macOS

Sections

• Balloon Device
• Entropy Device
• macOS 12+ Sound
• macOS 12+ Keyboard
• macOS 12+ Pointer
• macOS 13+ Trackpad
• macOS 13+ Rosetta
• macOS 13+ Clipboard Sharing

Balloon Device

The balloon device allows the guest operating system (with supported drivers) to more intelligently request RAM from the host. This is highly recommended.

Entropy Device

The entropy device is used by supported guest operating systems for cryptographic tasks.

macOS 12+ Sound

Sound support for macOS or macOS 13+ Linux booting from UEFI.

macOS 12+ Keyboard

Keyboard support for macOS or macOS 13+ Linux booting from UEFI.

macOS 12+ Pointer

Pointer support for macOS or macOS 13+ Linux booting from UEFI.

macOS 13+ Trackpad

Emulates a trackpad for macOS guests. Requires Ventura or higher guest. This allows support for trackpad gestures.

macOS 13+ Rosetta

See Rosetta for more details.

macOS 13+ Clipboard Sharing

On Linux guests booting from UEFI, install spice-vdagent to enable clipboard sharing.