Install A Virtual Machine On Mac

Mac OS is the secondmost popular operating system after Microsoft Windows. Although you arecomfortable using Windows for a very long time but there are many scenarioswhere you need a Mac OS machine.

If you want to install Mac OS to iOS programming, you need to have a space of 4GB RAM for virtual machine. Remove the hard drive of virtual machine to create a new hard drive which points to Mac OS file that you have downloaded earlier.

Whether you want to develop your iOS app on Xcode, using apps like Final Cut Pro or iMovie which only comes on Mac OS, you need to buy an expensive Apple Macbook. So, without making a hole in your pocket, the alternate solution to this installing Mac OS on your Windows computer. Let’s get started with this tutorial

Install A Virtual Machine On Mac

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Step One: Download Mac OS ISO Image file

  1. Shut down your Virtual Machine by shutting down macOS: click the Apple in the menu bar, then click “Shut Down.” Next, click “Settings,” and then, in the left sidebar, click “Storage.” Select the “Catalina.iso” CD drive, click the CD icon at the top right, then click “Remove disk from Virtual Machine.”.
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As you are on a Windows PC, you don’t have access to Apple Store to download Mac OS. You need to download Mac OS from an external trusted source. You can download the latest Mac OS Catalina 10.15 or Mac OS Mojave 10.14 Installer files from our website.


Step Two: Download Virtual Machine for Windows

There is various free Virtual Machine software available for Windows such as Oracle’s VirtualBox. But I recommend using VMware Workstation Pro, although it’s a paid software but you can use it free for 30 days trial. You can download Vmware Workstation Pro 15 from this link.


Step Three: Install VMware Patch to run Mac OS X

  1. Go to the VMware macOS Unlocker page to download. Click the Clone or download button, then click Download ZIP.
  2. Power off all virtual machines running and exit VMware.
  3. Extract the downloaded .zip file in step 1.
  4. On Windows, right-click on the win-install.cmd file and select Run as Administrator to unlock. Also, run win-update-tools.cmd for VMware tools for macOS.
  5. After the unlock process is complete, run VMware to create the macOS virtual machine.

Step Four: Create an Apple Mac OS Virtual Machine

  1. Click File, select New Virtual Machine…
  2. Select Typical (recommended) and click Next.
  3. Select I will install the operating system later. and click Next.
  4. Select Apple Mac OS X in the Guest operating system section and select macOS 10.14 in the Version section. Click Next.
  5. In the Name, the Virtual Machine window, name the virtual machine and virtual machine directory. I personally would put it on a different drive than the system drive.
  6. Select the size for the new virtual disk in the Specify Disk Capacity window. This is the virtual disk to be installed macOS. Click Next and then Finish.

Step Five: Run you Mac OS Virtual Machine with VMDK or ISO file

After successfully creating an Apple Mac OS Virtual Machine, you need to run the machine with an actual Mac OS file such as Mac OS Mojave 10.14 ISO file or Mac OS Mojave 10.14 VMDK Image


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If you face any driver issues, Try installing VMware tools from the VM tab in the VMware window. Also, I would recommend assigning a minimum of 4GB RAM and 40GB of Hard Disk to your Virtual Machine.

That’s it for the tutorial If you face any issues or had any query then please let us know in the comment section below. You can also send us an email via the contact us page for personalized support.

Table Of Content

1- Download Mac OS
2- Create Mac OS Virtual Machine
3- Configure VBoxManage
4- Start the Mac OS virtual machine

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1- Download Mac OS
2- Create Mac OS Virtual Machine
3- Configure VBoxManage
4- Start the Mac OS virtual machine

1- Download Mac OS

Mac OS is a computer operating system developed by Apple. This is a operating system with beautiful interface, however, to own a the computer of Apple with this operating system, you need to use a lot of money, normally with the double price than that of common computers using Windows operating system. Fortunately, you can experience the Mac OS right on your computer by installing a Mac OS virtual machine on VirtualBox.
Below is the list of Mac OS versions released in recent years:
Mac OS VersionNameRelease Date
10.10YosemiteJune 2014
10.11El CapitanSeptember 30, 2015
10.12SierraJune 12, 2016
10.13High SierraJune 5, 2017
In this post, I will show you how to install the Mac OS on VirtualBox. First of all, please download an installer.
After finishing downloading, there is one file:
Extract the file that you have just downloaded in a folder.

2- Create Mac OS Virtual Machine

On the VirtualBox, create a new virtual machine.
Enter a name for the virtual machine and select a Mac OS version suitable for the Mac OS version that you have downloaded..
Mac OS operating systems need a large amount of RAM to work, You should provide it with about 4GB RAM.
The Mac OS file downloaded by you in the above step is a complete operating system and you can be willing to use without installation. Therefore, on the VirtualBox, you only need to point to this postion of this file.
OK, your Mac OS virtual machine has been created.
You can carry out other configurations for Mac OS, for example, Network configuration, specifying the quantity of Processors,..

3- Configure VBoxManage

After you create VirtualBox virtual machine, the Meta information of this virtual machine will be found in the folder (Depending on your operating system):

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  • LINUX (Ubuntu,..):/home/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
  • WINDOWS:C:/Users/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
There are some advanced configurations that you can perform via the interface of VirtualBox, and you must carry out it via a command:
Replace 'Your-VM-Name' by your virtual machine name. Your virtual machine name can be found in the 'Setting > General > Basic' (Like the following illustration).
On the Linux (Ubuntu,..), open Terminal windows and CD to go to your Mac OS virtual machine directory. If you use the Windows operating system, open the CMD windows with Administrator privilege and CD to go to the Mac OS ​​​​​​​virtual machine directory.
Perform the above commands respectively (after having replaced 'Your-VM-Name'):
OK, all the commands have been performed successfully.

4- Start the Mac OS virtual machine

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Press on 'Start' button to start your Mac OS virtual machine:

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Enter username/password (to be used to enter your Mac OS virtual machine).
OK, at this moment, you have installed Mac OS Virtual Machine on VirtualBox successfully .

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