This document will provide instructions on getting a macOS Catalina install working with Guest Additions on VirtaulBox 6.1.
Start by downloading a copy of the installer from the App Store. You will need a computer running macOS and you will need to convert the installer to an ISO. I will not be covering these steps here, but there are plenty tutorials online.
Therefore, open VirtualBox and start the installation of macOS Catalina 10.15 on VirtualBox. After that, you run the installation just follow the steps to install properly macOS Catalina 10.15 on VirtualBox. Open VirtualBox and click on Created Virtual machine and click on the Start button. MacOS 10.15 Catalina is the 16th biggest operating system Apple which is out now for Developers. And Currently, it is on beta 1. According to Apple, the publ. In this video, I'm going to show you how to Install macOS Catalina Final on VirtualBox on Windows PC with a new method. This thorough tutorial will show how. The macos-on-virtualbox.sh, scripts/make-Catalina-Installer.sh, and scripts/make-Catalina-Boot.sh scripts each contain settings that should be reviewed before running. Once you have the required software, files, and configurations set use make to handle the setup process. I'm experiancing issue with Catalina & VirtualBox, details below: I've used Mac OS Mojave 10.14.5 with VirtualBox version 6.0.8 + Extension pack. Installed Ubuntu VM which was working great! Then, upgraded to Mac OS Catalina (beta #1). VirtualBox can run the Ubuntu VM with UI. Though, once I leave the VM UI window, the VM crash.
Installing VirtualBox
I’m hoping you already have this part covered and you are coming here only because you had issues getting macOS installed, but just in case, make sure the following packages are installed (Arch):
Creating the VM
Start by creating a new VM. Tuxera ntfs for mac 10.4. Give it a name without spaces.
Give it enough memory so the install will run faster. We can change this later.
Select to create a new Virtual Hard Disk
Select VDI
Select fixed size
Give it a bare minimum of 25GB (I would advise on at least 50GB if you can spare the space)
Edit the machine, go into «System => Motherboard» and disable floppy boot and change the chipset to PIIX3
In the processor give more CPU if you can spare
In «Display => Screen» increase the video memory to 128MB and enable 3D acceleration
Enable USB 3.0
Note: if you can’t see USB 3.0 you might need to add your user to the vboxusers group
Insert the install ISO
Additional Configuration
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Now we need to run a few vboxmanage Adobe player for embedding 3.1 mac. commands for additional settings. Either run the lines with vboxmanage from the script below (add your virtual machine name under $vm_name Mac update android emulator. ), or save the full script and run it.
Note: the default resolution is set to «1280x1024». You can change it in the last line of the update code. Make sure to keep it to “640x480, 800x600, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1900x1200“
Installing macOS
We are now ready for the install. Start the machine and select you language.
Select disk utility.
Select the VirtualBox hard disk and click on erase.
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Give it a name, select the same options and click on erase. Close the disk utility when done.
Click on install macOS.
Continue with the install as you would until you are presented with the desktop.
Note that the installer will reboot once in the middle of the install.
Installing Guest Additions
We now need to get Guest Additions installed. Remove the install ISO and mount the guest additions CD. Open it with finder and run the VBoxDarwinAdditions.pkg
Install it as if you would install any other package.
You will most likely get an error message that the install has failed.
Close everything, unmount the guest additions CD and open a terminal window (Command+Space, type terminal).
Now we need to restart the VM in recovery mode. Type in:
Once it has rebooted into recovery mode, on the top click on «Utilities => Termminal»
Type in the code below. This is to sign Oracle software as authorized. Then we disable recovery mode and restart the VM.
When the VM has rebooted you should have guest additions working. Remember that not everything works, but the features below should:
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- Copy/Paste
- ~Drag and Drop~ Reported as not working (see comments)
- VirtualBox Shared Folders
- Guest Control