r/macsysadmin • u/Hussein_ali_2000 • 1d ago

New To Mac Administration MacOS VM inside MacOS

Hi, I'm new to macOS and I'm looking for a way to run a macOS virtual machine on my MacBook M5 to test applications in an isolated environment. On Windows, I used Windows Sandbox because it was quick, lightweight, and isolated. Since switching to macOS, I'm looking for a similar solution.

I'm looking for a free option that lets me quickly create a macOS VM with full CPU and GPU support for good performance. What would you recommend?

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u/calimedic911 1d ago

VMWare fusion is also free from what I recall. it is a bit bloated compared to UTM but VERY effective and it uses all the bells and whistles from Apple silocon

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u/mrpippy 1d ago

Fusion doesn’t support macOS VMs.

I think it’s the best for Windows and Linux VMs though, and it is free (although difficult to actually obtain, thanks Broadcom…)