Obviously a great deal of software is also readily available from vendors’ websites as dmg (disk image) files. Well, you have the App store but on second thought I’ll be using that service strictly for system upgrades. Enabling data collection and analytics is optional on macOS and you don’t have to sign up for an Apple ID.

Playing peekaboo with Apple’s Disk Utility.Īnyhow, it was refreshing to see that Apple respected my privacy and didn’t make a shameless play for my personal data. Why you would not show the actual hard drive by default is beyond me. The macOS installer is simple and intuitive, but the “Disk Utility” program gave me fits trying to locate my disk. I’ll also add that the reason I’m not using the latest macOS High Sierra is due to abysmal performance under VirtualBox. MacOS Sierra running under VirtualBox on Arch Linux.įor the record, running Apple software on non-Apple branded computers is not in agreement with the macOS software license. I’m aware that much of the Apple experience is closely connected to the hardware, but personally I was more interested in the isolated OS experience. To get my feet wet, I decided to try out macOS Sierra in a VirtualBox session on a Linux host. I’ve never owned a single Apple product but lately I’ve been wondering how good a real UNIX certified operating system might actually be.

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