I can confirm that these instructions DO NOT work using the current version of VirtualBox 4.3.8, nor do they work with any recent (2013/2014) released update version of VirtualBox. –UPDATE– A lot of you have been asking me about this article and stating that the instructions don’t work. I know there are a lot of guides on this already, but I found none of them detailed enough and most just didn’t work for me. This tutorial will teach you how to install OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) on VirtualBox.

It’s free and offers a fairly low footprint on my computer. To solve problems in heterogeneous computing environments, I like to have a test system with each operating system flavor at my fingertips. Throw some Unix or Linux into the mix and things get ubercomplex very quickly. A process that works great on Windows may not necessarily work on a Mac and vice versa.

Things can get complicated when dealing with multiple operating system platforms. More and more frequently I find myself assisting customers with business analysis issues in Mac shops.

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