In simple virtual disk creation wizard select VDI (Virtual Box Disk Image) option and click on Continue button → Storage details set to Dynamically allocated and click on Continue button → Set the name, location and size of virtual disk and click on Continue button (min. VirtualBox create a new virtual hard drive Go to the System tab and uncheck box with Enable EFI option.Ĭlick on Display tab and set Video Memory to 128MB and check the box Enable 3D Acceleration.Ĭlick on Storage tab → Click on hard drive icon next to IDE Controller option → Select Create new disk. Right click on new virtual machine and select Settings option in pull down menu. In Summary window click on Create button and new virtual machine will be added to the VirtualBox virtual machine list. You will be warned by message, but ignore it and press again Continue button. In next Virtual Hard Disk screen uncheck the Start-up disk box → Click on Continue button. Set Base memory (RAM) to minimum of 1GB, if you can afford it set it to 2 or more. Set OS Type to Mac OS X and set Version to Mac OS X Server or Mac OS X Server 64 on 64-bit systems (standard Mac OS X is not officially supported in VirtualBox). In welcome screen of the virtual machine wizard, click on Continue button. Start VirtualBox and click on New option in the top menu. If you don't have it you can also try to install Hackintosh directly to your computer. To run Mac OS X in virtual machine you need to have processor with Intel VTx, or AMD-v hardware virtualization support. Step 3 - Create virtual machineĪfter you have installed VirtualBox and downloaded iATKOS L2 disk image, it is time to prepare the virtual machine. You can Google for it and download it, for example on BitTorrents. Original iATKOS L2 is distributed in DMG format used for Mac OS X installation packages. However, we used easier way with a pre-prepared installation image called iATKOS L2, that includes Mac OS X Lion and other utilities, patches as well as hardware drivers that allows users to install Mac OS X. Advanced users can use original DVD with special boot loaders and test optimal settings for the best Mac OS X performance.

They are few ways how to install Mac OS X to virtual machine. It has very straightforward installation without any complex settings. You can download free VirtualBox installation package from Oracle website. How to install Mac OS X Lion to VirtualBox Step 1 - Install VirtualBox to your computer

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