macOS Guest Support and KB88697

[DaveP]

Can @Mikero comment on the deprecation of macOS Guest support? I've used VMware since Workstation version 1 and now it looks like the journey is at an end. Currently I depend on macOS virtualization for development purposes.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/88697

[palter]

I asked @Mikero on Twitter about this when I first saw a similar article about ESXi. He responded

Yah, I helped write it, while throwing up in my mouth the whole while.

Frankly, I don't care what the GOS team thinks. They're wrong to drop this.
Our customers need this, our own employees need this, and so I'm pushing as hard as I can for a path forward.
Because OS validation is centralized, it's a side-effect of no M1 support for ESXi.

What the underlying things is saying is that we won't do "VMWARE" VMs for macOS, starting with ESXi.

On macOS hosts tho, with Fusion, we have options that are unavailable to ESXi as the Host OS.

I'm confident we will figure something out at least for Fusion.

[VirtualMac2009]

As said elsewhere, hopefully they will change their mind and allow virtualizing different macOS versions in VMware Fusion. Parallels Desktop allows it.

[Technogeezer]

I hope so too.

Although I can get what I need for macOS virtualization on M1 for free from Virtual Buddy and not have to pay the Parallels tax.