Parts 1Downloading the Things You Will Need

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Select your language and click the arrow icon. Click whichever language you speak in the list and then click the arrow icon pointing right in the lower-right corner.

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Select Disk Utility and click Continue. You will need to format the virtual drive in order to install macOS Big Sur. You can do that in Disk Utility.

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Select VBOX HARDDISK Media and click Erase. Click "VBOX HARDDISK Media" on the panel to the left and then click Erase at the top. It has an icon that resembles a hard drive with an "x" in front of it.

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Type a name for the hard disk and click Erase. Use the bar at the top of the pop-up to type a name for the hard drive (i.g. "macOS HD") and click Erase to format the drive.

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Quit Disk Utility. To quit Disk Utility, click Disk Utility at the top of the screen.Then click Quit Disk Utility in the drop-down menu.

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Select Install macOS and click Continue. It's the second option in the menu. Select this option and click Continue in the lower-right corner to begin the installation process. Click Continue again on the next page.

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Agree to the Terms and Conditions. To agree to the Terms and Conditions, click Agree at the bottom of the page. Then click Agree again in the pop-up.

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Select the newly formatted hard drive and click Continue. The hard drive you just formatted should be listed at the bottom of the screen. Click this hard drive and click Continue to begin installing macOS Big Sur.

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