Before firing the virtual machine up, you need to make a few tweaks to the settings. Edit the macOS Monterey Virtual Machine Settingsĭon't try and start your macOS Monterey virtual machine yet. macOS Monterey requires at least 35GB of storage.Ģ. On the next screen, select Virtual Hard Disk, then set the disk size to a minimum of 50GB, but ideally more if you can spare the space.
Now, select Create a hard disk now and select Create. Remember, you cannot assign more RAM than your system has available, and you need to leave some memory available for the host operating system. I would suggest a minimum of 4GB, but the more you can give from the host system, the better your experience. Next, set the amount of RAM the macOS virtual machine can use. You'll need to input this name in a series of commands, and it is frustrating to type a complicated name multiple times! 
Regarding the virtual machine name, make it something memorable yet easy to type. VirtualBox will detect the OS as you type and will default to Mac OS X. Your mileage is highly likely to vary, and unfortunately, although this is a working version of macOS on Windows, not all of the features you're installing macOS for will work. I found it much easier to log in to my iCloud account on the VMware Player virtual machine compared to the VirtualBox virtual machine. One more thing to note before you get stuck into the macOS virtual machine tutorials. The code snippets that an AMD system requires to boot a macOS Monterey using VMware on AMD hardware differs from the Intel code, but you can find the tutorial and the code snippet in the sections below. 
This tutorial will focus on installing macOS Monterey in a virtual machine running on Intel and AMD hardware, using either VirtualBox or VMware Player. Monterey is the latest stable macOS version at the time of writing, although macOS Ventura is just around the corner, You can find the download links for macOS Monterey in the next section.įREE CHEAT SHEET: The Ultimate List of Helpful Windows Alt Codes Download the latest version of VMware Player.Download the latest version of VirtualBox.
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