I've tested VM macOS versions of Monterey and Ventura. So, I’ve not set it up yet, but using virtualization seems like a more promising option.Trying to get some minimum development working again, I've been waiting to be able to macOS in VMs on M1.Ĭurrently both VirtualBuddy, and UTM, can install macOS, I can go to Recovery Boot to disable SIP and enable 3rd party extensions. With the Ventura beta, I was unable to get the beta to even install on the external SSD (neither the full installer nor updating from the Monterey beta). It would only boot my M1 Mac if I ran the installer and each update from the M1 Mac itself-taking it out of commission for hours.

This was kind of a pain because I couldn’t set it up using my secondary Intel Mac. However, I only bring one Mac with me when I travel, and I don’t trust installing a beta version on the internal SSD. Lately, I’ve been doing this without virtualization, just using separate partitions and external SSDs on a separate Mac. My main interest in virtualization is for running old or beta versions of macOS for testing. None of the apps supports Apple ID connections, which is a serious problem for making the transition to Ventura: this means that a Monterey VM can’t run App Store apps at all, except for Apple’s free apps, such as Numbers.īy far the most economical solution is to create a new volume on which to keep your VMs when that’s added to Time Machine’s exclusion list, then snapshots won’t be made of that volume either. That’s essential if you want to downgrade or disable Secure Boot, for example if you want to turn SIP off in your VM. The one notable exception to this is VirtualBuddy, which apparently uses an undocumented method of booting a Monterey guest into Recovery mode. There’s also my free app Viable now in beta 3.Īll four of these apps currently use Apple’s Virtualization framework to download, install and run macOS guests, thus have almost identical core features and shortcomings. There are currently three major apps to run macOS as a guest on an Apple silicon Mac with Monterey 12.5 as a host:

Apple virtualization framework