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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="intro-macosxguests">
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| 4 | <title>Mac OS X Guests</title>
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> enables you to install and execute unmodified versions of
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| 8 | Mac OS X guests on supported host hardware. Note that this feature is experimental and thus unsupported. </p>
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| 9 | <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> is the first product to provide the modern PC architecture
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| 10 | expected by OS X without requiring any of the modifications used by competing virtualization solutions. For
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| 11 | example, some competing solutions perform modifications to the Mac OS X install DVDs, such as a different boot
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| 12 | loader and replaced files. </p>
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| 13 | <p>Be aware of the following important issues before you attempt to install a Mac OS X guest: </p>
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| 14 | <ul>
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| 15 | <li>
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| 16 | <p>Mac OS X is commercial, licensed software and contains <b outputclass="bold">both license and technical
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| 17 | restrictions</b> that limit its use to certain hardware and usage scenarios. You must understand and comply
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| 18 | with these restrictions. </p>
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| 19 | <p>In particular, Apple prohibits the installation of most versions of Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware. </p>
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| 20 | <p>These license restrictions are also enforced on a technical level. Mac OS X verifies that it is running on
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| 21 | Apple hardware. Most DVDs that accompany Apple hardware check for the exact model. These restrictions are
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| 22 | <i>not</i> circumvented by <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> and continue to apply. </p>
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| 23 | </li>
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| 24 | <li>
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| 25 | <p>Only <b outputclass="bold">CPUs</b> that are known and tested by Apple are supported. As a result, if your
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| 26 | Intel CPU is newer than the Mac OS X build, or if you have a non-Intel CPU, you will likely encounter a panic
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| 27 | during bootup with an "Unsupported CPU" exception. </p>
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| 28 | <p>Ensure that you use the Mac OS X DVD that comes with your Apple hardware. </p>
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| 29 | </li>
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| 30 | <li>
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| 31 | <p>The Mac OS X installer expects the hard disk to be <i>partitioned</i>. So, the installer will not offer a
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| 32 | partition selection to you. Before you can install the software successfully, start the Disk Utility from the
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| 33 | Tools menu and partition the hard disk. Close the Disk Utility and proceed with the installation. </p>
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| 34 | </li>
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| 35 | <li>
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| 36 | <p>In addition, Mac OS X support in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> is an experimental
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| 37 | feature. See <xref href="KnownIssues.dita">Known Limitations</xref>. </p>
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| 38 | </li>
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| 39 | </ul>
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| 40 | </body>
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| 42 | </topic>
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