How to Set up VirtualBox
1 Installation
Open Safari and visit virtualbox.org to download the current version of the software. Once you’ve installed the app, return to its site and click ‘All supported platforms’ next to ‘VirtualBox Extension Pack’ and install that as well.
2 Get Windows
To proceed, you need a DVD or ISO image of Windows 10. ISO images are available from bit.ly/mf320virtualbox. You must enter a valid product key within 90 days of installing Windows 10 in order to keep using it.
3 Make a virtual machine
Click New at the top left of the app. Next to Name, enter ‘Windows 10’ then click Continue. Adjust the slider on the Memory Size page to allocate memory to your virtual machine. Assign at least 2048MB to it.
4 Configure its storage
Leave the default ‘Hard disk file type’ selected and click Continue. Do the same for ‘Storage on physical hard disk’ by clicking Continue again. Choose the size and location for your virtual disk, then click Create.
5 Add Windows media
Choose Machine > Settings, then click Storage. Select the CD in the Storage Devices tree, then click the CD icon near Optical Drive, and then either your DVD drive, or Virtual Optical Disk File and your Windows 10 ISO file.
6 Add USB support
Click Ports and then the USB tab. Click the small blue icon at the top right of the device filters box to add one or two empty filters; this enables you to connect USB devices to Windows. Click OK to save your settings, and then click Start.
7 Set up Windows
When the virtual machine opens, dismiss alerts about mouse and keyboard integration. At ‘Where do you want to install Windows’, pick your virtual disk and click Next. Continue setup as you would on a regular PC.
8 Guest additions
Once Windows’ desktop appears, Choose Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image. Go to that CD in File Explorer and run VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe to install extra features. When prompted, select Reboot Now and then click Finish.
9 Attach USB devices
Connect a USB device – for example, a memory stick – to your Mac, but ensure you eject it in Finder before proceeding. While your virtual machine is running, go to Devices > USB and select your device there to make it available to Windows.