Documentation to set up a simple macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM

Re:Documentation to set up a simple macOS VM in QEMU, accele... by bithavoc on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @08:33AM (#20222681)

I believe the MacOS license requires to run on Mac hardware, so in order to be compliant with the license you'd need to launch a big VM Linux on top of a beefy Mac Server then inside the big Linux VM provision all the MacOS VM instances you want using the utility mentioned in the post.

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Re:Documentation to set up a simple macOS VM in QEMU, accele... by eiles on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @10:09AM (#20223479)

Unfortunately, you would fall afoul of their license doing this as well. They only allow you to virtualize two instances of macOS per host machine.

(iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software development; (b) testing during software development; (c) using macOS Server; or (d) personal, non-commercial use.

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Re:Documentation to set up a simple macOS VM in QEMU, accele... by opencl on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @08:53AM (#20222814)

Or just install Linux on the Mac normally, though that's only really possible on the older pre-T2 models.

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Re:Documentation to set up a simple macOS VM in QEMU, accele... by amaccuish on Friday June 21, 2019 @09:17PM (#20247439)

Sorry but this misconception needs to die. You can still boot linux perfectly fine on a Mac with a T2. All that's needed is a setting change.

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