Issues with virtual machines on Mac

By Blindly unstoppable, 27 March, 2022

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So, I tried to use Boot Camp and I corrupted it so I reinstall macOS and I don’t want to try that again and today I’ve been trying to find good virtual machine software I tried VMware fusion which doesn’t work on my MacBook because it’s too old I’ll trade virtual box which also won’t work it is in accessible I don’t know what else to do because I can’t find any other programs does anyone know what I could use?

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By Maldalain on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

Try bootCamp again, this is the best option if your Mac supports it. Try not to make the same mistake, maybe you chose the partition where MacOS is installed and you formatted it.

By Blindly unstoppable on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

I had a 14 GB USB drive and it was able to install windows but the support software didn’t have enough space for the support software so that could’ve been the issue because I had to uncheck it to get windows to install and by the way I did end up reinstalling macOS so my computer is working fine

By M. T Hagan on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

First and foremost, do you need to multi-boot your system? If so, boot camping is really the best thing for you as a visually impaired user. VM systems often won’t function properly and rarely have impaired users in mind with user interface design. Next, with regard to boot camp, yes, it says use a 16 GB flash drive to perform the installation. Frankly I find a 32 GB minimal due to the support files that are required. Finally, a few more details are helpful as to the system you’re trying to boot camp. OS version for starters as some can no longer be boot campable I’ve heard. Older ones may support it but may have driver issues depending on windows version you try to put on the Mac itself. I had problems trying to boot camp a mini 2012 with windows 10. If others out there can find a wonderful VM shell let me know? I’m often needing to play in other sand boxes. Also, Just don’t use WINE. It doesn’t work in my experience trying to run with accessability.

By Blindly unstoppable on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

And yeah that’s stupid So I’ve been looking for VMs none of those work I’m not trying wine because I don’t want to be using savvy if I’m playing audio games and I just don’t know what to do at this point I tried VMware fusion but it’s not compatible with my OS version my OS version is Catalina 10.15.7 and I do not have a USP drive to use I could try to patch it and then use a new aversion at Boot Camp that doesn’t require USB drive but I don’t wanna try that

By dog on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

Codeweavers Crossover is a very practical way to play games on Mac.
I've tried everything: Bootcamp, Vmware, Parallels Desktop, etc.

Always return to Crossover.

A huge catalog of supported games
The app is constantly updated.
Best of all: No need to deal with virtual machines!

By Blindly unstoppable on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

I’ve tried an audio game on crossover the one issue that I’m having is that when I try to run the executable of the game it crashes and then there’s two different versions the portable version if I run the game a crashes the set up version if I want to set up I can’t navigate through it and it crashes as well so I don’t know what to do and it just gives me an error every single time

By dog on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

What game is that?
Also: What OS are you on?

By Blindly unstoppable on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

The game was undead assault I tried running the portable version it didn’t work and the set up version I can’t get through by myself cause it just pressure when I hit enter I hit enter and the set up just closed out

By Justin Harris on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

What virtualization software are you using? Is there something that will play nice with Voiceover?

By Blindly unstoppable on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 06:30

I bought a new USB drive and tried Boot Camp again but it was stuck on the boot screen it never got to the set up process and narrator would never load it’s a sand she was P drive by the way and I know they’re good because I use them sanDisk sorry for the dictation issue