(I haven't checked this in VMware Fusion yet but can do so later. Install Mac OS from the CD onto the hard disk image, then shut down. Partition the hard disk image by using the Drive setup tool from the Utilities folder. This starts Qemu and boots the MacOS8.0.iso installation CD image. That looks like Intel's choice rather than Apple's, but excluding a feature from the fastest variant seems an odd decision.īefore I found out about this detail, I had already bought my 16-inch MacBook Pro, and by a stroke of luck happened to choose not to spend extra money on the fastest processor, so I do have vPro support, but haven't needed it yet. Starting qemu-system-m68k to install Mac OS. The extra cost configuration option of the Core i9-9980HK increases the speed but removes the vPro feature. That particular chip is the 2.3 GHz 8-core one included in a standard configuration of the higher model 16-inch MacBook Pro. Using this feature, you will be able to install macOS in a QEMU virtual machine (via Docker) and run the macOS Catalina or Big Sur desktop, or boot into the OSX Shell. I assume you are talking about the Core i9-9980HK? (Upgrade option in the Late 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro.)īased on a comparison at : of the three processor options in the 16-inch MacBook Pro (Core i7-9750H, Core i9-9880H and Core i9-9980HK) only the middle one of the three is listed as having vPro support (which implies nested virtualisation among other features). Install macOS Big Sur or Catalina in a virtual machine using Docker-OSX Docker-OSX It is a project that enables OSX-KVM in a Docker container to make macOS run near the machine. Have the same MBP with the same CPU, it does not have VMCS shadowing.

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