Running macOS on Omarchy OS – MacOS VM on Linux

In this video, I experiment with running macOS inside a virtual machine on Omarchy OS, purely out of curiosity — not because I want to use macOS day to day.

Link to download load the install script from the projects section of my site here

https://www.no-signal.uk

as usual safety not guaranteed ...experimental... use at you own risked //etcetc ..repeat till fade

check out the orignal project this is all based on ...really cool

https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM

I’ve spent years trying to move away from macOS and onto Linux, but for anyone who wants to poke around old versions of macOS, test something legacy, or just see if it works at all, this shows what’s possible — and what definitely isn’t.

This is not a polished solution, and it’s not something I personally plan to use long-term.



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🔹 What This Video Is
• An experimental macOS VM running on Omarchy (Linux)
• A chance to play with macOS without leaving Linux
• A curiosity project, not a production setup
• Something you can delete five minutes later if you don’t like it

If you want to live in the past, you can mess around with macOS.
If you want to live in the future, you’ll probably delete the VM and stick with Linux.

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🔹 What Works (Sometimes)

From testing in the video:
• Mojave works
• Sonoma works
• Some other versions are hit and miss
• One version (possibly Catalina) wouldn’t work at all
• Apple server downloads are unreliable
• Some ISOs simply refuse to boot

You won’t really know until you try — that’s the nature of this experiment.

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🔹 What This Is Not

This is not:
• A macOS replacement
• A performance guide
• A supported setup
• Something I’ll personally use going forward

I make it clear in the video:
macOS isn’t for me anymore.

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🔹 About Support & Future Work

I may develop this further if people actually want it — but it depends entirely on demand and time.

If you comment saying “it doesn’t work”, I probably won’t be able to help immediately.
If enough people genuinely want this pushed further, that’s when it becomes worth allocating time.

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🔹 Why I’m Sharing This

Because:
• People ask about macOS on Linux all the time
• Some workflows still depend on legacy macOS tools
• Curiosity is part of learning Linux properly

But for me personally:
Linux is where I’m staying.

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💬 Final Thoughts

This is one of those “have a go and see” projects.

Try it.
Break it.
Delete it.

And then get back to actually using Linux.

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