How To Run Mac On A Windows Pc

Many people have long time awaited to run the Mac OS working on windows PC, particularly on Intel and AMD models architectures. But their desires stay unfulfilled. Even though running Mac OS. Run Mac on Windows If you're interested in running Mac OS X, but unfortunately you don't have right budget for your hackintosh or if OS X is not supported on.

Mac OS is the name that comes right after Microsoft while talking about operating system for computers. Basically both of them are designed to perform similar kind of tasks but still they are different from each other. The file formats supported by Mac are not accessible through windows. This is the reason why some techniques are developed to run macOS on windows 10 in a virtual machine by programmers. Yes it is possible with the help of some third party software that you need to install before installing Mac OS. This operating system is specifically designed for apple company computer systems and do not support any other machine.

By providing an emulated environment to the Mac OS in windows, you can easily install and run every application that is supported by Mac. All you need is a computer system that must have following capabilities:-

  • 64 bit windows
  • Duel core processor or above
  • 4 GB RAM or above

If your computer system is fulfilling all these requirements, then it is very easy to run Mac and windows in a single machine. It really seems amazing but you need to download software applications and follow the instructions to make it work. To run macOS on windows 10 in a virtual machine, here is the whole procedure:-

How to Run macOS on Windows 10 in a Virtual Machine:

Requirements:

Before installing the Mac operating system in your windows based PC, first of all you need to download a third party app that can manage all of its files. One of the best applications to perform this task is virtual box. You can easily download virtual box by clicking on this direct link without searching anywhere else. Another thing that you will need is a hacked disk image file of mountain lion. Also you will need HackBoot 1 and HackBoot 2 ISO files that are easily available on internet and occupy little bit of space.

Create a virtual machine with virtual box

First thing that you need to do is installing virtual box and customize the settings to Run macOS on Windows 10 in a Virtual Machine. Follow these steps to initiate the process:-

  • After the installation of virtual box in windows, start it and and click on new button to create a new virtual machine. Give it the name of Mac OS and set operating system as:-

“Mac OS X server” that must be 64bit.

  • After assigning the name and version, click on next button and specify the RAM that you want to give for this new virtual machine. Minimum 4GB RAM is required so that you can divide it in equal proportion for windows and Mac.
  • Click on the next button to create new disk in VDI format. After creating it successfully, main screen of virtual box will appear.
  • Now right click on the left side bar at OS X machine and select the settings. In the setting section, go to system option and uncheck the “Enable EFI”.
  • Below the system option, you will find storage option, click on it. Under the storage type, click on CD icon that will be empty. You will find CD/DVD drive under attributes, click on its drop down menu and “Choose a Virtual CD/DVD Disk File” Finally select the HackBoot 1 ISO and click OK. By doing this, your computer will be ready to boot.

Installation of OS X in Virtual Box

Now mount the mountain lion ISO file in the virtual drive that for installation purpose. After mounting the operating system file, follow this process:-

  • Start the virtual box application, select OS X machine in left side bar of virtual box and click on start button in tool bar.
  • By performing this, you will be directed to the hackboot screen.
  • Click on the CD icon appearing in the interface of virtual box and select “Choose a Virtual CD/DVD Disk File” From here, select hacked mountain lion ISO file from the main storage.
  • After selecting it, go to the hackboot screen and press F5 button of your keyboard that will reload the boot menu and show you:-

“OS X Install DVD”

  • Select it, press enter key and you will be directed to the installation screen of OS X within a moment.
  • Here choose the language, and accept the terms and conditions to proceed but a problem will occur that new operating system will not detect the valid hard drive for installation. To solve this problem, go to the utilities option and open disk utilities.
  • Now click on the hard drive of virtual box in the left side and click on erase tab option. Give “Macintosh HD” name to the drive and click on erase button.
  • It will format the drive that will appear in left sidebar. After the completion of process, exit the disk utility and continue the installation of operating system in normal way. Wait for about 20-30 minutes for ending the procedure.
  • After finishing thee setup, a white screen will appear with white text; here you will click on X at the upper right corner of window to exit the virtual machine.

Fix the audio and visual issues

Audio fixing

It is very important to fix the audio related issue and you can do it by using a third party software. To Run macOS on Windows 10 in a Virtual Machine with good audio quality, follow these steps:-

  • Start the virtual box and right click on OS X in the left side bar. Go to the settings option and open the storage section.
  • Again click on the disk icon but this tome choose HackBoot 2 ISO file that you had downloaded.
  • Now click on start button to reboot again and again the hackboot menu will appear with option to boot in new virtual machine, just press enter.
  • Within a moment, the desktop of OS X will appear, here open the safari browser and visit “tonymacx86.com”. From here, download multi beast from what you will need section.
  • Now open the system preference and proceed to security option.
  • In the bottom left corner, click on the lock icon, enter password here, and set the preference of “allow applications” to “anywhere”. By doing this, you will be able to run all the applications from un-trusted developers.
  • Now launch the multi beat application that you have downloaded recently.
  • An installation type selection list will appear from where you will need to select the options that are shown in below image.
  • After selection all of the options, click on continue to finish the installation.
How

Fixing graphics

You will see the interface will appear in very low resolution that needs to be improved for better experience. Here is the process of fixing the graphics to perfectly Run macOS on Windows 10 in a Virtual Machine:-

  • Follow this chain: – Go > Go to folder > /Extra/.
  • Double click on “org.Chameleon.boot.plist” file and add it to the bottom right before Graphics mode 1920 X 1080 X 32 Saver it and exit the text editor. Now the OS X will start with high resolution when you will open it again.

It’s 2018, and numerous of the operating system, available on the internet. No doubt in this, Windows is the most widely used operating system. But it doesn’t mean that other Operating Systems are not Good. If you are planning to switch from Windows to Mac, then maybe you are looking for a way, to try Mac OS. Or maybe you want to use some mac software, which isn’t available for Windows. Whatever your reason is, at the end, you want to run Mac on Windows.

The first time, when I thought to install MacOS on Windows, First thing that came to my mind was – Is it possible?. Officially Apple doesn’t provide any ISO file of Mac OS, But you can get it from some third-party sites. There are two ways to install and run MacOS on Windows PC.

IMPORTANT – Before you try any method, the first thing you should know that – Apple’s license for macOS, not allows it to be installed on the non-apple hardware.

First Method – Build a Hackintosh.

What is Hackintosh?.

A Hackintosh is a non-apple hardware, that act like Apple hardware and made to run macOS. It could be manufacture made, or can be built computer personally.

After setting up hardware, the next thing is – Create a bootable drive to install Mac OS.

Note: But you can create bootable drive only using MacOS, with the help of UniBeast. That’s why I don’t prefer this method to run Mac OS on PC.

Second Method – Create MacOS X virtual machine.

This is the best method to run Mac on Windows, you don’t need a Mac or MacOS hardware. And, the best part about creating the virtual machine is, you don’t need to remove your current OS and no external drive required.

What things you”ll need, to run MacOS on Windows PC.

– PC with 64-bit windows, dual-core processor (Intel/AMD) and minimum 4GB of RAM. (VT-x support required)
– Virtualization Software – You can use VirtualBox or VMware Workstation. (check out my article on – VMware vs VirtualBox)
– MacOS X ISO File. (Check the link in the comment section.)

Contents

  • 1 Run mac on windows.
    • 1.1 Run virtual mac on windows – VirtualBox.

Run mac on windows.

This method will work with all Mac OS ISO file, And in this article, I am using Mac OS Sierra 10.12.

Run virtual mac on windows – VirtualBox.

Step: 1 Download and Install VirtualBox software on your Windows Computer. Now open it, and then click on the new button to create a new virtual machine.

Step: 2 Virtual machine installation setup will ask you to enter machine name, OS type, and version.

You can enter anything in name, but in OS type and version choose this –

Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64 bit)

Note: Always choose the lower version of available ISO file. And if you have 32-bit OS ISO then choose 32-bit version. Here I have Mac OS X Sierra 10.12 version, that’s why I am selecting 10.11 version to run OS smoothly.

Step: 3 In next windows, the virtual software will ask you to select RAM for the virtual machine.

The minimum RAM required to run Mac on Windows is, 4GB. But if your computer has total 4GB RAM then you can allocate 2GB (2048 MB) to the virtual machine.

Step: 4 After selecting the RAM, now time to create a virtual hard disk. Select “Create a virtual hard disk now” option and then click on Create button.

– Choose VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) and click on next.
– Choose Dynamically allocated and click on next.

Now, setup will ask you to allocate hard disk size, You can select between 50 to 100 GB, then click on next.

Step: 5 Right-click on created Mac OS virtual machine, and then select settings option.

– First, Click on system and unmark floppy option.
– Then click on the processor and choose 2 CPU. (Dual core required to run Mac OS)
– After selecting 2 CPU, Go to display settings section and select 128 MB video memory.

Step: 6 Add ISO File – Click on storage devices then you can see the empty option, right click on it and then choose “remove attachment” option.

– Click on “+” icon to add new storage controller and then select Add SATA Controller to add.
– Then choose the third option to add new storage and then choose “Add Optical Drive”.
– Now use “Choose Disk” option to select Mac OS ISO file that you have downloaded, Click on OK.

If you have download MacOS files from my link then you”ll get VirtualBox VM settings text file. To run Mac OS without any error you need to apply settings mentioned in that text file.

How To Run Mac On A Windows Pc Mac

Apply VirtualBox Settings.