Preamble (feel free to skip)
So, Lightroom has a bug that if you export smart previews from a Mac and then try to use said smart previews in Windows, they only show in the Develop panel one-by-one and not in the filmstrip. The workaround is to first open up said catalog on a Mac, then re-send it to Windows. Why that is, IDK, and my clients are not savvy enough to deal with this, nor do they have time to figure it out.
I was playing around with a 2015 MBP with OCLP for the past few weeks, but a couple of days ago, it seems to have soft-bricked itself and needs a reinstall.
So, I spent a few hours trying to find a way to get a Mac VM, which is apparently stupidly difficult. Eventually, on YouTube, I found that you can use this patch for VMware that allows you to install macOS into a VM.
Instructions
It works as intended.
- Download VMware (also needlessly difficult)
- Download the patch and install it, yes it still works on 17
- Download a macOS ISO either on a Mac or here is a direct download
- Install it now that you have a Macos Option in Vmware
Hardware acceleration seems non-existent. You can probably work it out with Clover, OCLP, and kexts, but I have no need for it to run well. If you do find a good way to get GPU acceleration, feel free to contact me, and I will update the article.
This is day 25 of #100DaysToOffload
