How to buy OS X without a Mac
I Am not sure of where to buy a version of os x without buying a Mac.
OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
Nowhere. Mac OS X only runs on Macs.
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I'm using Oracle Virualbox, but it says I need an ISO file or an installation disk.
You can’t get one. As I wrote above, Mac OS X only runs on Macs.
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There is actually one way.... I cannot say because I saw it on Wikihow. They didn't say if it was legal or not. So until there is a 100% legal way, you should just buy the new MacBook (2015).
They didn't say because it's not legal.
I believe the usage agreement only licenses OSX for use on Mac hardware. To get the interface to the Mac Store for any newer version of OSX you have to use an application which itself will only run under OSX.
You will need to buy a Mac before you have OS X.
jackmarcus435 wrote:
You will need to buy a Mac before you have OS X.
I think that's already been established here, but thanks for playing.
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As others have said you need to buy Apple Hardware to get the OS X Operating System.
Apple manufacture or invest in the parts to create the machine and then load it with their OS.
The option in virtual box if probably there so that if you have a Mac with VirtualBox you can then install it again in a Virtual Machine. to play around with.
You may download Yosemite from Mac App Store, but no one in here could tell you whether it will work.
Maybe you can Google what you want to know.
What are you talking about? What do you mean by "no one here could tell you whether it will work ?"
It's already been stated that OS x only runs on Apple hardware, so I don't know why you would say such nonsense.
白崎つぐみ wrote:
You may download Yosemite from Mac App Store,
How?
. Just like you download other apps from mac app store, find Yosemite, download, enter your Apple ID, and just wait.
You can not access the Mac app store from a Windows machine
白崎つぐみ wrote:
You may download Yosemite from Mac App Store, but no one in here could tell you whether it will work.
What do you mean "no one in here could tell you whether it will work?" We've already said that OS X only works on Apple hardware. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about, so just stop.
How to buy OS X without a Mac