#Mac install virtualbox guest additions mac os

From the Virtual Box Menu Bar (not Windows 10 menu) select DEVICES вЂ“ Insert Guest Additions CD ImageвЂ¦.

Open Virtual Box, run Windows 10, log into your account.

INSTALLING VIRTUALBOXВ GUEST ADDITIONS PACKAGE

#Mac install virtualbox guest additions mac os

When you want to run Windows again in Mac OS X, just launch VirtualBox again, select your Windows 10 virtual machine, and click the вЂњStartвЂќ button to boot Windows in the app. When youвЂ™re finished, quit VirtualBox like any other application and Windows 10 will shut down.When setup is finished, Windows 10 will be running in VirtualBox.Go through the standard Windows 10 installation experience, this can take a little while but eventually youвЂ™ll create a user account, select a user name, and do some basic Windows configuration.In a moment or two youвЂ™ll be in the Windows 10 installer, select your language and click вЂњNext.вЂќ.

Since there is no drive or OS installed yet, you will be asked to choose a virtual optical disk, click on the Folder icon and choose the Windows 10 ISO, then click вЂњStart.вЂќ.

Back at the primary VirtualBox screen, choose вЂњStartвЂќ to boot the new Windows 10 volume.

Select to create a new virtual hard drive, then choose Continue again.

Name the new virtual machine вЂњWindows 10 VMвЂќ (or something equally obvious), select вЂњMicrosoft WindowsвЂќ as the type and choose вЂњWindows 10вЂќ as the version, then choose Continue.

Open VirtualBox and click on the вЂњNewвЂќ button to build a new virtual machine.

Open the disk image dmg file and double-click on the uninstall icon shown.

Save the DMG file, which is needed to uninstall Virtual Box.

After installation, you can find an Oracle VM VirtualBox icon in the вЂњApplicationsвЂќ folder in the Finder.

This will start the installer, which enables you to select where to install Oracle VM VirtualBox.

A window opens, prompting you to double-click on the VirtualBox.pkg installer file dis-played in that window.

Double-click on the DMG file, to mount the contents.

Download VirtualBox installation DMG from, select OS X hosts.