Saturday, September 4, 2010
Workaround for iPAD "Unable to purchase" when updating Apps
I think it was a EULA issue . I simply reset my iPad by holding the home and power buttons, then sliding the on-screen power switch that appeared. I let it boot down for a couple of minutes, fired it back up and retried my AppStore download. The software asked me to accept the new licensing agreement and it worked from there.
How To Check Mac OSX Version
Step 1: Find Your Mac OS X Version
The first step in securing your Mac is to know what OS version is installed. Although portions of this document are applicable for older Mac OS X versions, this was written with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 in mind. Use the following steps to find your Mac OS X version.- From the Apple menu, select About This Mac.
- The version number will appear in the window.
How to upgrade the MacBook Air (MBA) to Snow Leopard (Mac OSX 10.6.xx)
I have to say that my experience upgrading both my Macs to Snow Leopard has been mixed. It was easy as clicking the Install button on the iMac, it was a nightmare on the Macbook Air.
First I used the Remote CD installation process, started the Macbook Air, mounted the remote CD from the iMac and proceeded to run the “Install Mac OSX.app”. After agreeing to the license agreement the installation utility told me that the disk did not have enough free space. Despite the fact that the disk had 21Gb of free space!
After some digging I found out that PGP Whole Disk Encryption is not compatible with Snow Leopard, and PGP advised users to decrypt the disk before upgrading.
So I decrypted the disk and restarted the Installation process, only to find out a new error! Damn.
The install app now told me that the Machintosh HD, the only disk, in my Macbook Air, was not a bootable disk and could not install to it. I did some more web searching and some people reported the error to related to the partition format, not being GUID.
I checked with Disk Util and it was indeed GUID. So using Disk Util I added a new partition with 1Gb, using the free space, this procedure rewrote the new partition table to disk and after I was able to finally install Snow Leopard.
When Snow Leopard was installed I used Disk Util again to delete the 1Gb partition and recover the disk space.
If Disk Utility gives you disk verification errors, you need to repair those before resizing your partitions. If you repair the disk multiple times and it still gives you the same errors then you should run the Remote Install Mac OS X application on another Mac. If you only have a Windows as a second computer check this the “How to use Remote Disc” article on Apple’s support site.
Boot your MacBook Air directly into the Snow Leopard CD. Just start the Air and hold the option key until you see the list of disks you have to boot from. If the Remote Install Mac OS X application is running on your other computer the Snow Leopard will show up here.
source: http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/upgrading-the-macbook-air-to-snow-leopard-mac-osx-10-6/
First I used the Remote CD installation process, started the Macbook Air, mounted the remote CD from the iMac and proceeded to run the “Install Mac OSX.app”. After agreeing to the license agreement the installation utility told me that the disk did not have enough free space. Despite the fact that the disk had 21Gb of free space!
After some digging I found out that PGP Whole Disk Encryption is not compatible with Snow Leopard, and PGP advised users to decrypt the disk before upgrading.
So I decrypted the disk and restarted the Installation process, only to find out a new error! Damn.
The install app now told me that the Machintosh HD, the only disk, in my Macbook Air, was not a bootable disk and could not install to it. I did some more web searching and some people reported the error to related to the partition format, not being GUID.
When Snow Leopard was installed I used Disk Util again to delete the 1Gb partition and recover the disk space.
If Disk Utility gives you disk verification errors, you need to repair those before resizing your partitions. If you repair the disk multiple times and it still gives you the same errors then you should run the Remote Install Mac OS X application on another Mac. If you only have a Windows as a second computer check this the “How to use Remote Disc” article on Apple’s support site.
Boot your MacBook Air directly into the Snow Leopard CD. Just start the Air and hold the option key until you see the list of disks you have to boot from. If the Remote Install Mac OS X application is running on your other computer the Snow Leopard will show up here.
source: http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/upgrading-the-macbook-air-to-snow-leopard-mac-osx-10-6/
Friday, September 3, 2010
像Google一样开会
现在会议基本上就是这样的，大部分的会议都是无序的、没有激情的、没有效率的。但我们的会议是可以开的更好的。
当我决定写一篇关于如何开展有效会议的文章，我找到了Marissa Mayer (Google搜索产品的副总裁，see BusinessWeek.com, 6/19/06, “Marissa Mayer: The Talent Scout”)，在我所认知的人中，她在会议方面有着最丰富的知识，并且她领导创造了当今一些最有创新意义的产品，这也让我为她在会议组织方面的才能上加了不少分。
Mayer平均每周开差不多70个会议（SweetRiver译注：会霸…囧rz…），并且作为最后一道关卡来把关Google工程师、项目经理向 Google创始人Sergey Brin和Larry Page来陈述、推销他们的想法的机会。一共有8个由directors, managers和engineers组成的团队在产品开发的各个阶段，向Mayer汇报。
在Google这样的公司里，大部分的工作都在会议中开展，Mayer的目标就是确保她的团队有明确的工作指令、战略方向以及有足够支撑行动的信息，并且同时让他们感觉有前进的动力并受到了尊重。Mayer她成功开展高效会议的6个秘诀就是：
1. 有一个明确的议程
Mayer要求每个会议都必须有明确的议程，内容包括参会者希望讨论的问题的大纲以及他们将如何最有效地利用自己的时间。当然，议程需要有一定的灵 活性，Mayer觉得议程更多地扮演这样一个角色的工具：议程迫使参会者仔细思考自己希望在会议上所达到什么目标以及如何最好地去达成这样的目的。
2. 指定专门的note-taker（SweetRiver注：和我们一般概念上的“会议记录员”还不一样）
Google的会议一大特色就是有很多的投影…..。一面墙上投影现在的presentation，旁边会再有一个投影仪展示当前会议的记要 （SweetRiver注：原文想要表达的意思应该是不仅要找一个专门的会议记录员，还要专门的投影实时地展示当前会议的记要，以确保参会人员能在会议上 达成真正的一致），可能旁边还会有一个投影显示着一个4英尺高的在走的计时器！！Google高管们相信，通过制作一份官方的记要，可以最大程度地马上消 除不准确性和不一致性。
那些没能参加会议的人会收到一份会议的记要。当有人试着回想会议的决定、团队前进的方向、接下来需要做什么工作，他们可以有这样的标准官方记要参考。
3. 钻小会（Carve out micro-meeting）
Mayer留了大量的小块时间段去参加那些有特定议题或者关于特定项目的小会。比如，在她与创始人兼CEO – Eric Schmidt的每周2小时的会议中，她会抽出5-10分钟间隔（或者更长，这根据主题而定），去参加那些特定领域的会议，如关于站点表现的周例会、新产 品发布等等。
如果有什么紧急情况发生，这种方式给了Mayer足够在会议前调整议程的灵活性。这也慢慢让会议变得更有重点。Mayer对她的团队成员也是采取同 样的策略，更多是5-10分钟的短交流（她的行程安排所允许的最短时间段），而不是30分钟的促膝长谈。通过这样地在一个大块时间段钻出时间参加小会，她 可以收获更多。
Mayer有着engineering和computer science方面的背景经验，自嘲地称这些micro-meetings是“降低流水线上的延迟” (reducing latency in the pipeline)。这就是说，如果她的一个员工想跟她讨论一个问题，这位员工可以在Mayer的某一个大的时间块上跟她预约一个10分钟的micro- meeting，而不是等她下一个空闲的30分钟，——这30分钟可能2个星期都等不到。
4. Hold office hours.
SweetRiver译注：Hold office hours的意思可以看下Harvard Business Review的这篇文章。 其实就是类似“答疑时间”的这样一个概念，即某人固定时间待在office里，保证你在这段时间的时候能找到他，跟他交流。这样的“答疑时间”可以让你更 加亲近您的员工、更加了解公司内的事情、更加有机会听取意见和新的idea、更加有效的处理来自下层的一些问题，特别让你不会变成那种永远看不到的 untouchable的神人一样。我没有想出比较好的中文词组来表达这个意思，所以下面都会保留英文。
Mayer的这条秘诀来自她在Stanford做computer science教师的经验，她也是在Stanford遇到了Google的两位创始人。Mayer的office hour每天下午4点开始，每次一个半小时。
员工将他们的名字写在她office外面的一块白板上，然后她按照先进先出的方式对队列进行处理。有时候是PM需要她在一次市场活动上的认同，有时 候是一些员工想向她sell（推销）自己的一个想法或者设计 (see BusinessWeek.com, 6/30/06, “Inside Google’s New-Product Process”).
Mayer说: “我们很多有意思的产品都是在这个office hour里捣鼓出来的，Google News, Orkut [Google's social networking site]（SweetRiver译注：这里作者居然给Orkut加了一个英文注释，看来Orkut是比较痿，囧~~）, Google Reviews, and Google Desktop这些产品的idea都是首先在这种office hour里出现的”。在这短短的一一个半小时的office hour的时间中，Mayer可以开多达15个会议，平均每个人7分钟的时间…….
5. 要数据，不要政治 （Discourage politics, use data）
Mayer曾经谈到的“9个关于创新的意见”（”Nine Notions of Innovation”）中的一条就是“要数据，不要政治”(see BusinessWeek.com, 6/19/06, “9 Notions of Innovation”).
一个公司里，如果老板会根据他对人的喜好而不是他对产品和设计的客观想法来做决定，如果参加会议的人都会觉得老板会给他所喜欢的人所作的设计开绿灯时，那这条意见就非常有必要了。
Mayer相信这样的价值倾向会让员工士气低落，所以她把审批流程（approval process）变成了科学。Google会根据一些明确的度量指标来选择好的设计。选择是基于价值以及事实，而不是个人关系 （Designs are chosen based on merit and evidence, not personal relationships）。
Mayer不希望在设计会议上听到类似“I like”这样的句子，譬如“I like the way the screen looks”。而她会鼓励类似“he experimentation on the site shows that his design performed 10% better”这样的言论。Google是建立在客户反馈数据驱动的企业文化上，而不是建立在内部政治上（现在很多的企业都是），所以对于Google来 说，“要数据、不要政治” works。
6. Stick to the clock.
为了给会议增加点压力以保持参会人员的注意力，Google的集会一般都会非常特色地在墙上都投影一个巨大的计时器，给特定的会议或者议题做倒计时…..。这真的真的就是一个网上可以下载的timer，跑在PC上，然后投影到4英尺大小。
想想当从会议室外面来看里面的情况，那一定非常疯狂：墙上同时投影着若干的影像：presentation, transcription（参第2条）, 然后还有一个mega-timer！不过，在Google，it makes sense，在创造性的混乱中引入结构！！通过这个Timer给会议带来的轻微的压力感使会议保持on schedule。
Mayer同时对这个timer也有一个忠告：对timer保持健康的幽默感。(同时，我对Mayer的采访的timer也快到到时间了，但是Mayer让timer变成了一个有趣、友善的提醒物，而不是对我们谈话的粗鲁打断。)
请记住，这些会议技巧在Google里用的很好。虽然可能并不适用你们公司，但这六个秘诀应该可以给你一点如何让会议不浪费时间、更加有效的良好的启示。
Top 10 List of the Best Affiliate Networks
http://onlineprofitable.com/affiliate/top-10-list-of-the-best-affiliate-networks
First, if you’re new to affiliate marketing, some preliminary explanations may prove helpful in your quest for becoming a part-time or full-time affiliate marketer.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is quite simple to explain: you promote and market a product or company in return for a commission if a sale or lead is made from your marketing efforts. With online affiliate marketing you simply place your affiliate ID embedded links on your web pages and if a customer clicks your link and proceeds to that designated company’s site and makes a purchase or signs up for a service, you earn a commission.
Affiliate marketing, if done right, can prove to be a very lucrative venture. Commissions can run anywhere from a few pennies to thousands of dollars for just one click or sale. Professional marketers develop affiliate relationships with hundreds of companies and build sites to promote these companies and products.
Needless to say, the advent of the Internet has been a golden opportunity for affiliate marketers to really expand their promotions and marketing. As more as more customers choose to buy online, advertising and purchases keep increasing at a maddening pace.
To accommodate all this online ecommerce we have seen the birth of large affiliate networks, operated by large corporations. Make no mistake, affiliate marketing is big business, accounting for billions in sales and commissions.
What is an Affiliate Network?
An affiliate network is a third party facilitator which brings affiliates and companies together. It connects Advertisers (companies with products or services to sell) together with Publishers (those who display and promote these products or services) so they can do business. The affiliate network does all the tracking, accounting and payment of commissions.
The following Top 10 list of the best Affiliate Networks is compiled by an actual full-time affiliate marketer who has worked these programs for over five years. This list is subjective and based on first-hand experience. It should be seen in this light and every marketer probably will have a different list or have these in a different picking order depending on the type and nature of their marketing.
But this list of the 10 Best Affiliate Networks will give you a general rundown on these affiliate networks and how they operate.
1. Commission Junction (www.cj.com)
Now owned by ValueClick, Commission Junction was one of the first affiliate networks. It is also one of the most important with many of the Top Fortune 500 companies listed here.
CJ is an international network with excellent stats and tracking (some of the best you will find), along with regular monthly payments makes this the obvious first choice for anyone wishing to try affiliate marketing. For those new or old at affiliate marketing, CJ also holds regular seminars and training sessions.
Most merchants offer pay-per-lead or pay-per-sale, one of the best features is the performance bonuses and incentives. As most experienced marketers will know, selling 50k to 100k each month for merchants will bring in the big incentives or bonuses.
Commissions run as high as 50% but most are in 3% to 15% range. You have the option of direct deposit for your payments. One major plus, CJ will tell you which merchants and ads are earning the most revenue for affiliates so you can easily choose which merchants are worth promoting.
2. ClickBank (www.clickbank.com)
ClickBank is another professional affiliate network with excellent stats and tracking. Easy to use and pays every two weeks.
ClickBank is slightly different from the other networks in that it deals mainly with digital download products. The commissions from ClickBank are usually much higher than the other networks, around 40% to 50% or more.
ClickBank has over 10,000 products but keep in mind, info-marketing products will have stiff competition from all the savvy and well established Internet marketers promoting these same products. Consider youself warned!
The most successful marketing tactic here is to first dominate your targeted niche with your blogs and sites, then find affiliate products to match your content or niche subject matter, whether it be gardening equipment, gaming laptops or Mediterranean cruises!.
3. LinkShare (www.linkshare.com)
LinkShare is another excellent affiliate network. It is one of the oldest affiliate networks on the web. LinkShare was recently acquired by the Japanese Portal Rakuten, with a price tag of $425 million.
Very good stats and reporting with their Synergy Analytics system. Many Top Fortune 500 companies are presented here so you will no trouble finding products and services to promote. LinkShare pays commissions as they receive them from merchants – monthly checks.
4. Affiliate Window (www.affiliatewindow.com)
Affiliate Window is an UK based affiliate network which offers top brand companies and good commission rates. Pays once a month and has excellent stats.
Savvy affiliate marketers know promoting in other countries can be much easier than promoting in the American market place. Mainly because these other countries haven’t become saturated with online marketers, little competition means more sales.
5. Amazon (www.amazon.com)
Amazon is another excellent affiliate network to join if you want to sell products from your site or blog. Amazon has excellent stats and the links are very easy to create and place on your web pages.
You also have the option of creating your own store with Amazon aStores. Amazon also now has context link ads and Widgets!
Commission rates are somewhat lower than the other networks but making sales thru Amazon is much, much easier. You will make more sales mainly because Amazon is a well known and trusted online company. Amazon now pays monthly.
6. Shareasale (www.shareasale.com)
Shareasale is yet another easy system to work with good stats and simple to create links. With 1,700+ merchants to choose from, Shareasale is another good affiliate network to promote.
The control panel is easy to use and the reporting is very good. Usually pays the month following your sales.
7. Google (www.google.com/adsense/)
Many won’t think of Google as an Affiliate network but it does run affiliate products thru its Adsense program. Very few products but like everything from Google it is professionally run and top caliber all the way.
Please note, top marketers know affiliate links/products on their content pages will return 10 times what Google Adsense will give them. However, these marketers will also know using Google Adsense on less targeted pages throughout your sites or blogs will give you a healthy return.
Besides receiving that monthly check from a multi-billion dollar company like Google will put a smile on your face every time.
8. LinkConnector (www.linkconnector.com)
LinkConnector is a relatively new affiliate network which launched in 2004. It has Pay Per Click, Pay Per Sale and Pay Per Lead. Good stats and reporting. Worth checking out for their different types of new affiliate technology such as Direct Linking which passes pagerank along to the merchant’s site.
9. CPA Empire (www.cpaempire.com)
Great CPA (Cost Per Action) network especially if you do a lot of email marketing and promotions. Geared towards acquiring leads and sign-ups but does offer other merchants as well. Good stats and reporting.
10. Independents
Individual affiliate deals with different companies which may or may not be listed with the major networks above. Your independent affiliate deals will be some of your most lucrative since you can sometimes work out separate private commission rates and bonuses. Aim for residual income here. Don’t ignore this aspect of affiliate marketing as it will pay the highest dividends.
Keep in mind, all the above affiliate networks are middlemen, they come between you and the merchant you’re promoting. For affiliates with a proven track record, who have shown they can deliver the customers and sales, a private deal cutting out the middleman/fees can prove very beneficial for both parties. If you’re fortunate enough to become known as a super affiliate, these private deals will become more common and more profitable.
Professional affiliate marketers use all of the above networks to create multiple income streams from their marketing efforts. In the process, they build a healthy monthly income for themselves and their families. There is no reason why you can’t do the same.
First, if you’re new to affiliate marketing, some preliminary explanations may prove helpful in your quest for becoming a part-time or full-time affiliate marketer.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is quite simple to explain: you promote and market a product or company in return for a commission if a sale or lead is made from your marketing efforts. With online affiliate marketing you simply place your affiliate ID embedded links on your web pages and if a customer clicks your link and proceeds to that designated company’s site and makes a purchase or signs up for a service, you earn a commission.
Affiliate marketing, if done right, can prove to be a very lucrative venture. Commissions can run anywhere from a few pennies to thousands of dollars for just one click or sale. Professional marketers develop affiliate relationships with hundreds of companies and build sites to promote these companies and products.
Needless to say, the advent of the Internet has been a golden opportunity for affiliate marketers to really expand their promotions and marketing. As more as more customers choose to buy online, advertising and purchases keep increasing at a maddening pace.
To accommodate all this online ecommerce we have seen the birth of large affiliate networks, operated by large corporations. Make no mistake, affiliate marketing is big business, accounting for billions in sales and commissions.
What is an Affiliate Network?
An affiliate network is a third party facilitator which brings affiliates and companies together. It connects Advertisers (companies with products or services to sell) together with Publishers (those who display and promote these products or services) so they can do business. The affiliate network does all the tracking, accounting and payment of commissions.
The following Top 10 list of the best Affiliate Networks is compiled by an actual full-time affiliate marketer who has worked these programs for over five years. This list is subjective and based on first-hand experience. It should be seen in this light and every marketer probably will have a different list or have these in a different picking order depending on the type and nature of their marketing.
But this list of the 10 Best Affiliate Networks will give you a general rundown on these affiliate networks and how they operate.
1. Commission Junction (www.cj.com)
Now owned by ValueClick, Commission Junction was one of the first affiliate networks. It is also one of the most important with many of the Top Fortune 500 companies listed here.
CJ is an international network with excellent stats and tracking (some of the best you will find), along with regular monthly payments makes this the obvious first choice for anyone wishing to try affiliate marketing. For those new or old at affiliate marketing, CJ also holds regular seminars and training sessions.
Most merchants offer pay-per-lead or pay-per-sale, one of the best features is the performance bonuses and incentives. As most experienced marketers will know, selling 50k to 100k each month for merchants will bring in the big incentives or bonuses.
Commissions run as high as 50% but most are in 3% to 15% range. You have the option of direct deposit for your payments. One major plus, CJ will tell you which merchants and ads are earning the most revenue for affiliates so you can easily choose which merchants are worth promoting.
2. ClickBank (www.clickbank.com)
ClickBank is another professional affiliate network with excellent stats and tracking. Easy to use and pays every two weeks.
ClickBank is slightly different from the other networks in that it deals mainly with digital download products. The commissions from ClickBank are usually much higher than the other networks, around 40% to 50% or more.
ClickBank has over 10,000 products but keep in mind, info-marketing products will have stiff competition from all the savvy and well established Internet marketers promoting these same products. Consider youself warned!
The most successful marketing tactic here is to first dominate your targeted niche with your blogs and sites, then find affiliate products to match your content or niche subject matter, whether it be gardening equipment, gaming laptops or Mediterranean cruises!.
3. LinkShare (www.linkshare.com)
LinkShare is another excellent affiliate network. It is one of the oldest affiliate networks on the web. LinkShare was recently acquired by the Japanese Portal Rakuten, with a price tag of $425 million.
Very good stats and reporting with their Synergy Analytics system. Many Top Fortune 500 companies are presented here so you will no trouble finding products and services to promote. LinkShare pays commissions as they receive them from merchants – monthly checks.
4. Affiliate Window (www.affiliatewindow.com)
Affiliate Window is an UK based affiliate network which offers top brand companies and good commission rates. Pays once a month and has excellent stats.
Savvy affiliate marketers know promoting in other countries can be much easier than promoting in the American market place. Mainly because these other countries haven’t become saturated with online marketers, little competition means more sales.
5. Amazon (www.amazon.com)
Amazon is another excellent affiliate network to join if you want to sell products from your site or blog. Amazon has excellent stats and the links are very easy to create and place on your web pages.
You also have the option of creating your own store with Amazon aStores. Amazon also now has context link ads and Widgets!
Commission rates are somewhat lower than the other networks but making sales thru Amazon is much, much easier. You will make more sales mainly because Amazon is a well known and trusted online company. Amazon now pays monthly.
6. Shareasale (www.shareasale.com)
Shareasale is yet another easy system to work with good stats and simple to create links. With 1,700+ merchants to choose from, Shareasale is another good affiliate network to promote.
The control panel is easy to use and the reporting is very good. Usually pays the month following your sales.
7. Google (www.google.com/adsense/)
Many won’t think of Google as an Affiliate network but it does run affiliate products thru its Adsense program. Very few products but like everything from Google it is professionally run and top caliber all the way.
Please note, top marketers know affiliate links/products on their content pages will return 10 times what Google Adsense will give them. However, these marketers will also know using Google Adsense on less targeted pages throughout your sites or blogs will give you a healthy return.
Besides receiving that monthly check from a multi-billion dollar company like Google will put a smile on your face every time.
8. LinkConnector (www.linkconnector.com)
LinkConnector is a relatively new affiliate network which launched in 2004. It has Pay Per Click, Pay Per Sale and Pay Per Lead. Good stats and reporting. Worth checking out for their different types of new affiliate technology such as Direct Linking which passes pagerank along to the merchant’s site.
9. CPA Empire (www.cpaempire.com)
Great CPA (Cost Per Action) network especially if you do a lot of email marketing and promotions. Geared towards acquiring leads and sign-ups but does offer other merchants as well. Good stats and reporting.
10. Independents
Individual affiliate deals with different companies which may or may not be listed with the major networks above. Your independent affiliate deals will be some of your most lucrative since you can sometimes work out separate private commission rates and bonuses. Aim for residual income here. Don’t ignore this aspect of affiliate marketing as it will pay the highest dividends.
Keep in mind, all the above affiliate networks are middlemen, they come between you and the merchant you’re promoting. For affiliates with a proven track record, who have shown they can deliver the customers and sales, a private deal cutting out the middleman/fees can prove very beneficial for both parties. If you’re fortunate enough to become known as a super affiliate, these private deals will become more common and more profitable.
Professional affiliate marketers use all of the above networks to create multiple income streams from their marketing efforts. In the process, they build a healthy monthly income for themselves and their families. There is no reason why you can’t do the same.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Install Snow Leopard in VMWARE 7 Windows Edition
http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/12/install-snow-leopard-in-vmware-7-windows-edition/
How to install Snow Leopard in VMWARE 7 and Windows host ? Virtualization of Snow Leopard (Client) is not officially supported/allowed by any virtualization solution. However a few modifications to the .vmx file and use a modified install disk as this will save a lot of trouble. Let me clear Apple licensing does not allow for the virtualization of OSX Client on any hardware and only allows for the virtualization OSX server on Apple hardware. Anything else is in violation of the license agreement. This article is for informational purposes only, you can never achieve full utilization of Mac OS X on VMWARE. So if you like the Mac then go ahead and buy a Mac.
Also Check — Snow Leopard in VMWARE Post Installation Fixes and Tweaks for sound, graphics related mods after installation.
Step Two : Edit the VMWARE settings eg: Memory, Processor, Networking Adaptors etc. Select CD/DVD drive options and in Connection select Use ISO image file and browse the Darwin_Snow.iso
Step Three : Now power on the virtual machine and keep your finger on F8 key.
Hit F8 very quickly on your Keyboard you will be prompted with the following screen
Step Four : Like Boot 132 method now you need to replace the boot cd with the Snow Leopard Retail Install DVD. Right click on the CD icon in bottom of the VMWARE windows and click on Settings option.
Now change the options from ISO image to use physical drive and make sure you have Retail DVD already installed.
Save and Exit
Step Five : Now navigate to boot screen and press “C” on your keyboard to select “Boot DVD”, again press F8 for advance options and type -v at the boot prompt then hit enter for booting with verbose mode.
Step Six : Now wait for 2-3 minutes and your Installation screen will appear. Now you can install Snow Leopard as usual. Before choosing the destination open Disk Utility and erase your Vmware HDD in to “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” format type. Under customization deselect printer drivers and language translations for trouble free installation.Once installation finishes your virtual machine will reboot automatically.
Step Seven : Follow Step Two again “Select CD/DVD drive options and in Connection select Use ISO image file and browse the Darwin_Snow.iso” now you can boot in to Snow Leopard you may need to force restart 2-3 times if Kernel Panic happens, once machine boot successfully you can set your preference etc.
How to install Snow Leopard in VMWARE 7 and Windows host ? Virtualization of Snow Leopard (Client) is not officially supported/allowed by any virtualization solution. However a few modifications to the .vmx file and use a modified install disk as this will save a lot of trouble. Let me clear Apple licensing does not allow for the virtualization of OSX Client on any hardware and only allows for the virtualization OSX server on Apple hardware. Anything else is in violation of the license agreement. This article is for informational purposes only, you can never achieve full utilization of Mac OS X on VMWARE. So if you like the Mac then go ahead and buy a Mac.
Also Check — Snow Leopard in VMWARE Post Installation Fixes and Tweaks for sound, graphics related mods after installation.
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Requirements
- VMWARE 7 and Windows XP, Vista or 7
- Retail DVD of Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6
- Intel Based Machine, AMD isn’t supported.
- Patience, a Cup of coffee or Energy drink whatever you like.
- A pre-made Snow Leopard VMDK, dariwn_snow.iso Download (Rapidshare), (Rapidshare 1)(Mediafire) Or (Megaupload)
Instructions
Step One : Launch VMWARE Workstation and load the .vmx that came with the package you downloaded above. Now edit virtual machine settings for advance options.
Step Two : Edit the VMWARE settings eg: Memory, Processor, Networking Adaptors etc. Select CD/DVD drive options and in Connection select Use ISO image file and browse the Darwin_Snow.iso
Step Three : Now power on the virtual machine and keep your finger on F8 key.
Hit F8 very quickly on your Keyboard you will be prompted with the following screen
Step Four : Like Boot 132 method now you need to replace the boot cd with the Snow Leopard Retail Install DVD. Right click on the CD icon in bottom of the VMWARE windows and click on Settings option.
Now change the options from ISO image to use physical drive and make sure you have Retail DVD already installed.
Save and ExitStep Five : Now navigate to boot screen and press “C” on your keyboard to select “Boot DVD”, again press F8 for advance options and type -v at the boot prompt then hit enter for booting with verbose mode.
Step Six : Now wait for 2-3 minutes and your Installation screen will appear. Now you can install Snow Leopard as usual. Before choosing the destination open Disk Utility and erase your Vmware HDD in to “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” format type. Under customization deselect printer drivers and language translations for trouble free installation.Once installation finishes your virtual machine will reboot automatically.
Step Seven : Follow Step Two again “Select CD/DVD drive options and in Connection select Use ISO image file and browse the Darwin_Snow.iso” now you can boot in to Snow Leopard you may need to force restart 2-3 times if Kernel Panic happens, once machine boot successfully you can set your preference etc.
Known Issues
- Some .dmg aren’t opening
- Kernel Panic on every shut down so just force shut down after every kernel panic.
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