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In this tutorial, we create a macOS Monterey installer .iso, the first step toward performing a clean installation of macOS Monterey in VirtualBox for Windows.
This is the fifth major entry in our series running macOS on Windows, having previously undertaken installations of High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina and Big Sur, and this video forms part of a trilogy of tutorials which lead to the clean installation of macOS Monterey on VirtualBox for Windows.
In this chapter, we create the installer .iso which will be transferred to Windows for use as the installation media in a virtual machine. Unlike the vast majority of tutorials on the internet, we do not advocate the use of a pre-prepared hard drive file as the basis of the installation, eschewing this model in favour of creating our own installation media, thereby ensuring its provenance and reducing risks to our device integrity and data security. Following this method expressly requires access to a device running macOS, in order to successfully execute the “createinstallmedia” command, for which there is no comparable Windows equivalent.
In the second chapter of this series, we will configure our virtual Mac in VirtualBox, before applying typed commands which ensure that the machine will boot. In the final chapter, we run our virtual Mac and configure its primary drive, before performing the out-of-box experience setup.
Be aware that the performance of a virtual Mac in no way matches that of genuine Apple hardware, and you should expect significant lag, reduced hardware support, some app incompatibility and the absence of sound.
To avoid errors in this series, you are strongly advised to copy and paste the written commands found below, and reproduced at www.techfixflix.com. Any additional information and updates will also be posted there.
Please note that, in order to respect Apple’s intellectual property and avoid breach of copyright, we will not post or otherwise provide copies of the .iso file which this project creates.
Topics covered:
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Previous tutorials installing macOS On Windows
00:28 Clean installation versus pre-prepared hard drive methods
00:45 Creating our own installation media
00:50 Prerequisites – Access to a machine running macOS
01:03 Prerequisites – Free drive space
01:26 Series overview
02:03 The challenge of the project
02:14 Using Copy and Paste
02:23 Limitations and expectations
02:42 Requests for completed .iso files
03:11 Beginning in macOS
03:19 App Store
03:23 Searching for the Monterey installer App
03:43 Downloading the installer app
04:09 Bypassing installation on the host machine
04:27 Launching Finder and locating the downloaded installer app
04:40 The importance of file location and name
05:11 Converting the app to an .iso file
05:21 Opening Terminal
05:49 Entering commands in Terminal
06:12 Commands to cut and paste…
Command #1: hdiutil create -o /tmp/Monterey -size 16384m -volname Monterey -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J
Command #2: hdiutil attach /tmp/Monterey.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/Monterey
Command #3: sudo /Applications/Install macOS Monterey.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/Monterey –nointeraction
Command #4: hdiutil eject -force /Volumes/Install macOS Monterey
Command #5: hdiutil convert /tmp/Monterey.dmg -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/Monterey
Command #6: mv -v ~/Desktop/Monterey.cdr ~/Desktop/Monterey.iso
Command #7: rm -fv /tmp/Monterey.dmg
06:44 Entering the password
08:00 Transferring the .iso file from macOS to Windows
Related tutorials:
Clean Install macOS Big Sur On Windows With VirtualBox
Clean Install macOS Catalina On Windows With VirtualBox
https://youtu.be/Va230D73UAE
Clean Install macOS Mojave On Windows With VirtualBox
https://youtu.be/4bWso8Kzw-8
Clean Install macOS High Sierra On Windows 10 PC With VirtualBox
https://youtu.be/TRhrJaW6IrQ
Networking In VirtualBox – Access Network Devices And Folders From Your Virtual Machine
https://youtu.be/7CSFbsE-E98
File Sharing – macOS To Windows
https://youtu.be/xqf9vm07uCQ
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