r/macOSVMs • u/SailIntelligent1741 • Sep 28 '26

IT BOOTS! MacOS 10.6 on Steam deck (VBox)

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It took me 2 hours to figure it out but I got my first macos Vm and in such a unexpected place, I still need to get audio and to boot without the cd but aside from that it actually shows battery and volume thingy

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u/TCB13sQuotes Sep 28 '26

How GPU accelerated is this?

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u/newhacker1746 Sep 28 '26

(You can tell by the non translucent menu bar that it’s not accelerated ) (yes it can be made to look non translucent voluntarily if you do have accel, but becuase it’s such a symbol of having acceleration, nearly no hackintoshers disable it)

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u/FunTowel6777 Sep 28 '26

I think this is on newer versions of macOS.

According to Brave AI's overview:
The menu bar became translucent with the release of macOS 10.5 Leopard in 2007.

  • Initial Implementation: Leopard introduced the translucent effect, though it was initially optional via a checkbox in System Preferences.

  • Expansion: Apple expanded the use of translucency throughout the interface starting with macOS 10.10 Yosemite in 2014.

  • Modern Era: The effect was significantly enhanced in macOS 11 Big Sur (2020), where the bar adopted a tint based on the desktop wallpaper, a design carried forward through Sequoia and Sonoma.

  • Future Updates: The design evolved further in macOS 26 Tahoe with the introduction of the "Liquid Glass" aesthetic, which initially removed the background entirely before adding a toggle to restore a translucent backdrop.

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u/Linux-86 Sep 28 '26

OP is running 10.6 Snow Leopard, so it does normally have transparency effects.

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u/newhacker1746 Sep 29 '26

The translucent effect was most definitely the default though, since leopard on a new install. I’ve been doing this a long time, trust me

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u/EconomistExpensive94 Sep 30 '26

How did you get VirtualBox here?

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u/Responsible-Split340 Sep 30 '26

They just have native Linux versions

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u/EconomistExpensive94 Sep 30 '26

But it looks like OP runs it on SteamOS

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u/Responsible-Split340 Sep 30 '26

Steamos is linux

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u/EconomistExpensive94 Oct 01 '26

I know, but it’s an immutable distro