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#Vmware mac os m1 mac os x
VMWare Fusion has provided desktop (and Macbook) support for virtualisation for years now, ever since Apple allowed it to be possible on Apple hardware, through a change to their end user license agreement back with Mac OS X Server 10.5.

Using ESXi as a host for macOS guests on a supported high end Intel based Macīoth Fusion and ESXi reach end of line for macOS guests macOS virtualisation for desktops and servers.Running macOS as a guest OS on VMware Fusion.
#Vmware mac os m1 windows
Running Windows as a guest OS on VMware Fusion.VMware will not support macOS as a guest OS via its own hardware version technology.VMware will not support macOS as a guest OS via its own hardware version technology macOS as a guest on ESXi end of life, macOS as a guest in Fusion Intel only TL:DR - macOS support is definitely gone from future releases of ESXi and VMware Fusion using the current VMware hardware version technologies. Thats my main requirement for development abd testing. By the end of the year I planned to be all Apple silicon. Unless VMware Fusion can be modified to support Apple's Virtualization framework for Apple silicon based Macs, and theres a hint that it might, this is probably the clearest sign of the end of the road for me. (88697) and vSphere ESXi 7.x will be last version to officially support Apple macOS Virtualization), that this can be updated now to "macOS guest VM - Will never be supported". I guess that based on the two recent announcements ( VMware does not plan to support latest macOS versions as a GOS on Fusion going forward. But VMware Fusion contained the cryptic release note "macOS guest VM - Not currently supported". And it is rocket ship fast on Apple silicon.
#Vmware mac os m1 windows 10
Fusion also supports Windows 10 and 11 on Mac computers which are Intel based and Mac computers with Apple silicon. VMware Fusion tech preview (TP 22H2) shipped last week with hardware version 20 and guest support for various flavours of Linux and Unix. As well as having new mechanisms to create and manage guests, while respecting Apple's security requirements, the Apple Virtualisation framework also enforces Apples End User Licence Agreement by limiting the number of guests to 2. My speculation is that VMware hardware technology cannot be used to support the Apple Virtualization framework introduced in macOS 11 for creating and running a macOS VM the Apple way.
#Vmware mac os m1 for mac
In the VMware Fusion tech preview for Mac computers with Apple siliconm, a new hardware version 20 supports guest operating systems such as various flavours of Linux and Windows 10 and 11.

My speculation is that this could be because of a requirement from Apple to use Apple's Virtualization framework, introduced in macOS 11, for virtualisation of macOS, particuarly on Apple silicon. VMware go on to say that they cannot commit to supporting any future macOS operating systems releases as a guest OS on Fusion. These existing macOS VM's would be ones which have been created and run using a particular VMware hardware version. VMware say they will continue to attempt to test and certify new macOS releases for use as a guest on Fusion for Intel based Macs for as long as VMware Fusion is a production product for Intel Macs. VMware have always had their own technology known as the VMware hardware version, which reflects the virtual machine's supported virtual hardware features on ESXi and Fusion. Wait, what?Ī guest operating system is an operating system that is secondary to the OS originally installed on a computer, which is known as the host operating system. Apple silicon macOS guests will never be able to be supported at all. At that point a deprecated support level will be provided to legacy macOS certified versions which support the VMware hardware version technologies in ESXi and Fusion but only for legacy Intel based Mac computers. Updated with some clarifications about VMware hardware version technology - Īs far as I can make out from a blog post and a support note (links below), guest operating system support for latest macOS versions on VMware Fusion will be discontinued in upcoming release 13.0 of VMware Fusion and at end of support for ESXi 7.0.
