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Yes, Lume supports running macOS Big Sur as a guest on Apple Silicon (M1 or later) hosts running Monterey or newer, as long as you’re using an ARM64 build of Bi
by frabonacci 1y ago
Yes, Lume supports running macOS Big Sur as a guest on Apple Silicon (M1 or later) hosts running Monterey or newer, as long as you’re using an ARM64 build of Big Sur.
However, App Store sign-in is currently not supported inside macOS VMs due to how Apple handles hardware entitlements and secure boot in virtualized environments.
That said, with macOS Sequoia, Apple has relaxed some constraints — you can now sign into iCloud inside a VM, which enables direct downloads of stable or beta Xcode installers without needing the App Store. More details here:
https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/12/sequoia-virtualisation-and-apple-id/ https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/12/sequoia-virtualisation-a...
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/using-icloud-with-macos-virtual-machines#4412628 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/usi...
https://xcodereleases.com/ https://xcodereleases.com/
- JayDustheadz 1y agoThanks, but the issue is I don't need XCode. It's a weird use case, I know - I need to be able to access App Store to download old versions of Apple's Motion/Final Cut Pro, ones that are only available for Big Sur. If this is somehow possible, then I would really appreciate any tips, thanks!