NOTE: in order to transfer a. 2) Locate the virtual machine on your Mac. Don't just close the virtual machine window with a red button at the top left - shut down it with its guest OS means (for Windows it will be Start button - Power button - Shut down) or click Action at the top Mac menu and select Shut down. 1) Make sure the VM is shut down.
![]() Parallels Drag To Vm Mac OS X 10Obtain your preferred virtualisation software (see list above) Oracle VirtualBox NOTE: This document was written using a Mac mini (2014 model) with macOS 10.14 Mojave running in 64-bit only test mode and using Parallels Desktop 14.1.2, VMWare Fusion 11.0.2 and VirtualBox 6.0.4.Preparation NOTE: You will need a Mac and the macOS 10.12 Sierra installer. If you would like to transfer an existing Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 to a virtual machine, or take a Mac OS X 10.6 bootable storage device/clone/disk image and convert it into a virtual machine please see this article instead. MacStrategy presents this special guide to virtualising Mac OS X / OS X / macOS.This article deals with setting up/installing a virtual machine with Mac OS X 10.6 clean/from scratch.If you haven't already, make a backup/archive of the macOS 10.12 Sierra installer e.g. You may still be able to download macOS 10.12 Sierra for free from Apple If you purchased macOS 10.12 Sierra you might be able to re-download the installer - go to Macintosh HD > Applications > App Store > Purchased tab at the top > login if necessary > check your purchase history list to download Mountain Lion If you already have this installer archived/backed up you are good to go Use a web browser to go to and see if you can view a web page Make sure your actual, physical Mac has a working internet connection e.g. Make sure you have plenty of free hard disk space (a basic 10.12.6 install is about ~20GB before your own applications and you'll need at least twice that if you need to clone it for multiple installations), plus you need ~6GB for Parallels to create a bootable disk image file from the installer, so we recommend at least 75GB of free space (100GB+ if you're looking to virtualise and use Adobe Creative Suite) On later versions of macOS your preferred virtualisation software will require specifically allowing their System Extension(s) to run via System Preferences > Security & Privacy, plus they may require to be granted access to Accessibility Purchase/install/update your preferred virtualisation softwareParallels will need to create a bootable disk image file from the installer so at the warning message click "Continue" and Save the "macOS image file" to the default location Click Continue to begin installing macOS Otherwise click on "Choose Manually", click "Image File" and locate the macOS 10.12 installer/drag it to the window If Parallels automatically finds the macOS 10.12 installer you put on your Desktop/local hard disk earlier (as per the preparation section above) click "Continue" Click on "Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file" and click Continue In your Documents folder create a folder titled "1012SharedFolder"Instructions for installing macOS 10.12 with: ![]() Hardware > Network > Source > choose "Ethernet" - the virtual environment will use your physical Mac's Ethernet network configuration Hardware > Video > Video memory - the more memory assigned the higher the resolution available for the virtual environment In your Documents > "1012SharedFolder" (as per the preparation section above) After the installation completes and the virtual machine reboots please be patient, especially with any black/white/grey screens - everything can be slower in a virtual environment At the macOS Utilities screen, click "Install macOS" and click "Continue" The virtual machine will reboot to the macOS install screen (Apple logo + whirling wheel underneath) Close the settings window and click "Continue" ![]() NOTE: If you are going to use this virtual environment on multiple computers or you just want a backup: Keep going to Apple menu > App Store… > Updates tab and installing all available updates until there are no more updates to install Go to Apple menu > App Store… > Updates tab > install all available updates (except full macOS upgrades) especially any security updates Free easter screensavers for macGo to File menu > Clone and make a clone of the virtual machine Select the macOS 10.12 virtual machine (don't open it or start it) In Parallels go to Window menu > Control Center Copy this file to the same place on additional Macs with Parallels as required (usually Macintosh HD > Users > your home directory > Library > Parallels) Copy/duplicate/archive the macOS 10.12 virtual machine file (pvm) In the Finder go to the Parallels virtual machine folder (usually Macintosh HD > Users > your home directory > Library > Parallels) Locate the macOS 10.12 installer and drag it to area in the window and click Continue At the 'Select the Installation Method' screen click on "Install from disc or image" and click Continue Check the macOS 10.12 Notes section below Network Adapter > tick "Connect Network Adapter" and choose "Ethernet" - the virtual environment will use your physical Mac's Ethernet network configuration "2 processor cores" and 4096MB ) Processors & Memory > CPUs and Memory e.g. Click the start button/triangle in the middle of the screen to begin installing macOS Close the settings window and click "Finish" if necessary USB & Bluetooth > untick "Share Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine"
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