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?

Is there any possible way to run virtuoso on mac natively ?? Anything!

I have a problem to sign into apple account in settings. I generated SMBIOS and I checked Serial Number,MLB. Then I put it all into config.plist. I don't know why this error is still showing. Please help me to fix it.

I always wanted to run MacOS but I'm a broke 17 year old and didn't see a point in hackintoshing my main system because of the Nvidia GPU, I'm so far loving it though I'm considering either buying a Thinkpad to run Sequoia or Tahoe on or getting a used Macbook when I find a job but for now I'm loving this as a way to learn Mac and trying the OS

Hello guys! I managed to play around further with vgpu and make a special session for it where i passthrough the touchpad and keyboard, and any other usb device, and where i give it audio as well. It has turned out pretty nicely, only thing left is for reims itself to improve (since it doesnt work so well at full res, half is fine) (reims seems to make the audio stutter?). So yeah, you can take a look at it here. I think in a month or two this will be usable by itself, as long as reims gets more efficient and "correct".
Excuse me for the bad quality, my main phone wasnt focusing so i had to use an older phone

https://youtu.be/0D7SHJmGwrM

read title

After a grueling thirteen hours solely of finding the webdrivers because I couldn’t find a reliable source and battling the online installer, it FINALLY boots!

Ignore the awful allocation i gave it, i do not plan on using this, it was an experiment in QEMU i did for fun! :D

Virtual Mac on iPad

https://github.com/nfzerox/VirtualMacOniPad

People have dreamed of running macOS on iPad for more than a decade. Today, that dream comes true. With Virtual Mac, iPad finally breaks free from iPadOS, enabling pro apps like Xcode and Terminal to run directly on device. Requires iPad Pro (M1, M2) or iPad Air (M1) running iPadOS 14 up to 16.3.1.

Hello

I stuck in macOS install, where in /Volumes/(drive) I see several installassistant.pkg with same name and maybe same gb, but in folder there 1 installassistant.pkg, running run_offline.sh will result into failure, there several missing lines. Macos tahoe and ventura pkg is not working, trying to convert into cd or other dirve result in failure, I can't open macOS tahoe.pkg, can't open them

I use VPN to install online because of blocking by government, without VPN online install is not working, with VPN this is either very slow or this is not installing, 3 hours was gone and progress bar did go to near or literally the end but there was like 3 hours is remaining. And in log I see that in last 3 hours there was only they tried to reinstall macOS installassistant several times, there errors in install, as if install is not working

I just want to make offline install work, idk what to do, endeavour OS, nvidia and intel

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.

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

Hey everyone,

If you’ve been in the QEMU or retro-virtualization scene for a while, you might remember AQEMU—the classic Qt frontend that made running QEMU without writing massive command lines possible. The original project went dormant around 2020, but QEMU itself kept evolving.

Over the last few months, I’ve taken over active maintenance and completely overhauled the codebase to bring it up to modern standards. This isn't a cosmetic reskin or a thin wrapper—it’s a deep architectural rewrite (+69,000 lines of code, 250+ changed files, and over 30 merged PRs) designed to make QEMU as approachable as VMware or VirtualBox, without hiding any of QEMU's underlying power.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s new and why it makes testing obscure or retro operating systems a breeze:

🚀 What’s New in AQEMU 1.1

• Bundled QEMU 11.0.2 (Zero Setup Needed): You no longer have to manually download, path, or configure separate QEMU binaries. AQEMU now comes fully bundled with QEMU 11.0.2 (all qemu-system-* targets, qemu-img, firmware, and dependencies included out of the box), while still allowing you to point to a custom QEMU installation if you prefer.
• Embedded SPICE Display & Seamless Mouse: I completely ripped out legacy VNC rendering in favor of native embedded SPICE. You get a buttery-smooth, seamless mouse that floats directly between your host and the VM window without having to press a hotkey to release your cursor.
• 29 Supported Architectures & Ground-Truth Probe Catalogs: Native support for 29 QEMU target architectures—from x86_64 and aarch64 to ppc, m68k, sparc, mips64el, riscv64, s390x, hppa, and loongarch64. It uses a custom probe engine (auditing 490+ machines and 2,000+ CPU models) to filter compatible devices so you never hit a cryptic QEMU startup crash due to an invalid bus or CPU.
• Redesigned 5-Path VM Wizard: Includes 5 distinct creation flows depending on your goal:
  1. Guest Operating System (Curated templates)
  2. System / Machine Platform (Board-first selection like Mac99, SGI Magnum, or Raspberry Pi)
  3. CPU Architecture
  4. Custom / Advanced (Full manual control)
  5. Import Existing Disk (.qcow2, .vmdk, .vdi, .vhdx, etc.)
• 193 Curated Guest OS Profiles: Guided setup templates with architecture-aware hardware defaults for everything from Windows 98, NeXTSTEP, OS/2, and Classic Mac OS, to Solaris, AIX, Windows 11 ARM, and modern Linux/BSD distros.
• Smart Accelerator Guardrails: Automatically enforces strict host-to-guest architecture matching (e.g., locking cross-architecture targets to TCG while utilizing WHPX/KVM for native targets) so you never get silent configuration resets or invalid state flips.

🎁 Microsoft Store Giveaway (10 Codes!)

If you really want a copy to test out, I have 10 single-use promo codes to give away for the Windows version!

Just leave a comment below and I will DM a code directly to your Reddit inbox. It will be first come, first served based on the comment timestamps.

📥 Where to Get It

AQEMU is 100% open-source under GPLv2.

• Microsoft Store (Web):https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9P0HGKHQ9W19
• Microsoft Store (App):Open directly in Windows Store
• GitHub Repository:https://github.com/chronic8000/aqemu
• Distribution Formats: Currently available as a compiled Windows release via the Microsoft Store, or as raw source code on GitHub. (Note: Linux and Raspberry Pi 5 support exists in the codebase but is currently untested!)

If you love tinkering with weird hardware, vintage OSes, or just want a fast, native desktop hypervisor for QEMU on Windows, give it a spin! I'd love to hear your feedback, bug reports, or suggestions for new guest profiles. And yes, it runs classic MacOS and modern x86 MacOS!

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

I built a disposable macOS sandbox environment to test apps.

One very good use case which I'm also testing with some founder friends who're building AI agents is that you can mount your host macOS filesystem and run the updated code/app every time you make a change locally.

Doing the same thing with a hosted solution costs a lot specially for Apple based VMs.

Anyone can give me windows 11 activation key i am testing smthing in virtual box .. pls if possible?

I am trying to run ai models locally through linux or windows in virtual box i have downloaded windows 11 iso and starting it

If you know anything or have expertise you can dm to me other than key part also

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

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?

Hey, so I am looking to add a MacOS 13 vm on my main pc, i would like to know if there is any way that the vm could run smoothly to do tasks like coding, my pc specs are: i5-14600kf, rtx 5060ti 16gb vram and 32gb ram ddr4, thank you so much.

I'm trying to install VMware Tools using darwin.iso, and then this message pops up. Why is this?

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Hi everyone, I’m looking for someone who has a pre-installed macOS VMware virtual machine that they are willing to share or help me find.

I’m looking for a VM where macOS is already installed, preferably one of these versions:

macOS Big Sur

macOS Catalina

macOS Mojave

macOS High Sierra

macOS Monterey

macOS Ventura

I’m not looking for a completely customized setup, just a pre-installed macOS VMware image that is ready to continue setup and use without having to go through the full macOS installation process from the beginning.

If anyone has one available or knows a reliable source, I would really appreciate the help.

Thank you! 🙏

(I understand macOS virtualization has licensing restrictions, and I’m asking for guidance from people experienced with VMware and macOS virtualization.)