Monterey Install VirtualBox 7.0.19r163547

[wsm]

After setting CPUs to 3 and disabling sound, I was able to get Monterey to install on VirtualBox 7.0.19. Chose VBoxVGA. 128MB.

I installed the Guest Additions 7.0.19. Monterey complained, I went to the Preferences to Allow Anyway, but the mouse would not work for unlocking the padlock.
I rebooted. No option for allowing in Security and privacy. Video is stuck at a small number. Changed to SVGA. 128MB. Same problem.

I uninstalled Additions using script file from terminal, rebooted, reinstalled. Showed an install error. "The Installation Failed."
I changed back to VGA, reinstalled, same error. Memory for display stuck at 3MB according to "about this mac". 1024x768.

install log last 100 lines attached.

Display is jerky, but usable to a great extent. network works.

One Note: Mac support has been Deprecated in VMWare. Looks like Virtualbox and Parallels are the only current contenders for the mac crowd. If you have VMWare Fusion, and if it updated to 13.5.2, then the VMWare Tools that are provided appear to be for M1/2/3. So, Search for download VMWare Tools 13, and download them for x86 from a user that has them available. The VMWare Section from Broadcom has been eviscerated. They nuked both of my logins.

[multiOS]

See the VirtualBox User Manual 7.0.20 Section 15.2, especially the macOS Guests Section on Pages 422/423

– Oracle VM VirtualBox does not provide Guest Additions for Mac OS X at this time.

– The graphics resolution currently defaults to 1024x768 as Mac OS X falls back to the built-in EFI display support. See chapter 4.14.1, Video Modes in EFI, page 86 for more information on how to change EFI video modes.

[wsm]

Thanks!

I found the user manual is available at https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... Manual.pdf

The command to change the EFI display setting (for UXGA 1600x1200) for a macOS machine named Monterey is:

VBoxManage setextradata "Monterey" VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution 1600x1200

There is a .pkg file for Guest additions for Macintosh in the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso. After your comment, I found the forum post discussing that it will work for a subset of Mac installers. My mistake.

Note that mouse for a Monterey VM is laggy, but the machine works.

The T2 security protocols will make it more difficult in the future for installs. The .kext support is disappearing.

In addition, Apple is moving to only support their ARM chips. I *suspect* that Intel support will disappear in 5 years or less.

Thanks again!