The manual installation requires access to the Mac App Store through an existing installation of macOS.Ĭreate ISO Installation Media (not working to create iso for macOS version 12+) Push-button installer of macOS on VirtualBox Manual installation runs on Linux, Windows (WSL 1, Cygwin), and macOS creates a VM that is compatible with OpenCore and can be exported (with manual modifications) to KVM/QEMU for near-native performance

installs macOS without modifying the original Apple binaries and without third-party bootloaders downloads macOS Catalina, Mojave and High Sierra directly from Apple's servers requires only VirtualBox with its Extension Pack and dependencies that can be easily installed in a single command with most open-source package managers This is against the EULA of Apple, and therefore following this article IS considered a violation of Apple's terms of service. Neither the editors of this book nor Wikibooks has any liability over the installation of macOS or OS X guests on VirtualBox or any other software license violations. License violations Īccording to the macOS and OS X software license agreement, macOS should only be installed on Apple Mac devices. 3.1 Create ISO Installation Media (not working to create iso for macOS version 12+).

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