

“VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC” 1 Type VBoxManage setextradata “MacOS” and hit Enter.“ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc” Type VBoxManage setextradata “MacOS” “VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey” and hit Enter.Type VBoxManage setextradata “MacOS” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct” “Iloveapple” and hit Enter.Type VBoxManage setextradata “MacOS” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion” “1.0” and hit Enter.Type VBoxManage setextradata “MacOS” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct” “iMac11,3” and hit Enter.Type VBoxManage modifyvm “MacOS” – - cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bfebfbff’ into the CMD window you just opened and hit Enter.Press Shift and right click an empty space in the folder and select Open Command Prompt here.Open the VirtualBox folder in Windows Explorer.Select OK and then shut down VirtualBox.Select Storage and check the MacOS Controller is set to SATA Port 0 on the right.Select Display on the left and increase Video Memory to 128Mb.Select the Processor tab and select the maximum in the green slider.Select System from the left pane and set base memory to the maximum in the green bar.Select your new VM and select Settings.

Select VDI VirtualBox Image and Dynamically Allocated disk space.Set memory to 4096MB and select Create a virtual hard disk now.Select Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64-bit) as the version.Naming is important so remember exactly what you called it. Install VirtualBox onto your computer and start it up.You will also need a copy of VirtualBox and a copy of MacOS High Sierra. You will need a reasonably recent computer capable of running a virtual machine (VM). You will need a couple of things to get started. Many of the guides for installing MacOS in VirtualBox don’t make for easy reading so I thought I would write one myself. I think it’s the ideal way to see if you like it before shelling out the money to buy one for real. This process uses a copy of MacOS High Sierra and installs it onto a Windows machine. We use an Ubuntu system for testing but this is the first time I have built an Apple version. It works in Windows and can create a virtual machine within which you can install another operating system. VirtualBox is a free virtual machine platform from Oracle. That makes jumping to MacOS hard to justify and why I installed High Sierra on VirtualBox over the weekend. For the price of a 27” Mac, I could build two, perhaps three high spec Windows computers. I know Mac inside and out but hesitate to pay the premium that Apple charges for its hardware. Even though Dave’s Computers in New Jersey fixes Mac computers, I am mainly a Windows guy.
