Version: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64 bit) or 10.12 Sierra. Now you can go ahead run your Virtual Machine new macOS Sierra in your VirtualBox on your. According to the macOS and OS X software license agreement, macOS should only be installed on Apple Mac devices. Neither the editors of this book nor.

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It’s not impossible, however. Some of the folks at the have figured out a process that works.

The only thing not working is sound, which for some reason is highly distorted or nonexistent. Other than that, though, this is macOS High Sierra, running smoothly in VirtualBox. To make things a little easier for people, we’ve combined methods from a few different forum threads into a single, step-by-step tutorial, complete with screenshots. Let’s dive in. RELATED: NOTE: In order to get this working, you will need access to a real Mac in order to download High Sierra.

You could, we suppose, obtain a High Sierra ISO by other means, but we don’t recommend it. Borrow a friend’s Mac for an hour if you don’t have one, and you should be fine—everything beyond step one of this tutorial can be done on your Windows PC. If you’re on a Mac and want a macOS virtual machine for use on that Mac, we recommend checking out out instead, because it and is a lot easier to work with. Ready to get started? Let’s jump in! Step One: Create a macOS High Sierra ISO File To start, we’ll need to create an ISO file of macOS High Sierra’s installer, so we can load it in VirtualBox on our Windows machine. Grab your borrowed Mac, head to the Mac App Store, search for Sierra, and click “Download.” When the process is done, the installer will launch—that’s okay, just close it with Command+Q.

We don’t want to upgrade your friend’s Mac; we just need the downloaded files. To convert those files to an ISO, we’ll need to use the Terminal, which you can find in Applications > Utilities.