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Exploring sysctl’s secrets with a new version of Mints

New version helps you check which features are available in your Mac’s CPU, and more, linking to a page here with detailed information.

January 19, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Tips of the year: work around bugs and limitations

How to change the password for an encrypted sparse bundle, and how to use an ISO keyboard in a macOS VM on Apple silicon.

December 30, 2023 Macs, Technology

Don’t update macOS VMs to 14.2 or 14.2.1 if you use shared folders

If you run macOS virtual machines (VMs) on Apple silicon Macs using lightweight virtualisation, you may wish to […]

December 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

How good is GPU access for Apple silicon virtual machines?

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?

October 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

How does macOS manage virtual cores on Apple silicon?

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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?

October 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

What happens when you run a macOS VM on Apple silicon?

Once the virtualisation app has configured a VM to be run, it starts it, and stands back as the macOS Virtual Machine Service does all the hard work.

October 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

What you can do with lightweight VM Shared Folders, and what you can’t

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.

October 19, 2023 Macs, Technology

LaunchServices problems and Ventura

Using lsregister to clean up the Open With menu only works temporarily, and it’s populated by apps found anywhere local to your Mac. That’s not good for VMs sharing the Applications folder.

October 14, 2023 Macs, Technology

Current limitations on macOS virtual machines running on Apple silicon Macs

Details of supported VMs, file sharing, serial numbers, networking, input devices, display, Recovery mode and more.

September 14, 2023 Macs, Technology

How to build a custom macOS VM on Apple silicon

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How to build and set up a VM with an older version of macOS without it getting updated to the current version, using Viable.

September 7, 2023 Macs, Technology

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