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When I try to install macOS in VMware Workstation I get a popup error when I try to login with my Apple ID:

ICLOUD_UNSUPPORTED_DEVICE

That's all it says.

How do I make my VM appear as an iCloud supported device?

Tom Hale
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Shut down the VM gracefully, then add the following to the end of your virtual machine's .vmx file to make VMware believe it is running on Mac hardware:

board-id = "Mac-551B86E5744E2388"
hw.model.reflectHost = "FALSE"
hw.model = "MacBookPro14,3"
serialNumber.reflectHost = "FALSE"
serialNumber = "C02XXXXXX153"
smbios.reflectHost = "FALSE"
efi.nvram.var.ROM.reflectHost = "FALSE"
efi.nvram.var.MLB.reflectHost = "FALSE"
efi.nvram.var.ROM = "3c0754a2f9be"

Boot the VM.

Open iTunes, click Account menu, then Sign In.

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Tom Hale
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    I want to add that MOBILEME_CREATE_UNAVAILABLE_MAC may be thrown when trying to connect. To avoid that, you should copy informations like described in the given link with Clover Configurator. – Ahmed Aug 21 '22 at 20:35
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In case of MOBILEME_CREATE_UNAVAILABLE_MAC

  • change hw.model to "MacBookPro18,3" for example
  • change serialNumber, replace all X to random numbers
  • try add board-id.reflectHost = "FALSE"
RouR
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