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VirtualBuddy

VirtualBuddy can virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, with the goal of offering features that are useful to developers who need to test their apps on multiple versions of macOS, especially betas.

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Install from the command line

  • brew install --cask virtualbuddy

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is VirtualBuddy?

VirtualBuddy can virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, with the goal of offering features that are useful to developers who need to test their apps on multiple versions of macOS, especially betas.

Requires macOS 12.3 and an Apple Silicon Mac

WARNING: This project is experimental. Things might break or not work as expected.

Features

  • Ability to boot any version of macOS 12 or macOS 13, including betas
  • Built-in installation wizard
    • Select from a collection of restore images available on Apple's servers
    • Install the latest stable version of macOS
    • Local restore image IPSW file
    • Custom restore image URL
  • Boot into recovery mode (in order to disable SIP, for example)
  • Networking and file sharing support
  • Clipboard sharing (without the need to be running macOS Ventura) (experimental ¹)
  • Edit NVRAM variables
  • Customize virtual machine hardware configuration