If I had it to do over again, I would seriously consider one of the web-based services that allow you to remotely access their real Mac hardware over the internet. In the end, I eventually borrowed a Mac from a friend to do the final testing before I published my program. You may have issues attempting to publish, sign, and/or distribute your code from such a sketchy/unstable platform. However, if you don’t allow your virtual Mac OS to update, you will be testing your code against a version of the OS that may not reflect the OS that your users are currently using.Ĥ. If you allow your virtual Mac OS to auto-update you will likely spend a lot of time fixing the things that the update broke, if they are fixable at all. Certainly there are workarounds available, but they take time to research, time to fiddle with, and often work only on particular hardware if they work at all.ģ. I have heard that there are many driver issues and stability problems since Apple only focuses on making drivers for their specific hardware. Even if you do manage to virtualize Mac OS you may not be happy with the outcome. However, it does seem that Apple doesn’t want you to do that.Ģ. I am not a lawyer, so won’t discuss the legality of virtualizing Mac OS. Given that I was in a similar situation a few years ago, I thought I would share a few tips/discoveries from my research:ġ.

Virtualbox vs vmware for mac