Does anyone know how to make a .vdi .hdd .vmdk or .vhd image of my Mac? I need to make a perfect clone of my hard drive in one of these formats so I can clone my system in a VirtualBox VM (for development purposes).
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Here's an updated answer as of version 5.0.14, shown below:
From the main window, click the File menu and select "Virtual Media Manager" or simply use the shortcut Ctrl+D.
Select the disk you want to convert and click "Copy" or use the shortcut Ctrl-O.
Choose a path and filename for the converted disk, along with the file type, and click "Copy."
Note: The source hard disk will already be selected if you chose it in the previous step.
In my case, I converted a VDI of Windows Server 2016 TP4 into a VMKD for hosting in a corporate VMware environment. Both source and destination files were Dynamically Allocated.
The problem is the layout of the hard disks changed. This is probably because the .vdi hard disk is now attached to the sata controller instead of the ide controller. just disconnect from the sata controller in the settings and reconnect to the ide controller then reboot.
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It's completely legal if the host is also a Mac.
Use a disk cloning software (AFAIK CarbonCopyCloner/Superduper or anything else like that, not my area). It should be able to export to ISO. This command will apparently turn it into a virtualbox hard drive.
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