Virtualbox On Macbook Air

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Virtualbox Macbook Air 2020

Here is what works and what doesn't work with different OSX guests on different VBox versions.
Setup
Basic template for 'Mac OS X $version (64 bit)', should be sufficient for a start. For unsupported guests you could use the generic 64-bit option, or for 10.10 (until it is supported) the 10.9 (64-bit) template. After that you can make modifications till things don't break. See Modifications later.
Booting
(10.x# stands for CPUs > 1)
VirtualBox 5.x - Supported guests
VirtualBox 5.x - Unsupported guests
VirtualBox 4.x - Supported guests
VirtualBox 4.x - Unsupported guests
When Slow is mentioned, it means that in my system there is a lot of lagging, even moving the mouse or typing at the Terminal. This is only during the Installation phase. Deleting or renaming '/System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext' later, usually fixes a lot of issues.
Known issues

• 4.3.8 works only if you issue the command (see ticket #12736):
  
• 10.4, 10.5 are not officially supported.
• The number one trouble maker is the '/System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext' extension. You should delete or rename it. Many guests have all sorts of weird issues (high CPU, Kernel Panics, etc.) or don't boot at all. Updates to the 'latest and greatest' OSX may overwrite this. Doing so will allow you to increase the number of CPUs in some of the guests.
• You'd better disable audio in the VM settings. If it is detected, it is prone to kernel panics on the guest (10.6) and performance issues.
• ClamAV is known to cause high CPU usage. A workaround:
  
• For 10.5, in order to update to 10.5.8:
  
  • Create a clone of 10.5 basic install (let's call them original and mirror).
  • Mount the HD of the original as a secondary HD on your mirror.
  • Run the 10.5.8 update on your mirror, but install it on your original.
  • Delete or rename '/System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext' from the original HD.

Host(s) info

• Mac model: MacBookPro 8,3 - 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7.
• Cores: 4 physical, 8 virtual.
• RAM: 16 GB.
• Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M, 1 GB VRAM.

• Mac model: iMac 11,3 - 2.93 GHz Intel Core i7.
• Cores: 4 physical, 8 virtual.
• RAM: 16 GB.
• Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB VRAM.

Modifications
My typical modifications are as follows (all of them are optional):

• Decrease memory in 10.5, 10.6 to 1024 MB. Doesn't need more than that.
• Remove Floppy. Change the boot order to CDROM, HD.
• Increase CPUs to 2, if you can (see Booting section earlier).
• Increase VRAM to 128 MB, enable 3D acceleration.
• Network, add 4 adapters (HostOnly, Internal, Bridged, NAT).
• Enable Bidirectional Shared_Clipboard and Drag'n'Drop.
• Change the resolution to 1280x1024 (see the manual, Ch. 3.12.1 for more options):
  
• Give your guest a valid serial number (copy it from 'About this Mac' dialog box):
  

Updates
This post will be updated as more information becomes available. Please do submit your experiences. Personally, I will try with the latest 4.2.x and 4.1.x VirtualBox series.

1. 2014.05.21: rpmurray: OS X 10.4 (Intel) works as a guest up through VB 4.3.6.
2. 2014.05.21: Added information about 4.1.32, 4.2.24, 4.3.0, 4.3.2, consolidated table, added rpmurray's host configuration.
3. 2014.10.20: Added information about 4.3.16, 4.3.18. Broke the table into Supported and Unsupported guests. Added information about OSX 10.10 (Yosemite).
4. 2016.04.06: Finally, added information about 5.0.16. Will try to update previous 5.x versions. Supported guests was getting too wide, so it broke in two.

Background: I tried to make a fresh installation of a 10.5 guest on a 10.6.8 host with VB 4.3.12. It failed. I went back several VB versions to see what works and what doesn't. This post is the result of this exercise.

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Component:	VMM	Version:	VirtualBox 4.3.14
Keywords:	Cc:
Guest type:	other	Host type:	other

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