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I'm wondering whether it would be easier to run macOS in VM. No more fear of updates with snapshots, and I imagine ease of installation and less compatibility i

I'm wondering whether it would be easier to run macOS in VM. No more fear of updates with snapshots, and I imagine ease of installation and less compatibility issues. Anyone does it, how's performance and keyboard "tunneling" (CMD vs CTRL)?

prodmerc 10y ago
MacOSX performance inside a VM is terrible, no matter your hardware.
- squaredpants 10y ago
  How about VFIO using Qemu/KVM? That is the setup I have.
- xaduha 10y ago
  Nonsense, depends on the VM.
- bartvk 10y ago
  I'm curious, why do you say so?
joshgel 10y ago
Ive found it pretty tough to get macOS up and running in a VM. Anyone know of any easy way?
- citruspi 10y ago
  I've come across this[0] doc before, but I haven't tried it yet so I can't speak to ease of setup and performance. [0]: https://github.com/geerlingguy/macos-virtualbox-vm https://github.com/geerlingguy/macos-virtualbox-vm
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- kejaed 10y ago
  If you dont mind downloading a potentially sketchy random VM image from the web, this has worked for me: https://techsviewer.com/install-macos-sierra-virtualbox-windows/ https://techsviewer.com/install-macos-sierra-virtualbox-wind...
- matthew-wegner 10y ago
  VMWare ESXi officially supports Mac Pro hardware as a host. Guests will just work--you don't need to use any of the hackintosh bootloaders. If you aren't running ESXi (or VMWare Workstation) on Apple hardware, you can use this to enable the functionality: https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker
- Svexark 10y ago
  A few days ago I used this guide to install Yosemite on an AMD computer with Windows 10 as the host using Virtualbox. It works but there's no accelerated graphics so it feels like working remotely. https://techsviewer.com/install-mac-os-x-10-10-yosemite-amd-on-windows-on-virtualbox/ https://techsviewer.com/install-mac-os-x-10-10-yosemite-amd-... The trick is to use VirtualBox 4.3 instead of 5.
vbezhenar 10y ago
New filesystem APFS supports snapshots, so you can use them without VM, I guess. It's already in production on iOS and probably will be released with the next macOS version.
xaduha 10y ago
VFIO with proper configuration and compatible hardware that you pass (sound card, USB hub, video card) is indistinguishable from native. > keyboard "tunneling" (CMD vs CTRL)? Better to use original mac keyboards, if you have them, not really a virtualization issue.

prodmerc 10y ago

MacOSX performance inside a VM is terrible, no matter your hardware.

squaredpants 10y ago
How about VFIO using Qemu/KVM? That is the setup I have.
xaduha 10y ago
Nonsense, depends on the VM.
bartvk 10y ago
I'm curious, why do you say so?

joshgel 10y ago

Ive found it pretty tough to get macOS up and running in a VM. Anyone know of any easy way?

citruspi 10y ago
I've come across this[0] doc before, but I haven't tried it yet so I can't speak to ease of setup and performance. [0]: https://github.com/geerlingguy/macos-virtualbox-vm https://github.com/geerlingguy/macos-virtualbox-vm
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kejaed 10y ago
If you dont mind downloading a potentially sketchy random VM image from the web, this has worked for me: https://techsviewer.com/install-macos-sierra-virtualbox-windows/ https://techsviewer.com/install-macos-sierra-virtualbox-wind...
matthew-wegner 10y ago
VMWare ESXi officially supports Mac Pro hardware as a host. Guests will just work--you don't need to use any of the hackintosh bootloaders. If you aren't running ESXi (or VMWare Workstation) on Apple hardware, you can use this to enable the functionality: https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker
Svexark 10y ago
A few days ago I used this guide to install Yosemite on an AMD computer with Windows 10 as the host using Virtualbox. It works but there's no accelerated graphics so it feels like working remotely. https://techsviewer.com/install-mac-os-x-10-10-yosemite-amd-on-windows-on-virtualbox/ https://techsviewer.com/install-mac-os-x-10-10-yosemite-amd-... The trick is to use VirtualBox 4.3 instead of 5.

vbezhenar 10y ago

New filesystem APFS supports snapshots, so you can use them without VM, I guess. It's already in production on iOS and probably will be released with the next macOS version.

xaduha 10y ago

VFIO with proper configuration and compatible hardware that you pass (sound card, USB hub, video card) is indistinguishable from native. > keyboard "tunneling" (CMD vs CTRL)? Better to use original mac keyboards, if you have them, not really a virtualization issue.