- Virtualbox For Mac Retina Software
- Virtualbox Mac Retina
- Virtualbox Mac Retina Resolution
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I am running the new Mac Air 13' with OS X 10.8.2. I then downloaded the latest VirtualBox 4.2.6. Then, I installed Ubuntu 10.04 into the VM. First off, after I installed the VirtualBox Guest Addi. Mac OS is a computer operating system developed by Apple.This is a operating system with beautiful interface, however, to own a the computer of Apple with this operating system, you need to use a lot of money, normally with the double price than that of common computers using Windows operating system. Install VirtualBox on MacOS. I mentioned for you that in order to install Windows 10 on VirtualBox. Firstly, you need to Download VirtualBox and install on your Mac computer then beside that download the ISO file of Windows 10 and located on your Mac computer. Installation of VirtualBox is same as installing VirtualBox on Windows. It does have some Mac-specific functionality, such as support for 5K iMac displays, mixed retina, and non-retina configurations. Fusion includes Unity Mode, which hides the Windows desktop interface and lets you launch Windows applications from the Dock as if the apps are regular apps to macOS.
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1- Download Mac OS
Mac OS is a computer operating system developed by Apple. This is a operating system with beautiful interface, however, to own a the computer of Apple with this operating system, you need to use a lot of money, normally with the double price than that of common computers using Windows operating system. Fortunately, you can experience the Mac OS right on your computer by installing a Mac OS virtual machine on VirtualBox.
Below is the list of Mac OS versions released in recent years:
Mac OS Version | Name | Release Date |
10.10 | Yosemite | June 2014 |
10.11 | El Capitan | September 30, 2015 |
10.12 | Sierra | June 12, 2016 |
10.13 | High Sierra | June 5, 2017 |
In this post, I will show you how to install the Mac OS on VirtualBox. First of all, please download an installer.
After finishing downloading, there is one file:
Extract the file that you have just downloaded in a folder.
2- Create Mac OS Virtual Machine
On the VirtualBox, create a new virtual machine.
Enter a name for the virtual machine and select a Mac OS version suitable for the Mac OS version that you have downloaded..
Mac OS operating systems need a large amount of RAM to work, You should provide it with about 4GB RAM.
The Mac OS file downloaded by you in the above step is a complete operating system and you can be willing to use without installation. Therefore, on the VirtualBox, you only need to point to this postion of this file.
OK, your Mac OS virtual machine has been created.
You can carry out other configurations for Mac OS, for example, Network configuration, specifying the quantity of Processors,..
3- Configure VBoxManage
After you create VirtualBox virtual machine, the Meta information of this virtual machine will be found in the folder (Depending on your operating system):
- LINUX (Ubuntu,..):/home/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
- WINDOWS:C:/Users/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
There are some advanced configurations that you can perform via the interface of VirtualBox, and you must carry out it via a command:
Replace 'Your-VM-Name' by your virtual machine name. Your virtual machine name can be found in the 'Setting > General > Basic' (Like the following illustration).
On the Linux (Ubuntu,..), open Terminal windows and CD to go to your Mac OS virtual machine directory. If you use the Windows operating system, open the CMD windows with Administrator privilege and CD to go to the Mac OS virtual machine directory.
Perform the above commands respectively (after having replaced 'Your-VM-Name'):
OK, all the commands have been performed successfully.
4- Start the Mac OS virtual machine
Press on 'Start' button to start yourMac OS virtual machine:
Enter username/password (to be used to enter your Mac OS virtual machine).
OK, at this moment, you have installed Mac OS Virtual Machine on VirtualBox successfully.
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Component: | 3D support | Version: | VirtualBox 4.2.0 |
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- osx 10.8 - vbox 4.3 - win 7 aero.jpg (341.0 KB) - added by josh21129 years ago.
- Win 7 on retina display host with Aero enabled
- osx 10.8 - vbox 4.3 - win 7 no aero.jpg (312.2 KB) - added by josh21129 years ago.
- Same with Aero disabled
- win7 with aero osx 10.8.2 vbox 4.2.2.png (195.2 KB) - added by rcarz9 years ago.
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- Summary changed from Guest display is offset on retina display when 3d acceleration is enabled to Guest display is offset on retina display when 3d acceleration is enabled => Fixed in SVN
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