Running a macOS VM on Apple silicon has many advantages: it lets you run older macOS on newer models, is more secure, and convenient, except it can’t work with App Store apps.
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How to run apps on the host, access iCloud Drive, and get faster file write performance in a macOS VM. And why Spotlight is limited, and the Force Quit dialog a bit odd.
Why is it, what is it, and how can you tell whether an app runs in it? What can you do to remove an app’s entitlements?
How to get prompt security data updates, RSRs, macOS updates, App Store updates, and those for third-party apps distributed independently.
You might want an old macOS or OS X installer to build a Virtual Machine, or for an old Mac. Here’s how to get them, and old versions of Xcode.
What are all those files and folders doing inside an app? Which can you safely change to customise an app? Why all the helpers?
Fed up with the Flying Pointer? Tired of the oldest Universal Bug in Finder Column Widths? Want updates from the App Store? These are some of the annoyances in 12.0.1.
How can you ensure the App Store offers you all the updates which it has available? Here’s a simple method which works around its limitations.
A new tailor-made log view shows what’s happened in interactions with the App Store, and can give clues as to the cause of delays and failures.
Detailed step-by-step account of how apps are downloaded and updated from the App Store. Welcome new internal names like Absinthe, Jetpack, and Crossfire, and Apple’s fraud score.