: Modifies vmware-vmx (the virtual machine execution engine) and libvmwarebase.so to allow booting and selecting macOS.

VMware Workstation and VMware Player on Linux do not natively support the installation of macOS as a guest operating system due to Apple's licensing restrictions and VMware's feature gating. The is a community-developed tool that patches VMware’s configuration and virtual machine (VM) files to enable macOS recognition and booting. This paper explores the purpose, installation, usage, and limitations of the VMware Unlocker on the Ubuntu operating system.