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Open it up and click the “New” button. Name your Virtual Machine “High Sierra,” and choose “Mac OS X” for the operating system and “Mac OS X (64-bit)” for the version (as of this writing, “macOS High Sierra” is not offered, but that’s fine.) Continue through the process.

The development versions require the to be installed. Dolphin 64 emulator. Using development versions enables you to use the latest and greatest improvements to the project. They are however less tested than stable versions of the emulator.

VirtualBox for MacOS X Description VirtualBox is an open-source and multi-platform tool, available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, as well as other operating systems, that lets you create virtual disc units where you can install a guest operating system, inside the one on your own computer, and use it as if it were actually installed. The virtual disc where the system runs is completely customizable, and it lets you modify the virtual hardware to whatever specs you need, be it the processor, the RAM memory, or the storage capacity. You have to take into account that these take part of the actual physical resources of your computer, so you need an equipment that is powerful enough to run both the guest and host operating systems. The program supports almost all versions of the most recent operating systems, such as Windows 10, Mac OS X Yosemite, and the latest updates of Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution. The advantages of creating virtual units are many, like using programs that are only compatible with one operating system or the other, taking the virtual modular units with you, and creating safety copies of them.

In fact, an interesting feature in VirtualBox can save sessions on the operating system running on the virtual unit, so you can close it and come back exactly where you left it. Download VirtualBox for Mac for free and Enjoy! Frequently Asked Questions. Why should I download the latest version of VirtualBox for Mac OS? We recommend to download the latest version of VirtualBox because it has the most recent updates, which improves the quality of program. How much does it cost to download VirtualBox? Download VirtualBox free from MacAppsPortal.com.

How do I access the free VirtualBox download for PC? Just click the free VirtualBox download button at the top left of the page. Formatting a drive for both mac and windows using ex-fat. Clicking this link will start the installer to download VirtualBox free for Mac. Will this VirtualBox download work on Mac OS? The free VirtualBox Download for Computers works on Mac OS X operating systems.

Right click on 'My Computer' on your desktop and click 'Properties' to check the stats on your computer. If it doesn't directly tell you how many cores your processor has, look up your processor model on Wikipedia or Google. You also want to find out whether your processor is made by 'Intel' or 'AMD'. While Yosemite Zone technically works with both types of processors, if you have an AMD processor, you'll have to perform a few extra steps during the installation (and the final result may not work as well, either). General Requirements.: This virtualization suite is free, and though it doesn't offer official support for Mac OS X, it works well enough.: Unfortunately, the (which uses an official copy of the Yosemite installer) doesn't work with Virtualbox. Instead, you'll have to pirated 'distros' of Mac OS X such as Yosemite Zone, which is now the most popular distro for OS X Yosemite right now.

You will need to to download the Yosemite Zone disk image file, which is around 5 GB in size. On the Hackintosh Zone website, you can get the appropriate torrent by choosing 'Yosemite ISO Torrent.zip'. ( Do not choose the 'DMG Torrent', as it does not work with Virtualbox.) Once you've downloaded the right torrent, open it on your bittorrent client so that you can download the actual disk image file. Your virtual machine will now be created. But don't stop now-you still need to change a few settings before your machine will actually work. Your new virtual machine will show up on the left column of the Virtualbox start page.

Select your Mac OS X virtual machine (single-click) from the main page of Virtualbox, and open up the virtual machine settings. Once the settings open up, go to 'System' and uncheck the 'Enable EFI' box. This is by far the most important single setting that you will need to change. NOTE 1: If your computer uses an AMD processor, you will have to '/amd' or '/amd64' (without quotation marks)- which flag you need depends on your specific processor, so test one flag at a time. Type the boot flag '/amdfx' (also without quotation marks) if your AMD processor has 'FX' in its model name.

NOTE 2: Virtualbox may have problems booting Mac OS X if your computer uses an (i.e. If your computer was built/bought in 2013 or later). If this is this case, you will have to trick Virtualbox into thinking that your processor is actually an older model. To do this, open the Command Prompt in Windows (make sure you are logged into an Administrator account on Windows). You can do this by opening the Start Menu, and typing 'command prompt' into the Start Menu search bar. Then, type the following command into the Command Prompt. Cd 'C: Program Files Oracle Virtualbox' This command will change the focus of the Command Prompt to the program folder for Virtualbox (if you installed Virtualbox somewhere different, then change the command to wherever you installed it). Next, type in this command: VBoxManage modifyvm -cpuidset 00006a9 0000201 178bfbff This command activates 'vboxmanage', a command-line program included with Virtualbox that allows you to edit the properties of your virtual machine, including its built-in resolutions.

Replace 'Name of virtual machine' with the name of your virtual machine (no quotation marks)- you can find the name of your virtual machine in the left pane of the Virtualbox main window. This command should do the trick. The default selection will enable Mac OS X to boot from the virtual machine without any assistance.

The are only two things you need to change:. Uncheck Install Audio Drivers (Kexts) and Install Network Drivers (Kexts). These two options are checked by default. Normally, they will allow Yosemite Zone to automatically detect your computer's audio codec and ethernet controller, and install the appropriate kexts so that your audio and internet will work immediately in Mac OS X.

However, both audio and ethernet should already work by default in Virtualbox, so neither of these options is really necessary. Uncheck Graphics - GraphicsEnabler=Yes.

This option is also checked by default. Normally, it allows Mac OS X to work better with your computer's graphics card. However, Virtualbox doesn't support Mac OS X graphics anyways, so this option is essentially pointless for virtual machines. All it does is decrease the default screen size of your virtual machine from 1280x1024 to 1024x768. Once you have selected the appropriate options from the 'Customize' screen, return to the installation summary page and click 'Install'. This will take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, depending on your computer's hardware.

When the installation finishes, the OS X installer will probably crash and display a crash log. This is normal; OS X Yosemite has still installed successfully. Now proceed to the next step.

Step 5: Boot it up. NOTE 1: One common issue with Yosemite Zone is that it tends to lag out of the account creation process, and skip straight to the Mac OS X login screen before you can make your own account. If this happens, simply log into Mac OS X with the following credentials: Username: root Password: niresh This will log you into the 'root' account of Mac OS X. From here, open the System Preferences app, go to 'Users & Groups', and create your own account. (We don't recommend that you use the root account permanently, because it is insecure.) NOTE 2: Another common issue with Yosemite Zone is that the ethernet (internet) might not work immediately within your virtual machine.

If this is the case, you may be able to fix the problem by switching your virtual machine to a different Network Adapter. Step 6: Make the screen bigger Though this step is optional, I still recommend you do it anyways. Anyways, when you first use your virtual machine, you'll probably notice one thing: your screen resolution is 1280x1024 (or 1024x768 if you forgot to turn off GraphicsEnabler=Yes).

Since Virtualbox doesn't 'technically' support Mac OS X, there's no official way to change this. But here's how you can change it anyways. First, you need to access org.Chameleon.boot.plist, the settings file for your virtual machine's Mac OS X bootloader. You can do this from Finder, the file browser built into Mac OS X. However, Finder hides your hard drives in Yosemite by default.

To unhide them, open Finder, and click on File - Preferences in the menu bar at the top of Mac OS X. Under the 'Sidebar' settings, check 'Hard disks', so that Finder will display your virtual machine's hard disks in the sidebar. You can change '1920x1080x32' to whatever resolution best fits your monitor. For instance, if you want to use the 1600x900 resolution, type in '1600x900x32'. Once you've saved it, turn off the virtual machine. Next, turn off your virtual machine. Open the Command Prompt in Windows (make sure you are logged into an Administrator account on Windows).

You can do this by opening the Start Menu, and typing 'command prompt' into the Start Menu search bar. Then, type the following command into the Command Prompt. Cd 'C: Program Files Oracle Virtualbox' This command will change the focus of the Command Prompt to the program folder for Virtualbox (if you installed Virtualbox somewhere different, then change the command to wherever you installed it).

Next, type in this command: vboxmanage setextradata 'Name of virtual machine' 'CustomVideoMode1' '1920x1080x32' This command activates 'vboxmanage', a command-line program included with Virtualbox that allows you to edit the properties of your virtual machine, including its built-in resolutions. Replace 'Name of virtual machine' with the name of your virtual machine- you can find the name of your virtual machine in the left pane of the Virtualbox main window (in the screenshot below, my virtual machine is named 'Mountain Mac 2'). Replace '1920x1080x32' with whatever resolution you're using. Recap I'll just repeat what I said in my other two Virtualbox guides.

Installing Mac OS X on a virtual machine is excellent practice for the real thing:. Don't get too comfortable, though. Compared to most computers, Virtualbox virtual machines are very 'vanilla', meaning that they're very compatible with Mac OS X in the first place. You can't count on being that lucky with a real PC.

And even if you don't plan on doing this for real, with a Hackintosh, it's still a really cool thing to try out over the weekend.