How to install mac os virtualbox

How To Install MacOS On Virtualbox In Windows 10

This article will show you how to install mac os ( include both mac os high sierra & Mojave ) in VirtualBox virtual machine. And the host os is windows 10. Below are the steps, you can follow them.

1. Prerequisite.

1. First, you should install VirtualBox, this is very straightforward in windows, you can just download VirtualBox and install it.
2. Whether you want to install mac os high sierra or Mojave, you should prepare the high sierra or Mojave iso file first, please read the article How To Download MacOS X High Sierra Installer In Mojave, How To Download macOS Mojave Installer And Convert To ISO File. This step needs you to have a mac book pro, if you do not have one, you can download the mac os high sierra iso file, I only upload the high sierra iso file because my google drive does not have so many spaces. And after you install macOS high sierra in VirtualBox, you can upgrade your macOS to Mojave.

2. Install Mac OS On VirtualBox Virtual Machine Steps.

2.1 Create macOS Virtual Machine In VirtualBox.

1. Open VirtualBox, click the New button to create a new virtual machine. Input macOS high sierra or macOS Mojave in the Name field, select Mac OS X in the Type drop-down list, select Mac OS X(64-bit) in the Version drop-down list, then click the Next button.
2. Set the virtual machine’s memory size in the next wizard window, you had better set a half memory size of your physical memory size. This can make the virtual machine run faster.
3. Select Create a virtual hard disk now radio button in the next wizard window. Then click Create button.
4. Click the Next button in the following two wizard dialog windows until the File location and size wizard dialog window. Input the hard disk size that you need in this window.
5. Click the Create button in the above window to create the hard disk. Then it will go to the virtual machine list window, you can see the newly created virtual machine in the left panel, and it’s status is Powered Off.

2.2 Configure macOS Virtual Machine To Install macOS Mojave Or High Sierra.

Now the macOS virtual machine has been created, and then we need to do some settings for it. The configuration includes system motherboard & processor, display video memory, choose mac os iso file in storage, and network mapping method.

1. Select the newly created mac os virtual machine in the left list panel, then click the Settings icon in the top bar to open the virtual machine settings window.
2. In the macOS Settings window, click the System item in the left panel, then in the right panel click Motherboard tab —>Boot Order list, uncheck Floppy checkbox.
3. In System —> Processor tab, select the processor number that you assign to the mac os virtual machine.
4. Select Display in the left panel, assign all physical memory to this mac os virtual machine’s Video Memory in the right panel Screen tab.
5. Click Storage in the left panel, then click Empty laser disk in right panel Storage Devices area, then click the Optical Drive icon, and click Choose Virtual Optical Disk File… menu item to open select file dialog, choose the Mojave or high sierra iso file just created or downloaded. Click the Open button in the file select dialog.
6. Click Network on the left panel, then click the Adapter 1 tab on the right panel and select Bridged Adapter in the Attached to drop-down list. Click the OK button to close the virtual machine Settings dialog.

2.3 Run VBoxManage Command Before Start Mac OS Virtual Machine.

Before starting the macOS virtual machine, you need to run the VBoxManage command tool to configure some settings. This action is very important to install macOS on a virtual machine. So please be patient to follow the below steps to do it.

1. Right-click Windows 10 start button, click Run menu item, then input cmd, click enter key to open dos window.
2. Input below command one by one in dos window to configure VBoxManage settings for mac os Mojave . Please use your mac os virtual machine name to replace Your-Mac-OS-VM-Name .
3. If you want to install macOS high sierra , then run the below command in the dos window one by one, use your mac os virtual machine name to replace Your-Mac-OS-VM-Name .
4. Please remember your VirtualBox virtual machine’s name carefully, otherwise, you will get the below error message. In the below command line, I misspell “macOS Mojave” to “macOS mojava”, then it will through error.

2.4 Start Mac OS Virtual Machine.

Now it is time to start the mac os virtual machine to complete mac os installation.

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How to Install macOS on VirtualBox

Windows, macOS – which one do you want to use today? On a traditional setup, you’re stuck with one or the other. But with virtual box, you actually have macOS on a Windows PC.

It’s the freedom that computer users have enjoyed with Linux and other operating systems.

But Apple has made it difficult to install their operating system on anything other than their own hardware. All of that is changing, and Virtual Box is responsible for it and the rise of the Hackintosh.

New to hackintosh? Learn more about it in our what is hackintosh? overview.

Note: A lot of people will be able to get a mac virtual machine one Windows running smoothly, but sound doesn’t seem to work well. That’s really not an issue because you’ll still be able to access all of your apps and software.

I also recommend that you have access to a real Mac. You might be able to find some distributions of the High Sierra ISO online, but there is always a risk when downloading from an unofficial source. Instead, borrow a Mac from a friend, or use your own and download the High Sierra OS from the App Store.

Everything You Need to Get Started with Installing macOS on VirtualBox

Before we go through the steps on how to install macOS on Virtual Box, let’s get everything together that you’ll need to get started.

1. Open up your Mac
2. Go to the App Store
3. Type in “High Sierra”

You’ll want to search for your desired operating system (we’ll be using High Sierra), and Download it.

Note: You’ll need a decent computer to be able to run Virtual Box. Your computer will need to meet these minimum requirements:

• Dual core processor
• 4GB Ram or higher
• 64-bit

If your computer doesn’t meet these requirements, you won’t be able to run macOS properly. You’ll be able to download VirtualBox from the official website. I’m not going to go through the installation process, as the website will have all of the information you need to be able to install VirtualBox.

I do recommend that you read all of the documentation and ask any questions that you have in the community section of the website.

VirtualBox 6.0 was just released, so it’s definitely a great time to get started with your own macOS.

Extract macOS Sierra

Make sure you’ve downloaded High Sierra, and then you’ll want to run a few commands from your terminal . You’ll be able to open the terminal at: Applications > Utilities > Terminal. Once inside of the terminal, you’ll want to run the following commands:

Go to your desktop and rename the file, removing the “.cdr” extension. You need this extension to read “.iso” for it to work properly.

You’ve successfully created your own ISO file so that you can bootup your macOS.

The next step is to copy the file over to your Windows machine (using a large USB drive seems to work best). This file will be mounted in your virtual machine later on in the article, so it’s very important that this step is completed successfully.

Creating a mac Virtual Machine on Windows

You’ll want to create a virtual machine, and this is really easy. You’ll open up VirtualBox and click New. You’ll want to have the following parameters selected or entered before clicking Next.

• Name: High Sierra
• Type: Mac OS X
• Version: Mac OS X (64-bit)

Pay attention when selecting the version because you may find that High Sierra is offered as a version when you go to install it. But if it’s not, you can just choose the settings I listed above and they should work fine.

You’ll then be proceeding through all of the settings.

When you come up to the RAM setting, you’ll want to be generous. VirtualBox requires a minimum of 4GB or RAM to run, but the more the better.

You’ll want to provide at least 4GB to your macOS, or 4096MB to be precise. A general rule of thumb is that if you can spare it, supply more RAM to your virtual machine. RAM will allow the operating system to put more information into memory and retrieve it faster.

For better overall performance, supply as much RAM as you can.

The next steps are also important, and they’ll include:

• Hard Disk: Choose the “Create a virtual hard disk now” setting.
  • Choose VDI when choosing the hard disk type.
  • Choose Fixed Size instead of Dynamic for added speed.
  • Set the size of the drive to at least 25GB.

You’ll now have your virtual machine using the RAM and disk space properly, and you’ll have to work your way through a few screen prompts before having everything setup properly.

Configuring Your VirtualBox to Run macOS High Sierra

We’ve made a lot of progress so far, and now it’s time to configure your virtual machine properly. You’ll see in the main window of VirtualBox that “High Sierra” is listed. Click on this and then click on the “Settings” button.

You’ll want to go to “System” and make sure that the following are unchecked on the Motherboard tab:

Click on the Processor tab and make sure that you have 2 or more CPUs set for your virtual machine.

The next few settings are rather simple:

• Display: Video Memory with a minimum of 128MB
• Storage: Click “Empty” and then click on the CD at the top right. Choose your High Sierra ISO file

Now you’ll need to click “Ok,” and save all of the changes you’ve made. Close out your VirtualBox now.

Apple is very strict on the system that their operating system runs on, so it’s very important that you do your best to configure your virtual machine in such a way that it tricks the installer to thinking you’re on a retail machine.

We’ll now be going into the Windows command prompt.

You’ll do this by:

• Clicking the Start Menu
• Typing “Command Prompt”
• Right-clicking on the Command Prompt desktop app
• Choosing Run as administrator

It’s very important to follow all of the following command prompts exactly. Your goal is to run each command, one by one, hitting the Enter button and waiting for the command to complete successfully.

Remember that VirtualBox needs to be closed before running these commands, or it won’t work properly.

You have to make sure that the virtual machine is properly named “High Sierra” for this method to work. If not, you’ll be able to go back and make changes to the name to get everything to work properly.

Once all of the commands are completed, and there are no errors, you’ll then be able to open up your VirtualBox and get macOS High Sierra installed properly on VirtualBox.

It’s a long process, but we’re almost done with your installation.

Running VirtualBox and the macOS Installer

You’ve almost learned how to install macOS on VirtualBox entirely, and we’re on the home stretch. You’ll want to open up your VirtualBox and then click on your virtual machine that you set up earlier.

Now, click “Start.”

There will be a lot of information displayed on the screen as everything starts running. I recommend stepping away from the machine and letting it run for a few minutes before coming back. Some errors can hang for 5 minutes or longer.

If you’ve done everything properly, you can be confident that the installer will boot properly.

You’ll eventually be presented with the option to pick a Language. If you’ve reached this point, you’re doing very well and are almost ready to run your macOS.

The next steps can be followed:

• Choose your desired language, and click
• Click “Disk Utility” and then
• Click “View” and then “Show All Devices.”
• Click on your empty virtual drive that has been setup and click “Erase.”
• Choose the following settings:
  • Name: Macintosh HD
  • Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
  • Scheme: GUID Partition Map
• Click “Erase” and close Disk Utility when the process is complete.
• Click “Reinstall macOS.”
• Click “Continue.”

You’ll come up to one point where you’ll be asked to choose a hard drive, and you’ll want to select the Macintosh HD partition that you just created with the Disk Utility.

We’ve successfully copied all of the files on the virtual machine, but we’re not done just yet.

Exit your virtual machine and then go back to your virtual machine’s settings. You’ll need to change up your Storage settings. Click on your ISO for High Sierra in the “Storage Tree.” You’ll click that CD icon just like we did earlier and then choose “Remove Disk from Virtual Disk.”

You need to do this to unlink the ISO from your virtual machine.

Start up your virtual machine and you should come across a black screen with the EFI Internal Shell. You’ll want to look for FS1. If this is listed in yellow, click on the virtual machine and then type fs1: and hit the Enter button.

You should be in the fs1 directory.

Type in the following commands:

1. cd “macOS Install Data”
2. cd “Locked Files”
3. cd “Boot Files”

Now we’ll run the installer by running: boot.efi and hitting enter.

If everything goes well, you’ll come across a graphical installer and will just have to work through the prompts. The virtual machine will reboot eventually and then you’ll need to go through the settings and the rest of the setup process.

Soon enough, you’ll be right inside of macOS, where you’ll be able to start using your mac virtual machine on Windows.

Having a virtualbox mac OS is the easiest method of using mac as and when you need it. In addition, using virtualbox is far less complicated than the dual boot hackintosh method we have looked at previously.

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David Ingram

David has been interested in computers for over 25 years. From playing games on his parents computer as a kid in the early 90s, to building his first PC in 2003 (and many more since then). He has a passion for everything related to computing and this site is dedicated to helping others find the info they need.

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