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# Push-button installer of macOS on VirtualBox # Push-button installer of macOS on VirtualBox
# (c) myspaghetti, licensed under GPL2.0 or higher # (c) myspaghetti, licensed under GPL2.0 or higher
# url: https://github.com/myspaghetti/macos-virtualbox # url: https://github.com/myspaghetti/macos-virtualbox
# version 0.93.2 # version 0.93.3
# Dependencies: bash coreutils gzip unzip wget xxd dmg2img # Dependencies: bash coreutils gzip unzip wget xxd dmg2img
# Supported versions: # Supported versions:
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The script by default assigns a target virtual disk storage format of VDI. This The script by default assigns a target virtual disk storage format of VDI. This
format can be resized by VirtualBox as explained in the next section. The other format can be resized by VirtualBox as explained in the next section. The other
available format, VMDK, cannot be resized by VirtualBox but can be attached to available format, VMDK, cannot be resized by VirtualBox but can be attached to
a QEMU virtual machine for use with Linux KVM. a QEMU virtual machine for use with Linux KVM for better performance.
${highlight_color}Storage size${default_color} ${highlight_color}Storage size${default_color}
The script by default assigns a target virtual disk storage size of 80GB, which The script by default assigns a target virtual disk storage size of 80GB, which
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this script. Some features may behave unexpectedly, such as USB device support, this script. Some features may behave unexpectedly, such as USB device support,
audio support, FileVault boot password prompt support, and other features. audio support, FileVault boot password prompt support, and other features.
${highlight_color}Performance${default_color} ${highlight_color}Performance and deployment${default_color}
After successfully creating a working macOS virtual machine, consider importing After successfully creating a working macOS virtual machine, consider importing
it into QEMU with KVM so it can use hardware passthrough for near-native the virtual machine into more performant virtualization software, or packaging
performance. To use the same virtual machine disk image on VirtualBox and QEMU, it for configuration management platforms for automated deployment. These
choose the VMDK virtual disk image storage format or convert the VDI file to a virtualization and deployment applications require additonal configuration that
VMDK file with the following command: is beyond the scope of the script.
QEMU with KVM is capable of providing virtual machine hardware passthrough
for near-native performance. QEMU supports VMDK virtual disk image, which can
be configured to be created by the script, or converted from the default
VirtualBox VDI format into the VMDK format with the following command:
${low_contrast_color}VBoxManage clonehd --format vmdk source.vdi target.vmdk${default_color} ${low_contrast_color}VBoxManage clonehd --format vmdk source.vdi target.vmdk${default_color}
QEMU and KVM require additional configuration that is beyond the scope of the QEMU and KVM require additional configuration that is beyond the scope of the
script. script.
${highlight_color}Bootloaders${default_color}
The macOS VirtualBox guest is loaded without extra bootloaders, but it is
compatible with OpenCore. OpenCore requires additonal configuration that is
beyond the scope of the script.
${highlight_color}Display scaling${default_color} ${highlight_color}Display scaling${default_color}
VirtualBox does not supply an EDID for its virtual display, and macOS does not VirtualBox does not supply an EDID for its virtual display, and macOS does not
enable display scaling (high PPI) without an EDID. The bootloader OpenCore can enable display scaling (high PPI) without an EDID. The bootloader OpenCore can