r/UTMapp Apr 22 '21

UTM, the best virtual machine host software to run whichever OS you want, with the best simplicity. Welcome!

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Hello everyone from Reddit! You are joining r/UTMapp community.

First of all, I want to welcome you here. I’m the moderator, and I have created this community because I love UTM software and its potential (I’m not affiliated with the developers). Before posting or commenting I should let you know that in the “About” section you’ll soon find useful guides that I’m recently writing to help you installing some more common OSs. Stay tuned!

What can I do with UTM?

You can run almost any operating system (such as Windows, Linux distributions, macOS, BSD, and other UNIX based OSs) thanks to the possibility of emulating 30+ processors supported by qemu, including x86_64, ARM64, and RISC-V

Is it free?

Absolutely! You don't have to pay to use UTM, but a donation to developers is always appreciated. If you want to support the them with the project, you may consider to purchase UTM for Mac on the AppStore (for just 10$), and you will also receive automatic updates forever (so you don't have to update it manually).

Read the "About" section of this community for more informations about UTM, download links for Mac and iOS, FAQ, and more. If you have more questions (not answered in the Wiki), make a post (use always a post flair, that depends on the topic of the post).

NOTE: Before interacting in this community, please kindly read the "Rules" section.


r/UTMapp 4h ago

macOS in UTM connected to MLX on macOS Host

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I would like to run macOS in UTM on a macOS machine. The purpose is to run VSCode and OpenCode on the guest and MLX server on the host. That way, MLX runs native on Metal while the coding agent is isolated from the host.

I have this working just fine. But I want to ensure the isolation is maximized. I cannot use port forwarding because of apparent constraints in UTM running macOS. That means I have to let Python through the firewall.

Is this a concern? And any suggestions on maximizing isolation in this setup? I should say my networking skills are very limited.

Thanks!


r/UTMapp 1d ago

How to send files from my MacOS to my WindowXP VM?

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r/UTMapp 2d ago

Everything but internet works

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im on my mac and i followed a tutorial but never got internet. how can i connect?


r/UTMapp 3d ago

SPICE compability issue

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I have downloaded the Windows XP/Vista and 7 VM image from internet archive.

The latest SPICE is unable to install properly on Windows XP/Vista Guest (many errors related to qemu-vga on Windows XP and spicewebdavd for both XP/Vista). For Windows 7 Guest, I can successfully install SPICE, but I am unable to share MacBook Neo Host folder to Guest. I can only share Guest folder to Host.

Is the above run as expected?


r/UTMapp 3d ago

SPICE compability issue

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r/UTMapp 5d ago

How do I run a Kali linux VM on a restricted Mac?

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alright so some context, im trying to get kali linux on a restricted mac that wont even let me open dmg files, since im trying to use the UTM installer. I cant even open or extract dmg files, the failed to mount error pops up, and I cant bypass it. anyways to get this thing running? like converting the dmg to a zip and extracting it from there? idk im not too much into this stuff im really new. i already have UTM and kali linux.iso downloaded, but not sure what to do with these restrictions. i dont wanna run it through the web as well. any help? thanks.


r/UTMapp 7d ago

MacOS Sequoia 15.6.1 Virtualized with VirtualMac on iPad M1 on iPadOS15(Jailbroken / 16GB RAM)

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Used this project to achieve it: https://github.com/nfzerox/VirtualMacOniPad - Geekbench 6 was used to test the scores, and 8 cores were assigned during the test vs. 7 during this demonstration. 9GB RAM is assigned. - Lightweight games and some 3D games work great, such as Slope in the video, but other games through Steam (TankiOnline) install and launch but suffer graphical errors and crash. - Streaming videos/movies is very smooth. Can also use extended display to mirror full screen, and long duration videos play without issues. Personally this was a crucial for me since it essentially overrides the ipados15 limitation of showing black bars on sides during mirroring, and allows using Mac/ipad on full screen on external displays. It is possible to stream football matches in the VM and mirror it to the TV full screen and watch the whole game without freezes/crash. - Bluetooth doesn’t work / can’t be turned on inside the VM, but it is possible to connect bluetooth devices to iPad first and it passes through to MacOS. Wifi works the same way. Magic keyboard attached to iPad works seamlessly like a MacOS trackpad, but things like 3 finger swipe don’t work. Keyboard shortcuts do work. - Jailbroken via Dopamine on iPadOS 15.6.1


r/UTMapp 7d ago

UTM SE Lightweight Linux Reccomendations

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I’ve dug around a bit on here but the answers have been inconclusive, so I wanted to ask - is there a lightweight Linux distro that will run on UTM SE on an iPhone 16? I’m aware without JIT my options are limited (and this is more a hobby project), but I was hoping I could get something like Puppy Linux or Alphine Linux running.

I tried Puppy Linux to no avail. Any suggestions for configuration as I’m unable to get past the GRUB menu in Puppy Linux?


r/UTMapp 8d ago

I withdrew my utm residence within 30 day of move in period.. its been two weeks and I'm still financially responsible for the costs.. is anyone on the waitlists? they would take my spot and take me off the responsibility list.. am starting to worry.

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r/UTMapp 10d ago

UEFI shell on UTM windows install FIX!

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r/UTMapp 11d ago

OS X Tiger

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How to get the boot loader to read the CD / DVD? M5 - Tahoe.

Default Config - Mac 99. I've tried 3 different ISO's and this happens every time. What gives? It's also not very cooperative with OS 9.2.1. Is this due to Tahoe? Anyone got ideas?


r/UTMapp 12d ago

Internet on Win11

7 Upvotes

Is there any way to get internet when installing Windows? I managed to run a Windows 11 Arm64 on my Ipad Pro 2021 iOS 14 Taurine


r/UTMapp 16d ago

I'm trying to run Windows XP on UTM SE but it ends up on a black screen with the mouse, what do i do?

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after the blue restarting system screen, it ends up on an black screen with the mouse, its a windows XP Professional, what do i do?


r/UTMapp 17d ago

Help resizing a MacOS image. Was 64gb, resized to 96gb, but can't find a way to actually make the MacOS virtual machine see/use that space. It's still 64gb and says I am running low. Google to no result.

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Hi all
As the title says. I thought 64gb would be HEAPS but apparently it is low. Literally all I have running is MacOS Sequioa, and Adobe After Effects. I don't know why that all takes up 64gb but here we are.

In UTM I resized to 96gb. Now, search tells me
For MacOS, Boot the macOS virtual machine.Open Disk Utility.Select the container/volume and use the partition/resize controls or run diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk1 (or your specific disk identifier) from the internal terminal.

But
There is no option to resize the main OS disk that I can find in disk util.

Any help appreciated.


r/UTMapp 21d ago

1-2 days paid off huh?

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r/UTMapp 22d ago

Virtuoso on mac

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


r/UTMapp 23d ago

How do I fix this!?

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I’m using FilePickerFix if that’s anything..


r/UTMapp 26d ago

UTM Virtualization isnt supported. iphone 7 its rootfull jailbroken

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ios 15.8.3 UTM HV palera1n intsalled from trollstore


r/UTMapp 27d ago

My current Windows 95 desktop.

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Windows go brrrr


r/UTMapp 26d ago

openSUSE Thumbleweed install no display

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This has been chasing me since forever. No display errors during installations. Right now I need openSUSE Thumbleweed but I cannot seem to pass the installation steps.

As soon as I press Install on GRUB, black screen, no display.

Tried it with every combination of virtio GPU I could, no HW accel, HW accel, rambus, pci, device.

Nothing. I tried through the serial port, but I cannot navigate the TUI after a point.

Has anyone figured out what might be causing these no display errors? I swear every time I tried to install something I ran into this issue, and most of the time I just dropped UTM out of frustration.

This time I would like to figure out what the hell is the problem.


r/UTMapp 27d ago

MacOS High Sierra on M5 macbook air.

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11 Upvotes

Download utm configs from adespoton on GitHub and then install the high sierra iso.

Note: Graphics on the vm will not work properly.


r/UTMapp 29d ago

Virtual Mac on iPad: People have dreamed of running macOS on iPad for more than a decade. Today, that dream comes true.

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250 Upvotes

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.


r/UTMapp 29d ago

running a minecraft bedrock server(Pocketmine) on iOS

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running a pocketmine server on alpine linux 3.23.5 virt aarch64 on iOS 26.5.2 (JIT enabled) iphone 16 pro max


r/UTMapp 29d ago

Why there won’t be a community replacement of Hypervisor framework?

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for iOS 16.3.1+