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
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Step One: Download Mac OS ISO Image file
- 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
- Go to the VMware macOS Unlocker page to download. Click the Clone or download button, then click Download ZIP.
- Power off all virtual machines running and exit VMware.
- Extract the downloaded .zip file in step 1.
- 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.
- After the unlock process is complete, run VMware to create the macOS virtual machine.
Step Four: Create an Apple Mac OS Virtual Machine
- Click File, select New Virtual Machine…
- Select Typical (recommended) and click Next.
- Select I will install the operating system later. and click Next.
- Select Apple Mac OS X in the Guest operating system section and select macOS 10.14 in the Version section. Click Next.
- 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.
- 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 Version | Name | Release Date |
10.10 | Yosemite | June 2014 |
10.11 | El Capitan | September 30, 2015 |
10.12 | Sierra | June 12, 2016 |
10.13 | High Sierra | June 5, 2017 |
2- Create Mac OS Virtual Machine
3- Configure VBoxManage
Install Mac Os On A Virtual Machine
- LINUX (Ubuntu,..):/home/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
- WINDOWS:C:/Users/{user}/VirtualBox VMs