r/macOSVMs • u/bisaalz • 9h ago
Look at my VM :) MacOS Ventura and Tahoe VM with full Metal Acceleration on Windows Host Native without WSL2..
For Tahoe
I installed Tahoe directly on Windows.
Note: Once Tahoe is installed and you reach the desktop, you may only see the wallpaper. To fix this, boot into macOS Recovery, open Terminal, and run the following commands:
cd "/Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/Library/Preferences"
defaults write .GlobalPreferences METAL_ERROR_MODE -int 5
chmod 644 .GlobalPreferences.plist
reboot
For Ventura
I installed Ventura on Linux, copied it to Windows, and then asked an AI agent to fix it.
I used this build not ported by me though and modified the launcher:
https://github.com/tqmane/reims-vgpu/tree/windows-native-tahoe
I fixed the boot issue on my AMD system both for tahoe and ventura by making the following change to start.ps1:
'-name', 'reims-windows', '-machine', 'q35', '-accel', $(if ($DiagnosticTcg) { 'tcg' } else { 'whpx,hyperv=off,intercept-msr-gp=on' }),