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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ comprehensive support for macOS and Windows**.
## Features
* **macOS** High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina and Big Sur
* **macOS** Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave & High Sierra
* **Windows** 8.1, 10 and 11 including TPM 2.0
* [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/desktop) and all the **[official Ubuntu flavours](https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours)**
* [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/) & openSUSE ([Leap](https://get.opensuse.org/leap/), [Tumbleweed](https://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/), [MicroOS](https://microos.opensuse.org/))
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quickemu --vm macos-catalina.conf
```
macOS `high-sierra`, `mojave`, `catalina` and `big-sur` are supported.
macOS `high-sierra`, `mojave`, `catalina`, `big-sur` and `monterey` are supported.
* Use cursor keys and enter key to select the **macOS Base System**
* From **macOS Utilities**
* Click **Disk Utility** and **Continue**
* On macOS Catalina and Big Sur
* On macOS Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey
* Select `Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Media` from the list and click **Erase**.
* On macOS Mojave and High Sierra
* Select `QEMU HARDDISK Media` (~68.72GB) from the list and click **Erase**.
* Select `QEMU HARDDISK Media` (~104GB) from the list and click **Erase**.
* Enter a `Name:` for the disk and click **Erase**.
* Click **Done**.
* Close Disk Utility
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* `guest_os="macos"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for macOS.
* `macos_release="catalina"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for a particular macOS release.
* For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in Big Sur, but not previous releases.
* For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in Big Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
* And VirtIO Block Media (disks) are supported/stable in Catalina and newer.
### macOS compatibility
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* Mojave
* Catalina **(Recommended)**
* Big Sur
* Monterey
* Optimised by default
* Host CPU vendor is detected and guest CPU is optimised accordingly.
* [VirtIO Block Media](https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/06/macos-qemu-guest/) is used for the system disk where supported.
* [VirtIO `usb-tablet`](http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/) is used for the mouse.
* VirtIO Network (`virtio-net`) is supported and enabled on macOS Big Sur but previous releases use `vmxnet3`.
* VirtIO Memory Ballooning is supported and enabled on macOS Big Sur but disabled for other support macOS releases.
* VirtIO Network (`virtio-net`) is supported and enabled on macOS Big Sur and newer but previous releases use `vmxnet3`.
* VirtIO Memory Ballooning is supported and enabled on macOS Big Sur and newer but disabled for other support macOS releases.
* USB host pass-through is:
* UHCI (USB 2.0) on macOS Catalina and earlier.
* XHCI (USB 3.0) on macOS Big Sur.
* XHCI (USB 3.0) on macOS Big Sur and newer.
* Display resolution can only be changed via macOS System Preferences.
* Full Duplex audio works on macOS High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina.
* **macOS Big Sur has no audio at all**.
* **macOS Big Sur and Monterey have no audio at all**.
* File sharing between guest and host is available via [virtio-9p](https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup).
* **SPICE has limited support on macOS**:
* Copy/paste via SPICE agent is not available.

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