Mac OS X guest

Discussions about using Mac OS X guests (on Apple hardware) in VirtualBox.
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Post by Technologov »

No easy way exists for the mortal human. Hacker can do it.
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Post by Googie »

Technologov, so do you know if it works faster than on VMWare(*), since there was some single successful installations - as you mentioned above?

* this is the only one that I managed to run OSX on it so far
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>Technologov, so do you know if it works faster than on VMWare

Yes, a lot faster. VMware has really slow performance of Mac OS X guest. On VirtualBox the performance of Mac OS X guest is excellent, almost like Windows XP guest. (certainly faster than Vista).

The problem lies on other dimension, however, stability: I was unable to make the experience stable. And, no guest additions, which means no mouse pointer integration made the work very inconvenient.
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Post by kapouer »

Technologov, would you mind pointing us to the right direction ?
I currently have a bootable, working osx installation on my pc... In virtualbox i'm stuck at the double fault described earlier in this thread.
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Post by Technologov »

Read from start, from page 1 on this forum.
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Post by aomegax »

Hi
I have got tiger-x86.tar.gz. I extract it and mount vmdk on VitualBox.
When I open the system it starts showing the grey screen with the apple and anything else.
Why? What can I do?

I want to install it for didactic purpose and so I don't intestested in licence...
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Post by Technologov »

Read forum from beginning
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Post by aomegax »

ok :D

how can I install Mac Guest Additions? where do I find it?

thanks
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>how can I install Mac Guest Additions? where do I find it?

You cannot.
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why deadmoo's works ?

Post by kapouer »

Answering that question would be nice.
Currently i'm stuck with multiple faults in handleDisplayResize...
If deadmoo's image doesn't trigger that bug, would it come from a different kext ? Which one ?
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Post by stefan.becker »

There are no GA to find, because there are no GAs?! Clear?

Yo have to write them yourself.
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How is the official state of VBox crew related to question:
Is VirtualBox goind to support Darwin platform (or MacOSX itself) in any future?
Is it one of:
  • It's not going to happen ever!
  • It's not going to happen any time soon. Maybe it will happen when licence for MacOSX is changed.
  • It's not going to happen any time soon, becouse it's pretty hard to do.
  • It's not going to happen any time soon, becouse there is small requirement for this feature.
  • It's not going to happen any time soon, becouse ....put_your_reason_here....
  • It will be supported, but we don't know when yet.
  • It will be supported as soon, as ...put_reason_here....
  • It will be supported soon, we're working on it.
  • We have it already in development snapshots!
Which one would it be?
(I understeand that last one is just in my dream ;) )

I know there are licencing problems, but I really would like to know what does the VBox team think about it.
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Post by gazzanova »

even though i prefer virtualbox ... your best bet is to go to the competition and install vmware

nice simple install, just change the hdd to scsi and install a compatible OSX86 iso eg iatkos or leo4all or iDeneb

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Post by Googie »

OSX on VMWare is incredibly slow! It just sucks!
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Post by TerryE »

Googie wrote:I know there are licencing problems, but I really would like to know what does the VBox team think about it.
The Apple EULA is explicit in prohibiting use of MacOS in a VM. Sun are not going to put any effort in publicly frustrating an agreement between Apple and its customers, aren't they? It would be a legal minefield for no benefit to Sun.
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