GNU Bash ≥ 4.3, GNU coreutils ≥ 8.22, GNU gzip ≥ 1.5, Info-ZIP unzip ≥ v6.0, GNU wget ≥ 1.14, xxd with -e little endian support, dmg2img ≥ 1.6. macos-virtualbox Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

VirtualBox ≥ 6.1.6, though versions as low as 5.2 may work.

The following optional packages provide optical character recognition that reduces the required interaction with the script:

The following dependencies should be available through a package manager:īash coreutils gzip unzip wget xxd dmg2img virtualbox The script does not verify file integrity for the downloaded installation files.Hosts with CPUs released in 2020 and later may fail to start or complete the installer, and may require manually adjusting the CPUID settings.Guest macOS boot process hangs on “LoadKernelFromStream”, “EndRandomSeed”, or 'EXITBS' - see documentation regarding VirtualBox CPU profiles and CPUID settings.See the readme file for more information. The script creates a VirtualBox guest macOS virtual machine with unmodified macOS installation files downloaded directly from Apple servers. Macos-guest-virtualbox.sh is a Bash script for creating Catalina (10.15), Mojave (10.14), and High Sierra (10.13) guests on VirtualBox on Windows, Linux, and macOS hosts from scratch

Macos virtualbox github