VirtualBox does not by default make a serial number available to OS X guests. Of course OS X runs just fine inside VirtualBox running on a Mac even in that case. But due to the serial number being “0” the App Store and Server applications will not work.
Most people won’t need to know their serial number offhand, but when it comes to service, a trade-in or warranty registration, it’s good to know exactly how to look up your Mac’s serial number. Finding the Serial Number via “About This Mac” If your MacBook is functioning, finding the serial number is super easy. Filesalvage 7 Serial Number Cracking cinurl.com/1404bq. Mac & Apple Devices - EveryMac.com's Ultimate Mac Lookup. Lookup Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and other Apple devices by Apple Order Number, Model Number, EMC Number, Model Identifier, and Serial Number as well as Intel processor number to check its specs and other details.
The solution is to determine the serial number of the real Mac by opening About This Mac or running System Information. It is an alphanumeric string. On my Mac Pro 5,1 it begins with a letter and is 11 characters long.
In Terminal run the following command substituting the name of your VirtualBox virtual machine and your serial number (all one line):
VBoxManage setextradata “<your-vm-name>” VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemSerial “<your-serial-number>“
Starting up the machine after this change will then present a serial number that matches the base system and applications will function correctly.
This was tested on a Mac Pro 5,1 running 10.10.5 with VirtualBox 5.0.14. The guest was 10.11.3.
I'm off to the shop to ask an expert in person this afternoon but I'm all about instant gratification so I thought I'd ask around and get a little more information before I go.
I have a perfectly good western digital external hard drive that earlier this week had a collapsed usb port. I took it in because the case needed to be replaced. Let me emphasize that prior to the usb port being messed up, the drive functioned fine (and is less than 6 mo. old). Even the morning that the port collapsed, when I plugged in the usb cord and held it just right, the volume would mount.
Fast foward, I take the HD in, they replace the chassis, everything works out fine. The computer guy calls me at some point to ask if I use a mac, I say yes.
When I picked up the HD yesterday evening the technician told me that he had successfully mounted the volume on mac and linux and the data was intact (naturally, since it was an issue with teh usb port, not the actual drive itself). I was relieved and took the drive home, ready to get back to work.
When I plugged it in, my computer gave me the dreaded 'This Disk Can Not be Recognized by this computer (initialize/ignore/eject)' I quickly ignored the problem and opened disk utilities, where I got the following information:
Disk Description : WDC WD10 EADS-11M2B2 Media
Total Capacity : 931.5 GB (1,000,204,886,016 Bytes)
Connection Bus : USB
Write Status : Read/Write
Connection Type : External
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
USB Serial Number : WDC WD10EA WD-WCAV57559890
Partition Map Scheme : Unformatted
What the **** is going on? It worked at the store on Mac and Linux, I take it on a short ten minute drive home, plug it in and BAM, it doesn't work.
Reformatting and erasing this data just isn't an option. I'm a wedding photographer and I back up my data every night. HOWEVER, on Sunday night, the backup failed. My wedding from Sunday is trapped on this drive and it's not an option to reshoot it. At this point I will pay any amount of money to recover the data...I don't even care about the drive...I just want my **** pictures.
Any insight from people with more expertise than I? I haven't touched the drive except to look at the info tab in disk utility. Other than that, nothing. It hasn't ever successfully mounted to my computer from the second I brought it home.
It's now sitting forlornly in the box; I'm afraid to touch it
I should also mention, this guy was a very reputable company...I did my research. 30 years experience, tons of referrals, BBB Preferred status, awards from the local paper for being the best repair store in town, etc etc etc.
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Posted on Jul 14, 2010 8:08 AM