
Again open VirtualBox and click on Start. VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS Big Sur" "VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC" 1 VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS Big Sur" "VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey" "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc" VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS Big Sur" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct" "Iloveapple" VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS Big Sur" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion" "1.0" VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS Big Sur" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" "iMac11,3" You can also download these commands from here. Type your virtual machine name in place of MacOS Big Sur.
Alternatively, you can also execute this one by one.
Copy and paste the following lines into the command prompt and hit Enter. Now close VirtualBox and open Command Prompt as an administrator. Select the ISO file in the File Explorer and click on the Open button. Then click the Add button to browse for the MacOS ISO file you have already downloaded. Click on the Optical disk icon on the right sidebar and select Create a Virtual Optical Disk in the drop-down menu.
Again navigate to the Storage tab and click on Empty under Storage Devices section. In the right pane, move the slider under the Screen tab of Video Memory. Check out the following tutorials to learn how to create a bootable DVD or USB Flash Drive. You can now use the Install macOS Big Sur app to upgrade your Mac’s operating system or use it to create removable media to upgrade another Mac. Wait for the progress to reach 100% and the output to say Install finished successfully, then you should see the Install macOS Big Sur app appear in Applications. All it’s doing is downloading the installer to your Applications folder. You will notice the output of the command reads Installing X%.ĭon’t worry, it’s not installing the update on your Mac. softwareupdate -fetch-full-installer -full-installer-version 11.6 Step 2: Download Big Sur Installer with Software Update UtilityĪs of writing, the latest version of macOS Big Sur is 11.6, you can download it by running the following command (replace 11.6 with the version you want to download). Open the Terminal app by pressing Command + Space, searching for “Terminal” then pressing Return. You can use it to upgrade macOS or create removable media to update a different Mac. This tutorial will show you how to download the macOS Big Sur installer on your Mac. Perfect for development environments and practice labs. Run Linux, macOS, vSphere and more on a single PC or Mac.
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