There are few ways in which we can install VirtualBox Application on the Mac, let us take a look at a few,
1. Installing VirtualBox using the .DMG file
- Go to the official download page of VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Click on the OS X hosts link under platform packages to download the .dmg setup
- Once downloaded, click on it to install
- Double click on virtualBox.pkg icon, and follow the instructions
Note: If you are on M1/M2 based ARM Chip, you will get an error "Unsupported hardware architecture detected" as for now VirtualBox only supports 64-bit x86 processors.,

This package will run a program to determine if the software can be installed

2. Installing VirtualBox using HomeBrew Package Manager
This is a much easier way to install VirtualBox using the Terminal.
Installation Command:% brew install --cask VirtualBox
Again you may get an error and installation will fail if you are on the M1/M2 Mac
==> Downloading https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.38/VirtualBox-6.1.38-153438-OSX
Error: Cask virtualbox depends on hardware architecture being one of [{:type=>:intel, :bits=>64}], but you are running {:type=>:arm, :bits=>64}.
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