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5 Steps to Install macOS High Sierra in VirtualBox on Windows 10 - Saint

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HOW TO INSTALL MACOS H


SIERRA IN VIRTUALBOX O
WINDOWS 10
AUGUST 14, 2018 | IN GUIDES | BY JAKE KOVOOR

High Sierra…

Yeah. You gotta give it to Apple.

As much as it sounds hilarious beyond comprehension on why the world’s most innovative comp
decided to add “High” to Sierra (the predecessor macOS version) it must have taken them a lot of
and sleepless nights to come up with that. (if you didn’t know I am being sarcastic btw)

Like really, Apple sounds like one of your older relatives who says “dope” without knowing the m
of could-be-misunderstood meanings which comes with it.

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But aside from all that, High Sierra is not that bad. In the sense Apple hasn’t really changed what
worked well for their macOS users yet they have paid a very close attention to the finer details an
idiosyncrasies that have become too stale for us macOS users lately.

It’s not a major upgrade unlike what we first expected it to be of but at least it’s an improvement.
want to get macOS High Sierra on your Windows 10 using Virtualbox , then here’s how.

Note

This guide is using macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 which is the Final version and also the official Ap
version.

If you instead don’t want to get High and just want Sierra (the predecessor) then you can alway
this guide.

5 Steps to Install macOS Sierra in VirtualBox on Windows 10


Go Sierra!

Saint

So what’s new on macOS High Sierra 10.13?

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meet VirtualBox
VirtualBox is one tiny, powerful dude, and it is capable of installing macOS onto your Windows
10 computer as an app.

It works like a charm with High Sierra, but before you get onto the guide, there are three little req
that your Windows 10 computer is going to need in order for you to install the macOS onto your c

The minimum requirements that you are going to need are:

•  a 64-Bit Computer

•  at least 4GB RAM

•  a Dual-Core processor

Got all of that? Splendid! Once your have got that out of the way, you can now proceed to install
High Sierra in VirtualBox on Windows 10.

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Here are the links to the downloads that you’ll be needing to install macOS High Sierra onto your
VirtualBox successfully.

Download (Updated October 16th 2018)

VirtualBox 5.2.22
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Final (One Full)
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Final (6 of 6)
VirtualBox Code

Credit goes to Techsviewer for the links. 

Now I know what you’re thinking, “Which one of the two macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Final down
links should I download from?”

The reason why I have included two Google Drive download links for you is that, the (One Full)
link has the entire macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Final file from Apple as one 5GB file. So if you ar
with letting your computer run all night to download the 5GB file then you can go for this

The (6 of 6) download link has the entire macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Final file as 6 separate 1GB
if your internet connection is pretty weak or if you just simply want to take your time and downlo
one then you can go for this.

Once, you are done with the download ‘stuff’,  you can now go on with the 5 quick and simple ste
below.

Install macOS High Sierra in VirtualBox on Windows 1


Steps
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 1.  Extract the Image File with Winrar or 7zip.


Step 1:  Go ahead and install WinRAR. (I have included the latest (March 2018) link for WinRAR
you).

Step 2:  Once you’ve done that then right click on macOS High Sierra 10.13 file that you had dow

Step 3:  Then select Extract here.

Like this.

Note

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Also make sure that you have enabled Virtualization in your computer’s BIOS.

You can use this helpful guide:

Enabling Virtualization in your PC BIOS – Berkeley Common 

2.  Install VirtualBox.
Step 1:  Download the latest version of VirtualBox (I have included the latest (March 2018) link f
VirtualBox for you above)

Step 2:  It’s pretty easy to install VirtualBox. Just keep clicking Next and then Finished until the e
you’re good to go.

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3.  Create New Virtual Machine


Step 1:  Now you have to create your new Virtual Machine. So what you have to do is, Open the
VirtualBox you’ve just downloaded.

Step 2:  Next click on New which you can see to your upper left-hand side.

Step 3:  Sweet! Now all you have to do is follow on by adding each of the below details into each
fields.

Name: macOS 10.13 High Sierra

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Type: Mac OS X

Version: macOS 10.13 or 10.12

Memory size: 3GB to 6GB ( 65% of your RAM)

Virtual disk file: macOS high Sierra 10.13.vmdk

Step 4:  Select Use an existing virtual hard disk file and Open macOS high Sierra 10.13.vmdk Fil

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4.  Edit Your Virtual Machine.


Step 1:  You’re almost there! Now click on Settings to edit your virtual machine.

Step 2:  Next, it’s important that you set these settings:

Motherboard:  Enable EFI, and change chipset to PIIX3 or IHC9

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CPU:  2 Core (70% of CPU Core) and Enable PAE/NX.

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Display: Change video memory to 128 MB.

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Note

Now close your VirtualBox. Then should you proceed with the next step.

5.  Add Code to VirtualBox with Command Prompt (cmd).


Before you add the code into VirtualBox with your Command Prompt, you have a few little chang
you have to make to make things easier for you.

Step 1:  Replace the phrase “Your Virtual Machine Name” in the code (below) with your own vir
machine name which you can find in General, then under Basic. It’s best if you copy the code bel

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your Notepad and then replace the areas where it says “Your Virtual Machine Name” with your o
virtual machine name before moving on the next step.

Code for Virtualbox 5.x.x

cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\"
VBoxManage.exe modifyvm "Your Virtual Machine Name" --cpuidset
001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bfebfbff
VBoxManage setextradata "Your Virtual Machine Name" "VBoxIntern
vices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" "iMac11,3"
VBoxManage setextradata "Your Virtual Machine Name" "VBoxIntern
vices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion" "1.0"
VBoxManage setextradata "Your Virtual Machine Name" "VBoxIntern
vices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct" "Iloveapple"
VBoxManage setextradata "Your Virtual Machine Name" "VBoxIntern
vices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey" "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpl
ontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc"
VBoxManage setextradata "Your Virtual Machine Name" "VBoxIntern
vices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC" 1

Step 2:  You’re almost done! Now all that you have to do is find your Command Prompt (cmd) an
an administrator.

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Step 3:  Finally, add the code one by one into your Command Prompt. Take all the time in the wo
you need.

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Done! Run Your Virtual Machine.


That’s it! Amazing work.

Step 1:  Now all that is left for you to do is Open VirtualBox and click Start which will run your n
created Virtual Machine with the new macOS High Sierra Beta.

Step 2:  Again you’ll see another black screen with all geeky code on it. Don’t worry, it’s just doi
thing. You can go grab a donut whilst you’re at it.

Step 3:  From here on out, you can continue on with High Sierra’s introduction.

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Angelo
August 2, 2017, 4:05 pm

Works great, Jake. Thanks!

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Guest42725
September 28, 2018, 3:29 pm

Can it run German?

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Jenil Kansara
August 8, 2017, 11:16 am

Started perfectly. But my iPhone is not getting detected. Any solutions?

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Jake
August 13, 2017, 5:28 pm

Hey Jenil,

If your iPhone is not being detected or recognized by your computer then you can follow up with this guid

5 Ways to Fix Computer Not Recognizing iPhone – Saint

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Let me know how it goes, Jenil.

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Swapnil Arya
October 25, 2017, 7:22 pm

Thank you for the post. Works like charm!!

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Evgeniy Kutischev
October 27, 2017, 9:29 am

Unfortunately didn’t work for me. Followed exact step from your tutorial. After trying to run virtual machin
black screen with next error message:

> Error allocating 0x1835 pages at 0x0000000001895000 alloc type 2


> Error loading kernel cache (0x9)
> Boot Failed. Mac Boot
> Boot Failed. EFI DVD/CDROM

Here are my specs:


Hardware: Asus Zenbook UX310UQ (Core i7-7500U, 16 GB RAM, SSD+HDD)
OS: Windows 10 Pro, version 1709, build 16299.19 (Fall Creators Update)

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Evgeniy Kutischev
October 27, 2017, 10:49 am

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Looks like I have figured out how to overcome this issue. In virtual machine “Settings -> General -> Basi
changed Version field from “macOS 10.13 Hight Sierra (64-bit)” to “Mac OS X (64-bit)”. After that insta

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Alex
December 4, 2017, 10:13 am

*Mark this comment as usefull*

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Attila Szeremi
March 22, 2018, 12:39 am

I tried the same, but I’m still getting a black screen

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Ihor Baranovskyi
October 28, 2017, 5:02 pm

Thanks!

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Ray
October 29, 2017, 1:56 pm

All i keep seeing is a black screen without and words on it, its just black, how do I fix it?

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Marwan
November 10, 2017, 7:36 am

Hi. How to merge all the part1-part6 for vmdk using virtualbox? Please help. Thanks.

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Greg
November 24, 2018, 8:18 am

Just open the rar files all at once

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Dluque92
November 10, 2017, 9:54 am

Ray you only need to changed Version field from “macOS 10.13 Hight Sierra (64-bit)” to “Mac OS X (64-b

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Xavier Vaz
September 27, 2018, 7:01 pm

hi,
How to combine all six parts ?

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Dan1220
November 12, 2017, 5:23 am

Thank you for making it all so simple.


However, I can’t get any audio. Please HELP ME! Thanks

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Dan1220
November 12, 2017, 6:10 am

Hello everyone! It’s Dan1220 again.


Please accept my apologies for not including the following information in my last post; concerning not being
audio.
I, of course, am running Windows 10 and Version 5.2.0 of Virtual Box..
Also, I’ve tried the “fixes” explained in Virtual Box’s Ticket #14361 all to no avail.

Can someone PLEASE help me?? Thanks!!

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Eye
November 21, 2017, 1:46 am

Great steps and article! Can there be an article to optimize the VM for performance? Thanks!

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Robin
November 29, 2017, 11:21 pm

Hi, I have followed your instructions. After having added code to virtualbox, I restart virtual box. Then I clic
black screen shows up but nothing else. No fancy white codes or anything for that matter. Can you please he
Cheers

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John
January 10, 2018, 5:30 am

I finished the installation and it is working fine however the audio isnt working. Any fixes?

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MrQuickFX
August 29, 2018, 9:16 am

Install AppleHDA.kext from High Sierra 10.13.1 using Kext Utility 2.6.6. I’m using it on 10.13.6, but it s
10.13.x version.

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TomT
January 15, 2018, 5:01 pm

I figured it out! Did a total re-do. I didn’t paste the text commands into CMD as administrator. All set. Than

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Burak
March 18, 2018, 3:29 pm

Yo.
somebody know how to fix this problem?

> Error allocating 0x1835 pages at 0x0000000001495000 alloc type 2


> Error loading kernel cache (0x9)
> Boot Failed. Mac Boot
> Boot Failed. EFI DVD/CDROM

When it was booting it seemed to loop :/

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Steve
March 28, 2018, 7:25 pm

I also find that my VM is stuck in some sort of boot loop.

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SteveG
July 15, 2018, 1:30 pm

I’m stuck in a boot loop as well. Anyone got anywhere with this issue?

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Arjun G
July 31, 2018, 8:56 pm

Same issue here! any one found a fix for this?

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Joe Shmu
August 9, 2018, 8:48 pm

Same issue here! any fix?

Caroline Hampton
August 28, 2018, 9:26 pm

Mine also sticks in a boot-loop. . So near, but not quite.

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John Smith
March 25, 2018, 10:29 pm

Hi,
I was able to follow all the instructions to install. However, I received the error “This device is no longer eli
Apple ID” when signing in with my Apple ID. I assume the virtual hard drive that you provided for downloa
installed with MacOS High Sierra. However, would there be a way to load High Sierra from an ISO file and
the virtual hard drive without having a duplicate? Thanks.

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Phil
March 30, 2018, 11:24 pm

Works great, thanks a lot!

How can I update it to 10.13.4?

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Oleg
April 5, 2018, 8:22 am

Thank you very much, it worked all the first time.


The question is how to add a different screen resolution, besides the existing 1024/768?

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Oleg
April 5, 2018, 9:42 am

Found the answer:


cd C:\Program Files\Oracle\Virtualbox
VBoxManage setextradata “MacOs” VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution 1280×800

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FrankL
April 7, 2018, 2:00 pm

I tried several times to add the extra resolutions, but the Mac still only shows the 1024×768. I’m sure I’m
Otherwise the Mac works like a charm. Just wish I could get it to use more of my highdef screen.

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FrankL
April 8, 2018, 12:52 am

I figured it out. The following commands were needed.

VBoxManage setextradata “MacOS” VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution “1920×1080”


VBoxManage setextradata “MacOS” VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode 5

Thanks,
Frank

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Arjun G
August 1, 2018, 9:26 pm

Hi Frank,

I ran those two command lines, but still not running in 1920*1080, can you maybe explain more in d
needs to be done

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Simon
September 26, 2018, 10:47 pm

It worked for me, but I had to fix the text a little. This is how I entered the 2 commands (replace
YOUR_VM_NAME_HERE with the name of your VM. DONT erase the quotes):

VBoxManage setextradata “YOUR_VM_NAME_HERE” “VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution

VBoxManage setextradata “YOUR_VM_NAME_HERE” “VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode” 5

Andrew Soto
September 27, 2018, 3:05 am

can you elaborate on this?? also stuck at the 1024×768

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James

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April 10, 2018, 1:48 pm

Jake, great tutorial. I want to be able to use the most recent version of XCode in my virtual machine, but can
the app store without High Sierra 10.13.2 or higher. The free update in the app store doesn’t work after rebo
machine. Do you think you could host 10.13.2 on your google drive at some point?

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Er
April 12, 2018, 1:24 pm

Please can you upload ot provide 10.13.4 as it is the last update and contains very important security relat

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Porfirio
April 22, 2018, 11:02 am

Got exactly the same problem, was trying to get XCode running and cant install because it says the versio
compatible.
An updated image would be very appreciated, thanks!

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Yuriy
May 14, 2018, 11:32 am

+1

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Miguel
April 30, 2018, 2:04 pm

Does it works with AMD Ryzen 7? Do I need to make any changes?

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PM
May 13, 2018, 5:43 pm

Finally a VMKD that actually work! Thank you!

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Khalid
June 4, 2018, 5:39 pm

Keep getting a black screen

PC: Asus A88XM-A w/ Anthlon X4 860K

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Rifat
June 5, 2018, 2:46 pm

Is it mac os 10.13.4? Which version is it? 10.13.2 or later?

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Trevor
June 28, 2018, 5:37 pm

Download link 1 is a 404 error and download link 2 has a text file that says “New Image is Updating”. any e
available again?

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Chris
July 4, 2018, 6:35 pm

First of all, thanks for putting this guide together!

Maybe you should include a line in this guide to set the screen resolution to the resolution of the monitor you
Vbox window in:
Example:
VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” “VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution” “1920×108

so that people can take advantage of their full screen.

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Pasupathi
July 5, 2018, 4:43 pm

Every thing is fine and do it good but virtual box start only black screen occur can not run macOS

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Majed
July 29, 2018, 9:12 pm

once installed, how do i update?

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RR
August 19, 2018, 8:15 pm

Changed to MacOS x64 in the settings and still getting the boot loop

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Kasper
August 22, 2018, 8:08 pm

hi have just completted the setup but the VM samses to be stock on 1024 x 768 have can i fix this

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Chela
August 27, 2018, 3:10 pm

First, really big thanks for the detailed guide!


I have an ask as I came successfully to the Mac set up step but when I am signing in with my Apple ID acco
next error:

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“This device is no longer eligible for creating an Apple ID”

Could you help me here ?

Many thanks

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Caroline Hampton
August 28, 2018, 10:46 pm

eventually got out of boot loop and now have this problem too!

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Bobleblanco
August 29, 2018, 9:32 am

Thank you very much for this guide.


However, on my computer, the booting screen is stuck on “End RandomSeed”.
Could you please help me?

Many thanks

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Milton
September 8, 2018, 2:28 pm

got the same error here

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Peteris
November 22, 2018, 9:49 pm

did you fix this ?

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Andy
November 29, 2018, 12:06 pm

Same Error here on Ryzen7 2700X. On Intel Xeon working fine. Latest Bios intalled. Damn, what a pity…

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Matías Calvo
November 29, 2018, 8:48 pm

Someone fix this? I have the same problem.


I followed all the steps.

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Phil Freihofner
December 18, 2018, 11:22 pm

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Same error. Hoping someone posts some additional info!

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Nick
August 31, 2018, 6:56 pm

I get the geek speak on the screen last thing it says is “Waiting on IOProviderClass…..”

Then blurs and I get a Not Circle Ø in the center of the screen.

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Yehor
September 5, 2018, 2:12 pm

Thank you very much! Had an infinite boot loop, but after installing the exact Virtual Box version it worked

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Gustavo
September 6, 2018, 1:50 am

Hi all…

I see a comment that say iphone not detected…


I have the same problem, the OS installs ok, but i can get the iphone detected in the guest OS, is there any fi

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Aaron Reed
September 8, 2018, 6:19 am

I had to follow these steps:


1. Install Virtual Box 5.1.22 (Go here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_5_1)
2. Follow all steps
3. When I tried to run the VM in 5.1.22, I got this message: failed to open session for the virtual machine
4. I closed Virtual Box and upgraded to the latest version 5.2.18 (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download
5. Run Virtual Box
6. Run Mac image previously set up and boom, it works!

Thank you!

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Elias
September 13, 2018, 5:36 pm

For all the users with the boot loop error, you need to close VirtualBox then rerun VirtualBox Code and reop

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Yon
November 29, 2018, 8:56 am

You are my hero!

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Yon
November 29, 2018, 8:58 am

You are my hero! This needs to be added to the actual post with so many people experiencing this issue

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Siavash
September 15, 2018, 5:21 am

Hi
Thank you so much for this guide. I have done everything and start it. Unfortunately before running code on
a loop and can’t start OS. Could you please guide me?!
Regards

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Thời Nguyễn
September 16, 2018, 6:22 pm

Fix boot loop error for you :). Retry code below:

VBoxManage modifyvm “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” –cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bf
VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemPro
VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVer
VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” “VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProd
VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” “VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey”
“ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc”
VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” “VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromR
VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode 4

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Mohammed Sajjad
September 20, 2018, 4:58 pm

Hello, I got the VM running somehow after many tries, but I can’t seem to use my mouse or keyboard to nav
setup.. The host capture and all doesn’t work either, when I press the host key I can’t use the mouse for both
VM.

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Arnie Gonzalez
September 22, 2018, 4:10 pm

In my case the VM starts and then displays a black screen with the following messages:

Start
Start InitDeviceTree
Start InitDeviceTree
End InitDeviceTree
Start InitMemoryConfig
End InitMemoryConfig
Start CheckHibernate
End CheckHibernate
efiboot loaded from device: Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1FI2)/SATA(0,0)/HD(Part2,Sig8D0CB95A-F145-418D-
CC0E6458BAE)
efiboot file path: \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
Start OpenVolume
End OpenVolume
Start ProcessOptions
End ProcessOptions
RegisterRestartDataProtocol: called. 0xdb03a598

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RestartData protocol installed successfully.


Start SetConsoleMode
End SetConsoleMode
Start ReadKernelCache
End ReadKernelCache
Start UncompressKernelCache
End UncompressKernelCache
Start CalculatedAdler32

…and it gets stuck on that last line with no improvement whatsoever. I’ve already tried every single suggest
none seem to work.

Please help…You don’t know how long I’ve been trying and failing to get a Mac VM; it just seems like it’s
to achieve I honestly don’t know how some of you have been successful at it.

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Csaba Halasz
September 29, 2018, 9:55 pm

To me the booting/system load stops at Waiting for DSMOS… SerialATAPI device configuration did not co
successfully. – Would you please help me to fix this? Thank you.

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Joel
October 8, 2018, 11:35 pm

Anyone experience complications in the command prompt?

From the first command, i receive the error “C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox” is not recognized as an in
command, operable program or batch file.

Any suggestions?

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Phil Freihofner
December 18, 2018, 11:13 pm

For the line

VBoxManage.exe modifyvm “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” –cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098

I added .\ to the start

.\VBoxManage.exe modifyvm “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” –cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 009

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Edi Imanto
December 19, 2018, 4:17 am

You mistakenly copying the command line without “cd” command before.

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Joel
October 9, 2018, 10:50 pm

The command prompt isn’t recognizing the file paths that are being entered.

i received the message “C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\”is not recognized as an internal or external co


program or batch file.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to resolve this?

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Matt
November 4, 2018, 2:57 pm

Hey Joel I believe you need at add CD in from of the code to work. your changing directories where the V
downloaded

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Kevin Green
October 29, 2018, 10:50 pm

Need updates for Mojave. Won’t/can’t launch launch agents

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Mick
October 30, 2018, 12:37 pm

I always seems to be getting the following error.

https://i.imgur.com/KdYLFIQ.png

I’m using Virtualbox Version 5.2.20 r125813 (Qt5.6.2).

Any ideas?

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Sashy
November 11, 2018, 9:43 pm

I get pretty far into the boot sequence but then it starts showing the below error multiple times and eventuall
never finishes boot:
SerialATAPI device reconfiguration did not complete successfully. (failedCommandInfo = 0x1)
Help!
P.S. First I set up everything using the current version of VirtualBox, then I redid it all using the older versio
this page. No difference.

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Huyen
November 18, 2018, 11:28 am

It works!
Thank you very much!

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Xing
November 20, 2018, 4:35 am

why does it reset again and again for many times? it doesn’t show the graphic to create account.

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Xohaib
December 13, 2018, 10:36 am

I have installed the OSx but when I try to attached USB into Vbox it throws error and states “Failed to attach

Failed to create a proxy device for USB (VERR_PDM_NO_USB_PORTS)

help is required

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Xohaib
December 14, 2018, 12:11 pm

I am able to connect USB .. this due to virtual box extension box extra pack .. usb is detected by system utili
in disk utility. any idea

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