#Create mac os in virtualbox install#
#Create mac os in virtualbox iso#

YouР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћre almost ready thereР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs just one more thing to do. Proceed with the setup register with your Apple ID, create your user account, etc. (It will ask you to Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Press any key to continueР Р†Р вЂљР’В¦Р Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ like last time, so do that.) YouР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћll get a welcome screen. Push the right arrow key to select OSX, and then press enter.

#Create mac os in virtualbox iso#

Click Devices->CD/DVD Devices and select the EmpireEFI iso again, then click Machine->Reset to reboot the VM. When itР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs done, the installer will reboot, and the reboot will fail, like this:Р вЂќР’ВonР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt panic! This is ok. Follow the rest of the installation procedure as normal. OSX will now be installed it took about half an hour on my VM. It will probably only take a few seconds. It will ask you to confirm what youР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћre doing, and then it will format the VMР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs virtual hard disk. Once youР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћre satisfied that it looks correct, click Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ApplyР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ in the lower-right corner.

In the Volume Scheme dropdown, select Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™1 PartitionР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ, and then just to the right of that, under Volume Information, change the name to something prettier than Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Untitled 1Р Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ. On the right, click on the Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™PartitionР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ button. On the left youР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћll see a hard drive and an optical drive listed. Pretty soon youР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћll get to this screen:Р вЂќР’В¬lick the Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™UtilitiesР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ menu, then choose Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Disk UtilityР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ. So far, so good РЎР‚РЎСџРІвЂћСћРІР‚С™ Proceed with the OSX installation. Wait a bit longer РЎР‚РЎСџР’ВРІР‚В° You should soon see this screen: This boot may take a few minutes you might think itР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs frozen. EmpireEFI will prep the system for boot, and it will tell you to Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™press any key to continueР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ, as in this screenshot:Р вЂќР вЂћt this point, press any key. After a few moments, the text below the CD icon should change, like this: (If you want to use a Snow Leopard ISO instead, mount that.) Wait five seconds or so, then press F5. In your VM, click the Devices menu, then under Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™CD/DVD DevicesР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ choose the host drive that has the Snow Leopard DVD. Ignore the Autoplay or Boot Camp popup in Windows. Pop the Snow Leopard DVD into your DVD drive.

The VM will boot up, and youР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћll get this screen: Select the new VM from your list of VMs, and click Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™StartР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ on the toolbar.

#Create mac os in virtualbox install#

Yesterday we set up the VirtualBox VM so it would be ready to install OSX on our Windows host.