VirtualBox releases a new version that makes it compatible with Apple Silicon
One of the most popular tools among Mac users is VirtualBox. The PC application allows virtually run macOS, Windows and Linux between different operating systemsallowing the user to access some of the exclusive tools of each operating system.
This amazing app has been updated to version 7.0.0 in which, in addition to bringing important news, it added support for Macs with Apple Silicon.
VirtualBx has been added to the list of important applications that become compatible with Macs with processors of Apple Silicon. These include apps like Teams, OBS streaming platform, and even Parallels, one of the alternatives for running operating system virtual machines.
And it is that although it seems that it has taken time to offer this important improvement, the reality is that VirtualBox offers compatibility for Apple M1 and M2 chips. For this reason, in the official patch notes it is stated that this compatibility is still a beta test, so there might still be some bugs.
“macOS Host: Providing a developer preview package for systems with an Apple silicon processor. This is an unsupported work in progress and known to have very poor performance.”
The list of grade improvements is long. This means that VirtualBox version 7.0.0 is coming with many new features and changes that will allow best use and performance in the virtual machines of the operating systems that are running.
Between the News Important items that come with this update are:
- Encryption of virtual machines.
- Cloud VMs can be added to Virtual Machine Manager and controlled as local VMs.
- Implemented new 3D support based on DirectX 11
- Support for Secure Boot has been added.
With VirtualBox you can run Windows virtually on macOS
And if you are Windows user and what you are looking for is the integration of some Apple services because you have an iPhone or an iPad. News such as native Apple TV and Apple Music apps, as well as improvements to iCloud compatibility, are coming soon, according to an announcement from Microsoft.
