
But if you follow the steps and give enough time, Virtualbox will boot into Catalina, as shown in the first image. The Terminal app may look unresponsive at times, depending on your system speed.
#Mac iso for virtualbox how to#
How to run macOS Catalina on Virtualboxįor me, it took nearly 1 hour to install macOS Catalina on Virtualbox for Mac on an SSD iMac 2011 variant. This method for running macOS on Virtualbox may also also be used install& run 32-Bit apps on Catalina. Terminal will restart the Virtualbox when you press the Enter key and final step of the macOS Catalina installation starts, and it last for about 10-15 minutes. It will cause an installation loop if you do not disconnect the Catalina ISO or CDR disc at this point. When macOS Catalina installer ends first stage of installation, press the Enter key for removing the disc image(.CDR) from the boot order. Input the system password on Terminal if required, while it makes macOS DMG and ISO files for the virtualisation.

#Mac iso for virtualbox manual#
However, it may require manual actions at certain steps of installation. Now the script will automate the process of installing macOS Catalina on Virtualbox. Install the Xcode command line developer tools when you see the prompt on the screen.Open Terminal app in macOS High Sierra or the host OS and run the following commands in the order.
#Mac iso for virtualbox zip file#
Then extract the ZIP file to “ macoscatalinavirtualbox” folder on desktop.

However, the MacOS Catalina has some unique hardware requirements it can run only on Apple devices built after 2012. Apple usually gives software upgrades for the Mac hardware for a long time.
