How to change the password for an encrypted sparse bundle, and how to use an ISO keyboard in a macOS VM on Apple silicon.
virtualisation
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.
Examines two special core allocation modes: for the virtual cores in a macOS VM, and in Sonoma’s new Game Mode.
These fix a bug when restoring a VM window that has been minimised to the Dock.
Apple claims that its macOS VMs can run Metal and deliver “great graphics performance”. How could you assess that, and are they really that good?
Code run in a lightweight Virtual Machine can’t take advantage of the Efficiency cores of the host Apple silicon Mac. How then does Sonoma handle its threads?
The Eclectic Light Company 