Anyone installed 10.15 beta in a VM?

I installed it in a trial version of Parallels for Mac 14. Photos crashes, mouse dragging is not possible and I had issues with access to internet. I also installed Xcode 11 beta, but that crashes too as soon as I try to create a new playground or Xcode project. As these are the functionalities I'm interested in and they don't work, I just removed VM and Parallels.

I've been able to 'successfully' install and run 10.15 in a VirtualBox 6.0.8 VM. i.e. it boots and will run applications. However, (there's always a 'however') I cannot resize or drag any window. I am unsure if this is a 10.15 issue or something wrong with VirtualBox.

I'll wait for the next beta before actively pursuing this

I managed to install it in a Parallels VM by upgrading an existing 10.14 VM. The installation eventually got stuck, but the CPU wasn't doing anything, so I reset the VM and it successfully booted 10.15. I have not been able to do a subsequent clean install from the recovery volume yet.

Like the others are reporting, mouse dragging is not working.

On startup, it also can't connect to the network at all. I managed to get it to work by turning the network interface off and on again a couple times and resetting the VM if that didn't help... not very reliable but allowed me to proceed with my work. There's a corresponding error in dmesg, but I didn't save it.

Edit: Can also confirm Xcode crashing. Since this is due to an illegal instruction and the trace mentions Metal I'm assuming it's a VM problem and not a general problem with Xcode.

I'm also stuck at the boot screen on Fusion 10.1.3.

i've tried to install in vmware and in virtualbox.

didn't work.

i think you should install 10.15 in dual boot mode.

- laurens

Same here. VMWare Fusion Professional Version 11.1.0 (13668589)

After upgrade to 10.15 Beta, stuck on boot.

I am going to try the dual boot now --> same problem

I can also confirm macOS 10.15 won't boot past the Apple logo on VMware Fusion

Same problem here ....

I'm running my host Mac with 10.14.5 (18F203).

In vmware Professional Version 11.1.0 (13668589) i have a virtual machine with macOS 10.14.5 (18F203).

I tried to Update it to macOS 10.15 Beta (Build 19A471t) But after the restart while updating I get only a black screen with a white Apple logo in the center of the screen.

Did anyone get it running? Is there a trick, or is ist simply a bug?

VMWare Fusion forum entry lists a possible solution

1. Create new Fusion VM. Critical - Drag/Drop “Install macOS 10.15 Beta” into fusion. DO NOT use the “InstallESD.dmg”.

2. Choose the MacOS 10.14 profile. Next....

3. Choose customize. Change hardware profile to Windows 10 x64, and change KeyboardMouse to Windows 10. HINT: You must choose MacOS 10.14 FIRST, then change it to Windows 10 x64.

4. Start the VM. Finish Install of MacOS 10.15.

5. After install completes and reboots, VM will not boot. Shutdown VM, change hardware profile back to MacOS 10.14.

6. I had to install VMware tools twice. First, install, enable security extension, accessibility option, etc. Reboot, then install tools again. Now display driver will load.

Credit Intell008 & Bogdam

i've tried to install in vmware. it did work but only have booting

I've installed 10.15 on Parallels Desktop 14.1.3 and the installer freezed some times but at last it could boot and run. Parallels Tools could not complete the install process which always stalled at 100%. According to other's solution, change the mouse setting to "Optimized for Games" can solve the window drag issue but I just failed to make the network connection working no matter how I set the network to WiFi or switch on/off. So it's not a solution now to run Catalina on Parallels Desktop.

It looks like someone figured out how to get it working in VMware Fusion on the VMware forums here: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/611961

I haven't tested it myself, yet, but probably will today.

There is a workaround that was posted in:

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/611961

Just note that I had to do a few different steps in order to install this properly on VMware Fusion 11.1.0 (13668589)

1. Download macOS 10.15 (19A471t) via https://download.developer.apple.com/WWDC_2019/macOS_10.15_Developer_Beta_Access_Utility/macOSDeveloperBetaAccessUtility.dmg
2. Use VMware Fusion and create the install medium as you would normally would by adding the Install macOS 10.15 Beta.app
3. Select macOS 10.14 as the OS.
4. Once you've completed all your configuration steps; do not start the VM (as it will not boot)
5. Go back and change the OS: Settings > OS > Microsoft Windows > Windows 10 x64
6. Change the keyboard and mouse to Windows 10 Profile
7. Boot the VM and proceed installing macOS 10.15 (19A471t)
8. Once the installer finishes installing macOS 10.15 (19A471t); the VM will not boot; moreover, you'll need to shutdown the VM.
9. Here is where my steps are different than https://communities.vmware.com/thread/611961
10. It was stated to change the OS to macOS 10.14 and the boot again; however, mine got stuck loading with 
11. I turned the VM off and changed the OS to Other > Other 64-bit
12. Once I did that, I booted the VM and it booted perfectly and finished the installation successfully.
13. I also changed the keyboard layout back to macOS.
14. Also, in Settings > General. the OS is correctly labeled as Mac OS X 10.15 (19A471t) Darwin 19.0.0
15. I also installed VMware Tools on it.

sw_vers 
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15
BuildVersion: 19A471t

kextstat | grep 'vmware*'
   93    0 0xffffff7f80e6b000 0xd000     0xd000     com.vmware.kext.VMwareGfx (1240.69.62) 2F40A620-0711-3B7C-B72E-337D9E04C2A4 <92 13 12 8 6 5 3 1>
  135    0 0xffffff7f82e45000 0x6000     0x6000     com.vmware.kext.vmmemctl (1240.69.62) 1AE46E5F-58F5-3A3E-B72B-306814EC3252 <8 6 5 3 1>
  136    0 0xffffff7f82e4b000 0xa000     0xa000     com.vmware.kext.vmhgfs (1240.69.62) CE6E19D8-06B6-3F86-9BC5-FFCA5DFBF531 <6 5 3 1>

+1 My VM also hung up with an Apple Logo under VMware Fusion. What's more: I got a warning from System Preferences that the VMware installation tools "would not be compatible with a future release" of Mac OS, presumably because it was built for 32-bit. So that was a big-time heads-up.