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# An alternative method for native installation

* They can integrate with the host OS for the purposes of transferring files, running guest OS-specific applications, etc. * You can use snapshots to revert immediately back to working installations

* They can run side-by-side with macOS without partitioning, rebooting, etc. VMs are super convenient for many reasons: VMs are much more convienent for everything else. Or to be able to use 100% of the hardware resources for other applications, if you're into productivity and those things. Use VirtualBox/Parallels Desktop/VMWare Fusion and set up a virtual machine. Use source of physical media, such as a Windows install CD/DVD or USB flash drive.Ģ. There are two easy ways to get Windows on a Mac:ġ. Windows 7 is the only one that doesn't suck XD I've tested this on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. This guide uses Windows 10, but this applies to any version of Windows. If you see that your graphics may become blurry or jerky, you can disable 3D transparency effects by right-clicking on the desktop, then select Personlize -> Appearance –> Disable transparency effects.# Installing Windows on a physical drive using VirtualBox To accomplish this, you can select the Display-icon at the bottom-right of the VirtualBox ( ) -> Virtual Screen 1 –> Resize to 1440×900. It might be handy to increase the resolution if the VirtualBox. For the shared folder, we recommend usning your Downloads folder in Linux for your VirtualBox Downloads. Now run the setup: just double-click the VBoxWindowsAdditions executable file.Īfter the installation, you should be able to set a shared folder, set shared clipboard to bi-directional and set the bi-directional drag-and-drop function. Then you can find the VirtualBox Guest Additions virtual CD drive under the file explorer -> This PC. On the top bar of your virtual machine, click on Devices -> Insert guest additions CD image. Installing the Guest additions add-on is pretty straight-forward, luckily. To accomplish this, we will have to install the guest additions software of Oracle.

Additional drivers for better performance and the ability to set the screen resolution.

Bi-directional drag-and-drop, to easily drag-and-drop your files from and into the VirtualBox.

Bi-directional clipboard, to easily copy and paste from and to the VirtualBox.

Shared folder, to easily transfer files from and to the VirtualBox.

Next we want to have some awesome additional features, such as: If you successfully installed Windows 10, the Windows start screen looks like this.