It has taken 2 years for virtualisation on Apple silicon to support Apple ID with iCloud and its features. But it still doesn’t let you run almost all App Store apps.
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How to create and configure a Sequoia beta to run in a virtual machine on an Apple silicon Mac, either in Sequoia or Sonoma, and a surprise in its features.
Sequoia’s macOS VMs and Apple ID, USB storage and other devices, number of concurrent VMs, nested virtualisation, and how to run Sequoia beta in a VM on Sonoma.
Malware tries to trick you into providing it your password. How to recognise genuine requests from those fakes.
Just 4 cores and 16 GB of memory were used for the virtual machine to run Xcode and build apps successfully, but only for local testing.
Important rule: third-party apps can’t use your regular Apple ID password to connect to services, but use an app-specific password.
You suddenly can’t remember your password, or your Mac won’t accept what you think is your password. What do you do next?
Hackers claim 300 million compromised iCloud accounts, and Wikileaks claims details of techniques being used by CIA to spy on Mac and iOS users. Fact or fake?
Need to share some of your information with others? Have you thought about creating a secondary Apple ID?
Have you ever entered the password for your Mac instead of that for your Apple ID? This should help make it clearer which you need to use.
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