Install Mac OS On VirtualBox Virtual Machine Steps. 2.1 Create MacOS Virtual Machine In Virtualbox. Open virtualbox, click New button to create a new virtual machine. Input macOS high sierra or macOS mojave in the Name field, select Mac OS X in Type drop down list, select Mac OS X(64-bit) in Version drop down list, then click Next button.
From the “Download Prerequisites” section of this post, you should have downloaded VirtualBox and if you didn’t, download VirtualBox latest version and install it on your Windows system. If you’ve already installed VirtualBox, then you can skip this step. Other than that, follow the steps below. On the welcome Wizard page, click Next.
How to Install VirtualBox Extension Pack on Mac OS X The process of Installing VirtualBox Extension Pack on macOS is quite similar to that required for the extension pack on other operating systems. Open Launchpad, run VirtualBox, then go to Tools Preferences and select the Extensions tab. Click the add icon to install VirtualBox Extension Pack.
If the Mac is running macOS Mojave, open the macOS High Sierra page in the App Store and download the installer from there. You will need to convert this APP file to a DMG and then convert from a DMG to an ISO in order to be able to install it in VirtualBox. A less complicated, but also less secure, option is to search for an ISO of your desired version of macOS online.
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1- Download Mac OS
2- Create Mac OS Virtual Machine
3- Configure VBoxManage
4- Start the Mac OS virtual machine
1- Download Mac OS
Mac OS is a computer operating system developed by Apple. This is a operating system with beautiful interface, however, to own a the computer of Apple with this operating system, you need to use a lot of money, normally with the double price than that of common computers using Windows operating system. Fortunately, you can experience the Mac OS right on your computer by installing a Mac OS virtual machine on VirtualBox.
This wikiHow teaches you how to install and use the VirtualBox application on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. VirtualBox is a program which emulates a second computer, allowing you to install and use operating systems (e.g., Windows 7) on VirtualBox without having to change your computer's actual operating system.
Below is the list of Mac OS versions released in recent years:
Mac OS Version
Name
Release Date
10.10
Yosemite
June 2014
10.11
El Capitan
September 30, 2015
10.12
Sierra
June 12, 2016
10.13
High Sierra
June 5, 2017
In this post, I will show you how to install the Mac OS on VirtualBox. First of all, please download an installer.
After finishing downloading, there is one file:
Extract the file that you have just downloaded in a folder.
2- Create Mac OS Virtual Machine
On the VirtualBox, create a new virtual machine.
Enter a name for the virtual machine and select a Mac OS version suitable for the Mac OS version that you have downloaded..
Mac OS operating systems need a large amount of RAM to work, You should provide it with about 4GB RAM.
The Mac OS file downloaded by you in the above step is a complete operating system and you can be willing to use without installation. Therefore, on the VirtualBox, you only need to point to this postion of this file.
OK, your Mac OS virtual machine has been created.
You can carry out other configurations for Mac OS, for example, Network configuration, specifying the quantity of Processors,..
3- Configure VBoxManage
After you create VirtualBox virtual machine, the Meta information of this virtual machine will be found in the folder (Depending on your operating system):
LINUX (Ubuntu,..):/home/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
WINDOWS:C:/Users/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
There are some advanced configurations that you can perform via the interface of VirtualBox, and you must carry out it via a command:
Replace 'Your-VM-Name' by your virtual machine name. Your virtual machine name can be found in the 'Setting > General > Basic' (Like the following illustration).
On the Linux (Ubuntu,..), open Terminal windows and CD to go to your Mac OS virtual machine directory. If you use the Windows operating system, open the CMD windows with Administrator privilege and CD to go to the Mac OS virtual machine directory.
Perform the above commands respectively (after having replaced 'Your-VM-Name'):
OK, all the commands have been performed successfully.
4- Start the Mac OS virtual machine
Press on 'Start' button to start your Mac OS virtual machine:
Enter username/password (to be used to enter your Mac OS virtual machine).
OK, at this moment, you have installed Mac OS Virtual Machine on VirtualBox successfully .
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Everyone knows Mac OS is one of the most premium Operating systems.
And everyone wants to use it but it’s a little expensive.
And that’s why people try to find out different ways to install Mac OS on their PC.
Two years back I also installed Mac OS High Sierra Hackintosh on my PC.
And now I am installing the Mojave version.
So in this post, I will show you how to install macOS Mojave on Virtualbox on Windows PC.
Let’s see How it works. Also Read: Chromebook ChromeOS on Virtual machines.
How to Install macOS on Virtualbox in Windows 10 PC [ Mojave ]
But before we begin.
Please make sure that you have downloaded the Oracle Virtualbox and the macOS Mojave ISO file from the given link.
Virtualbox: Download link macOS Mojave Virtualbox image: Download link
I know you might be thinking of creating your own iso file but it’s a little time-consuming.
And that’s why I have already given the link for the Mojave image file.
Now I hope you have already downloaded all the given files & installed Virtualbox successfully.
Note:- Please check the VT-x or AMD-V virtualization feature must be enabled in your BIOS settings.
So Let’s get started & follow this step by step guide.
1. Open & Install Virtualbox Extension Pack
Now Open Virtualbox and install the Extension Pack from the given link. Download link
Now that you have installed the extension pack, it’s time to create a virtual machine.
2. Create a macOS Mojave Virtual Machine
Open Virtualbox and Click on the “New” button to create a macOS virtual machine.
Now type the name as “macOS Mojave“, type of OS as Mac OS X and the version of OS as Mac OS X (64-bit). And then Click on Next.
3. Memory Size (RAM)
Now select the amount of RAM to be allocated to the virtual machine. And to run macOS on Virtualbox, the minimum recommended RAM size is 2048Mb.
4. Setup a Virtual Hard Disk
Now the next step is to create a virtual disk for this machine. But here instead of creating a new virtual hard disk, we will import the macOS Mojave 10.14 disk image file which we have downloaded earlier. So Click on Use an existing virtual hard disk file.
And then click on the Folder icon and browse to the image file.
Now select the image file and Click Open.
And you can see that you have successfully created the macOS virtual machine and here comes the configuration part.
5. Configuring macOS Virtual Machine
Note:- All these settings are mandatory to run and install macOS Mojave on Virtualbox on Windows PC properly.
Now Click on Settings.
Now in the Next screen Go to System, then Click on Motherboard Tab and Select the Boot Order as Optical and Hard disk. And in the Extended Features Enable I/O APIC, Enable EFI (Special OSes only) and Hardware Clock in UTC Time. Click OK.
Next Go to Processor Tab. And select the minimum processor as 2 and Enable PAE/NX in the extended features. Click OK.
Further, Go to Display Settings and change the Video Memory to 128 MB or the maximum you can have.
Next, Go to the Storage tab and Enable the Use Host I/O Cache and Click OK.
Now, Go to the USB tab and Enable the USB 3.0 (xHCI) Controller and Click OK.
6. Modify Virtualbox Virtual Machine using Command Prompt
Note:- Before running the Command Prompt, please make sure that you have Closed the Virtualbox & it is not in the running state.
Also, I would recommend you to Restart or Reboot your pc before using these command-line codes.
Now add the following commands to Virtualbox Virtual Machine using Command Prompt (CMD). And to Open Command Prompt, click on Search and type “CMD” and Right Click on it and select Run as Administrator.
Now run each command one by one in the command prompt. And before running each command, please make sure to change the “Your VM Name” part with the name of the virtual machine that you have created earlier.
VBoxManage setextradata “Your VM Name” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct” “iMac11,3”
VBoxManage setextradata “Your VM Name” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion” “1.0”
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VBoxManage setextradata “Your VM Name” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct” “Iloveapple”
VBoxManage setextradata “Your VM Name” “VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey” “ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc”
VBoxManage setextradata “Your VM Name” “VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC” 1
Like I will replace “Your VM Name” with “macOS Mojave” in all the codes.
It will be easier if you first copy all the codes to a notepad file & edit them and then paste them in the CMD.
And you are done with the configuration part. Now comes the major part to install the macOS Mojave on Virtualbox Virtual machine.
Install macOS Mojave on Virtualbox PC
Note:- All this installation process of mac on Virtualbox works the same as on the original MacBook. This means that this process is also applicable to Mac Users installing the Mac operating system.
So Let’s get started & install it properly.
1. Start & Run macOS Mojave
Now Open Virtualbox & select the virtual machine and then Click on Start.
Now, wait for a few minutes while the virtual machine boots up and start loading the installer or the installation files.
2. Select Country & Keyboard Layout
Now select the United States as a country & Click on Continue.
And Keyboard layout as the US and Click on Continue.
3. Data and Privacy
Now in the next screen, it will ask for the Data and Privacy settings which are by default. So Click on Continue.
4. Transfer information to this Mac
On this screen, it will ask if you want to transfer any sort of information from any Mac or Windows PC. So, select Don’t transfer any information now and Click on Continue.
5. Sign in with Your Apple ID
Now it will ask to sign in with your Apple ID. If you already have the apple ID then you can enter or you can simply on Set up Later. And Continue.
6. Term and Conditions
Now the Term and conditions part, So simply Click on Agree.
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7. Create a Computer Account
Its time to create a computer account that is similar to the user account created in Windows PC. So, fill out all the details like Full name, Account name and Password. And Click on Continue.
8. Express Set-Up
Next is Express Set Up where you can also customize settings or you can simply click on Continue.
9. Choose your MacOS Look
Since macOS Mojave comes in two different looks, one is the Light look which is similar to normal and the other one is the Dark look. You may choose according to your Preference & Click on Continue.
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10. Installed Mac OS Mojave on Virtualbox
And Done! You have successfully installed the macOS Mojave 10.14 on Virtualbox virtual machine in Windows 10 PC.
That’s it for now…
Conclusion
So that’s how you can easily install a Mac OS on Windows 10 PC using Virtual Box Virtual Machine. And you can also follow the same method for other different OSes like Catalina & High Sierra.
Stay tuned for the next post on install mac os on VMware.
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