Create a VMware VMDK disk image file for installing macOS (High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina) on VMware Workstation on Windows

How to create a VMware VMDK disk image file for installing macOS on VMware Workstation on Windows (Windows 10, 11. VMware Workstation 15, 16. macOS 10.15 Catalina, macOS 10.14 Mojave, macOS 10.13 High Sierra)

This guide is for creating a macOS 10.15 Catalina VMDK for installing on VMware workstation 16 on Windows 11

Download macOS installer using gibMacOS

Download and extract gibMacOS from GitHub
https://github.com/corpnewt/gibMacOS

Run gibMacOS.bat and install Python 3 when prompted

M. Change Max-OS version

macOS Catalina version: 10

Enter the catalog number of the macOS version you want to download
Example: 11. Catalina 10.15.7

macOS is downloading

Download completed. Note the path where files have been saved.

You'll need the BaseSystem.dmg file in the next steps

Convert macOS installer to VMDK using QEMU image converter

Download and install QEMU for Windows

Download and install QEMU for Windows 64 bit
https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64

qemu-w64-setup-20220831.exe

You only need to select these options when installing QEMU: Tools, DLL Library

Convert the downloaded macOS BaseSystem.dmg to VMDK

Copy the downloaded macOS BaseSystem.dmg file to C:\Program Files\qemu

Open Command Prompt (Run as Administrator)

cd C:\Program Files\qemu
qemu-img convert -O vmdk -o compat6 BaseSystem.dmg macos-recovery.vmdk