VirtualBox isn't the best way to run Windows apps-or a complete Windows system-on an Intel Mac, but it's the only method that costs nothing, uses open-source software, and is reasonably simple to set up.

Less powerful graphics than the competition.

No easy support for macOS guest systems.

Many features require expert-level skills.

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Reboot the computer and launch VirtualBox.

In the terminal window enter the following: spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963

Select “Utilities” from the banner menu and then open a terminal window.

To do this you will need to hold CMD+R while the computer is booting until you see the apple logo.

Reboot your computer to Recovery mode.

If you received the below error then please continue to step 4.

If the installation finished without error then you can launch the software and begin creating your virtual machine.

You should receive a prompt to allow Oracle to install this software in your Security & Privacy settings, as seen below. You should also open the Security & Privacy menu.

Run the Virtualbox Installer from your downloads and then double click on the VirtualBox.pkg icon to begin the installation process.

Installing with less space then this may cause errors while using the VM. You will also need 50 GBs of free space on your computer before installing Windows on the virtual machine. Windows 10 ISO can be downloaded from our Azure program here: We can not guarantee compatibility with older versions of OSX. Please make sure that your system is fully updated before trying to install either of these applications. VirtualBox does not require this, but may require more work to install. We have found VMware Fusion to be the easier of the two products to install, but does require that you create an account in order to download it. DECS has found 2 different free software that allow for virtualization on Mac.

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