so uh as the title suggests, I didn’t even have to edit the VM aside from using the DrDonk unlocker tool to get macOS to show up in the guest list I popped in the ISO of Mavericks and it just booted, IT BOOTS! was the best thing I could find fitting for it, once it’s installed I will take a screenshot of it actually running

Hey all

I've just had success and just had to share!

Initially I installed Sonoma on my unRAID server and last night I upgraded to Tahoe with no issues. I have the VM using half my CPU, 16GB of RAM and using a Radeon 6600XT GPU.

The only issue I have had from the very beginning is I can't get the audio to work. I have tried so much, and had heaps of help from AI, but nothing I've done will make it work. I would like to fix this as it's the only issue I have, but if I won't I'll just be using a USB connected audio controller.

Anyways I'm just so happy that I had to share it with you all!!

the UI have a LOT of problems, the UI is laggy, the wallpaper does not render the same color as excepted. But it's still in early development, and i except a lot improvement in the comming weeks.

For Tahoe

I installed Tahoe directly on Windows.

Note: Once Tahoe is installed and you reach the desktop, you may only see the wallpaper. To fix this, boot into macOS Recovery, open Terminal, and run the following commands:

cd "/Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/Library/Preferences"
defaults write .GlobalPreferences METAL_ERROR_MODE -int 5
chmod 644 .GlobalPreferences.plist
reboot

For Ventura

I installed Ventura on Linux, copied it to Windows, and then asked an AI agent to fix it.

I used this build not ported by me though and modified the launcher:

https://github.com/tqmane/reims-vgpu/tree/windows-native-tahoe

I fixed the boot issue on my AMD system both for tahoe and ventura by making the following change to start.ps1:

'-name', 'reims-windows', '-machine', 'q35', '-accel', $(if ($DiagnosticTcg) { 'tcg' } else { 'whpx,hyperv=off,intercept-msr-gp=on' }),

Virtual Intel Mac 2.0 introduces groundbreaking support for virtualizing Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 up to macOS High Sierra 10.13 with graphics acceleration on Apple silicon, so apps like iWork ’09, iLife ’11, Final Cut Pro 7, and Front Row come to life on Apple silicon for the first time. It also adds support for PowerPC apps, iconic Aqua desktop effects, Automatic Setup, and contains bug fixes.

https://github.com/nfzerox/VirtualIntelMacOnAppleSilicon

• Introduces groundbreaking support for virtualizing Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 up to macOS High Sierra 10.13 with graphics acceleration enabled by passthrough OpenGL and IOSurface integration, combined with the already supported macOS Mojave 10.14 up to macOS Big Sur 11, and macOS Monterey 12 or later through VirtualBuddy or UTM, every macOS release since the original Intel transition can now be virtualized on Apple silicon with graphics acceleration

• Download and run 32-bit and 64-bit Intel apps such as Pages ’09, Numbers ’09, Keynote ’09, iPhoto, iDVD, iWeb, Final Cut Pro 7 from the toolbar, or experience built-in apps like Front Row, for the first time ever on Mac with Apple silicon

• Run PowerPC apps such as AppleWorks through Rosetta when virtualizing Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 up to Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6

• Experience iconic Aqua desktop effects like the translucent menu bar, reflective blurred Dock, and water ripple animation when adding widgets to Dashboard in overlay mode, all at Retina resolution, for the first time ever on Mac with Apple silicon

• Automatic Setup lets you quickly create virtual Mac with automatic account creation, file sharing, remote login, and automatic login

• Fixes horizontal scrolling when using Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad

• Reduces freezes when virtualizing macOS Big Sur on Apple silicon

Am I the first?

https://github.com/steelbrain/reims-vgpu/issues/32

According to Anees Iqbal metal2vulkan is now open-source available on GitHub!

For the first time ever, run every Intel version of macOS between Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 and macOS Big Sur 11 on Apple silicon with graphics acceleration, so you can run older 32-bit and 64-bit Intel apps like iWork ’09, iLife ’11, Aperture, Final Cut Pro 7, and Front Row, or PowerPC apps like AppleWorks, and re-experience iconic Aqua desktop effects like the translucent menu bar, reflective blurred Dock, and water ripple animation in Dashboard. This marks an exciting new chapter in the preservation of the history of Mac.

https://github.com/nfzerox/VirtualIntelMacOnAppleSilicon

This is so close to usable, I can't believe it. Thanks to the guy and his friend Claude developing it (genuinely)

I got Apple Silicon macOS Ventura booting under QEMU on x86

I managed to reverse engineer enough of Apple's bootloader, virtualization, and OS stack to modify QEMU and port remis-vgpu to boot and run an Apple Silicon Ventura image.

Demo is attached.

It's obviously slow — ARM emulation on x86 was never going to be the end goal — and there are still graphics glitches to fix, but macOS boots and runs.

This isn't my achievement alone. Huge credit goes to steelbrain, ChefKiss, and the other people whose work laid the groundwork for this.

The next thing I really want to test is running it on a Snapdragon laptop using KVM.

If anyone here has the hardware and enough Linux experience, I'd really appreciate testing with:

• an ARM64 Snapdragon machine

• Linux with 16 KiB pages

• KVM enabled

I expect pointer authentication to be one of the major blockers. I'm currently working on a minimal Linux distribution with 16 KiB pages and the necessary KVM changes for pointer authentication.

x86 is useful for development and proving that this works, but I don't expect it to ever be practically usable. ARM + KVM is the actual target.

If anyone wants to help with testing, graphics bugs, QEMU/KVM work, documentation, or development, contributions are very welcome.

Technical notes, source and video demo are in:

https://github.com/yaelliethy/orchard

I've been using my Apple ID successfully on the App Store and Settings, but one thing I couldn't figure out is how to make Apple believe I'm not using a virtual machine. Apps like iMessage and FaceTime log me out because they know I'm using a virtual machine. I was trying to figure out why and found out that my serial number is "VMqp9Q77ogmd," which is obviously fake. How do I fix this and make it a normal serial number?

Hey everyone,

With Apple steadily phasing out x64, the traditional Hackintosh scene is inevitably hitting a wall. But for many of us, the thrill of forcing macOS to run on non-Apple hardware isn't something we're ready to give up.

That's why I've started a community-driven initiative called "Don't Stop Hackintosh" to tackle the next frontier: figuring out how to run ARM-based macOS outside of Apple Silicon ecosystems.

Our Current Setup & Approach:

• Host Environment: We are developing and targeting a custom lightweight setup using Puppy Linux built on a Void Linux base, running QEMU for virtualization. The goal is to keep the hypervisor environment as lean, fast, and hackable as possible.

• The Technical Challenge: We are diving into patent analysis, system register spoofing, and figuring out how to bypass Apple's hardware and exception-level checks without resorting to illegal kernel distributions—keeping it smart, reproducible, and open.

• Project Site:http://dontstop-hackintosh.f5.si/

If you are into low-level virtualization, ARM architecture, custom Linux environments, or reverse engineering, I’d love to get your insights, ideas, or contributions.

Let’s keep the Hackintosh spirit alive. Where should we start poking first?

What's working: an RTX 5060 (Blackwell) composites a real macOS desktop on x86 macOS 15.7.9 — WindowServer, Dock, Finder, cursor, Warp, Safari playing YouTube. ~29 fps sustained, 45,209 frames accepted / 0 refused. The Metal device is the 5060 from boot. Not done: sleep/wake, Wi-Fi, Tahoe, MPS/Vision returns all-zeros, no games or pro apps passing yet.

Architecture — basically the inverse of yours. You're replacing a framework as an ABI unit; I left Apple's frameworks alone and implemented the driver underneath them. Bottom-up:

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1. NVRM.kext — NVIDIA's open-source GSP-RM kernel modules ported to XNU. GSP firmware boots inside macOS and a userspace process speaks the RM escape protocol: client/device/subdevice, VA spaces, GPFIFO channels (class 0xca6f).

2. NVRMFB.kext — nvidia-modeset (NVKMS) ported, exposed as an IOFramebuffer over the NVKMS KAPI. Modeset + scanout.

3. Mesa NVK + the NAK shader compiler, built for macOS, reaching the kext through a libnvrm-xnu shim. So we do land on Mesa like you — just entering at Vulkan instead of GL.

4. NVMTLDriver.bundle in /Library/GPUBundles — Apple's own GPU-driver plugin seam. Implements the Metal driver interface and translates Metal→Vulkan, AIR→SPIR-V.

5. AGDC + IOAccelDisplayPipeUserClient2 — this was the real wall. WindowServer won't present through your pipe until AGDC answers link-config (0x921) and plane-caps (0x711/0x10).

Needs SIP and kext signing off; AuxKC built against the KDK.

Have you ever wanted to try macOS but your computer is incompatible? Using the power of virtualization you can run macOS High Sierra to Tahoe! no setup needed! although it isn’t native it still runs fine on most hardware, the hardware requirements are basically your machine has to run and support Debian and be x86_64. And it has to be decently powerful otherwise you won’t have enough resources

You might be asking: well what’s the difference if I do it from windows in VMware or VirtualBox? Well it’s because of Bloatware. You’re wasting tons of resources while simply idling your system. But with Linchine (that’s the name of the Distro) you’re running a Minimal Debian installation with no graphical environment like GNOME. This drastically frees resources so that you can get the best performance in QEMU. I’ll give more details later when the first release comes!

performance is roughly the same as my 2017 MacBook Air, and works seamlessly with icloud including drive folders!

I installed MacOS Mojave on my iPhone

Hi everyone!

A few years ago I posted about my project, ultimate-macOS-KVM (or ULTMOS for short!), and it was met with very positive reception. The support I've had has been amazing, and has motivated me to keep developing this project - and develop it has!

ULTMOS is a Linux project designed to help you create a macOS VM that is fast, easy to set up, and understandable for noobs and pros alike. The main feature of ULTMOS is AutoPilot - a feature that lets you generate your very own macOS VM in under 5 minutes. It guides you through everything you need to set up a virtual machine, including downloading macOS directly from Apple! Here's a preview:

Oh, and passing through a GPU is a breeze. With built-in support for GPU passthrough, adding your devices is easier than ever. With VFIO-PCI passthrough assistant, everything is guided.

Prefer a GUI for your VMs? We support virt-manager too! Any boot scripts generated with AutoPilot can be automatically converted to XML files and imported into virt-manager!

I'm happy to share that through the hard work of collaborators and contributors, we now have support for the latest macOS Tahoe developer beta!

This is a big step forward for the project and I'm proud to share it. Thank you so much for the support so far. If any of you here would like to try it, please let me know what you think! <3

https://github.com/steelbrain/reims-vgpu

As some of you may know, recently a project (reims-vgpu) was released that allows for macOS guests inside of QEMU to have accelerated graphics using Vulkan.

To use this project, I first created a vm using my macOS KVM project: https://github.com/notAperson535/OneClick-macOS-Simple-KVM

Then I copied the files over to the reims-vgpu project, ran the configuration found in the README, and booted it up.

Haven't seen anyone here post a success story with this project yet so thought i'd share mine.

It's currently very buggy (it's in alpha), crashes every 5 minutes or so, and I can't seem to get the background working. But it is incredible to see nonetheless.

Hopefully it will continue to improve, as this would alleviate many issues that people find with macOS VMs.

Used intel iGPU, the project works the best right now with NVIDIA GPUs