly what you need.
Once downloaded you’re going to want to boot the VMware image. This version booted really quick and wasn’t clunky and slow like the other vmware images. I do run a quad core and was able to dedicate 2 processors to it and 1.5 gig of memory. I’m sure that made some difference but should be two different on a solo core.
All you really need to do is download the iPhone SDK through the apple website. At that point everything should be all good.
Desktop Resolution Fix if you get annoyed by the 1024 x 768. Its nice running OSx at the same resolution as your desktop and just full screen it.
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- Booting OSx86 in VMware
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- About this Mac
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- Great Success installing iPhone SDK
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- Xcode running on windows
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- Interface Builder
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I have gotten the latest SDK (3.0) and Leopard 10.5.x to work under VMware without having to upgrade to 10.5.7.
Please take a look in
http://codesignals.blogspot.com
i need help it wont load something about different version can yo send me a tutorial and links for downloads
thank you Colin
ok i figured it out but i cant connect to my network to go on the internet
@Vahid Kowsari Can you re-post the URL to sdk 3.0 and leopoard 10.5.x?
Pussy!!! It’s not legal… Pussy!!!
Hi, is it possible to emulate the iphone os on winxp or on vmware or on mac x which runs on vmware???
@colin
Can you tell me how you got it to work? Mine is stuck at the OS X silver loading screen.
My comp is hackintosh compatible. its a Compaq c714nr. IF i put mac osx lep on my cpu will i be able to use xcode and unity and all that fun stuff that windows cant?
If i will download X-code and iphone sdk from apple, i get the latest version.
Is the latest x-code compatible with this MacOS 10.5.5 .
Also plzz tell me. Does apple allow the application in store developed by this method.
@Chuck
Pussy Cat ? LOL
First of all, tnx for the article…
I have installed the “MacOS 10.5.5 VMWARE image” but when I try to install iPhone SDK, it ask me for a root password. I try to make a “root” account, but it ask me for the “User” password… Somebody knows?
@Alberto
Ahem, sorry… I didn’t read the first page of comments! XD
Hi, I install the iphone sdk. But when I restart the vmware image again,
and start the mac os, I see the apple forever. The mac os does not boot.
Any idea?
Hi all
I’ve installed vmware workstation 6.5 and mac os x 10.5.5 vmware modified image(guest),host is windows xp sp2.Till here everything is fine. My virtual os x is running pretty fast. Then I installed the iphone sdk 3.1 with xcode 3.1 in it(main reason to have mac os),changing the 10.5.5 to 10.5.7. But whenever I open xcode, it opened for 2 0r 3 times that too very slow then it started giving error on launching. Now I am left with a fast virtual leopard but errored xcode in it. Please help me on this one guys.
“I did not want the hassle of dual booting. I want instant joy.”
Recommendation: Say good bye to windows. Get a Mac.
There is a Windows-based iPhone SDK called DragonFireSDK – search and check it out. You can write your first iPhone App in 15 minutes and test it in the Windows iPhone Simulator – then – download it to your iPhone using Windows iTunes! If you have questions, contact clint(at)zimusoft(dot)com he has helped users publish lots of apps to the app store that were developed in Windows using DragonFireSDK(dot)com
Check out http://www.DragonFireSDK.com for the Windows-based iPhone SDK.
shall i use VMware image(torrent) or i should buy liscesened OSx becaus i want to use it. and buying a liscened copy would work (boot) on VMware?
pls pls help