Use a Mac or PC as your default hardware, Mac OS X Lion, Mavericks, Windows, or Linux as default software. It doesn’t matter at all! VirtualBox is installed on the host machine and runs several OS emulations (virtual machines) called guest machines.
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MacOS VirtualBox VM InstructionsCurrent macOS version: High Sierra (10.13), tested with VirtualBox 5.2.16 r123759To build a VM running macOS, follow the directions below:.Download the installer from Mac App Store (it should be available in the 'Purchases' section if you've acquired it previously). The installer will be placed in your Applications folder. (Should work for Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra, Mojave - 10.10-10.14.). Note: On newer hardware, you might not be able to download older OS releases that Apple doesn't support on the newer hardware (e.g. The 2016 MacBook Pro can only download 10.12 Sierra or later).
In this case, you need to use an older Mac to download the older OS.Make the script executable and run it: chmod +x prepare-iso.sh &&./prepare-iso.sh.If the script fails to find the installer you can specify its path as the first parameter. By default, the output is saved as.iso on the Desktop. You can change this using the second parameter.Example:./prepare-iso.sh /Applications/Install macOS Sierra 2.1 Beta 2.app sierra-2.1-b2.Open VirtualBox and create a new VM.Set:.
name: Choose a name. type: Mac OS X. version: Mac OS X (64-bit).Follow the rest of the VM creation wizard and either leave the defaults or adjust to your liking.Go into the Settings for the new VM you created and:1. Under 'Display', increase the Video Memory to at least 128MB, otherwise macOS might not boot correctly, and display performance will be abysmal.2. Under 'Audio', uncheck 'Enable Audio', otherwise the VM may display 'choppy' performance.In Terminal, run the command VBoxManage modifyvm VMNAME -cpuidset 00006a9 0000201 178bfbff (where VMNAME is the exact name of the VM set in step 4) so the VM has the right CPU settings for macOS.Click 'Start' to boot the new VM.Select the iso created in step 2 when VirtualBox asks for it.In the installer, select your preferred language.Open Disk Utility and format the volume:1.
Go to Utilities Disk Utility, select the VirtualBox disk, and choose Erase to format it as:. For macOS Storage.VirtualBox uses the left command key as the 'host key' by default. If you want to use it for shortcuts like command+c or command-v (copy&paste), you need to remap or unset the 'Host Key Combination' in Preferences - Input - Virtual Machine.The default Video Memory of 16MB is far below Apple's official requirement of 128MB.
Increasing this value may help if you run into problems and is also the most effective performance tuning.Depending on your hardware, you may also want to increase RAM and the share of CPU power the VM is allowed to use.When the installation is complete, and you have a fresh new macOS VM, you can shut it down and create a snapshot. This way, you can go back to the initial state in the future. I use this technique to test the, which I use to set up and configure my own Mac workstation for web and app development.If for High Sierra you can not find the VirtualBox disk created inside the Disk Utility select View - Show All Devices and format the newly visible device.If for High Sierra you encounter boot / EFI problems, restart the VM and hit F12 to get to the VirtualBox boot manager.
OS X EI Captain is now available for easy download and at present, this new revolution is known to all. This lucrative downloading opportunity is now widely grabbed enthusiastically by the dedicated Mac owners as they can enjoy benefits with the latest version of OS X installed. Apart from Mac, OS X EI captain also offers sudden yet astonishing benefits over PC.
However installing MAC OS X on non- Apple hardware is a bit tiresome and complicated. This is an easy guidebook, Install OS X El Capitan on VirtualBox on PC.What is a VirtualBox?
VirtualBox is basically a program, over which you can install and eventually run OS X with Intel-based and AMD processor. You would be happy to know that, this latest technology is free to all. Its current available version is exclusively designed to meet domestic net surfing issues successfully.When you are planning to run Mac OS X 10.11 EI Captain on VirtualBox and that too on windows, it will kill a fraction of your extra energy but when done it is awesome.
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So, download Image and install the same and get a first-hand look and feel into the whole virtual set up and how it operates and helps you. Experience is always something worth of experiencing, and OS X on VirtualBox deserves a fraction of your time.
Now my virtual machine doesn’t even start anymore ahahahaha. Previously, without any modification, it would go up to “DSMOS has arrived” and it would just stay there, while the spinning mouse cursor was also there.
It never showed the installation screen. I use VirtualBox 6 with extension pack. I will delete the virtual machine and try something else.
My motherboard has an incompatible ICH7 SATA controller that I couldn’t get working. I only need osx for a little while. Thanks for the guide. Hi, I only get the option to reinstall the OS and then it gives me the message “This is not a supported way to install the OS, please run Install “OS X El Capitan.app that you downloaded from the app store” (see pictures). I’ve tried remaking my image to make sure everything was done right and i tried moving the “install OS X El Capitan.app” to the applications folder (the fix according to places on the web) but nothing seems to help. I don’t really understand why i don’t get the OS installer right away like appears to happen in Read more ».
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