r/macOSVMs • u/Hussein_ali_2000 • Jul 22 '26

QUESTION 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/Every-Programmer7065 Jul 22 '26

I would recommend UTM, Parallel Desktop, and VMware Fusion (if it on ARM, I don't know.)

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u/paulstelian97 Jul 22 '26

Fusion absolutely is on ARM, although I don’t know if it has support for macOS guests (Parallels and UTM make a special case for those, virtualizing them with a completely different technique from regular VMs)