2/25/2024 0 Comments Onyx for mac high sierra![]() But for now, for my purposes, creating a new VM and then reinstalling those apps which run under Lion but not High Sierra will accomplish what I need to do. If I do decide to try one of these routes in the future, I'll update this thread. There may still be a way to P2V an OS X installation by creating a system image with Carbon Copy Cloner, Super Duper, or Disk Utility.or even dd for a hardcore command-line approach, and then using it as the install media for Virtualbox. Then you gave me the tip about creating a new VM instead, and I knew I had to figure out a way to create a Lion install media (as detailed in my previous post). Those two facts made me realize that P2V'ing my Lion box was probably going to be essentially impossible. And Virtualbox, AFAIK, does not provide a similar tool. Unfortunately, it does not support OS X/Mac OS. VMware, as I'm sure you know, provides a "converter" tool to assist in P2V'ing existing installations. I have a bit more experience creating and using VMs with VMware Player. I have to admit that I'm pretty new at Virtualbox. Socratis wrote:We didn't actually "solve" the p2v of a 10.7 installation. ![]() I hope the links I listed might help anyone else trying to do the same thing. So in the end I was able to create my Lion installer on an SD card, and then used that to create a new VM in Virtualbox, and it runs perfectly. The article was written for Mavericks, but it worked for Lion too. I downloaded the installer fine, but I kept getting an error message when attempting to use Disk Utility to restore it to the SD card. I needed to do a little tweak to Macworld's instructions. Macworld to the rescue! I found an article on how to create a Lion installer media. It was starting to seem like P2V'ing the existing machine was going to be a mission, and the fact is, I don't have anything on it that couldn't be relatively easily reinstalled, why not just create a new VM with a clean Lion install, and transfer/reinstall anything needed? Ah, but the problem remained, no installation media. What do you have in your 10.7 that you can't install afterwards on the VM? If you think about it, you could have a fresh start with a new VM, without all the garbage that gets accumulated over the years. Leftovers: 1 backup HD, in case something goes wrong. Cost: 1 new HD + 1 USB3 HD case (if you don't have one). You'll need the external USB3 HD case, *and* to make a USB pass-through of the case to the guest. When the time comes to "restore" your user data/applications, pick "An external HD" and connect the HD that you retired. Install a 10.7 VM in your shiny-new host.Do not worry about apps that are not 10.7 compatible anymore, and do not install apps that have gotten a 10.13-only upgrade (e.g. Bonus: you get to keep only the compatible applications. You'll need an external USB3 HD case for that. Install the 10.13 on the new HD, then when the time comes to "restore" your user data/applications, pick "An external HD" and connect the HD that you retired.Then remove the old HD from the iMac and replace it with the new one, your new host! It has two advantages: a) I get a bigger one, and b) I "retire" the old one as is, as an archive, a backup. I would get myself a new HD, that's what I always do when I do a major upgrade.What do you have in your 10.7 that you can't install afterwards on the VM? If you think about it, you could have a fresh start with a new VM, without all the garbage that gets accumulated over the years.You can sleep safe at night, knowing that the black-ops from Apple are not after you. ![]() I would be running on an Apple machine both the host and guest.You're absolutely correct. Kydar wrote:I don't believe I am violating Apple's EULA by doing this. I would be running on an Apple machine both the host and guest. I understand that OS X/Mac OS guests are not officially supported, but I don't believe I am violating Apple's EULA by doing this. But I would strongly prefer a VM solution. Worst case scenario, I could just use CCC to clone the internal hard drive to an external one, then upgrade the internal drive to High Sierra, and boot Lion from the external drive when necessary. But the problem remains, how to P2V the Lion installation on the internal hard drive? Would something like Carbon Copy Cloner, or Super Duper, or even Parallels create a disk image that could be imported as a Virtualbox disk? How do I do that? I want to upgrade to High Sierra, but I have some old apps that won't run under HS, so I want to P2V my old Lion install so I can run it as a VM when I need to use those apps.įWIW, I have successfully installed HS on an external hard disk and can boot from it.
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