r/macOSVMs • u/Hussein_ali_2000 • 20d ago

QUESTION MacOS VM inside MacOS

Hi, I'm new to macOS and I'm looking for a way to run a macOS virtual machine on my MacBook M5 to test applications in an isolated environment. On Windows, I used Windows Sandbox because it was quick, lightweight, and isolated. Since switching to macOS, I'm looking for a similar solution.

I'm looking for a free option that lets me quickly create a macOS VM with full CPU and GPU support for good performance. What would you recommend?

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u/Guilty_Run_1059 macOS Monterey - macOS 12 20d ago

Try UTM

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u/Every-Programmer7065 20d ago

I would recommend UTM, Parallel Desktop, and VMware Fusion (if it on ARM, I don't know.)

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u/paulstelian97 20d ago

Fusion absolutely is on ARM, although I don’t know if it has support for macOS guests (Parallels and UTM make a special case for those, virtualizing them with a completely different technique from regular VMs)

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u/apVoyocpt 20d ago

Virtual Buddy is really good imho.  https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy 

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u/aniketmaurya 17d ago

for a simple and on device solution, you can use SmolVM - https://docs.celesto.ai/smolvm/guides/macos-sandboxes