by Dan Moren
Sequoia virtual machines allow logging in to iCloud
Ars Technica’s Andrew Cunningham catches a nice small detail from amongst the WWDC developer announcements:
As long as your host operating system is macOS 15 or newer and your guest operating system is macOS 15 or newer, VMs will now be able to sign into and use iCloud and other Apple ID-related services just as they would when running directly on the hardware.
This is a complaint I’ve heard from more than a few developers of my acquaintance and should help improve testing and other processes. As someone who usually installs a beta release of macOS at some point during the cycle (albeit not in VM), it’s clear how much iCloud integration is a part of the whole OS experience, and the previous prohibition is a big limitation in terms of testing real world usage.
However, there are still some restrictions in place: the feature is only supported if both the host and virtualized OS is Sequoia or later.