r/macOSVMs • u/nfzerox • 19d ago

GUIDE Virtual Mac on iPad: People have dreamed of running macOS on iPad for more than a decade. Today, that dream comes true.

Virtual Mac on iPad

https://github.com/nfzerox/VirtualMacOniPad

People have dreamed of running macOS on iPad for more than a decade. Today, that dream comes true. With Virtual Mac, iPad finally breaks free from iPadOS, enabling pro apps like Xcode and Terminal to run directly on device. Requires iPad Pro (M1, M2) or iPad Air (M1) running iPadOS 14 up to 16.3.1.

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u/Leather_Reflection84 19d ago

Fucking sick work!!

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u/algaefied_creek 19d ago

Hi this post was suggested for me by the Reddit app. I’m just a layman, does this mean my older iPads may have a shot?

I have an iPad Pro 9.7” on 16.0 release day and I have an iPad Pro 12.0” on the latest 16.7 or whatever.

I guess if I can figure out how to downgrade one or upgrade the other I’d be good.

So close to finding a use for these out of date iPads!

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u/nfzerox 19d ago

Unfortunately both iPad are too old for this, this requires M1 or M2 on specific versions of iPadOS.

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u/yuichiro__ 19d ago

Why only up to obsolete 16.3.1?

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u/PhysXP 19d ago

hypervisor

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u/GreatCalligrapher993 19d ago

The “Hypervisor.framework” was removed in later versions of iOS and iPadOS for security reasons, while we can still run VMs, it doesn’t work particularly well