Documentation/GuestOperatingSystems/MacOS10.8

Description

Download

The Nirsh version of Mac OS 10.8 is very easy to install in QEMU. You can find this version here:
https://agetintopc.com/niresh-mac-osx-mountain-lion-10-8-5-iso-free-download/

The download button is hard to find. It is near the bottom of the page and looks like this:

After you push the button a new tab will appear. Go to the new tab. After a brief countdown the download button will appear here. Click it and another tab will appear. After a short wait the download will begin. It is 4.55 GB in size.

Installation Directions

Create a new hard drive image file like this:

qemu-img create "Mac OS 10.8.5 HD.qcow2" 80G
 

Run QEMU so it boots off the iso file:

qemu-system-x86_64 -hda "<path to Mac OS 10.8.5 HD.qcow2>" -cdrom "<path to Niresh Mac OS 10.8 installer.iso>" -boot d -netdev user,id=mynet0 -device e1000-82545em,netdev=mynet0 -m 8000 -accel tcg,thread=multi -device VGA -rtc base=localtime -device ich9-usb-uhci6 -device usb-audio -device usb-tablet -M q35 -cpu Nehalem -smp sockets=1,cores=8

Once it starts up I suggest you push the F8 key to print kernel messages. On my MacBook Air I have to do this by push the fn key and the f8 key. Then enter -v at the prompt and push the return key.
A black screen with white text with print out messages until the installer screen appears.

Select your language then push the right arrow button.
On the next screen click on the Utilities menu and select "Disk Utility".
Select the hard drive at the top and then click on the Erase tab.
Click on the Erase button to initialize the hard drive.
Quit Disk Utility and push the Continue button.
On the license screen push the "Agree" button.

On this screen push the customize button.
Check the Audio, and Network checkboxes.
Push the Install button

The install process will take a while to complete. Probably several hours.

Contact

If you have any issues, concerns, suggestions, or anything else you wish to talk about, please contact me.