Mac Os In Virtualbox Linux



This video shows probably the quickest way of getting MacOS Sierra up and running on a Linux host.The files are here -https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/. Virtualbox has the option for a MacOS virtual machine in it’s New VM dialog, but we will need to make further adjustments to make it truly Mac-ready. Pop open Virtualbox, and Create a new Virtual Machine. Name this MacOS Mojave, and set it to Mac OS X (64-bit).

MacOS VirtualBox VM on Ubuntu

Posted by Shujin Wu on February 23, 2017

Step 1: Download the Sierra installer from Mac App Store.

Free Mac Os For Virtualbox

This should be done in you Mac and the installer will be placed in /Application/ folder.

Mac Os In Virtualbox Linux

Step 2: Prepare Sierra iso

Mac Os In Virtualbox Linux

Use geerlingguy’s script to prepare a sierra iso file.

Step3: Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu

You should have your VirtualBox and the Extension Pack installed, or use my ansible role

Step 4: Open VirtualBox and create a new VM.

Settings:

  • name: your_sierra_vm_name
  • type: Osx
  • version: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64-bit)
  • Other

Step5: Configure VM for MacOS (Very important!)

Run following commands and replace “Sierra” with ‘your_sierra_vm_name’.

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Step 6: Install Sierra

Insert sierra.iso to the sierra VM’s optical driver, and follow the instruction to install Sierra.

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Note: In the installer, Go to Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the VirtualBox disk and choose Erase to format it as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) drive.

Mac Os Virtualbox Image

Step 7: Remove sierra.iso and restart VM.

Mac Os Mojave Virtualbox Linux

Reference

Macos Virtualbox Linux

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