Here is a consolidated page on all the articles I have written about Apple Mac Mini, Apple Mac Pro and random Apple topics as they apply to VMware and virtualization. Hopefully this will be useful when looking for anything related to Apple.
Apple Mac Pro
- Apple NVMe driver for ESXi using new Community NVMe Driver for ESXi Fling
- GPU passthrough with ESXi on the Apple 2019 Mac Pro 7,1
- Update on ESXi on Apple Mac Mini 2018 & Mac Pro 2019
- ESXi on the new 2019 Apple Mac Pro
- Heads Up – Apple Mac Pro 6,1 fails to boot after upgrading to ESXi 6.7 Update 1
- ESXi 6.5 support for Apple Mac Pro 6,1
- Apple Mac Pro 6,1 PCIe SSD issue resolved w/ESXi 6.0 Update 2
- Heads up: ESXi 5.x & 6.0 unable to detect newer Apple Mac Pro 6,1 local SSD Device
- ESXi 6.0 support for Mac Pro
- How to install ESXi 5.5 Patch03 on the new Mac Pro 6,1?
- Apple Mac Pro 6,1 (black) officially supported on ESXi 5.5 Patch03
- Quick Update - ESXi support for Apple Mac Pro 6,1
- ESXi 5.1 Officially Certified on Apple Mac Pro
Apple Mac Mini
- ESXi 8.0 Update 2 not detecting Apple NVMe on Apple Mac Mini 2018
- Apple NVMe driver for ESXi using new Community NVMe Driver for ESXi Fling
- Passthrough of Integrated GPU (iGPU) for Apple Mac Mini 2018
- Update on ESXi on Apple Mac Mini 2018 & Mac Pro 2019
- Apple Mac Mini on VMware HCL
- ESXi on the new 2018 Apple Mac Mini
- ESXi 6.0 support for Mac Mini
- ESXi Support for 2014 Apple Mac Mini 7,1
- Running ESXi 5.5 Update 2 on Mac Mini
- Running ESXi 5.5 & ESXi 5.5 Update 1 on Apple Mac Mini + Thunderbolt Ethernet Adapter Caveat
- Running ESXi 5.1 Update 1 on Mac Mini (No Custom ISO/patches Needed!)
- Enable Auto Startup After Power Failure For Apple Mac Mini
- Thunderbolt Ethernet Adapter in Apple Mac Mini on ESXi 5
- Configure Apple Mac Mini to Default Boot ESXi
- Running ESXi 5.0 Update 2 on Mac Mini (No Custom ISO/patches Needed!)
- Running ESXi 5.0 & 5.1 on Apple Mac Mini 5,3
- Running ESXi 5.0 & 5.1 on 2012 Mac Mini 6,2
Apple Macbook Pro/air & iMac
Additional Resources:
- ESXi 8.0 Update 2 not detecting Apple NVMe on Apple Mac Mini 2018
- vSphere 8 on Apple Mac Hardware
- vSphere ESXi 7.x will be last version to officially support Apple macOS Virtualization
- Aquantia/Marvell AQtion (Atlantic) driver now inbox in ESXi 7.0 Update 2
- Quick Tip – How to use Apple Thunderbolt 2 ethernet adapter with ESXi 7.0 or greater
- MacOS 10.16 (Big Sur) Beta 1 on ESXi
- Virtually Speaking Podcast: MacOS Virtualization and MacStadium
- Aquantia 10GbE ESXi Driver for Apple 2018 Mac Mini
- Retrieving Apple hardware details (Model, Serial, Board & EFI Boot ROM & SMC Version) from ESXi
- Thunderbolt to 10GbE Network Adapters for ESXi
- ATTO’s ESXi Thunderbolt Driver is now officially on VMware HCL
- Using vSphere Auto Deploy to Netboot ESXi onto Apple Mac Hardware
- How to Netboot install ESXi onto Apple Mac Hardware?
- VMXNET3 driver now included in Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)+
- Heads Up – Workaround for changing Mac OS X VM display resolution in vSphere & Fusion
- ESXi 6.0 on Apple Xserve 3,1
- ESXi 6.0 on Apple Xserve 2,1
- Automating installation of VMware Tools for Mac OS X
- Quick Tip - How to change serial number for Mac OS X VM?
- Quick Tip – Cloning Mac OS X VMs with unique serial numbers in vCloud Director
- Standalone VMRC now available for Mac OS X
- Thunderbolt Storage for ESXi
- How to build custom ESXi ISO for Apple Mac Mini?
- How to run Nested Mac OS X guest on Nested ESXi on top VMware Fusion?
- Useful Links - Installing Mac OS X in a VM & P2V’ing Mac OS X
- How to change hardware serial number for Mac OS X Guest?
- Can You Backup & Restore Apple Mac OS X Guests Using vSphere Data Protection (VDP)?
- VMware Tools For Apple Mac OS X Guests?
- When Can I Run Apple OSX on vSphere 5.x?
Community stories for VMware & Apple OS X in Production:
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 1
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 2
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 3
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 4
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 5
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 6
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 7
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 8
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 9
- Community stories of VMware & Apple OS X in Production: Part 10