If you have had a different experience, please let us know -) In general, VirtualBox 7 is still unstable, but betas have that in themselves ^^Īfter all, the VirtualBox 7 beta on x86 systems officially and directly supports Windows 11 and even does that Virtualization of macOS easier. Noisy VirtualBox forum the ARM release of the virtualization software is currently at best a very early tech demo that will take a while to mature. In my quick tests on an M1 Pro MacBook, I wasn't even able to start ARM Linux under VirtualBox 7. works perfectly, can be accessed after a successful download via the Windows Insider Program not import into VirtualBox 7 on Mac.neither 64-bit systems nor the available Windows 11 on ARM images currently work under VirtualBox 7 VirtualBox 7's new VM Assistant still gives hope, but.Įven the specially adapted one ARM version of Windows 11, which are sold under Parallels and Co. Windows 11 or Windows 10 are already gone and acknowledge the start in Virtualbox on an M1 Mac with an error message. The reason: Officially, the ARM version of VirtualBox only supports it so far 32-bit operating systems, even if you supposedly can activate 64-bit support when setting up a virtual machine. The bad: At least as of this tutorial, it's pretty much useless to you. VirtualBox for Apple Silicon: No fake, but no real added value either. To do this, select the entry with *macOSAArch64.dmg and install the version. To make it short: You can go to the Beta Releases actually download a version of the virtualization solution from VirtualBox that works natively and directly on Macs with M1 or M2 processors. Virtualbox for Apple Silicon: Still a long way to go Reason to pop the champagne corks? Spoilers: nope. Without much fanfare, Oracle not only updated the classic Mac version, but also released a native version for M1/M2/Mx Macs.

Probably the most popular free solution for setting up virtual machines (you can find everything about it in this VirtualBox guide) not only learns a few new tricks in version 7, it also finally becomes officially compatible Apple's M-Macs. Oracle released VirtualBox 7 as a beta version.

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