#Disk utility mac disk image software#

If you going to clone from a physical Mac or a clone on a bootable storage device, if possible, boot that system first to make sure it works/is bootable, and also de-activate any software e.g.

#Disk utility mac disk image how to#

Purchase/download/obtain your preferred cloning software (we list some in our How To Clone Your Primary/Boot Drive article - we highly recommend Carbon Copy Cloner).

On later versions of macOS your preferred virtualisation software will require specifically allowing their System Extension(s) to run via System Preferences > Security & Privacy, plus they may require to be granted access to Accessibility.

Purchase/install/update your preferred virtualisation software (see list above).

use a web browser to go to and see if you can view a web page

Make sure your actual, physical Mac has a working internet connection e.g.

Mac computer for hosting your preferred guest OS preferably with a working Recovery Partition.

Preparation NOTE: You will need the following: NOTE: This document was written using a Mac mini (2014 model) with macOS 10.14 Mojave running in 64-bit only test mode and using Parallels Desktop 14.1.2, VMWare Fusion 11.0.2 and VirtualBox 6.0.4. macOS 12 - does not support 32-bit applications, new security/update model.macOS 11 - does not support 32-bit applications, new security/update model.macOS 10.15 - buggy, slow + the new Apple File System (APFS), does not support 32-bit applications.macOS 10.14 - probably a good one to run (as it's the last macOS version able to run 32-bit applications) but we haven't fully tested running this as a virtualised OS yet.macOS 10.13 - buggy, slow + the new Apple File System (APFS).macOS 10.12 - free, supports most internet/iCloud based services.OS X 10.11 - free, supports most internet/iCloud based services but has secure certificate issues.OS X 10.10 - was slow when installed on a hard disk, does not support latest Apple internet/iCloud based services.OS X 10.9 - was very kludgy and slow when installed on a hard disk.OS X 10.8 - now free, it runs very efficiently in a virtual machine and there are few internet/iCloud based services clogging it up.

#Disk utility mac disk image mac os x#

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Server) - costs money but you may already be running/want to run this to be able to use PowerPC/Rosetta based applications.

If you would prefer to set up/install a virtual machine with a clean Mac OS X/OS X/macOS from scratch please see one of the following articles instead:

This article deals with transferring an existing Mac running Mac OS X / OS X / macOS to a virtual machine, or take a bootable storage device/clone/disk image and convert it into a virtual machine. MacStrategy presents this special guide to virtualising a physical Mac/hard disk/clone/disk image file.

The ability to virtualise an existing Mac/macOS installation is important and very useful as it is an easy way to continue running your old Mac and also a possible way to run 32-bit applications that do not run on macOS 10.15 or later. Instructions for installing, setting up and virtualising a physical Mac/hard disk/disk image file Virtualising a physical Mac/hard disk/clone/disk image file Virtualising a physical Mac/hard disk/clone/disk image file Article ID = 232Īrticle Title = Virtualising a physical Mac/hard disk/clone/disk image file