Download mac os x snow leopard iso for virtualbox on mac

#Download mac os x snow leopard iso for virtualbox on mac for mac os#

#Download mac os x snow leopard iso for virtualbox on mac for mac os#

If youвЂ™re having fun with this, check out our other posts on virtual machines, including installing Windows 8 preview in VirtualBox, Internet Explorer test VMs for Mac OS X, and more. Soon, the familiar Mac OS X Snow Leopard installer screen will load to choose region settings and set up the virtual machine like any other new Mac. If you see a lot of white text error messages on a black screen, ignore all of that and let VirtualBox start up.

Close Settings, select your VM and click вЂњStartвЂќ to boot the virtual machine.In Settings, click вЂњStorageвЂќ and then look under вЂњIDE ControllerвЂќ to remove the Snow Leopard installation DVD, ISO or DMG вЂ“ if you donвЂ™t, the VM will reboot into the installer instead of Mac OS X 10.6.After the installation is complete and you are back to the VirtualBox Manager screen, click on the gear icon for вЂњSettingsвЂќ.Let the installer run, it will take a while (30-45 minutes) and just ignore the estimate of the time remaining as it is not accurate вЂ“ if it seems stuck or freezes it doesnвЂ™t, the progress bar just pops in large chunks instead of gradually increasing.Select the name of the hard drive you just formatted and click вЂњInstallвЂќ.Now exit Disk Utility to return to the general Mac OS X installer.Choose вЂњMac OS X Extended (Journaled)вЂќ and name the hard drive, then click вЂњEraseвЂќ.Select the name of the virtual hard drive from the menu on the left side of Disk Utility (15GB VBOX HARDDRIVE or similar) and then click the вЂњEraseвЂќ tab.Open the вЂњUtilitiesвЂќ menu and select вЂњDisk UtilityвЂќ вЂ“ this next step is important as without it the virtual drive will not appear in the installation menu.Now boot the newly created VM by clicking вЂњStartвЂќ and let the Snow Leopard installer load, click through to the вЂњInstall Mac OS XвЂќ screen.