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- 3Manual installation
License violations[edit]
According to the macOS and OS X software license agreement[1], macOS should only be installed on Apple Mac devices. Neither the editors of this book nor Wikibooks have any liability over the installation of macOS or OS X guests on VirtualBox or any other violations of the software license.
This is against the EULA of apple, doing this article IS considered piracy.
Installation script[edit]
The following installation script:
![Virtualbox Virtualbox](https://sandstorm.de/_Resources/Persistent/117bcc927d4b7c526ea49bd2deb28bf25cc8efa7/OSX%20Yosemite%20as%20VM.1.png)
- Doesn't require a ready-made bootable installation ISO
- Downloads macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra directly from the Apple Store servers
- Runs on Linux and Windows (WSL, Cygwin)
- Uses only open-source software, no custom bootloader, and original Apple files directly from Apple
- Has easily-installed dependencies: VirtualBox>6.0 with Extension Pack, bash>4, coreutils, unzip, wget, dmg2img
Manual installation[edit]
The manual installation requires access to the Mac App Store through an existing installation of macOS.
Create ISO Installation Media[edit]
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- Download the macOS Installer file from the App Store[2].
- When download finishes, find the app, right-click and select 'Show Package Contents'.
- Inside the sub-folder Contents/SharedSupport you will find a InstallESD.dmg file.
- Open 'Disk Utility'
- Choose Images > Convert
- In the window, choose the InstallESD.dmg to convert and the disk type to be 'DVD/CD-R master for export'. Also choose the name for installer disk and the final destination. Then click 'Convert'.
- After conversion completes, you will see a .cdr file in your destination folder.
- Open 'Terminal'
- Enter
hdiutil convert /Your/Path/To/YourCdrFile.cdr -format UDTO -o /Your/Path/To/macOSInstaller.iso
- Check destination folder. This is your file for installation in VirtualBox. There should be a .iso file extension.
Installation in VirtualBox[edit]
- Open VirtualBox. Click 'New'
- Type the name for virtual machine and OS X for type. Choose your version.
- Select memory size.
- Select 'Create Virtual Disk Now'
- Choose VDI for format.
- Select storage name and size. The size should be at least 32 GB.
- Go to 'Settings'
- Go to 'Storage' Tab
- In the SATA controller, click 'Add Optical Disk'.
- Insert the .iso file.
- Go to 'Display' tab.
- Set video memory to maximum value.
- Quit 'Settings'
- Boot by clicking 'Start'.
- When it boots, you will see some data being displayed.
- After a while, you will need to choose the language for installation. Choose your own language.
- Then you will be asked where to install the OS X.
- On the upper-left corner, you will see a 'Utilities' button. Click it and select 'Disk Utility'.
- You will see a window with different storages on the left. Choose 'VBOX HARDDISK Media'. Note: You may have to select View/View All Devices
- Erase the Storage by clicking the 'Erase' button on the top.
- You will be prompted to enter the name for the storage. Enter your desired name and continue.
- Wait for the process to complete. Then quit Disk Utility.
- You will find a new storage media, which is like a hard disk. Choose that storage for the installation of OS X to install.
- After installation completes, the virtual machine will automatically shut down. Go to 'Settings'.
- Go to 'Storage' section to eject the .iso file.
- Boot virtual machine again.
- Choose system language.
- Choose allow location or not.
- You will be asked to enter your Apple ID. Even if you have an Apple ID, do not enter now.
- Accept EULA of OS X
- Restore Time Machine Backups (if you have)
- You will see the main page of OS X, open App Store.
- Enter your Apple ID and sign in...
There should be 2 scenarios...
- Scenario 1: You will sign in within a short time. Congratulations! You have done it!
- Scenario 2: It took ages. Stop signing in and check the references below.
References[edit]
- ↑http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/
- ↑https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201475
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In this small guide, I will be showing you how to mount DMG file on VirtualBox with the Windows 10,8.1 or any Windows client Operating Systems. As DMG is the file format of Mac OS X, Windows OS can’t read the file. As we earlier mentioned in this guide, we need to convert the DMG to ISO, then use it on VirtualBox. This method will be useful to try and install any Hackintosh versions on Mac OS X on VirtualBox.
What is DMG File?
A file with the DMG extension is an Apple disk image which intendedly created for Mac OS X. It may have the compressed and sometimes encrypted data for Mac OS X. This type of compressed data disk format helps to carry the software installation files in DMG file format. Usually, you will see the enter Mac Operating System and its applications in DMG file format. Opening the DMG file on Mac OS X is straightforward like executing the .EXE file on Windows OS. But it is not easy to open or use the DMG file on Windows computer. We need to convert it first.
The favorite software I used to convert DMG to ISO was dmg2iso. I tried MagicISO and some other software, but dmg2iso worked well for me.
Download dmg2iso (dmg2img) here for Windows.
Installation not required, extract the zip file add the dmg2img.exe path in Windows path variable.
Mount DMG File on VirtualBox or VMware with Windows OS Host
By the way, converting the DMG to ISO will help you to mount the installation disk on VMware workstation as well.
Syntax is dmg2img < Source file.dmg> <destination file.iso>
A successful conversion will start and run like shown below.
![Virtualbox Virtualbox](https://www.crystalidea.com/assets/images/blog/dmg.png)
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If DMG file is clean, it will produce an ISO file. Mounting this ISO file which came from DMG is easy in VirtualBox.
Go to Virtual media manager in VB and add ISO file under CD/DVD images as below.
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Hope this guide is useful in mounting the DMG disk file on Virtualbox with Windows Operating System host.