1. For Mac OS X hosts, Oracle VirtualBox ships in a disk image ( dmg ) file. Perform the following steps: Double-click on that file to have its contents mounted.
  2. It is a free and powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product available for most of the operating systems such as Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris and ported version for FreeBSD. Read wiki about VirtualBox. You can follow our blog for new images we release for VirtualBox.
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Oracle Corporation: License: VirtualBox is free for all users. VirtualBox is free and enterprise-ready virtual machine platform that allows you to run other operating systems within Mac OS X.

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):
  • 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

Press on 'Start' button to start your Mac OS virtual machine:
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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In this article, we will build macOS virtual machine on Oracle VM VBox software in Windows 10 operating system.

How to Setup macOS 10.13.6 on VirtualBox 6.0.8 in Windows 10

Apple has released Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.6 update for Mac users.

Mac users can update their computers by downloading the 10.13.6 update from the Apple Store. For more information about the update, visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208864.

In this article, we will install macOS on Windows 10 using the Oracle VM VirtualBox program without the need for a Mac computer.

In our previous articles, we installed High Sierra with Oracle and VMware software.

You can also install the Mac OS Mojave operating system, which is the 10.14 Beta version of the macOS operating system, on the desktop or laptop computer with both VMware and VMware ESXi.

NOTE: You can also install a Mac operating system on your computer using the Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.0.8 version.

First, install VirtualBox on Windows 10 and then follow the steps below to install macOS step by step.

Step 1 | Download High Sierra Image

You can use different setup files to setup a macOS VM on VirtualBox or VMware. In our previous article, we prepared and released the macOS 10.13.6 ISO file for you.

Please note that this setup image file requires a computer with an Intel processor!

To download the Mac OS 10.13.6 image to your computer, click on the image below to see the related article.

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Step 2 | How to Create a New Virtual Machine for High Sierra 10.13.6 on VBox

After building VBox, you need to create a new VM. When creating a new virtual machine, you need to configure 2 processors and minimum 4 GB RAM size for the VM.

We use VMware Unlocker to run macOS system on VMware. On VBox, you only need to run the necessary code for the VM.

To create a virtual machine on VBox, click on the image below to see the related article.

Step 3 | How to Setup macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Step by Step

After setting up a new VM on VirtualBox, add the ISO file you downloaded to the virtual machine.

Then, click on the image below for the step-by-step installation of High Sierra 10.13.6 with VBox.

The Mac OS 10.13.6 installation steps are exactly the same as the Mac OS 10.13.4 setup!

Step 4 | How to Change Screen Resolution in Mac VM

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After setting High Sierra 10.13.6 with VBox on Windows 10, the only thing remaining is to configure the screen resolution.

To change screen resolution you first need to turn off the VM. Then click on the image below to change the screen resolution.

Final Word

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In this article, we have installed macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 with the Oracle VM software on the Windows 10 operating system without the need for a Apple computer. Thanks for following us!

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