

Now, sit back and enjoy your dual-booting Mac. You’ll be presented with a screen asking you which OS you want to boot into. If you have any additional questions, Apple also provides a handy guide on its website.īut how do you get back and forth between the two operating systems? When you first turn on the notebook, hold down the option button. Step 2: Click Next and choose how much RAM to give your virtual machine. Give your new virtual machine a name (I just called it Mac OS X) and set the operating system to Mac OS X Server (64-bit).


Of course, functions such as copy and paste, (Command+C and Command+V in Mac) are Control+C and Control+V in Windows.Īnd now you’re all done! All told, the entire process takes about 30 minutes. Here’s what you need to do: Step 1: Launch VirtualBox and click the New button. One of the nicer things about these drivers is that the Mac function row keys-brightness, volume, etc.-will work just as they do in the Mac OS. The notebook may restart a few times during this process, but when it’s finished, everything should work correctly. After Windows has been installed, insert the USB stick with the Windows 7 drivers you previously downloaded.
