VBoxMacSetup v1.2

maintained by: hkdb <hkdb@3df.io>

Bash script to quickly prepare your MacOS High Sierra Virtual HD with full screen resolution.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

This script automates the following commands:

VBoxManage modifyvm "MacOS" --cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bfebfbff

VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" "iMac11,3"

VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion" "1.0"

VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct" "Iloveapple"

VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS" "VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey" "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc"

VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS" "VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC" 1

VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS" "VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution" "1920x1080"

It also executes the following if the host is not on an Intel CPU:

VBoxManage modifyvm "${VM}" --cpu-profile "Intel Core i7-6700K"

RELEASE

v1.2 - Added support for non-Intel hosts based on @jld3103

v1.1 - Merged PR Fix, Added Version Tracking, and Fixed README

v1.0 - Initial Release

DEVELOPMENT AND PULL REQUESTS

As of v1.1, I created a develop branch for development or pull requests if it's still needed. Though, I think this is a simple enough script that probably won't require any further development?

DEPENDENCIES

Bash
Virtualbox 5.x and 6.x
MacOS High Sierra Final

TESTED ON

Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 18.10, 19.04

INSTALLATION

Nothing needs to be installed. It's just a script that runs commands for you.

USAGE

setup.sh takes 2 arguments which is what you named your VM led by a -v flag and the desired resolution for your VM led by -r. For example, I named mine "MacOS" and my full screen resolution is 1920x1080. Therefore, this is how I run the script:

./setup.sh -v "MacOS" -r 1920x1080

OVERALL PROCEDURE

Download the image file from this Techsviewer post: https://techsviewer.com/install-macos-high-sierra-virtualbox-windows/
Install VirtualBox (ie. sudo apt install virtualbox, etc)
Launch Virtualbox
Create Virtual Machine w/ existing vmdk (ie. with what you downloaded in step 1)
Name your VM without spaces. I read somewhere that spaces could potentially cause issues. mine is named "MacOS"
Configure at least 2 cores, 4GB of RAM, and 128MB of graphics with 3D acceleration on.
Close VirtualBox
In terminal, run setup.sh -v <whatever you named your vm> -r <desired resolution>
Launch VirtualBox again
Play MacOS VM
Voila!

mcallisto/VBoxMacSetup