macOS Virtual Machine

Theres some hack for VMWare that makes it work really well. I found it here: https://mega.nz/#F!kZd01ZRC!j49bznphGjK3mOGXo9c7Vw

You have to have VMWare player installed first. And ofc you'll need a vdi with macos installed. You could follow this i guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqffmlfJ0ko

>>59092316
How's performance, and is it stable? If it's as unstable as a typical Hackintosh setup, I'll probably just bite the bullet and buy an iMac or a Mac Pro eventually.

>>59092531
>it runs like poop in a vm
Which VM have you tried? And are there any hackintosh setups which are completely stable? That's my main issue--I don't want to deal with instability and other such bullshit.

>>59092621
>hackintosh is super easy and stable, everything just werks
lol nope

If this is your experience with hackintoshing, you basically won the lottery

>>59092621
>hackintosh is super easy and stable, everything just werks
Do you use this as your main machine or are you just one of these memers who has it as a secondary/tertiary machine and doesn't care much? I want a system for work and day-to-day usage, not for tinkering and dicking around with.

>>59092670
Do Messages (iMessage) and FaceTime work? Does it freeze/crash/etc?

>>59092679
>>59092531
>>59092670
I find it hard to believe someone with a bunch of pink/pedo shit on his desktop is a trustworthy source for this information

>>59092709
what did he mean by this?

>>59092709
If only that was actually you in the picture

>>59092709
I understand you, I'm a girl and also have a cute pink desktop rice. No OSX though, that's gay.

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Is it possible? See pic.

Is it worth it? See pic.

Is it difficult? Not really.

Is it stable? Of course.

How's performance? Well, it works, and yes it'll perform a bit slower than it would on actual bare-metal hardware but that's to be expected. How fucking fast do you need an OS to actually be? How fast is fast?

Been using OSX/macOS in a VM off and on since 2005 (seriously) and I still do (as the pic shows).

>>59092864
>How's performance? Well, it works, and yes it'll perform a bit slower than it would on actual bare-metal hardware but that's to be expected. How fucking fast do you need an OS to actually be? How fast is fast?
Can I watch a video at 60 FPS? That's my benchmark.

>>59092883

>try opening launchpad lol
>idiots trying to be funny
>trying being the operative word there

As stated, it works fine in a VM and it's slower than bare-metal hardware which is of course how it's supposed to be considering the nature of virtual machines to begin with.

If you're expecting full blown bare-metal capable performance in a VM, even with the latest and greatest hardware like a Ryzen CPU or Intel's flagships, you're just not understanding how VMs work or why they exist. It's not about having the best possible performance, it's about being able to actually use multiple OSes at one time and be more productive overall.

If you want super fast bare-metal performance, go fucking buy the bare-metal hardware.

>>59092987

>unusable

And yet everything works, including Launchpad, Final Cut Pro, Logic, and every other fucking software application supported on OSX/macOS to this day.

Just a bit slower than the bare-metal version will, but it all works just fine.

Bitch.

>>59092976
>As stated, it works fine in a VM and it's slower than bare-metal hardware which is of course how it's supposed to be considering the nature of virtual machines to begin with.
It's pure shit and there's no video acceleration of any kind.

I don't think you know much about virtual machines. Stop using the term "bare metal" like you're some kind of experienced professional. You clearly don't know what you're talking about.

>>59092344
performance is trash
performance won't be good in a vm any time soon
>>59092611
it runs like shit in pretty much every vm host
including vmware workstation, virtualbox, vmware fusion, and parallels

>>59093045
performance is fine in esxi with pcie passthrough.

>>59093020

I know exactly what it means, and as stated I've been using VMs since basically VMware itself was founded (and I worked for them in those days). And as stated it's not about having the best performance, it's about being able to do it, period.

>>59093024

I know more than you, son, that's what matters.

>>59093057
>I know more than you, son, that's what matters.
You sound like a 27-year-old pizza delivery man who tinkers with VMWare in his spare time. At best you're some low-level IT shithead.
>>59093061
this, memes aside

>>59093061

>lol your really dumb
>you're

>dont reply to me anymore
>don't

You're not helping your case, son.

>>59092864
you have been using mac os in a virtual machine ever since before mac os ran on intel processors?

>>59093073

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSx86

The first working instance of OSX in a virtual machine was back in September of 2005. Apple had been using Intel CPUs since early 2005 in their own labs and then released the original Intel Developer Transition Kit for $1000 (a MacPro that had Intel hardware inside).

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I only use my vm for xcode but it works for me. I've upgraded it many times and fucked around with video drivers inside the guest which has caused some visual issues, maybe it would be better on a fresh install. Video related
https://a.uguu.se/OAwSLqS4uKMh_Desktop02.24.2017-02.02.08.07.mp4

>>59093073
Not that Anon but I still do that. Pic related.

>>59093097
Have you tried PCIe passthrough?

how do you fucking do it? i'm not running some sketchy patched version of vmware from the pirate bay either

>>59093706
I've read about it before and apparently x58 motherboards support VT-D but my bios has no option for it.

VM works "fine" and is really easy and fast to get up, but the fact that GPU is limited to 128meg "generic" means it's unuseable, as osx uses gpu for everything and it all stutters beyond belief, including virtual desktop switching, scrolling, everything.

as for hackintosh, any1 knows if x79 boards and gtx 10xx are supported in sierra by default? kinda want to try it out but don't want to waste time if it's going to crap itself

So how do I actually go about making a hackintosh? I have a pascal graphics card but I'm willing to run on Intel HD graphics. I don't have a mac to make the USB installer though.

How can I figure out if my hardware will work, and work into the future?

>>59093054
Right, because everyone runs ESXi on their desktop.

>>59092709
You need to take a break from /g/ my man.

>>59094089
passthrough m8

>>59094133
People who intend to virtualize do.

>>59094133
>>59094133
yeah but some sperg ITT is talking like he knows what he's talking about but in reality he doesn't know anything.

>>59094010
Asus right?

>>59094120
Intel HD graphics is supported natively, I don't know about Pascal.
The easiest way would be to download a pre-setup macOS VMware image, and boot that, download the OS from the App store and create your install USB from the virtual machine.

>How can I figure out if my hardware will work
Check Tonymacx86

>>59094976
EVGA.

>>59092284
Yes but you must download special bootable disk to install or download a preinstalled VM. Most torrents have instructions inside along with the version the VM image is reported to work. As for the stability i have a 10.6 and 10.10 OSX VM with linux hosts running for production. No issues after 7 months. I use mine for special programs that are not available anywhere but OSX

>>59094089
>as osx uses gpu for everything and it all stutters beyond belief, including virtual desktop switching, scrolling, everything.
No it doesn't you fucking retard. If you're running it at high resolutions, even real Macs lag and stutter like shit.
>t. rMBP13 owner here

>>59094165
you mean like pci-e gpu passthrough to VM?
I would still need some radeon or older nvidia card for that, wouldn't I?

>>59095300
That doesn't prove him wrong dumb dumb.

>>59095348
Older radeon or nvidia, you had them the wrong way around. Although the RX 480 does work.

>>59092284
On a Linux host you can use KVM/QEMU with GPU passthrough for really good performance, though it can be a rather pain to set up the first time. There are a multitude of guides to help you however, so you'll get there in the end.

GPU Passthrough is pretty much the only way to get good performance on macOS. Reason being that drivers isn't developed for macOS like on Windows/Linux. Mainly because of Apple's ToS and licensing which disallows anyone to virtualize macOS without owning a Mac with a certain license and can only be emulated while macOS is the host, so on and so forth.

Try it out if you can.

>>59095348
>I would still need some radeon or older nvidia card for that, wouldn't I?
Using GPU passthrough would simply hook that card into macOS. So not really for any other OS, but for macOS - Yes you would.

The reason for that is that the GTX 10xx series does not support macOS yet. Pascal support is zero, even for Hackintoshers. So if you have a 10xx it will not work with macOS regardless if you pass it or not.

Though something like a GTX 9xx would work. I dunno about AMD, you'd need to check if the AMD card has any hackintosh success stories in that case.