On: MacOS in QEMU – ARM edition [pdf]

[wuming2]

So what is for rent on AWS or MacStadium are not VMs on genuine Mac hardware?

[wkat4242 → wuming2]

On Intel macos it did work with iCloud accounts etc. At least last time I tried (which is a few years ago admittedly).

[petree → wuming2]

They're not really VMs. They are metal instances, which run without a hypervisor, but have virtualized network and storage attached instead.

[mschuster91 → petree]

How are these secured against people messing around with flashable components?

[saagarjha → mschuster91]

There aren’t many.