Intel Virtualization and Apple Silicon

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  • Retroactive

    Retroactive only receives limited support. Run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, and macOS Catalina. Xcode 11.7 on macOS Mojave. Final Cut Pro 7, Logic Pro 9, and iWork ’09 on macOS Mojave or macOS High Sierra.

  • If you only need to run Aperture I've had good success using Retroactive[1] on my M1 Max machine running Monterrey to patch it to run under Rosetta. Almost everything works find except anything tied to iCloud and some of the video and slideshow features. It's been great in letting me access my older photos which have adjustments that I don't want to re-create in Lightroom.

    It will copy over the missing frameworks and modify the app so the OS will run it even though it's unsupported, if you're interested there is a technical breakdown that goes into detail[2].

    [1] https://github.com/cormiertyshawn895/Retroactive

    [2] https://medium.com/@cormiertyshawn895/deep-dive-how-does-ret...

  • wireguard-windows

    Download WireGuard for Windows at https://www.wireguard.com/install . This repo is a mirror only. Official repository is at https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-windows

  • Vanilla WireGuard is not hard to use at all, it's by far the easiest to configure VPN software.

    Some routers have it built in, and some have packages to install it: https://www.wireguard.com/install/

    If not, you can just set it up on a linux VM.

    The configuration file is quite simple once you get the hang of it, you've basically just got:

    1. a public/private key that you exchange between connected machines

    2. the address of the tunnel, locally

    3. the address/port to get to the other end

    4. what traffic you want to send over the tunnel

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  • vic

    vSphere Integrated Containers Engine is a container runtime for vSphere.

  • I don’t know if this is still actively developed but there is http://vmware.github.io/vic/

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