How I test using Windows browsers on a Mac

Here are the steps I take to prepare my Mac computer to test various browsers in Windows using a VM.

• Get VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
• Download the VM from Microsoft: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
• Open VirtualBox and add the VM
• Update the VM Settings:
  • General
    • Shared Clipboard: Host to Guest (or bidirectional)
  • System
    • Motherboard -> Base Memory: 4GB
    • Processor: 4 cores
  • Display -> Screen -> Video Memory: 256MB
  • Network -> Adapter 1
    • Attached to: NAT
• Start the VM
• Login with password: Passw0rd!
• Open notepad as an administrator
• Edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and add 10.0.2.2 localhost
• Open Powershell as an administrator
• Forward ports with netsh, for example:
  • netsh interface portproxy add v4tov4 listenaddress=127.0.0.1 listenport=3000 connectaddress=10.0.2.2 connectport=3000
    • This example enables visiting http://localhost:3000, which is handy for testing with Create React App.