If you don't first explicitly format the virtual disk, the macOS installer will not find any disks to install macOS on. Erase/format it as Mac OS Extended Journaled. In Disk Utility, the hard disk will show up as a disk on the left. Erase), the virtual disk you created during the initial creation of the VirtualBox Guest VM. When the recovery partition's GUI comes up (wherein you have the option to reinstall (also used for initial install)), first choose Disk Utility, and find and format (e.g.
HOW TO INSTALL MAC OS X 10 IN VIRTUALBOX ISO
Without these extra data settings, the installer failed mid-boot, infinitely looping with some error pertaining to trying to reboot MACH). I borrowed these values from Windows VirtualBox install instructions, and modified the system product to match my iMac's (iMac17,1). These extra data settings I found to be omitted from most or all of the Mac installation instructions that I found online. NOTE: These seemed to be critical for me to get the installer to boot and run. OS Type: macOS 10.13 High Sierra (64-bit)įrom command line create the following VirtualBox extra data values for the VM. You may need or want to tweak the file names or the name of the OS/Installer app depending on what OS you're trying to install, etc.Īfter creating the ISO, create a Virtual Machine with the following configuration settings: You can convert the installer DMG to an ISO, using the script at the end of this answer. The autorun installer can be quit so that it can be converted to an ISO) (App store app puts it into /Applications and launches it.
HOW TO INSTALL MAC OS X 10 IN VIRTUALBOX DOWNLOAD
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (probably works with several macOS release versions)įirst download High Sierra installer from app store. VirtualBox 5.2.19 (no foreseeable reason future revs of VirtualBox won't work)
Late 2015 Retina iMac (probably any new enough Mac will work)
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