Install macOS Catalina in VirtualBox (2021) | macOS Catalina with Download Links 

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This was a super helpful walk-through! I suggest if you are following along to take time to make sure you're following each step exactly if you don't know what you're doing.

Subscribed. As someone going for Net+ and is just getting back into IT this was an awesome tutorial, thank you for providing web resources on your site rather than having to hunt down an ISO or DMG (let alone some strange torrent haha). I pay homage to the extra effort.

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Literally the only guide that I understood and could follow! Here's a sub coming your way.

THANKS MAN! It really worked! I've got an error once the system finished installing, but then I've just reopened virtual box and it went just fine!

I managed to install on a Linux host, pretty much the same steps but with a few tweaks on the commands, the only issue I faced is that the mouse and keyboard became unresponsive when I enabled USB 3.0 but it worked fine if I switched to 2.0. Thank you very much for this tutorial.

When I start the machine for the first time it just runs the code again and again, just the code is running and nothing else is showing up

Man your a legend. Had a bit of trouble getting the installer to pick up the hard-drive. But clicked finder then disk utility and erased the created vdi. and selected install and it worked

Hey, sorry to bother, can you provide me a direct link to the Catalina ISO? I can't complete the email verification on your forum website as it never sent me a verification email. It would be greatly appreciated!

WORKS! wonderful job! I cant believe it took all that to get going. thanks so much

FORUM DOESN`T WORK !!!!!!!! AFTER REGISTRATION IT DOESNT SEND THE ACTIVATION LINK and even doesnt work with google account registration~~!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, when I try to start VM, I get error "Failed to query SMC value from the host (VERR_Invalid_Handle). Result Code: E_Fail (0x80004005). Component: ConsoleWrap, Interface Iconsole." My processor is: Intel Core i7-10850h cpu @2.70GHz, 6cores Any idea?

Doesn't work for me. Every time I get to the part in 7:56 , I can see the wall of text scrolling up and then... it just crashes and keeps reseting. It never gets to the part where it starts asking the language or anything else.

signed up on the website and it keeps saying my email is awaiting verification, but no verification email is showing up, I've literally signed up with two different emails and same .

Hello and thanks for this video; the link to "VirtualBox Boot Image File" throws a 404 error; does someone have an alternative link?

now this is a proper guide... thanks man

When I boot up Catalina its stuck on the first wave of text and never fully loads. Idk whats happening :(

So fair warning. This is an accurate tutorial but its also broken. As in the link the boot image needs a sign in and when you try to register the form works but doesn't send you the email required to register. Thankfully I'm not really taking my attempt to virtualize Mac OS seriously I'm just seeing how the process has changed over the years. Its doable but the amount of teeth pulling involved and how limited it is when it does work, you'd be better off buying a Mac if you have the money.

thanks so much! tried following some other guides and no luck, yours definitely touched on some steps that were missed. here's a sub!

Hey, I haven't received an account verification email what do I do?

Trying to get the boot image file. I am having issues with the forum registration :(

Thank you so much, your trick actually worked. I was looking for a way to change the display Resolution.

Hey, I know this is an old tutorial, but do we need both the vmdk and the iso files? It's seeming like we need both, but I just want to be sure. Another question, will this work on AMD CPUs?

Thanks! took alot of bug fixing but the forum page really helped!

HELP, when i start the VM it has a black screen and that's it, how do i fix it

when i enter the seccond set of commands it gives me an error

lets me erase with disk utility but wont let me install OS

Where do I get the virtualbox boot image file from I can’t find it go to 5:49 why didn’t you show it in the video???

Yo thanks so much for this tutorial! First tutorial that actually worked for me, I'll defo sub

Thanks a lot! works and runs smooth :) Great tutorial Subscribed.

If you have an AMD chipset and have issues getting the VM to boot try adding this command to the command file. Worked for me. VBoxManage modifyvm "ios code" --cpu-profile "Intel Core i7-6700K"

Thank immensely, you're such a great resource. I have subscribed. I read your articles on this and used VirtualBox disk image, macOS catalina iso, and VirtualBox 7. My cursor was hanging at completion - to reolve it, I changed the display to VBoxVGA. Again, during installation of macOS, I set the HDD as the primary boot device so I did not have to shut down and remove the installation media. One other thing was that I could not interupt boot process by hitting ESC key. However, the installation was successful, or at least to the best of my knowledge. I WISH YOU COULD EXPLAIN THE COMMAND LINE SCRIPTS PLEASE.

The guide I’ve been finding all my life 🙆🏻‍♂️. You got a sub bruh 👌🏻

Great tutorial, but it didn't work for me. The text started scrolling when I ran the virtual machine but it just stops and never makes it to the select language screen. Any tips?

Yeah, the text rolls very fast but each process takes some very long time it took me about 35 minutes to install on a 6GB RAM with 500GB SSD

I downloaded the VirtualBox Boot Image file for Mac OS X Catalina. However, it asks for a password when I tried to extract the file so that I can use it to install Catalina on my PC. Is there any way to obtain that file since it is password protected?

everytime i try this, my screen freeze for like two hours and that's it. whatshould i do? should i wait longer?

I did all the steps properly, downloaded all the files, made it half of my system ram, made it have 80gb storage, etc. But every time it loads the test, it'll just restart saying "This system was automatically rebooted after panic"

Thanks for the team for the great tutorial ! I find many other and didn't work ... Your's work's fine !!

Me and several other people have had the problem of not being able to download the ISO file because your website never sent a confirmation email so we were never able to log into your website, can you help with that at all?

You dont need to set resolutions just click devoces insert guest additions and select darwin and it should work of how your window mode is

yeah but too laggy and makes your Mac book Catalina slow

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finally its working. turns out everything is importent.

i only got 2 problems 1. it's lagging, but i think it's just of my pc spec 2. There is no audio coming out and coming in but, so far i'm pretty happy cuz i got to try mac os. thank you

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if you're getting "Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Catalina. Configuration error: Querying "UUID" failed (VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND). Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ConsoleWrap Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}" as an error, make sure settings/system/Enable EFI (special OSes only) is checked

never got email for comformation when creating an account for the forum

guys , for amd users , you need to add this command : ( VBoxManage modifyvm "catalina" --cpu-profile "Intel Core i7-6700K" ) , pin this comment or like so more ppl could benifit

I am getting error " [EB|#LOG:EXITBS:START] ERROR" when starting the machine, please tell me what can i do.

If your vm is SLOW then switch to USB 2.0

Could you make a video of how to install macos ventura on virtualBox on Windows 11. I tried it and ended up in a boot loop - "the system was automatically rebooted after panic mode". All resources I found out offered a suggestion that never worked. Please give it a go if possible. Thanks once more for your nice solutions.

I have tried to sign up for your forum but the activation email never arrived.

hey, the file is damaged, I have download it three times. All says that it has been damaged. Are you able to set a new direct link ?

What should I do if my mouse lags a lot? There's a huge delay from when I move my mouse to when the pointer actually moves.

Hi, I have an issue an hoped that you could help me: I've just set up the vm etc. and started it for the first time. Now on the last line of the virtual box it freezes: "[EB|#LOG:EXITBS:START] 2021-10-16T14:08:09"

Your email verification doesnt work

whats the password?

Aye man. Great video, im installing it rn :D

I'm stuck at the text coming up on the virtual machine. It doesnt go anywhere

What about GPU passthrough for GFX acceleration?.

The file is RAR which means it doesnt load on Virtual box

Thank you for your magnificent guide it really helps, what can i do to increase the speed of the machine it is really slow and am using 8 gb ram and 6 cpu's for the machine

Great work, You have my sub

how much time it is taking approx from when you start the VM till the Mac logo appears, cuz for me it took 4 hours, and the text still rolling up.

it helped me to install it on my windows xp

Works great just for some reason I get screen tearing when moving applications around which really sucks and it feels slow even though I have 6 cores 9gb ram and 80gb of storage allocated to it

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I am very grateful for your help. How about Facetime services? Is it also work?

Where do I get the virtualbox boot image file from. Everything else was great u until that point

what if there is only the option for "USB 1"? and where is 2 & 3?

Hey Thanks for this very good video. I surely could follow you every step. But i have one problem. When i try to register on youre website i cant recive an email when i try to register on it. Could you help me with that ?

When iam selecting my mac os Catalina file in storage settings, it giving me error of "failed to open the disk image" What can i do now?

I've been having some problems with the setup in the VirtualBox Mac OS Ventura, it keeps giving me less than a minute remaining.

I can't download the bootfile image I managed to download a rar file but its encrypted please can you help?

Just have the question, will setup work for virtual box on ubuntu 20.04 ?

It worked until the reboot after you re install the file you deleted and stops on the reboot it’s been stuck for 3 hours what do I do?

You did not show USB working.

the initial download is 8GB on the forum, correct me if I'm wrong but you said it was 6GB, I hope I'm downloading the correct thing?

it is very slow sometime it bugged I have a good PC 16 GB RAM and i7 11800H gen intel and 6 GB video graphic Nvidia

it either doesnt work or im stupid and did somthing wrong

So when I click continue on install macOS nothing happens...

Mine won't proceed after clicking continue in the MacOS Utilities. How do I fix this?

best tutorial easy to follow

i need some help ! when i start the macOS VM its stuck at EXIBSTART for like 20+ minutes i think because i downloaded files to a hdd it is normal ?

ive been stuck on about 15 minutes remaining on the install for 25 minutes idk what to do

thanks bro, it's helpful.

Well its working but my keyboard & mouse not working properly please help to resolve this issue thanks

Can't gain access to the files because your site wont validate my email address - that sucks.

when the texts appear on screen it keeps on going and there is a message for "rebooted automatically for panic " or something along that line. Someone else in comment had the same issue. any idea anyone?

hi, your tutorial worked! But i figured out that if you select PIIX3 your mic stopped working. But when i selected ICH9 my mic started working.

Do you know if I can use guest additions with this?

I got all the steps down up until the text is being generated when starting up the VM. last text is: (EB | #LOG:EXITBS:START] (SYSTEMDATE)T06(SYSTEMTIME) - I have already restarted Oracle. Does anyone know of a solution to this?

never recieved registration email

can you help me? when i run my catalina all the lines fly by but then they just stop?

Perfectly tailored - -- Thank you --- Got My Catalina Suit Stitched

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Subscribed. How to create apple ID with this ISO ? "too many new apple IDs have been created using this mac".. and USB key not detected whatever extension pack installed et configured. thank you !

Thank you, It works