{"id":3126,"date":"2019-01-02T18:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T13:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2019-04-21T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T13:27:10","slug":"how-to-install-virtualbox-in-macos-mojave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/how-to-install-virtualbox-in-macos-mojave\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install VirtualBox in MacOS Mojave"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have attempted to install VirtualBox in macOS Mojave you may have noticed the installation sometimes fails with a generic \u201cThe installation failed\u201d error message. Then, when trying to run VirtualBox you may experience another error saying \u201cKernel driver not installed\u201d and VirtualBox fails to function.<\/p>\n

The reason for the installation failure and the inability for the kernel module to load successfully is due to security restrictions in MacOS Mojave, and thus to be able to successfully install VirtualBox and run the app you will need to make a relatively simple bypass of those aforementioned security restrictions.<\/p>\n

Follow this steps:
\n1.Assuming you have already downloaded VirtualBox onto the Mac (it\u2019s free to\u00a0download here<\/a>), here is how you can successfully install and run VirtualBox in MacOS Mojave:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Run the VirtualBox installer as usual, you\u2019ll eventually see the \u201cInstallation Failed\u201d message. VirtualBox install fails Quit out of the VirtualBox installer after it fails<\/li>\n
  2. Pull down the \uf8ff Apple menu and open System Preferences<\/li>\n
  3. Choose \u201cSecurity & Privacy\u201d and go to the \u2018General\u2019 tab within Security preference panel, then click the lock button and enter the administrator password<\/li>\n
  4. At the bottom of the Security General section, look for the message stating \u201cSystem software from developer \u2018Oracle America, Inc\u2019 was blocked from loading\u201d and click the \u201cAllow\u201d button.
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n
  5. Relaunch the VirtualBox installer and proceed through the installation as usual, it should now succeed as expected<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Go ahead and run VirtualBox as usual, it should load fine without any further kernel driver error messages. Enjoy \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    If you have attempted to install VirtualBox in macOS Mojave you may have noticed the installation sometimes fails with a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,3,242],"tags":[47,617],"class_list":["post-3126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app","category-blog","category-mac","tag-mac","tag-virtualbox"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgLsB5-Oq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":503,"url":"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/how-to-load-game-from-usb-for-wii\/","url_meta":{"origin":3126,"position":0},"title":"How to load game from usb for Wii","author":"saifuddin","date":"January 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This is just for educational purpose. 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