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Make sure your actual, physical Mac has a working internet connection e.g.

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Make sure you have plenty of free hard disk space (a basic 10.6 Server install is about ~8.5GB before your own applications and you'll need at least twice that if you need to clone it for multiple installations), so we recommend at least 25GB of free space.

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Purchase/install/update your preferred virtualisation software.

Archive/backup the 'Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 ISO.dmg' disc image that you just created.

Wait for the image to be created and then eject the original DVD.

Leave Image Format with the default setting of compressed.

In the save dialogue box enter a suitable filename e.g.

Go to File menu > New > Disk Image from device name, where device name is the OS name of your optical drive e.g.

In Disk Utility, in the top left, click on the icon for the optical drive not the indented line for the disc volume.

Insert your Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD.

Go to Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.

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Create an ISO disk image of the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD:.You need part number 'MC588Z/A' which is specifically 'Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Server Unlimited Clients Single Licence International' (£14.00 inc VAT in the UK) - not the normal client edition (part number MC573Z/A).If you don't have one, it is available by calling the Apple Store (in the UK 08) - you cannot buy it via the Apple online store.Obtain the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install disc:.Obtain your preferred virtualisation software (see list above).This does not need to be the Mac you ultimately install the virtual machine on, you just need a Mac with an optical drive to create the ISO disk image of the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD in the first place.

Preparation NOTE: You will need a Mac with a physical, optical drive to create an ISO disk image of the Mac OS X 10.6 Server install DVD. If you do have an older Mac that should support Mac OS X 10.6 but get an error message along the lines of 'Mac OS virtual machines can run only on computers having Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5.1 or higher) or Mac OS X Tiger (version 10.4.11 or higher) installed' specifically listing 'Problem ID: 397' then follow Parallel's instructions here and try again.

Mac mini (Late 2012 model - Macmini6,2).

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MacBook Pro 15' (Early 2011 model - MacBookPro8,2).

For this article we have tested using the following Macs:

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We'll test with other Macs as and when we can and update this article accordingly. We're looking into that and will update this article with more information when we have it. InstructionsSome people have reported that if you have a very modern Macintosh computer (one released well after Mac OS X 10.6 existed) it is not easy/possible to install to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server in a virtual environment. If you would like to transfer an existing Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 to a virtual machine, or take a Mac OS X 10.6 bootable storage device/clone/disk image and convert it into a virtual machine please see this article instead. This article deals with setting up/installing a virtual machine with Mac OS X 10.6 clean/from scratch.

Snow Leopard can be made to run on Windows, and Mac-hacking blog iHackintosh has the nitty-gritty. VMware is a great tool for running Windows and Linux anywhere, but OS X clients are not supported. This is a legal requirement by Apple.You are legally allowed to virtualise the server version but not the normal, client version.

You mustvirtualise Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server and not the client version. MacStrategy presents a special guide to doing just this. Virtualising Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server/RosettaThe ability to virtualise Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is important and very useful as it is the only way to use Rosetta(PowerPC) based applications on a modern Macintosh computer. Instructions for installing, setting up and virtualising Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Server) on a modern Mac so you can use Rosetta (PowerPC) based applications. Article Title = Virtualising Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Server)