One of the bigger names in virtualization — VMware — has remained strangely silent on the subject of Macintosh support, but it’s silent no more. On Monday, VMware announced support for the Mac with a ...

Qubes OS is a free open-source operating system that’s fully security-oriented. It leverages Xen-based virtualization, which allows the user to create, use and delete easily isolated compartments ...

Sun's free and open source virtualization software, VirtualBox, has seen several upgrades since we took a look at a beta early this year. Sun today announced a significant update to version 2.1, with ...

VirtualBox is feature-rich with broad Linux distro support, but may have slower performance on modern Apple silicon Macs. UTM is lightweight, optimized for Apple silicon Macs, and easy to use, but ...

As noted by researcher Csaba Fitzl (via Eclectic Light Company), it seems that the latest Macs with the M4 chip are unable to run virtual machines with macOS versions prior to Ventura 13.4. The ...

For many years, Apple’s OS X (now macOS) met Windows in various dual-boot options that usually swapped out the Apple OS by running or sharing the Intel chip at the heart of the Mac. The root-level ...

A clause in the license for the latest server edition of Mac OS X will let the software run outside of a fully native environment — and developers are relishing the prospects of supporting virtual ...

Mac OS X users have yet another virtualization option now that Innotek has announced a Mac version of its VirtualBox software. VirtualBox was previously available to Windows and Linux users and ...

I need to virtualise an install of Snow Leopard on my Intel-based iMac in order to continue to use an accounting app that isn't being updated anymore. I've set up a fair number of VMs so have a good ...