Setting Up a MacOS Virtual Machine

##SETTING UP A MACOS VM

Setting up a MacOs virtual machine requires two major steps Creating the MacOS image Setting up the virtual machine

**CREATING THE MACOS IMAGE

**SETTING UP THE VIRTUAL MACHINE

Open your virtual box

Click New
Enter a name for your MacOS virtual machine.
Select the created Sonoma iso
Ensure you set type as "Mac OS X"
Click "Next"

Memory and CPU Allocation

Click and drag the Base Memory
Click and drag the Processor
Enable EFI

Assign Virtual Hard Disk Size

Click or manually access hard disk size

Configuration Review

Review Configuration
Click "Finish" 

EDIT THE MACOS SETTING

System Settings

Click on "Settings"
Uncheck "Floppy"
Set Chipset as "ICH9"

Display Settings

Assign atleast 128MB of video memory 
Enable 3D acceleration

Network Settings

Click on "Network"
Leave the first Adapter as "NAT"
Set the second as "Bridged"

USB Setting

Click on "USB"
Select USB 3.0 (xHCI) Controller

PATCHING THE VIRTUAL MACHINE Exit Virtual Box before running the process.

Click on windows or press the windows button
type cmd
run as administrator

navigate to virtual machine directory using

cd c/program files/oracle/virtualbox/

NOTE: Navigate to the right directory if you have installed the virtualbox in another location

Install the patch

For Intel Processor run the following commands

VBoxManage.exe modifyvm "VM Name" –-cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bfebfbff
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct “MacBookPro15,1”
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct" "Mac-551B86E5744E2388"
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey" "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc"
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC" 1

For AMD Processor Users

VBoxManage.exe modifyvm "VM Name" --cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bfebfbff
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" "iMac11,3"
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion" "1.0"
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct" "Iloveapple"
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey" "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc"
VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC" 1
VBoxManage modifyvm "VM Name" --cpu-profile "Intel Core i7-6700K"