OSX on Windows / Linux

Anima

Not sure if this is the right spot for this sort of thing.

I'm developing a piece of software for OSX, Windows (XP is my main platform) and Linux (using Ubuntu as dual boot).

Ideally I need to test the software on each platform but I don't own any Apple device. Does anyone know of a reliable way to load OSX with non-Apple hardware.

I've tried OSX86 before but it doesn't agree with my laptop, that might have changed but I don't really have the space to be installing it. So I was thinking a virtual machine might sort this. It's been a couple of years since I've attempted this.

Anyone have any experience with this? I need it to be reliable but speed isn't an issue. Cheers for any help!

fasty

You could probably do it with a VM of some kind but there is no reliable way of doing it. Either way you'll run into problems with drivers, software, updates and general performance.

I'm going to be a total stick in the mud here and say that installing OSX on non Apple hardware is against their terms of service as is not paying for Snow Leopard at all.

Anima

You could probably do it with a VM of some kind but there is no reliable way of doing it.

Yeah I was afraid of that, when I tried it before there was a lot of problems. Specifically with the graphics if I recall. I was hoping there had been some advances but maybe not. The application is based on audio as well, could pose a problem.

I'm going to be a total stick in the mud here and say that installing OSX on non Apple hardware is against their terms of service as is not paying for Snow Leopard at all.

I'm aware of that but needs must. If I make some money, I promise I'll buy an iBook in the future :pac:

Mycroft H

I'm pretty sure you can use OSX in Virtualbox now provided you have support for hardware virtualisation in your CPU.

Type this into a terminal in ubuntu

egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo

if either vmx (intel based cpu) or svm (amd) pop up, you've support for hardware virtualisation. If either of them dont, well have a poke around the bios for an option for it.


If don't have support for hardware virtualisation well, i'm pretty sure you cannot run OSX in a VM



http://lifehacker.com/#!5583650/run-mac-os-x-in-virtualbox-on-windows


Good tutorial for it (ubuntu is mostly the same)

http://lifehacker.com/#!5583650/run-mac-os-x-in-virtualbox-on-windows

Anima

Cheers that was helpful. My processor doesn't have HV so that's that I guess.

I'll see if I can find an alternative

JonJoeDali

I use VirtualBox on Linux. You'll need to find yourself a bootloader.

I've developed entire iPhone apps, debugged them on a real device and submitted to app store.

A bit slow, but it does the trick.

Anima

Sounds good. I'll take a look