{"id":2952,"date":"2019-01-22T12:55:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2019-01-22T12:55:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:55:50","slug":"boot-to-macos-recovery-in-vmware-fusion-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/?p=2952","title":{"rendered":"Boot to macOS Recovery in VMware Fusion 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found the following three ways to boot to macOS recovery in VMware Fusion, sadly they don\u2019t all work in version 11:<\/p>\n

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  1. Add macosguest.forceRecoveryModeInstall = “TRUE” to you .vmx file \u2013 however it doesn\u2019t seem to work with APFS volumes<\/li>\n
  2. Add bios.bootDelay = “5000” to your .vmx file and press CMD+R during boot \u2013 doesn\u2019t seem to work (it opens VMware Boot Manager)<\/li>\n
  3. Use vfuse from Joe Chilcote with an AutoDMG dmg with the \u2013recovery flag (thanks Arek!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I found a fourth way that seem to work with VMware Fusion 11 and is nice and easy:<\/p>\n

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    press \u201cR\u201d at the VMware logo (you may need to click in the VM so it captures your keystrokes) or choose “Power On To Firmware” from the virtual machine menu.<\/p>\n

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    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Enter Setup<\/p>\n

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    Boot From a File<\/p>\n

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    Select Recovery Partition<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Select the UID<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Select boot.efi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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