MacOS

Docker-OSX

• MacOS in VM / container
• Arch Linux, Hyprland, podman-compose recipe
• Switching to Wayland
• My VMs: ~/projects/apple/macos/docker-osx/

Prerequisites on host

• Initial setup

Installing macOS

• Additional boot instructions for when you are creating your container
• Start VM: podman compose up
• Be aware: Don't run podman-compose down because this will remove the existing installation !

Install issues

Sonoma:

• Alsa Error
• gtk initialization failed
  • Solution: headless container that allows insecure VNC on localhost

ssh

• Enabling remote SSH login on Mac OS X

Use Apple account

• Fixing Apple ID Login Issues in macOS Virtual Machines
• Use macos-patcher-bt-vmhide

brew install python
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/akshaynexus/macos-patcher-bt-vmhide/refs/heads/main/patcher.py -o patcher.py
sudo python3 patcher.py -y -r

Issues

• Apple could not verify "*" is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy
  • Solution: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine pathtomyapp.

Software

Homebrew

see homebrew.md

xcode

• Download from xcode website
• Create, export, and delete signing certificates
• Certificate cereation via the developer portal is not possible: This resource is only for developers enrolled in a developer program or members of an organization’s team in a developer program
• Download fails all the time in MacOS 15.6.1 VM
  • Cannot Install XCode

Python

• Homebrew docs: Python