This is against the EULA of Apple, and therefore following this article IS considered a violation of Apple's terms of service. Neither the editors of this book nor Wikibooks has any liability over the installation of macOS or OS X guests on VirtualBox or any other software license violations. License violations Īccording to the macOS and OS X software license agreement, macOS should only be installed on Apple Mac devices. 3.1 Create ISO Installation Media (not working to create iso for macOS version 12+).Once you have your guest set up, you may want to manually extend the available VRAM beyond 128MB to a maximum of 256 MB. VBoxManage modifyvm 'Guest name' -vram=256 Be prepared for your MBP to run hot while using Catalina as a guest in VB. Be certain to exclude your Guest container in the Time Machine preferences, or you will be backing up 60 - 80 GB everytime you use it. A 16GB MBP will be the minimum RAM solution. Thus graphics and performance will not be a pleasant experience.

VirtualBox support for macOS is still experimental and there are no guest additions available for macOS guests. dmg directly without a need to convert it into. Once you retrieve and install VirtualBox 6.1.12 (or later when available) and its available corresponding extension pack, you will need to follow the included VirtualBox manual for configuring the guest to locate and use that macOS. Download the Catalina full installer from the Mac App Store, and look for it in the /Applications folder.

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