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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by busymom0 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:22AM (#28125109)
I am an app developer who was thinking of upgrading to the next M1 Mac mini coming out later this year. For my work, I pretty much need an Apple hardware. However after this whole privacy debacle, I have started looking into Hackintosh and whether I can build one to for building my apps.

If anyone has experience with developing for iOS/MacOS on hackintosh, please let me know your experience.

Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by gary17the on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:46AM (#28126854)
> please let me know your experience

You can run Linux as a host, macOS as a guest[1] under QEMU, buy a second GPU that is supported by Apple (e.g., Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse 4GB) and pass that GPU in its entirety to the guest macOS. The same for one of the USB controllers on your motherboard. Effectively, you get native macOS performance under Linux. A bonus: you can use the iptables firewall with the FORWARD ruleset to control guest macOS network access. The overall setup process is involving, but nothing that an intermediate Linux user would not be able to handle. Please note that it might be actually illegal (?) in some (?) countries to run macOS software on non-Apple hardware.

[1] https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM

Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by techrat on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @01:12AM (#28125350)
The privacy issues with apple pretty much lie within their software. Going hackintosh isn't going to move you further away from the issues you have.
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by busymom0 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:27AM (#28126028)
I don't particularly need macOS for anything else except the app development work. Other stuff, I can get done on Ubuntu. I am looking into whether I can run MacOS in a VM on Ubuntu.
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by Synaesthesia on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:55AM (#28126575)
Hackintosh is pretty easy to do if you have compatible hardware.
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by Klonoar on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @02:10AM (#28125602)
It would be arguably cheaper and more powerful to just buy an M1 Mini and shove it under your desk, then SSH onto it or whatever.

With a Hackintosh, ask yourself if you really value your time. Couple hundred bucks for an M1 Mini feels very cheap in comparison.

Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by gogopuppygogo on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:27AM (#28125128)
You can build one. Lots of guides out there and compatibility lists for components. It’s going to be a science project though with only community support for an adversarial operating system.

If you plan to use it for work then buy a Mac. It’s a tool for a job.

Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by beepboop43 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:34AM (#28125164)
running it virtually is also an option. I run macos in virtualbox for the times I need it (for me that's not daily) and have no issues with it
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by busymom0 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:31AM (#28126068)
Do you know if Xcode can run+build+submit apps on VM?
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by h4waii on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:32AM (#28138377)
If by chance you're doing React Native, Expo has a cloud build service I can highly recommend.

There might be other build services for different languages.

Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by lostlogin on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @01:26AM (#28125410)
> For my work, I pretty much need an Apple hardware.

How would going to a hackintosh and loading on the Apple software you are skeptical of help you?

Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by busymom0 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:27AM (#28126025)
Mostly because I don't particularly need macOS for anything else except the app development work. Other stuff, I can get done on Ubuntu. I am looking into whether I can run MacOS in a VM on Ubuntu.
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by lostlogin on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:26AM (#28129980)
I do it in a VM in Esxi. It’s just for some minor chores so doesn’t need to have any performance, but it’s good.
Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by 88840-8855 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @06:07AM (#28126973)
I would switch away if there was a good alternative with 1) nice design, 2) great UI, 3) nice UX, 4) good service.

But unfortunately, there is nothing out there that "just works". And how can anything exist if Apple has the size of a small nation.

Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by the8472 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @07:14AM (#28127361)
Note that by doing app development you keep feeding the monster.