Once you reach the desktop, install VMware Tools (or Guest Additions in VirtualBox) to enable full-screen resolution and smooth mouse movement. Common Troubleshooting

This was the peril of the VMDK. It was a fragile container. A single corrupted sector in the file could mean the "death" of the OS trapped inside. Adrian watched the progress bar crawl. It stuck at 50%. His heart hammered against his ribs.

Using a VMDK for macOS Ventura offers several technical advantages over other formats like VDI (VirtualBox) or VHD (Microsoft):

Apple’s permits running up to two virtual instances of macOS on Apple-branded hardware only. Running a macOS Ventura VMDK on a non-Apple PC (a Hackintosh virtual machine) technically violates the EULA.