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M1 Macs don’t have support for Bootcamp. So, in order to have a working Windows environment, you have to do it all in a virtual machine. The problem is that QEMU isn’t optimized for M1 Macs, and virtualization is very slow… unless it uses MacOS’ Hypervisor.Framework. While this isn’t quite as performant as paid solutions (like Parallels), it works ‘fast enough’ and is completely free.

Let’s get started.

  1. Prerequisites
    • M1 Mac
    • 32GB of Free Space

  2. Get Windows for ARM

    Go visit the Windows for ARM download page and sign in with a Microsoft account. Then, download the VHDX file.

  3. Build QEMU with HV.F support

    Enable extra resolutions for ramfb

  4. Make the QCOW2 disk file

    Now that you’ve built QEMU, the Windows VHDX is probably done downloading. We want to convert it to a QCOW2 file, so we can take snapshots of it and compress it.

    qemu-img convert -O qcow2 Windows.vhdx disk.qcow2

    Remember to change Windows.vhdx to the path to your own vhdx file. Now you just wait; this might take a while. Once it’s done, delete the original VHDX file, as we no longer need it.

  5. How to take a QCOW2 snapshot

    We are going to take a snapshot of our QCOW2 file, just in case anything goes wrong during installation. That way, we won’t have to redownload the VHDX file.

    qemu-img snapshot disk.qcow2 -c brand_new

    Remember to take another differently-named snapshot after installation is complete (I like to name mine clean_install). If something goes wrong and you need to revert to a snapshot, just do

    qemu-img snapshot disk.qcow2 -l to list snapshots, and

    qemu-img snapshot disk.qcow2 -a SNAPSHOT_NAME to revert to a snapshot.

  6. Get VirtIO drivers

    Download the LATEST VirtIO driver ISO for Windows.

  7. Create start script

    Finally. It’s time to get started. Use your favorite text editor to create start.sh:

  8. Set Up Windows

    Run chmod 755 start.sh && ./start.sh to run Windows.

    When QEMU first starts up, select the window and press ESC before it starts booting.

    Then, set your display resolution up to 1440x900 in Device Manager > OVMF Platform Configuration (or any other resolution you want to use). It’s limited to a relatively small resolution, due to standard VGA for ARM64 not being supported, and having to use ramfb instead. This may change in the future, but we have to use ramfb for now.

    Save the settings, and select Reset in the main BIOS menu to test out your new resolution. Then, just set up Windows.

    You’ll notice that Windows doesn’t have Internet access at first. To enable Internet access, once you have opened your desktop, open up a Command Prompt terminal as Administrator:

    bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

    Reboot, then open Device Manager in Windows. Select View>Devices by Connection in the top menu bar.

    Select ACPU ARM64-based PC>Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System>PCI Express Root Complex>Unknown device.

    Right click ‘Unknown device’ then select Update Drivers>Browse my computer for drivers>D:NetKVMw10ARM64. Click next to install the driver. Once that’s done, shutdown, take a snapshot, and remove the following files from your start script:

  9. Optimize Windows (optional)

    Windows isn’t really expecting to be run inside a virtual machine, so we’re going to add some small tweaks to make it faster.

    Open Command prompt and run:

    If you want to save some space, if you’ve taken a second snapshot of the fully set-up virtual machine, you can run

    qemu-img snapshot disk.qcow2 -d brand_new

    to delete the first snapshot.

  10. Done! You’re now done installing Windows 10 on your M1 Mac! It’s not terribly fast, but it works well and is fast enough to do most things.

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UTM employs Apple's Hypervisor virtualization framework to run ARM64 operating systems on Apple Silicon at near native speeds. On Intel Macs, x86/x64 operating system can be virtualized. In addition, lower performance emulation is available to run x86/x64 on Apple Silicon as well as ARM64 on Intel. For developers and enthusiasts, there are dozens of other emulated processors as well including: ARM32, MIPS, PPC, and RISC-V. Your Mac can now truly run anything.

Designed for macOS

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To download and build QEMU 6.1.0. Sudo port install qemu. QEMU requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later, but it is recommended to use Mac OS X 10.7 or later.

Unlike other free virtualization software, UTM was created for macOS and only for Apple platforms. It is designed completely from the ground up for the new style introduced in Big Sur. UTM looks and feels like a Mac app with all the privacy and security features you expect as well.

QEMU without the headache

Under the hood of UTM is QEMU, a decades old, free and open source emulation software that is widely used and actively maintained. While QEMU is powerful, it can be difficult to set up and configure with its plethora of command line options and flags. UTM is designed to give users the flexibility of QEMU without the steep learning curve that comes with it.

What's the difference in the Mac App Store version?

UTM is and always will be completely free and open source. The Mac App Store version is identical to the free version and there are no features left out of the free version. The only advantage of the Mac App Store version is that you can get automatic updates. Purchasing the App Store version directly funds the development of UTM and shows your support .

How do I contribute?

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You can find UTM on Github. You can also contribute to the QEMU project.

Can I run games?

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No, probably not. UTM does not currently support GPU emulation/virtualization and therefore lacks support for 3D acceleration (e.g. OpenGL and DirectX). You may be able to run older games with software rendering options, but nothing with hardware acceleration.

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