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- How To Install Mac Os X Mavericks On Virtualbox Windows
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In view of the Software License Agreement (SLA) posted by MariusMatutiae, which documents the fact that Mac OS X is licensed to run only on Apple-branded hardware, and can only be installed on a single computer, I wonder, since the Mavericks version is free, does this mean it can now be installed on any number of computers starting from a single download? But more importantly, and here is what puzzles me: I have a version of VirtualBox on Windows 7 that shows the option to install Mac OS X, even though Apple seems to not allow this. However, I strongly doubt that my version of Oracle Virtual Box is illegal, or Apple would have followed suit. Can someone please clarify THIS issue?
Please see the screenshot below, which shows Mac OS X selected for install inside a Virtual Box running on Windows 7:
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I have a few questions regarding Mac OS X and OS virtualization.
![Install Os X Mavericks On Virtualbox Install Os X Mavericks On Virtualbox](/uploads/1/2/6/0/126024047/567448662.png)
If you want to run OS X inside VirtualBox on Windows, check out our new guide here. After you have them both, install Virtualbox. Open up Virtualbox and click on New at the top left. The 'System Type' of your copy of Windows needs to be 64-bit, because OS X Yosemite is a 64-bit operating system. If you have a 32-bit copy of Windows, you can only install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Virtualbox.
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Given all the legal restrictions imposed by Apple on Apple products,I would like to know whether it is legal to install the new and freelydownloadable Apple Mac OS X Mavericks inside Oracle Virtual Box.
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What about older OS X versions such as Mountain Lion?
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How many machines can I install it on. What if I don't use the Mac towhich the OS is downloaded but only use it on Virtual Box, and preferto, say, install Linux on the Mac computer so that it doesn't becomeunusable due to the single user license policy and me running theOS on Windows 7 within Virtual Box?
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How To Install Mac Os X Mavericks On Virtualbox Windows
I have a PC running Windows 7 but would like to get the OS off a secondhad Mac I'm planning to purchase for this purpose. How must we proceedto copy the OS to an ISO so that I can install it on Windows 7?I am unfamiliar with Macs and do not know what software to usefor the purpose, nor where the OS is downloaded to (as an ISO,.app executable, .gz or .zip file or whatever). If anyone couldprovide some guidance with the process I would sincerely appreciate it.
Thanks.
John Sonderson
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The Snow Leopard SLA states verbatim:
- Permitted License Uses and Restrictions. A. Mac OS X Server Software. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install and use one copy of the Mac OS X Server software (the “Mac OS X Server Software”) on a single Apple-branded computer. You may also install and use other copies of Mac OS X Server Software on the same Apple-branded computer, provided that you acquire an individual and valid license from Apple for each of these other copies of Mac OS X Server Software. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple- branded computer, or to enable others to do so. This License does not allow the Mac OS X Server Software to run on more than one computer at a time, and, except as expressly set forth in Section 2C, you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be run by multiple computers at the same time. Please note that the Apple Software is supported only on Apple-branded systems that meet the specified system requirements as indicated on the outside of the Mac OS X Server packaging. If you transfer software from one Apple-branded computer to another Apple-branded computer, please remember that continued use of the original copy of the software may be prohibited once a copy has been transferred to another computer, unless you already have a licensed copy of such software on both computers. You should check the relevant software license agreements for applicable terms and conditions.
Other SLAs are identical, in this respect. As you see, you can only run it on Apple-branded hardware. That answers all of your questions, I believe.
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I would like to install Mavericks in VirtualBox. I tried different solutions but I can’t get this work. First I downloaded Mavericks from the app store.
Then I converted the
InstallESD.dmg
to an ISO using the Disk Utility and then renaming the file. But when I tried to boot I get this error in VirtualBox:Fatal: No bootable medium found! System halted
And happened the same when I created the ISO with this script
I also created a booteable pen drive with the information here and I mounted it as a virtual disk. But again VirtualBox throws an error when I try to mount the image:
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I think this is answered by Mark at:
I normally would include a summary to external sites (but it's a StackExchange site).
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