M4 devices - VMs pre 13.4 fail to boot

I am also experiencing the same issues here. Am in desperate need of these virtual/emulated machines as we have legacy hardware that relie on specific O/S.

Article by Howard Oakley on the subject: https://eclecticlight.co/2024/11/14/m4-macs-cant-virtualise-older-macos/

Pressed "Accepted Answer" by mistake for the previous post. 🤦‍♂️ This is not an answer but additional information I wanted to add. I need a form moderator to change that (remove the accepted answer flag) for the reply above.

I really hope this is a bug which can be fixed.

Rather than “hope”, it’s always best to file a bug.

And if you did file a bug, it’s always best to reference that in your discussions of the issue. Fortunately, I found the bug number (FB15774587) in Howard Oakley blog post.

I took a look at this bug and:

• It’s definitely found it’s way to the right folks.

• I don’t have any info to share as to when (or, being really timorous, if) it’ll be fixed.

I need a form moderator to change that (remove the accepted answer flag) for the reply above.

Bizarrely, we don’t have the ability to do that (r. 113568518). What I can do is recommend my answer, which is probably the right thing to do here anyway.

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Hi Quinn,

Thanks for your reply! I was also advised to submit an enterprise bug report, which is FB15802246. Sorry I'm new to the forum, and bug reporting so wasn't sure what is the best way to proceed.

Fingers crossed for this being fixed.

Thanks, Csaba

I don’t have any info to share as to when (or, being really timorous, if) it’ll be fixed.

I still don't have any timeline to share, but I had a quick chat with the engineering team and they confirmed that it is a bug and we do plan to fix it.

Oh, and it even made it into the release notes.

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According to the macOS Sequoia 15.2 RC Release Notes, this is fixed in 15.2 RC. Yay!

Please take it for a spin and let us know how you get along.

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