I can confirm that these instructions DO NOT work using the current version of VirtualBox 4.3.8, nor do they work with any recent (2013/2014) released update version of VirtualBox. The version of VirtualBox which was used for this article and did work at the time with these instructions is VirtualBox-4.1.18-78361-Win. You can still download it here.įurthermore, after some testing, it appears that only INTEL based host systems work for these instructions. I’ve tested the instructions using a system running Core i3 and Core 2 Duo systems with VirtualBox-4.1.18 and the instructions do work. On a system with an AMD FX8350 processor and VirtualBox-4.1.18, however booting the virtual machine just yields a gray apple screen and no hard drive activity.
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–UPDATE 2– Several users have pointed out that the following videos show how to install and run OS X Yosemite in VirtualBox 4.3.20. Instructions on how to acquire all components are in the video descriptions. Os x mountain lion iso download virtualbox how to# A RETAIL copy of OS X Snow Leopard ($29.99 at the Apple Store). IBoot.iso (freely available here: – registration is required).ImgBurn or some other tool to let you generate an ISO file from your Snow Leopard DVD.The OS X Discs that came with your MacBook or iMac WILL NOT WORK because they are designed to only allow installation on Mac hardware. A host system running an Intel processor (according to my testing).VirtualBox v4.1.18 (freely available here: ). Os x mountain lion iso download virtualbox install#ĭownload and install Oracle VM VirtualBox. Extract the ISO file and note its location, you’ll need it later. Insert your Mac OS X Snow Leopard installation DVD into your computers DVD drive.
Os x mountain lion iso download virtualbox mac os x# Then open ImgBurn and create an ISO image file of the installation DVD. Note the location of this ISO file, you’ll need it later. Open Oracle VM VirtualBox and create a new Virtual Machine. For the OS Type Operating System and Version options, select MacOS X and MacOS X Server respectively. Next specify the maximum amount of ram you have available for the Virtual Machine (VM). My host system has 8GB of ram, so I selected between 2 and 4GB or RAM for my VM.
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