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If you are thinking of getting into virtualization whether for home or for enterprise use, then you should start by getting to know a little bit more about virtualization technology in general, and of course the kind of software products that will enable you to take your first steps in virtualization such as Oracle VM VirtualBox. Oracle VM VirtualBox, or simply VirtualBox, is just one of the many available virtualization technology software products out there, but it is known by many to be the most popular one of them all. As a matter of fact, recent surveys on web sites like Lifehacker.com and LinuxJournal.com say that it is indeed currently the most popular virtualization product available in the market today.

What was so great about VirtualBox that it got over 50% of the overall vote in the surveys mentioned above ? If you would like to learn more about VirtualBox, what kind of features it can provide, what operating systems it supports, and other interesting factoids then you have most certainly come to the right place. This article will discuss some of the things that you need to know about virtualization technology as well as some specific bits of information that you should know about VirtualBox. Specifically, why it should be your number one choice for virtualization software right now, regardless of the application that you might have in mind? Just read on to the next few paragraphs for all of the important details that you need.

What is Oracle VM VirtualBox?

VirtualBox can be referred to simply as a very powerful x86 virtualization solution that can be used for home use as well as enterprise use. It was first developed by a software company called Innotek GmbH which was then purchased by Sun Microsystems. Nowadays, Oracle Corporation is the one responsible for the development of VirtualBox–it is included in Oracle Corporation’s family of virtualization software products.

Currently, VirtualBox supports a wide range of host operating systems. These are Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and OpenSolaris. A FreeBSD port also exists for those who prefer to use that operating system instead of any of the ones that have been mentioned above. And as for the guest operating systems that it supports, VirtualBox can handle several different variations of the Windows operating system, such as NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and even Windows 7. Other supported guest operating systems include Linux, BSD, OS/2, and Solaris. It even supports DOS/Windows 3.x operating systems, which shows you just how versatile VirtualBox is as a virtualization software product.

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• Apr 09, 2019 VirtualBox is a free, powerful, cross-platform virtualization application for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, or Oracle Solaris operating systems (OSes). It extends the capabilities of your existing computer so that it can run multiple OSes, inside multiple virtual machines, at the same time.

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Step: 1 Download and Install VirtualBox software on your Windows Computer. Now open it, and then click on the new button to create a new virtual machine. Mac OS will ask you few things like – Country, Keyboard language, Location services, and Apple ID.

The great thing about VirtualBox is that it is always being actively developed by developers, and as such it sees frequent release updates and always gets new features on top of the already existing ones with each release. Its list of supported host and guest operating systems also keeps on growing, and the community receives the full support of the company backing VirtualBox. Not a lot of people know this, but VirtualBox started off under a proprietary software license. Now, it is the only professional virtualization solution available completely free as it is considered Open Source Software under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.

How does VirtualBox work?

VirtualBox works just like you would expect any other virtualization software product to–after you find a host operating system to install it on, you can then launch it and run additional guest operating systems. An additional operating system is referred to simply as a Guest OSx, and you are free to load and run it as it gets its own virtual environment in VirtualBox.

In VirtualBox, every Guest OS gets its own virtual machine. This allows users to start, pause, and stop each Guest OS independently, without interfering any of the other Guest OSs. When running a virtual environment, users have a choice to run it either with hardware assisted emulation or software emulation. Other VirtualBox features include Shared folders, Command line interaction, Microsoft VHD support, 3D virtualization, 2D video acceleration and many more.

Mac OS X server guest support has been available since version 3.2, and version 4.0 has brought on Intel HD emulation, Intel ICH9 chipset emulation, multi-monitor guest setups for all host operating systems, and several UI enhancements.

You can also get additional features by way of the VirtualBox Extension Pack. So as you can see, you will find it hard to run out of things to love with Oracle VM VirtualBox.

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It’s 2018, and numerous of the operating system, available on the internet. No doubt in this, Windows is the most widely used operating system. But it doesn’t mean that other Operating Systems are not Good. If you are planning to switch from Windows to Mac, then maybe you are looking for a way, to try Mac OS. Or maybe you want to use some mac software, which isn’t available for Windows. Whatever your reason is, at the end, you want to run Mac on Windows.

The first time, when I thought to install MacOS on Windows, First thing that came to my mind was – Is it possible?. Officially Apple doesn’t provide any ISO file of Mac OS, But you can get it from some third-party sites. There are two ways to install and run MacOS on Windows PC.

IMPORTANT – Before you try any method, the first thing you should know that – Apple’s license for macOS, not allows it to be installed on the non-apple hardware.

First Method – Build a Hackintosh.

What is Hackintosh?.

A Hackintosh is a non-apple hardware, that act like Apple hardware and made to run macOS. It could be manufacture made, or can be built computer personally.

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After setting up hardware, the next thing is – Create a bootable drive to install Mac OS.

Note: But you can create bootable drive only using MacOS, with the help of UniBeast. That’s why I don’t prefer this method to run Mac OS on PC.

Second Method – Create MacOS X virtual machine.

This is the best method to run Mac on Windows, you don’t need a Mac or MacOS hardware. And, the best part about creating the virtual machine is, you don’t need to remove your current OS and no external drive required.

What things you”ll need, to run MacOS on Windows PC.

– PC with 64-bit windows, dual-core processor (Intel/AMD) and minimum 4GB of RAM. (VT-x support required)
– Virtualization Software – You can use VirtualBox or VMware Workstation. (check out my article on – VMware vs VirtualBox)
– MacOS X ISO File. (Check the link in the comment section.)

Contents

• 1 Run mac on windows.
  • 1.1 Run virtual mac on windows – VirtualBox.

Run mac on windows.

This method will work with all Mac OS ISO file, And in this article, I am using Mac OS Sierra 10.12.

Run virtual mac on windows – VirtualBox.

Step: 1 Download and Install VirtualBox software on your Windows Computer. Now open it, and then click on the new button to create a new virtual machine.

Step: 2 Virtual machine installation setup will ask you to enter machine name, OS type, and version.

You can enter anything in name, but in OS type and version choose this –

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Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64 bit)

Note: Always choose the lower version of available ISO file. And if you have 32-bit OS ISO then choose 32-bit version. Here I have Mac OS X Sierra 10.12 version, that’s why I am selecting 10.11 version to run OS smoothly.

Step: 3 In next windows, the virtual software will ask you to select RAM for the virtual machine.

The minimum RAM required to run Mac on Windows is, 4GB. But if your computer has total 4GB RAM then you can allocate 2GB (2048 MB) to the virtual machine.

Step: 4 After selecting the RAM, now time to create a virtual hard disk. Select “Create a virtual hard disk now” option and then click on Create button.

– Choose VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) and click on next.
– Choose Dynamically allocated and click on next.

Now, setup will ask you to allocate hard disk size, You can select between 50 to 100 GB, then click on next.

Step: 5 Right-click on created Mac OS virtual machine, and then select settings option.

– First, Click on system and unmark floppy option.
– Then click on the processor and choose 2 CPU. (Dual core required to run Mac OS)
– After selecting 2 CPU, Go to display settings section and select 128 MB video memory.

Step: 6 Add ISO File – Click on storage devices then you can see the empty option, right click on it and then choose “remove attachment” option.

– Click on “+” icon to add new storage controller and then select Add SATA Controller to add.
– Then choose the third option to add new storage and then choose “Add Optical Drive”.
– Now use “Choose Disk” option to select Mac OS ISO file that you have downloaded, Click on OK.

If you have download MacOS files from my link then you”ll get VirtualBox VM settings text file. To run Mac OS without any error you need to apply settings mentioned in that text file.

Apply VirtualBox Settings.

– First, open VirtualBox VM settings text file in notepad++.
– Press Ctrl+F key and then click on Replace button.

– Now, Replace “VM Name” with “MacOS Sierra 10.12” (Or use the name you entered while creating virtual machine)

To apply these settings, which appears in the text file. Open the command prompt and then copy and paste these commands, one by one and press enter.

Run Mac OS X Virtual Machine.

To Run Mac on windows, Right click on created Mac OS virtual machine then, Go to Start> Normal Start. (First, it will take a few minutes to verify all details and hardware.)

Note: Close all other running windows program, While using Mac OS virtual machine.

– Select “Use English for the main language” option then click on start button.

– Now, from MacOS file menu, select Utilities > Disk Utilities > Click on VBOX HARDDISK MEDIA > Click on erase button > Enter OS Name (MacOS Sierra 10.12) and click on erase button.

After erasing VirtualBox hard disk, close utility menu, and then click on continue button.
On next windows it will ask you for license agreement click on Continue> then click on Agree button.

Now, Disk selection menu will appear, choose macOSSierra and Click on Continue.

After clicking on continue, the installation process will get started, and it will take minutes or an hour according to your computer hardware.

When installation process gets completed, Mac OS will ask you few things like – Country, Keyboard language, Location services, and Apple ID. Set all things and then you can use MacOS on your Windows PC.

Conclusion – Run Mac on Windows.

This is the best method to install Mac OS on PC using Virtual Machine. If you follow complete guide properly then you will not face any error. But if still, you face any issue while installing or running Mac OS on your Windows PC then, you can comment. And, If you like VMware Workstation then you need to apply different settings using the command prompt. But I suggest you, to use VirtualBox because Mac OS installation is easy with it.