UTM for Mac
Full-featured system emulator and virtual machine host.
Free
In English
Version 4.7.5When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
UTM overview
UTM is a full featured system emulator and virtual machine host for iOS and macOS. It is based off of QEMU. In short, it allows you to run Windows, Linux, and more on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad
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.
Features:
- Full system emulation (MMU, devices, etc) using QEMU
- 30+ processors supported including x86_64, ARM64, and RISC-V
- VGA graphics mode using SPICE and QXL
- Text terminal mode
- USB devices
- JIT based acceleration using QEMU TCG
- Frontend designed from scratch for macOS 11 and iOS 11+ using the latest and greatest APIs
- Create, manage, run VMs directly from your device
What’s new in version 4.7.5
- Fixed some rare conditions that could lead to a VM fail to start and spin infinitely
- Fixed some rare crashes that can happen after a VM stops
- Fixed parsing of file paths with commas in the name (thanks @nikolan123)
- ANGLE: Fixed a memory leak issue in the GLES backend (#7546) (thanks @cnnn)
- ANGLE: Fixed a memory leak issue in the Metal backend (#4958)
- Localization: Updated Chinese (Hong Kong, Simplified) (thanks @changanmoon)
- (macOS) Fixed App Intents on macOS 26 (#7412) (thanks @peterneutron)
- (macOS) Fixed an error when file locking is disabled and a removable drive with no image selected is started (#7527)
- (macOS) AVF: Fixed shared directory disconnecting when window is resized (#7488) (thanks @evan314159)
- Hotfix: (1/3/25) An earlier release of v4.7.5 has an issue that prevented VMs from starting. Make sure you are on build 118.
UTM for Mac
Free
In English
Version 4.7.5
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Mar 24 2025
Version: 4.6.4
Version 4.6.4 will not run Mac 0S 9.2.1 image under Mac OS Sequoia - get the Apple 'bomb' as the extensions start to load in the 9.2.1 boot-up - doesn't support Apple audio or some such msg.
Dec 26 2024
Version: 4.6.4
Running Windows 7 under UTM on an iMac M1 works well. Enables Thrustmaster TCA Airbus sidestick and quadrant firmware updates which can only be done with Windows.
Mar 18 2024
Version: 4.1.6
Probeer Windows XP te installeren maar krijg steeds een foutmelding.
Kan de ontwikkelaar niet benaderen om te vragen wat er fout gaat.
Apr 12 2023
Version: 4.1.6
Be sure your visit the developer's website in order to understand exactly what this is capable of running. Emulation ≠ Virtualization in several profound ways. Forget about running GPU intensive anything in either case running Windows. There ARE benefits worth paying for from Parallels and VMWare. IOW: Do your homework. This is one place to start: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/how-to-use-free-virtualization-apps-to-safely-test-the-macos-ventura-betas/
Jan 10 2023
Version: 2.2.4
This version is really old. It's better to use the Mac Store version as that's updated from Github.
