Just a quick note if you’re following this method to test Apple’s Device Enrollment Program (DEP) with VMs: as of macOS 10.14.3, the hardware must meet the minimum system requirements for macOS 10.14.
With macOS 10.14.0 through 10.14.2, you were able to use serial numbers from Macs that could not run 10.14.x themselves. Since you’re booting VMs, that didn’t really matter. However, as of 10.14.3, the VM will stall while booting, then eventually reboot and stall again.
It’s unfortunate, as older hardware is easier to find – I had a stack of 2011 Mac minis that I kept specifically for VMs.
Update, 2019-09-03: Erik Gomez corrected me: if you create a VM with vfuse, specify the 2011 Mac mini’s serial number, but use Macmini6,2
instead of Macmini5,1
as hw_model
, it’ll boot and let you proceed through DEP. I haven’t tested any other model, but this works great! Thanks, Erik.
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