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#HOW TO GET MAC OS FOR VIRTUALBOX FROM WINDOWS HOW TO#
#HOW TO GET MAC OS FOR VIRTUALBOX FROM WINDOWS INSTALL#
#HOW TO GET MAC OS FOR VIRTUALBOX FROM WINDOWS ISO#

$ hdiutil convert /tmp/ -format UDTO -o /tmp/high-sierra.

#HOW TO GET MAC OS FOR VIRTUALBOX FROM WINDOWS ISO#

Convert the temp dmg file to iso file.

$ hdiutil detach /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System

Detach above OS X Base System/ volume.

Now go to /Volumes directory, you can see there are two volume, the main disk volume is used for current macOS, the other is for macOS high sierra installer.

$ asr restore -source /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/install_build -noprompt -noverify -erase

Restore downloaded macOS high sierra installer to install_build volume.

dev/disk3s2 Apple_HFS /Volumes/install_build hdiutil attach /tmp/ -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build

Attache above dmg file to install_build volume.

$ hdiutil create -o /tmp/high-sierra.cdr -size 7316m -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J

Create a temporary dmg file which will be used to save macOS high sierra content.

#HOW TO GET MAC OS FOR VIRTUALBOX FROM WINDOWS HOW TO#

If you want to see detail explain, you can read article How To Download macOS Mojave Installer And Convert To ISO File. You can follow below brief steps to do it.

#HOW TO GET MAC OS FOR VIRTUALBOX FROM WINDOWS INSTALL#

Now it is time to convert the above macOS high sierra installer to an iso file to install it in VirtualBox. Create ISO File From MacOS High Sierra Installer. Step 4: Create a New Virtual Machine Step 5: Edit the Virtual. drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 352 Dec 14 19:03 ContentsĢ. VirtualBox is 100 safe, this program lets you download os (operating system) and run it as a virtual machine, that doesn’t mean that the virtual os is virus free (well depends, if you download windows for example, it will be like if you had a normal windows computer, there are viruses). Step 1: Download Big Sur Final from the Mac App Store Step 3: Install New VirtualBox 6.1. drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 352 Dec 14 19:03 Contents To start, well need to create an ISO file of macOS High Sierras installer, so we can load it in VirtualBox on our Windows machine.

You can also find it in the terminal use the below command.

When the download completes, the macOS High Sierra installer file will be saved in the /Applications folder, the installer file name is Install macOS High Sierra.

During the download process, you can see the remaining time of the download.

Click the blue GET button to popup the download macOS High Sierra prompt dialog, it will ask you whether to download it now or later, click the Download button to start the download.

And it will show the macOS High Sierra download page. Click it will open the App Store in your current macOS ( my current os is Mojave ).

After search the sentence macOS High Sierra download in google, I finally find the macOS high sierra download link.

So I need to download the macOS High Sierra.

At first, I download the newest macOS Mojave follow the article How To Download macOS Mojave Installer And Convert To ISO File, and when I have done creating the iso file, I find VirtualBox does not support macOS Mojave, the highest version that Virtualbox supports is macOS High Sierra.