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Announcing - The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion

ColoradoMarmot

ColoradoMarmotMar 15, 2023 05:10 PM

  • 1.  Announcing - The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion

    Posted Nov 22, 2022 03:18 AM
    In the time honored tradition (well, at least for the last year) of the unofficial Tips/Techniques for Fusion Tech Preview documents. I proudly present:
     

    The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion

    The document that VMware didn't publish, and you didn't know that you needed. Until you do.

    The document may be found at https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Documents/The-Unofficial-Fusion-13-for-Apple-Silicon-Companion/ta-p/2939907

    The Companion document is a collection of tips and techniques that were provided by the broader Fusion community while running the Tech Preview releases on Apple Silicon Macs. It can save you searching the forum for frequently encountered issues. 

    The Companion may answer many questions that aren't covered by reading the VMware Fusion 13 documentation. Take a look at it before you start creating VMs on Apple Silicon Macs - you might find something that will make your life easier. If you have a question that you're thinking about posting in the forum, check out the Companion first - it may already contain an answer to your question.

    Of particular interest to Windows users is the section on Windows 11 on ARM. This section is chock full of information, procedures, and screen shots that should help you be successful in the installation of Windows 11 on ARM on Fusion 13.

    For you Linux arm64 users, you haven't been left out. There is plenty of content to help you as well, especially if you use Ubuntu or Fedora.

    This document will be updated as the community experience with Fusion 13 grows and is discussed in the forums. 

    Enjoy and please post any comments or questions about the Companion to the Fusion forums.



  • 2.  RE: Announcing - The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion

    Posted Nov 22, 2022 02:18 PM

    [Edited to correct pricing on UTM]

    Excellent work as usual!

    I'd like to mention another alternative for virtualization of macOS on Apple silicon -- UTM which is only $9.99 and available on the Mac App Store.

    The latest version also allows virtualization of Linux with support for Rosetta 2 in Linux. (Unfortunately, Linux VMs are highly unstable on base M1 systems, apparently an Apple and/or Linux problem.) When I finally upgrade my mini, I hope to use that feature to run my Alpha VMs faster than my Intel NUC can today.



  • 3.  RE: Announcing - The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion

    Posted Nov 22, 2022 03:04 PM

    Thanks for the reminder on UTM's virtualization capabilities. It was a little off-topic of my original intent for the document, but I'll see if I can find an appropriate home for it in the document since I did mention VirtualBuddy as an alternative for macOS virtualization.

    UTM can also be downloaded for free from its website https://mac.getutm.app - but buying through the App Store helps funds future development.



  • 4.  RE: Announcing - The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion

    Posted Nov 23, 2022 11:03 PM

    I made two Windows 11 Pro .iso files from uupdump.net. I used the same source but built one using a Windows VM and the other using the HomeBrew method in MacOS.

    The Windows built .iso was complete except for the Microsoft Store. The HomeBrew build was not complete. Microsoft.SecHealthUI was not included in the .iso; and it is not easily available to complete the Security system. 

    Bottom line: USE WINDOWS TO BUILD YOUR WINDOWS 11 .ISO.

    You could use the incomplete Windows VM from the HomeBrew .iso to build the Windows version of the .iso to get a more complete security system as well as other things not included with the HomeBrew build.



  • 5.  RE: Announcing - The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion

    Posted Nov 24, 2022 04:03 AM

     - thanks for the update.  Question for you. What build did you use from uupdump.net?

    I have a sneaky suspicion that the 22H2 builds might not build as well as the 21H2 versions on macOS. I wonder if the situation is any better if you start with a 21H2 ISO, then let it update to 22H2 via Windows Update?

    Additionally,  how did you determine that Microsoft.SecHealthUI was not installed? I'd like to focus some testing on making sure that I can verify how well procedures are working.

    I want to confirm this before updating the Companion.



  • 6.  RE: Announcing - The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion

    Posted Nov 24, 2022 04:26 PM

    First test on macOS on Apple Silicon.

    I selected the latest 21H2 build 22000.1281 (labelled as an Insider Preview channel release) in uupdump and de-selected apply updates from the final page (because it won't be done anyway since I'm building on macOS). Then ran the macOS scripts.

    The resulting ISO was build 22000.1. I used that to install Windows 11 Pro in a fresh VM. I used the instructions in the Companion to install from the ISO (inserting the drivers at the point described in the Companion).

    The system updated itself during install to 22000.318. I did run Windows Update after that and a few more updates installed. Not unexpected.

    After install, the Microsoft Store was visible in the system tray, but wouldn't start. I dropped into a command prompt as administrator and used "wsreset.exe -i' to fully install the Microsoft Store. After install of Store Experience Host and Microsoft Store, the store would now execute.

    I did not have any issue with starting Windows Security from the Privacy & Security section of Settings.

    The VM was updated via Windows Update to Windows 11 21H2 22000.1281. It then offered to update itself to Windows 11 22H2 (as expected). The update finished with 22H2 22621.819 installed. Microsoft Store and Windows Security works.

    So far so good.

    Now on to trying installation from 22H2 (22621.xxx) built on macOS...



  • 7.  RE: Announcing - The Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion