How to Disable SIP on MacOS Running on VMware Workstation/Fusion
- Start VMware Workstation/Fusion
- Select MacOS VM and choose Power on to Firmware
- In the EFI menu, select Enter setup > Configure boot options > Add boot options > select Recovery partition > select boot.efi
- In the Input the description box, hit Enter and type recovery and hit Enter again. Choose Commit changes and exit
- Next, select recovery option under Boot Manager and follow instructions until you see the MacOS Utilities menu
- Select Utilities > Terminal in the MacOS Utilities menu and type
csrutil status
to get the current SIP status - Then type
csrutil disable
to disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) - Reboot the VM and check
csrutil status
again to ensure SIP is disabled