Creating an OSX Virtual Machine

For creating a test OSX environment, it is possible to run it within a virtual machine.

 

On physical mac
 Download OS Mavericks from the App Store
 Insert a USB Drive of atleast 8GB

Use Disk Utility
 Choose USB Drive
 Choose Partition. (Partition Layout: 1 partition)
 Under options choose master Boot Record
 Choose Format (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
 Click Apply
Use UniBeast
 Download UniBeast: http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=202
 Run Unibeast
 Choose USB Drive
 Select Mavericks 10.9
 Continue
 This takes a while (Not less than a minute :))
On Windows Host:
To Temporarily disable HyperV as your primary Hyper Visor:
Open Command Prompt:
 bcdedit /copy {current} /d “Disable Hyper-V”
 bcdedit /set {GUID Provided from previous command} hypervisorlaunchtype off
For Windows 8
 Win Key – C
 Settings
 Power
 Hold Shift and Restart
 Wait for Boot Screen
 Choose Other Operating System
 Disable Hyper-V (Remember to do this every time you want to use Virtual Box or
VMWare instead of HyperV)
Install Virtual Box or VM Ware
For VMWare:
 Install VMWare Workstation 10 (the free VMWare Player will work aswell to
playback VMs)
 Install Hackintosh Template for
OSX: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/20-vmware-unlocker-for-os-x/
 Create a Virtual Machine with Workstation 10 Compatibility hardware
 Install Operation System Later
 Choose OSX 10.9
 Add desired Hardware with at least 40 gig disk space allocated to the Virtual Hard
Disk.
 Run NAT preferably
 Insert USB Boot Drive Created on Mac into PC
 Boot Virtual Machine
 Under VM\Removable Disks Connect the USB Drive (this will remove it from
visibility to Windows Host)
 Reset the VM
 OSX should install
On New OSX VM:
 Install Xcode from App Store
 Install Xamarin Business Edition (iOS)
 Follow Xamarin iOS instructions for Build Agent
Setup: http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/ios/getting_started/introduction_to_xama
rin_ios_for_visual_studio/

 

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I am a Xamarin Most Valueable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Developer Technologies MVP, Microsoft Internet of Things MVP, Microsoft Azure MVP, Architect, Software Developer, Organizer and Sponsor of the CPTMSDUG, JHBMSDUG and DBNMSDUG User Groups and father of 2.

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