What progress are others making to get Sequoia running as a VM?
I have a Sequoia supported Intel host (iMac 2019) running macOS 14.5 and VMware Fusion 13.5.2 (latest). But I am interested in Parallels as well.
I can create Sequoia ISO, create new VM (tell Fusion it macOS 14), boot from the ISO as a CD and install Sequoia. That all works (including networking with bridged connection) and I have installed VMware Tools which enables shared folders, etc.
Issues:
1. I am unable to get Apple Paravirtualisation video working. With a Sonoma VM, I can do this by adding two lines to the .vmx file:
svga.present="FALSE"
appleGPU0.present="TRUE"
But with my Sequoia VM, the VM gets stuck part way through booting.
I remember that macOS 14 beta 1 has the same issue, but this was fixed by beta 2. Hope for the same this year.
2. Yellow wallpaper. This will be due to the fancy wallpapers requiring Metal and the Fusion svga video driver not supporting Metal. Workaround: change to a simple wallpaper. Fix will be when the Apple Paravirtualisation is working.
3. Login to Apple fails with "unknown error". This is both in Feedback Assistant and System Preference > iCloud. Login via Safari works fine. This is (to me) a surprising issue.
4. Occasional 100% CPU hangs. I suspect (but have no evidence) that this is video related.
Any comments on those issues? Comparison with Parallels experience as well as Fusion progress.
What progress are any of your making with VMs on Intel hosts?
I have a Sequoia supported Intel host (iMac 2019) running macOS 14.5 and VMware Fusion 13.5.2 (latest). But I am interested in Parallels as well.
I can create Sequoia ISO, create new VM (tell Fusion it macOS 14), boot from the ISO as a CD and install Sequoia. That all works (including networking with bridged connection) and I have installed VMware Tools which enables shared folders, etc.
Issues:
1. I am unable to get Apple Paravirtualisation video working. With a Sonoma VM, I can do this by adding two lines to the .vmx file:
svga.present="FALSE"
appleGPU0.present="TRUE"
But with my Sequoia VM, the VM gets stuck part way through booting.
I remember that macOS 14 beta 1 has the same issue, but this was fixed by beta 2. Hope for the same this year.
2. Yellow wallpaper. This will be due to the fancy wallpapers requiring Metal and the Fusion svga video driver not supporting Metal. Workaround: change to a simple wallpaper. Fix will be when the Apple Paravirtualisation is working.
3. Login to Apple fails with "unknown error". This is both in Feedback Assistant and System Preference > iCloud. Login via Safari works fine. This is (to me) a surprising issue.
4. Occasional 100% CPU hangs. I suspect (but have no evidence) that this is video related.
Any comments on those issues? Comparison with Parallels experience as well as Fusion progress.
What progress are any of your making with VMs on Intel hosts?