Differences between the creation and installation of macOS and Linux VMs explained. A new beta-release of Liviable to create and run GUI Linux on Ventura.
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If you duplicate or clone a macOS VM, you risk running two with the same ID. Here’s a new version of Viable to help make VMs with the same Machine ID.
Which to use to virtualise Monterey on an Apple silicon Mac: Parallels Desktop, UTM or VirtualBuddy? A survey of their strengths and problems.
macOS Monterey is the first version with support for lightweight virtualisation on Apple silicon. Here are its greatest limitations, which make it look more like a dress rehearsal.
If you’re running a beta of Ventura on an Apple silicon Mac, here’s a virtualiser for GUI Linux with a footprint of only 33 MB.
How many macOS guests can lightweight virtualisation run at a time, and can it nest them, running a macOS guest in a macOS VM?
This new version of Viable uses HiDPI in Displays to create a crisp scalable virtual display as good as you’ll get from a Retina display. Here’s how.
If you don’t know the difference between display resolution and pixel density, and want to know why Retina displays work, here’s an introduction.
Although Monterey supports lightweight virtualisation of macOS guests, it has some significant limitations, and doesn’t support GUI Linux. Full details are here.
Is virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs Type 1 or 2? How does it handle sensitive instructions, exceptions, CPU cores, and manage memory?
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