Ventura still doesn't enable the installation of x86 operating systems on Apple Silicon Macs-only running x86 apps within Arm operating systems. As Martin points out, this isn't strictly legal because of macOS's licensing restrictions, and there are some relatively minor Apple-specific hardware features needed to unlock Rosetta's full capabilities.

Some developers, including Hector Martin of the Asahi Linux project and Twitter user have already found that these steps can also enable Rosetta on non-Apple ARM CPUs as long as they're modern enough to support at least version 8.2 of the Arm instruction set. But once you do those steps, you'll be able to enjoy the wider app compatibility that comes with being able to run x86 code as well as Arm code. And those Linux VMs are getting a new feature in macOS Ventura: the ability to run apps written for x86 processors using Rosetta, the same binary translation technology that allows Apple Silicon Macs to run apps written for Intel Macs.Īpple's documentation will walk you through the requirements for using Rosetta within a Linux guest operating system-it requires creating a shared directory that both macOS and Linux can access and running some terminal commands in Linux to get it set up.

Most notably, this has meant that there is currently no legal way to run Windows on an Apple Silicon Mac.Īpple Silicon Macs can, however, run operating systems written for Arm processors inside of virtual machines, including other versions of macOS and Arm-compatible versions of Linux. One of the few things that Intel Macs can do that Apple Silicon Macs can't is run operating systems written for Intel or AMD processors inside of virtual machines. Further Reading Apple announces macOS 13 Ventura, the next major software update for the Mac

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