How to Install Windows on a Mac. One of the key benefits of running a Mac is that you can enjoy having mac. OS and Windows on the same computer - read our Sierra vs Windows 1. In this article we show how to install and run Windows 1. Windows 8, for that matter) on a Mac.

This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. Previously, we showed you how to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard using VMware in Windows 7. Since VMware license costs a lot, the good news is that you can now. This post explains How to iBoot loader with VirtualBox to Install Snow Leopard and upgrade to latest version 10.6.4.iBoot is another good boot loader to install Mac. Last time when I wrote the How to Install Snow Leopard on VMWare guide, I had users who were seeking Virtualbox version, and I had it promised.

We'll cover the two main methods, Boot Camp and virtualisation (for which we focus on VMware, although the process is essentially the same for other products such as Parallels), and explain the differences and pros and cons of each one. Ever since Apple's transition to Intel processors in 2. Apple Mac has been the only device on which you can run mac. OS and Windows, and their supporting applications. You can run Windows on any Mac bought since 2. Here's how to run Windows apps on your Mac without Windows!

Which Macs can run Windows 1. Any recent Mac should be able to run Windows 1. In fact, most Macs since late 2. Windows 1. 0. There's a complete list here.

How to download Windows 1. Before we look at ways to run Windows on a Mac, we'd better cover the important process of obtaining a Windows licence key and installation media.

Bear in mind that it's easy to download Windows 1. PC thanks to the Get Windows 1.

Mac it's a bit trickier. First, back up your Mac. Download the Windows 1.

Disc Image here. You'll have a few questions to answer. Choose 6. 4- bit download. The link will be valid for 2. The installation file (iso) will download into your Downloads folder. This part could take a few minutes.

If you will be installing the operating system for the first time, you will need a Windows product key ( in the format xxxxx- xxxxx- xxxxx- xxxxx- xxxxx). For more information about product keys and when they are required, visit Microsoft's FAQ page. A copy of Windows 1. The simplest way is to boot into Windows at startup and use your Mac as a Windows PC throughout your computing session. This is easy to do because the required feature - Boot Camp - is built into Mac OS X/mac. OS. It also offers the best performance because your Mac's hardware is dedicated only to running the Windows OS.

The other option is to use virtualisation software. This is marginally more complicated to do and requires a third- party application such as Parallels Desktop for Mac or VMware Fusion. It means you can switch rapidly from Mac to Windows, but it does mean that your Mac's processor, memory and so on are having to run two OSes simultaneously. It can make for slower performance. We're going to plump for the second option first, and look at using VMware Fusion to run Windows on a Mac. Virtualisation software - VMware, Parallels and more. We obtained the necessary installation media earlier in this article, so we're ready to press on with setting up Windows on our Mac.

We're looking at virtualisation first. Here we show you how to use VMware Fusion to run Windows and mac. OS on your Mac, but the process is broadly similar for other virtualisation products such as Parallels.

To help you decide which one to go for, read our guide to the best virtualisation software for Mac. First you need to download VMware Fusion. VMware Fusion 8 costs 8.

Once you've downloaded it the VMware Fusion disk image will be saved to your default download directory. Find it, and double click the VMware . Double- click the VMware Fusion icon to launch the Installation Assistant and follow the instructions to install VMware Fusion. Once it is installed, launch VMware Fusion on your Mac. The Virtual Machine Library window will launch, from which you can create a virtual machine. Now you can use VMware Fusion's Windows Easy Install feature to automatically install Windows and VMware Tools in your virtual machine. From the Virtual Machine Library window, click the New button or choose File > New.

The New Virtual Machine Assistant launches. Click Continue to go through to the Operating System panel. Now you can select an operating system and version for your virtual machine. In the Name panel, enter the name for the virtual machine in the Save as field. In the Virtual Hard Disk panel, set the maximum size for the virtual hard disk. You need to set aside enough space that your virtual machine will work well, but not impinge on the original OS X install.

Go in to the Advanced Disk Options section if you want to allocate all possible disk space, or one of several other more high- end features. In the Windows Easy Install panel, select Use Easy Install.

Enter your Name, Password (optional) and the Windows Product key. The product key is the long series of letters and numbers on the Windows DVD box or sent to you via email when you downloaded Windows.'Name' should be the name to which your Windows software is registered, not your Windows username. Leave selected the option 'Start virtual machine and install operating system now'.

Input your Windows installation media and select the option 'Use operating system installation disc' if it is on DVD, or 'Use operating system installation disc image file' if it is a USB stick. In the case of the latter you'll have to browse to the image file. Best Of Tmx 4 Tm Sunrise 9 000 Tracks Of My Tears more.

Now click Finish and put on the kettle. VMware Fusion will install Windows. This will take up to 4. Windows at any time by going to VMware Fusion from within OS X.

Oracle Virtual. Box. Here's an alternative method of running Windows on your Mac: use Oracle Virtual. Box to run Windows 1. It's broadly the same as the process using Parallels Desktop for Mac or VMware Fusion. This section is by Nik Rawlinson. Download and install Virtual. Box. Virtual. Box is a free download from here.

Opt for the latest edition by clicking the 'amd. Virtual. Box 5. 0 for OS X Hosts in the Virtual. Box binaries section at the top of the page. Once the disk image has downloaded, locate it on your Mac, mount it and double- click the Virtual. Box. pkg file to install the application. You'll need 1. 75.

MB of free space on your computer to accommodate it, in addition to the space required by Windows (up to 3. GB). When the installation completes, launch Virtual.

Box from your Applications folder. Download your copy of Windows 1. Virtual. Box installer. Click the New button on the Virtual. Box toolbar and give your new virtual machine a name ('Windows 1. Version drop- down menu. Click Continue. Devote sufficient resources.

When Windows is up and running it will behave like a separate computer from the rest of your Mac, which will continue to run mac. OS. To do this it needs to 'borrow' resources from your Mac, which your Mac won't be able to touch while the virtual machine is running. The most important of these is memory. Virtual. Box suggests 2.

GB (2. 04. 8MB) on our machine (a Mac mini with 1. GB RAM), but we're going to increase this to 4. GB (4. 09. 6MB) to give Windows some room to breathe. If you want to do the same, use the slider and then click Continue. Create a virtual disk.

When you set up a virtual machine, not only the operating system but also the applications running on it and the files created and edited in it are stored in a bundle, which your Mac will see as a virtual hard drive. This is convenient as it means you won't get your Windows and OS X assets mixed up, but it also means that you'll put a large chunk of your disk out of reach of OS X. For this reason we're going to stick with Virtual. Box's fairly conservative recommendation of a 3. GB virtual disk for Windows. When you click Continue you'll be asked what kind of drive you want to create.

Stick with VDI (Virtual. Box Disk Image) unless you're going to use this installation of Windows with a different virtualisation application, such as Parallels Desktop. Put off the inevitable.

Virtual. Box can either take away the 3. GB immediately or take it piecemeal as and when required by increasing the size of the Windows drive over time as your files and range of installed applications grows. It makes sense to opt for the latter, so unless you have any particular reason for giving up the full amount right away, leave the storage option set to Dynamically allocated and click Continue.

How to install Mac OS X Yosemite 1. Virtual. Box? At that time, the version of Mac OS X was 1. Lion. The installation may not work with current version of Virtual. Box anymore. Therefore, I would like to make another post for updating this hack. This time, we’ll use Virtual. Box 4. 3. 2. 6 for hosting Mac OS X Yosemite 1.

Windows 8. 1. Download pre- installed Virtual. Box image from following link. Mirror 1: https: //drive.

B- g. LR9sz. 1m. Cacl. Nv. Qj. Zw. OExu. VGs& usp=sharing. Mirror 2: http: //www. Mac. It’s about 7. GB. Hj. Split is also in Google Drive folder. Extract Mac OS X Yosemite Niresh Intel and AMD Images.

In Virtual. Box, create a new machine with following settings. For Hard drive, browse to Mac OS X Yosemite Niresh Intel And AMD. Click Create. Right click on new machine and select Settings. Be sure that Floppy Disk, Enable EFI (special OSes only), Hardware clock in UTC time are disabled.***Some readers said that maybe the chipset should be PII* to get system works. If your system doesn’t work, try to change chipset to PII*. Set number of processors to the max of real processors you have, it’ll speed up the installation.

I have a dual core so I set the number of processors to 2. In Display settings, set Video Memory to max 1.

MB. 8. Start your machine. On the boot screen, press Space and enter - v to boot in verbose mode like following. It will take a while depending on the power of your real CPU and hard disk to set up the installation process. When boot finishes, you should land on the welcome screen for setting up Mac OS X. The following images show my sample settings, you can change them if you want.

Create account takes a while. Just wait until you’re forwarded to the login screen. Login with your new created account.

You’ll be asked for some more settings before going to the main screen of Mac OS X. DON’T DO ANYTHING. Just wait until Hackingtosh.

The script will notify the progress through pop up on the right. You can fix Mac App.

Store during the progress by choosing Fix It. Just wait until you see this message on top left pop up. Then wait for a few minutes to be sure everything of the script has been done. Now close Safari browser opened by Hackingtosh. Restart the machine.

By next time, on boot screen, simple press Enter, log in with your account. It’ll take a while then the machine is ready to use.