Ensure your Mac is updated and run system updates regularly.
Ensure your Mac is updated and run system updates regularly.
Hello, you're using MacOS 12 in VirtualBox for testing. The graphical performance is affected by many animations, which can cause stuttering. The VM Tool seems to help a bit but hasn't made a noticeable difference. You've set the VM to run at 1080p without any extra changes. To improve smoothness, consider adjusting display settings, updating macOS, or checking for graphics drivers.
I wouldn't understand why... I also have Ubuntu and Mint virtual machines (plus Windows 98 SE), and they work fine, but macOS feels almost impossible to use. The animations look very rough and the cursor keeps stuttering.
MacOS runs faster using the GPU, but free VM software doesn’t rely on hardware acceleration, which causes performance issues. You can enable hardware passthrough with devices like an NVIDIA Quadros, though it seems there are no official drivers available for MacOS at the moment.
Review the accessibility options in system settings, you’ll see instructions to lower window animations and disable UI transparency. Because macOS desktop uses GPU acceleration from Catalina onward, unless your VM emulates a vGPU that macOS recognizes as Metal-compatible, you may face performance issues with a smooth interface.
Did you really see that clip? To make this function, you need a Linux setup and a genuine Mac machine. If you own a Mac, using a VM for MacOS is essentially pointless. This was one of those attempts where someone put in a lot of effort to show it’s possible—just don’t expect it to be easy. And if you run into surprises, Heaven forbid, the video won’t help you.
It means you should have noticed it because the Mac is needed only for getting an ISO, a solution Opencore has provided if you need a dmg instead of risky ISOs. That’s definitely right. However, whether to proceed depends entirely on the person doing it. Beyond that, I’m sure the video is more than three years old, but the main idea is that it’s possible and still achievable.
Right, but my point is...if you have the real thing, why bother with a virtual thing? Not to mention the required dual video cards and solid command of Linux...Arch no less. By a very small subset of the population. But technically you are correct...which is the best kind of correct...correct?