{"id":72081,"date":"2021-07-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=72081"},"modified":"2021-07-09T09:21:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:21:01","slug":"utm-virtual-machine-on-m1-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/72081-utm-virtual-machine-on-m1-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"UTM: Run Virtual Machines on Your Apple Silicon M1 Mac (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Your shiny and speedy new Apple Silicon Mac is missing something \u2013 the ability to run virtual machines. While you might be spending most of your time in macOS 11 Big Sur, your job might require you to use Windows-only apps, Perhaps you need a Linux VM for development work. UTM<\/strong> (which I believe stands for Universal Turing Machine<\/a>) is an open source virtual machine environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE (July 9, 2021): <\/strong>Parallels Desktop <\/a>now runs on Apple Silicon, a solution that was not available in March of 2021 when this article was first published. VMWare<\/a> has pledged an Apple Silicon version of Fusion, but it won’t support Windows virtual machines! There’s still no word on whether the free VirtualBox<\/a> VM environment will ever be updated to run on Apple Silicon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why I was happy to see that there is a VM environment that works on M1 Macs \u2013 UTM. It’s free to download or $9.99 on the Mac App Store. UTM also works on “the other Apple Silicon”, with versions of both iOS and iPadOS. If you’ve ever had a burning desire to run Windows on an iPhone or iPad<\/a>, UTM does the job. However, your devices must be running iOS 11 – 13; iOS 14 requires a jailbreak. Let’s see an example of how UTM works on M1 Macs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Download UTM <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It’s quite simple to download UTM for Mac. To download the app you go directly to the app download page<\/a><\/strong> and either click the Download button or click the \uf8ff Mac App Store button to pay $9.99 for the app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why would you want to pay $9.99 when the app is free? Because you’ll get automatic updates just like any other Mac app downloaded from the Mac App Store. Your purchase also funds the future development of UTM. I would suggest downloading and using UTM for Mac for free; if you end up using it regularly for work or pleasure, purchase it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Install UTM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you purchased UTM from the Mac App Store, installation is done for you. If you download the app directly, a disk image file named UTM.dmg appears in your download folder. Open it to mount the disk image. Press the Command Key, then drag the UTM application icon from the disk image to the Applications folder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Launch UTM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

That was easy, wasn’t it? Now launch UTM, and a screen similar to this appears:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The UTM Startup Screen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You’ll notice that this startup screen has four buttons: Create a New Virtual Machine, Browse UTM Gallery, User Guide and Support. Clicking the User Guide<\/strong> button launches a web page in your default browser displaying a succinct user guide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The UTM Gallery, showing virtual machines for several operating systems<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Probably the most useful button for new UTM users is Browse UTM Gallery<\/strong>. Click this to display a web page with links to download pages for a number of virtual machines (screenshot above). At this time, ARM native VMs are available for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n