

VBoxManage setextradata "$NAME" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct" "Iloveapple" VBoxManage setextradata "$NAME" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion" "1.0" VBoxManage setextradata "$NAME" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" "iMac11,3" VBoxManage setextradata "$NAME" VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution "$VM_RES"


VBoxManage setextradata "$NAME" "CustomVideoMode1" "$x32" VBoxManage modifyvm "$NAME" -usbxhci on -firmware efi -chipset ich9 -mouse usbtablet -keyboard usb Here we are using a little trick to fix the “cannot move windows in Catalina VM” if you just use the native VirtualBox mouse, so we will plug in a real secondary USB mouse and add it to USB Device Filters so that the VM can use this directly.Īfter you create your Catalina VirtualBox environment (make sure you follow the above screenshots correctly, otherwise it won’t work) we will apply the following shellscript to the VirtualBox Catalina Guest (save it as catalina.sh, chmod +x and execute it) #!/bin/bash I am using static IPs for my VMs and separate VLANs so you can change this as you like, the networking script is included below which needs to be executed before the VM starts and only when the vboxnet0 interface is loaded ! (usually after you start VirtualBox) First we need to create a new VM with the following values remember make sure you use big enough VDI disk around 50GB and follow the below instructions. Once we have these files downloaded, lets prepare the VirtualBox Catalina environment. SIP-Disabled 1280×1024 Clover.iso can be downloaded here -> !upc21CaT!wCUnzknVODKmbwrC6NCH4engMKU7YpMyn9ezguwwx4AĬatalina-Beta iso can be downloaded here -> SIP-Enabled 1280×1024 Clover.iso can be downloaded here -> !S4MAhQoZ!nrAKce_AFhxZLm21sIjwHFpeFw6dW7Salpvs50tywYg I have prepared Clover for 1280×1024 resolution, both SIP enabled or SIP disabled versions, and the whole howto will be about running Catalina in 1280×1024 (If you want to change this you should read the customizing Clover article here -> Extra USB mouse (for USB pass-through in VirtualBox).Linux x86_64 (Im using Mint 19.1) Intel Core CPU with at least 8 GB RAM and a decent fast SSD drive.Short entry here how to get the latest macOS running inside the VirtualBox on your Linux machine (x86_64 Intel) We will need the following : As of VirtualBox 6.1 Clover.iso is not needed, since VirtualBox supports EFI APFS boot now
