VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion" "1.0" VBoxManage setextradata "MacOS" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" "iMac11,3" VBoxManage modifyvm "MacOS" -cpu-profile "Intel Core i7-6700K" Go to the Linux terminal and issue the following commands to modify your VM to mimic Apple hardware: VBoxManage modifyvm "MacOS" -cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bfebfbff