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Using Orka Desktop to run and create OCI-compliant VMs on macOS
Changes in recent versions of macOS have made running macOS and Linux virtual machines far easier and more performant. Primarily used for testing, a plethora of new applications that take advantage of these features emerged, so when Mac Stadium released a free desktop version of their long-running Okra range of virtualisation tools, one feature in particular stood out to me as something different and potentially useful.
In this article, I take a look at creating macOS virtual machines with Orka Desktop and how to share them amongst your team and collaborators using its support for open container initiative (OCI) compliant containers.
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You can set default VM resource settings, directory locations for logs, and where to pull IPSW files from, which is the format used for Apple operating systems.
