Mac High Sierra in vmware iMessage and GPU

[andrewwadeofcanada]

I am currently running mac 10.13 on VMware workstation 14 pro. the system works decently well, however, iMessage continues to be a problem and I am unable to log in to iMessage. Additionally, the laptop I am running it on has a GTX 1050 with 2 GB of VRAM, I am also unable to take advantage of this in the guest operating system. I have followed the instructions located here (https://github.com/toshmatik/VMWare-iMessage/blob/master/instructions.md). however, i get an authentication error when I try to log in.  the attached photo is of the authentication error, and below is a coppy of my .vmx file.

.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "14"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
smc.present = "TRUE"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
ich7m.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
firmware = "efi"
displayName = "macOS 10.13"
guestOS = "darwin17-64"
nvram = "macOS 10.13.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "TRUE"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
sound.autoDetect = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.present = "TRUE"
numvcpus = "8"
memsize = "8192"
sata0.present = "TRUE"
sata0:0.fileName = "D:\Andrew\VM\macOS High Sierra Final by Techsviewer\macOS High Sierra Final by Techsviewer.vmdk"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000e"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
extendedConfigFile = "macOS 10.13.vmxf"
numa.autosize.cookie = "80001"
numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "8"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 1f 79 c0 b2 61 9f-c6 f3 6e 63 cf 2d f6 1f"
uuid.location = "56 4d 1f 79 c0 b2 61 9f-c6 f3 6e 63 cf 2d f6 1f"
migrate.hostlog = ".\macOS 10.13-b9a97085.hlog"
sata0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"
usb_xhci.pciSlotNumber = "192"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "35"
sata0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
vmci0.id = "-819071457"
monitor.phys_bits_used = "43"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "134217728"
cleanShutdown = "FALSE"
softPowerOff = "FALSE"
sata0:0.present = "TRUE"
smc.version = "0"
gui.lastPoweredViewMode = "fullscreen"
usb_xhci:6.speed = "2"
usb_xhci:6.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:6.deviceType = "hub"
usb_xhci:6.port = "6"
usb_xhci:6.parent = "-1"
usb_xhci:7.speed = "4"
usb_xhci:7.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:7.deviceType = "hub"
usb_xhci:7.port = "7"
usb_xhci:7.parent = "-1"
toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = "69"
usb_xhci.autoConnect.device0 = "path:1/0/0/11 autoclean:1"
sata0:2.autoDetect = "TRUE"
sata0:2.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
sata0:2.fileName = "auto detect"
sata0:2.present = "TRUE"
sata0:2.connectionStatus = "4"
sata0:2.startConnected = "FALSE"
usb_xhci:4.speed = "2"
usb_xhci:4.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:4.deviceType = "hub"
usb_xhci:4.port = "4"
usb_xhci:4.parent = "-1"
usb_xhci:5.speed = "4"
usb_xhci:5.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:5.deviceType = "hub"
usb_xhci:5.port = "5"
usb_xhci:5.parent = "-1"
usb_xhci.autoConnect.device1 = "path:1/0/0/7 autoclean:1"
gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "fullscreen"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"
cpuid.coresPerSocket = "8"
mks.keyboardFilter = "allow"
workingDir = "."
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "2097152"
vvtd.enable = "TRUE"
vhv.enable = "TRUE"
usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
board-id = "Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6"
hw.model.reflectHost = "FALSE"
hw.model = "MacPro6,1"
serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE"
serialNumber = "F5KRP12GF9VM"
smbios.reflectHost = "FALSE"
board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "static"
ethernet0.Address = "8:66:98:1:e8:7d"
ethernet0.checkMACAddress = "false"
efi.nvram.var.ROM.reflectHost = "FALSE"
efi.nvram.var.MLB.reflectHost = "FALSE"
efi.nvram.var.ROM = "2273E631D741"
efi.nvram.var.MLB = "F5K618306QXDM678C"
usb_xhci:8.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:8.deviceType = "hid"
usb_xhci:8.port = "0"
usb_xhci:8.parent = "4"
 

 

[79wjd]

Isn't Messages nearly impossible to get working on non-Apple hardware (or am I just imagining that)?

[andrewwadeofcanada]

3 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Isn't Messages nearly impossible to get working on non-Apple hardware (or am I just imagining that)?

I know its possible, at least on physical Hackintoshes. 

[FoxPro]

11 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Isn't Messages nearly impossible to get working on non-Apple hardware (or am I just imagining that)?

Although it's not really a good idea to discuss on the forum, it's quite easy from my experience with VMs, just need to get the UEFI to use a serial number that isn't a real system, and it should be smooth sailing from there.

[79wjd]

9 minutes ago, andrewwadeofcanada said:

I know its possible, at least on physical Hackintoshes. 

Huh, well then.

 

You'd probably have more luck over at tonymacx86.com

1 minute ago, FoxPro said:

Although it's not really a good idea to discuss on the forum, it's quite easy from my experience with VMs, just need to get the UEFI to use a serial number that isn't a real system, and it should be smooth sailing from there.

Getting MacOS running, yeah. Messages, from what I've read has always seemed to be impossible.

[FoxPro]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

Huh, well then.

 

You'd probably have more luck over at tonymacx86.com

Getting MacOS running, yeah. Messages, from what I've read has always seemed to be impossible.

I found Messages to be quite easy, it USED to be impossible, now just a quick serial change and reboot, done.

[79wjd]

Just now, FoxPro said:

I found Messages to be quite easy, it USED to be impossible, now just a quick serial change and reboot, done.

interesting.

[DrMacintosh]

This is just what happens when you VM macOS. 

 

If you want it to work you'll have to make a full Hackintosh but the forum does not like that. 

[sazrocks]

Did you use the NVIDIA web drivers for the GPU? Assuming you have it passed through correctly of course.

*cough*

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, sazrocks said:

Did you use the NVIDIA web drivers for the GPU? Assuming you have it passed through correctly of course.

*cough*

That's not useful for the client version of VMware. As for iMessage, it's kind of hit or miss on if it will work. I'd look somewhere else though, because we can't really discuss Hackintosh stuff here. 

[airdeano]

sorry, but as per our Community Standards, we cannot lend support for non-approved devices.

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