At the moment, two giant corporations are competing with each other: Microsoft and Apple, and in different areas, from mobile phones to computers. Speaking more about PCs, you can separate the two most common OSs: Windows and OS X. Anyone has somehow come across Windows, since it is very common and is available on almost every PC, which cannot be said about OS X, which can work fine only on computers manufactured by Apple. But there are some users who would like to try this OS. How to install Mac OS on VirtualBox? To do this, we will need a program called VirtualBox, which will help install OS X quickly and easily.
Equipment
Installing Mac OS on VirtualBox is a simple thing, but we need your personal computer to be ready to work with such an OS and fulfill all the necessary minimum requirements.
We will need:
- PC with 64-bit Windows to install Mountain Lion, 2 cores in the processor and at least 4 GB of RAM. If you use a 32-bit system, then it's okay, you still have the opportunity to install Mac OS Snow Leo.
- VirtualBox is probably the only program of its kind that can install the OS with such high quality, and it is completely free. Do not forget that if you need USB in OS X, then you will need another program for this - VirtualBox Extension Pack.
- Mountain Lion, with the ISO image you need. Unfortunately, you will not be able to use the official Mountain Lion installer, because it will not work here, but instead you will need to download the version of OS X edited by hackers, otherwise it is called a distribution. You will not have a problem downloading it, as the well-known hacker team Olarila has already posted a lot of versions. You can find them not only in the Google search engine, but also with the help of a torrent.
- HackBoot1 and HackBoot2 are special ISO files that will help you with your installation. Hackboot 1 helps you run a program that installs OS X, and Hackboot2 helps Mountain Lion.
- MultiBeast4 is a program that sets up audio and many other functions. You can download it by registering on the site Tonymacx86.com, and you will not have to pay anything.
If you have everything you need, installing Mac OS on VirtualBox will go well.
Install Mac Os on VirtualBox
Before installing OS X, you need to configure VirtualBox so that the hacked version can work without hesitation.
Run the program and click on the "Create" button. Next, enter a name, for example, OS X. In the "Type" section, select Mac OS X, and in the version - Mac OS X (64-bit).
Install and configure VirtualBox
Click "Forward". Now you have a pretty important point that will determine all the subsequent performance of your machine - the allocation of RAM. The main factor when choosing is your own RAM, if you have 8 or 16 GB, then there will be plenty of 2, but it's better not to be greedy, as this will affect the speed of work, so the most optimal option would be 4 or 6 GB.
We go further along the proposed path and click on the "Create a new virtual hard disk" section. You need to create a new disk, and in VDI format with dynamic memory allocation. After all these manipulations, VirtualBox will return you to the main screen.
Now we need to edit it, so we right-click on the newly created virtual disk and click on the "Configure" section. Go to the "System" section and uncheck the "Enable EFI" item.
Then select the “Media” section. We click on the icon of the CD-ROM where it says “Empty” in the “Storage media” panel. Then we click on the CD-ROM icon, but on the right, and click where it says "Select an image of an optical disc." Find the HackBoot1 ISO file that you already have and click OK.
After all this, your virtual machine is ready to install. Also make sure your ISO Mountain Lion is suitable, and continue to the next step.
Install Mac OS on VirtualBox Windows 10
Further is better. You are waiting for the installation of Mac OS on VirtualBox, already on the virtual system itself. After all your manipulations proceed with the installation: launch VirtualBox and do everything that is written below:
- Select your OS X and run it. Next, the boot screen with the HackBoot icon will be displayed.
- In the lower corner of the VirtualBox window, click on the CD icon, after which a window is displayed in which click "Select optical disk image." We click on the image that you just downloaded and which is suitable for your manipulations with Mountain Lion.
- Click on the OS X installer. Then go back to the HackBoot boot screen and press F5. After that, the program should reboot and display on the installation of OS X on DVD. Next, just go through the items that will be offered by the system. A little later, you will go to a special window to continue installing OS X.
- Then you will be asked to choose a language and agree to the terms of use. However, there is a possibility that OS X will not be able to find a single hard disk of the required format. Do not worry, this is fixable. Go to the menu and select "Utilities" -> "Disk Utility".
- The bottom line is that Mac OS X should only be installed on a completely blank drive, that is, formatted. Use Disk Utility to keep your disk completely blank, the same one you created in VirtualBox to install Mountain Lion. So, going to the disk utility, click on your HDD from VirtualBox and format it.
- After the "Disk Utility" completes formatting, a formatted disk should be displayed on the left. You exit Disk Utility and continue to install OS X.
- Then just go through the points. All this will not take you much time - about 20 minutes. After the installation is completed, a window with white text will be displayed in front of you. Then you just close your car.
Final stage
You are at the finish line! Now you have OS X on your PC, but you still need to configure it so that the graphics, screen resolution, and audio are functional. To do this, you need to follow these steps.
Fix audio problems with MultiBeast
We launch VirtualBox. We are looking for your OS X system, we click on it with PCM and click on the “Configure” item, then go to the familiar “Media” section. Click on the icon to the right of the window and click on the HackBoot2 ISO file.
We start it in order to reboot your newly installed system. Next, you will see the HackBoot boot menu, but this time you will have the opportunity to boot your OS. Click on it and press Enter.
First launch of OS X in VirtualBox
After a few minutes, you will see the branded screensaver Mountain Lion. First of all, open the Safari browser, look for the site Tonymacx86.com and download MultiBeast, as described in the "Hardware" section.
But in order to download from this or any site you will need a permission from the system. You can get it by opening "System Preferences" -> "Protection and Security" and clicking on the lock located in the left corner of the window, then enter your password, in the "Allow program downloads from:" section, select "From any source". This will allow you to run MultiBeast on your Mac OS X.
Launch Multibeas. Click on the Continue button and wait for the Multibeast installation to complete. The installation process is short-lived - just a few minutes.
Launch OS X without HackBoot
Not everyone wants to go to HackBoot every time to boot OS X, for this you just need to delete one file with the extension kext.
You will need to open the Finder and select "Go" -> "Go to Folder".
We hammer in the path / System / Library / Extensions and click on Enter.
We look for the file AppleGraphicsControl.kext in this folder and delete it. This will allow your machine to boot without using the HackBoot ISO file.
Remove the HackBoot CD and reboot the virtual machine. Now you can normally download and install files from the Internet and play audio adequately on your Mac OS X. Congratulations!
Launch OS X on Windows
Finally it's all over, now just restart your OS X and enjoy your achievement and working audio playback. You can install all the programs you are interested in, configure the mouse and keyboard, in general, OS X is at your disposal. Now you have done all the easy work of installing OS X on Windows without any difficulties, continue to improve your computer in the same spirit.