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foxlet / macOS-Simple-KVM
macOS-Simple-KVM
Tools to set up a quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.
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Tools to set up a quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.
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- kholia/osx-kvm · linked in 3 of the same discussions
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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9 sourcesIf you have a computer with linux, this kind of things could help: https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
In rg3d: Rust 3D game engine with an FPS demo game and scene editorIf you want something that runs 100% locally with a persistent environment, take a look at macOS-Simple-KVM [0]. With some trivial tweaks in virt-manager as well as the guest OS, you can easily create a local macOS VM that you can SSH into from the host machine (EULA concerns still apply). This also allows you to pass-through devices such as USB devices or a secondary GPU to achieve near-native graphics performance in your macOS VM.
[0] https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
In Fastmac – A macOS instance or Linux shellWow, Good Hack. I also noticed that using so would violate Github action's TOS.
I run macos in qemu/kvm . works very good.
https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
In Fastmac – A macOS instance or Linux shellMore info on the project in this reddit thread from a few hours back:
https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/gwg3e4/free_rele...
The developer mentions[0] that, like macOS-Simple-KVM[1], this leverages kholia's OSX-KVM[2].
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/gwg3e4/free_rele...
[1] https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
[2] https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM
In macOS in QEMU in DockerYes, works fine. It's a bit silly to run an entire VM for a single application, but it does the trick.
https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
In iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see light of day (2018)Take a look at this! It's pretty simple; it just fetches macOS and then gives you a shell script that launches qemu with a few flags:
https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
Really, really fast, and fairly painless.
In MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?Apart from very useful, also very easy to setup
https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
In If a MacBook Pro runs hot or shows high kernel CPU, try charging it on the rightIn my case I'm running macos in kvm VM on my home server based on SuperMicro X10SDV-6C-TLN4F. Seems to work ok but with some exceptions. First is the graphic card which I pass through to VM, it is geforce gtx 1060 and unfortunelty it limits me to use only high sierra, which seems to be the last version of macos for which nvidia web drivers are available. Both video and sound goes through hdmi cable connected to my tv. Other is network card, if you are ok using kvm emulated nic like e1000-82545em then you are set, if you are trying to pass physical interface, or sr-iov vf you may have to deal with bunch of kexts or flashing NIC eeprom to been seen as a card supported by drivers like the one provided by smalltree.
If someone want to try, here is with what I started https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
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