In a wide range of in-core tests, CPU performance in VMs is close to that of code running native on the host, and M3 VMs are faster than M1 native. With one significant exception.
virtualisation
From Hypervisor APIs in OS X 10.10 Yosemite in 2014, through early VirtIO kernel extensions in Mojave in 2018, and Arm hypervisor support in Big Sur.
Fixes two bugs, including the saving and use of display resolution and other settings, has revised menus, and a full 13-page Help book.
Adds bridged networking, VM settings files, prevents inadvertent window closure when a VM is running, and more. Tested with 6 distros.
How to change the password for an encrypted sparse bundle, and how to use an ISO keyboard in a macOS VM on Apple silicon.
Before Apple had even released its Developer Transition Kit, virtualisation was already one of the 3 pillars of software support on Apple silicon Macs.
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.
If you use macOS VMs on an Apple silicon Mac, folders shared with the host may vanish in 14.2 and later. Here’s why, which are affected, and how to work around the problem.
If you run macOS virtual machines (VMs) on Apple silicon Macs using lightweight virtualisation, you may wish to […]
Comparison with M1 variants, energy use with comparison between M3 Pro and Max, virtualisation, Game Mode, vector processing and matrix co-processing – all in summary.
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