
Because you can not run two different Virtualization software on one PC. If you run VMware or Hyper-V so you should not use them at the same time. Once you have downloaded the VirtualBox then install it on your computer. Install Mac OS X El Capitan on VirtualBoxįirst, download the VirtualBox for Windows from its website. Image: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan Retail VirtualBox Image VirtualBox is basically a program, over which you can install and eventually run OS X with Intel-based and Amd processor. The whole process is very simple and clear, you only need to follow the tutorial below step by step to install Mac operating system on Windows PC.īIOS: Enable virtualization in BIOS (VT-x) Usually we only need to install Virtualbox such virtual machines on Windows to run the Mac OS X. I did start writing a tool to do this for people but moved on to other things.Īpple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums.Īpple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site.OS X El Capitan is indeed a great system developed by Apple so far, it can also be installed inside a Windows PC with some tricks. There are also quite a few tutorials online on how to create guests. VirtualBox on Macs has had audio issues for awhile now which they are aware of.

I have been using VB since late 2009 and it just works, with the exception of Windows 10 Anniversary update.Īn audio cache was added to VB 5.1.8 and any video stream will be off by.5 second or so. I allocate 8 GB RAM to each guest, and no more than two threads from the old Core i5. Well, Windows 10 did until I tried to install the Anniversary update. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Windows 10 work just fine. The guests are stored on an external, 7200 rpm, 3.5 inch drive in a USB 3.1 Gen 2 (future proofing) enclosure. It also typically will crash if you try and add more than one CPU core to the Mac VM and its video performance is awful compared to VMware Fusion or Parallels.

This is partly down to Oracle stubbornly refusing to create Mac guest software which means for example clipboard support, shared folder support and support for different video resolutions are all lacking. Note: While VirtualBox can indeed run a VM running macOS it is very poor at doing this compared to either VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop.
