Episode 426: Virtualization in 2025

Apple Silicon provides so many different opportunities with virtualisation, but many of us still miss the intel days when we could snapshot and use serial numbers to automate device enrollment. Tools like Tart provide opportunities to build workflows that allow us to configure and enhance the way we virtualise macOS. 

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

• Rob Potvin, Senior Consulting Engineer, Jamf - LinkedIn

Links:

• MacADUK presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DqS9bG3bkg
• Rob's Blog - https://www.motionbug.com/
• Tart - https://tart.run/
• Virtual Buddy - https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
• Bushel - https://getbushel.app/
• Orka - https://www.macstadium.com/orka
• Anka - https://veertu.com/anka-flow/
• UTM - https://mac.getutm.app/
• Great resource for VMs https://eclecticlight.co/

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