v5.0.5 (Beta)

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Highlights

• (macOS) DirectX graphics support for Windows: Modern accelerated graphics for Windows 11 is now available on UTM for the first time. The driver is still experimental and games compatibility is currently limited.
• Vulkan 1.3 graphics support for Linux: Vulkan 1.3 is now supported on Linux guests with VirtIO Venus drivers in Mesa. Additionally, OpenGL 4.1 is supported with the new Apple Core OpenGL backend (macOS only).

Notes

• We now have a development blog! Follow us for in-depth technical deep dives such as how we brought DirectX to QEMU.
• (macOS) To use the new graphics driver for Windows 11, we recommend a fresh install because the driver is still experimental and its use could lead to instability in the system. During the install of the guest tools, you will be prompted to select the experimental graphics driver. If you wish to install the new driver on a system that already is running the older display only driver, you need to run the uninstall script provided on the guest tools install ISO first.
• (macOS) Apple CoreGL backend does not support Vulkan or DirectX.
• KosmicKrisp is provided as a WIP but the current upstream build is incomplete so MoltenVK is the recommended driver
• Linux desktop rendering in Vulkan does not work due to lack of support for indirect draws for geometry shaders. Please configure your guest to use the older VirGL Gallium driver.

Changes (v5.0.5)

• Reverted minimum version requirement imposed by v5.0.4: once again we support versions down to macOS 11.3 and iOS 14.0. However, DirectX support is still limited to macOS 13.0 and iOS 16.0.
• Localization: Updated Chinese (Hong Kong, Simplified) (thanks @changanmoon)
• Config: For ARM64 configs, GICv3 is now selected by default. Previously this was only the case for > 8 vCPUs. This improves performance for higher vCPU counts < 8.
• Downloader: Path traversal and symlink checks added when unpacking downloaded ZIP files
• Wizard: scaling is now default to "nearest" when a "classic" computer emulation is created in the wizard and "linear" otherwise. Previously it was "nearest" for all configurations which led to poor scaling filter for anything with higher resolutions.
• (iOS) Support DirectX 11 with DXMT. Note that due to older iOS version (which supports TrollStore + Hypervisor), compatibility of DirectX titles is worse than macOS.
• (iOS) QEMU: Fixed MMIO BAR bug which prevented large hostmem window from working
• (iOS) Config: Improved RAM limit detection
• (macOS) DirectX 12 is now supported with D3DMetal backend (when available). You must (re)install the latest UTM guest tools experimental 3D graphics driver.
• (macOS) Support holding down Caps Lock key when input capture is enabled (input(macOS): preserve Caps Lock key releases #7840) (thanks @lprazdnik)
• (macOS) Settings: new options to gracefully power down all running VMs on exit (macOS: add graceful power-down quit policy #7829) (thanks @VectorSeven)
• (macOS) Settings: support Cmd<->Opt swapping (input(macOS): add command and option key swap #7837) (thanks @lprazdnik)
• (macOS) Scripting: add snapshots commands to scripting interface (snapshots: expose QEMU full-VM snapshots #7832) (thanks @naveenrajm7)
• (macOS) AVF: Better error message when macOS guest version is too high (apple: explain macOS install failure when guest is newer than host #7806) (thanks @sigitkusuma)

Changes (v5.0.4)

• (macOS) Added support for Neptune backend in virglrenderer for DirectX support
• Localization: Updated German (thanks @Benjamin123-tech)
• Scripting: new reload config and VLAN commands (Expose VLAN guest/DHCP addresses on AppleScript network settings #7710, Add an AppleScript command to reload machine configuration from disk #7711) (thanks @GregOriol)
• SPICE: Fixed various bugs in renderer that leads to performance and tearing issues
• SPICE: Fixed a memory leak that could result in large amount of memory use by UTM
• Updated USB icon (ui: use cable.connector SF Symbol for USB toolbar item #7718) (thanks @tan9)
• Fixed crash in UTMRegistry and memory leak in AVF installer (fix: prevent crash from force unwrap in UTMRegistry and memory leak in UTMAppleVirtualMachine #7701) (thanks @casey)

Changes (v5.0.3)

• Fixed regression in GRUB rendering time due to new graphics backend
• Fixed Vulkan issues on latest Wayland
• Localization: Updated Chinese (Hong Kong, Simplified) (thanks @changanmoon)
• Home: Confirm delete when using swipe left (Extra safeguard step to prevent deleting VM #3086)
• Home: Prevent duplicate VMs from appearing ([Bug] Duplicate VM entry appears in sidebar after launch; deleting one destroys the VM source file #7533) (thanks @DevSecTim)
• AVF: Fixed CPU spike and mic loss due to two audio devices (thanks @matapo)
• Scripting: Added ability to get IP address from AVF machines (Added ability to get ip for AppleVirtualization machines #7643) (thanks @hellcastter)
• Scripting: Fixed "update registry" for AVM backend (Feature request: Make AppleScript update registry fully support Apple Virtualization shared directories #7664) (thanks @EkkoG)
• Scripting: Improve USB device matching logic (thanks @TronickDev)

Changes (v5.0.2)

• Environment variables are now logged when debug log is enabled
• Fixed a regression in GL acceleration where desktop might not render correctly (Black screen in KDE/Plasma Wayland #7626)
• Added geometry shaders support to MoltenVK to enable DXVK (thanks @Anducalliew433) (Support DXVK #7575)
• (iOS) Fixed an issue where EAGL backend boots into a black screen (Enabling GPU acceleration with the renderer backend set to OpenGL (with Vulkan disabled) when starting Ubuntu 20.04 results in a black screen and prevents normal display. #7587)
• (iOS) Fixed a crash on iOS 15 due to incompatible symbols (Crash on iOS 15 when trying to start with Metal rendering enabled #7593)
• (iOS) Fixed verbose logging for graphics backend
• (iOS) Fixed a crash when GL is enabled due to missing support for glDrawElementsInstancedBaseVertex (iOS 15: No provider of glDrawElementsInstancedBaseVertex found #7596)
• (macOS) Fixed an issue when after resizing a window if the guest outputs a different resolution size, the wrong texture resolution is used leading to misaligned cursor and warped graphics (Full screen scaling of guest seems incorrect #5781)
• (macOS) Fixed an issue where the window resizes to 0x0 when native scaling is enabled

Changes (v5.0.1)

• CocoaSpice: Reworked Metal renderer to be faster and have lower latency
• Fixed an issue where a BIOS file with a comma in the filename will fail to load
• Default FPS will now be the maximum refresh rate of the display on macOS and iPadOS (iPhone with ProMotion will still have 60Hz as the default rate but can be overridden to 120Hz through settings)
• (macOS) Fixed issue causing HV_UNSUPPORTED on startup with Vulkan enabled (5.0.0. beta wont start any VMs: HV_UNSUPPORTED #7579)
• (iOS) Fixed resolution issue on external displays (iPad Pro External Monitor Display Issue with Windows 11 Virtual Machine #6040)
• (iOS) Pinch to zoom will turn off automatically updating zoom from the guest (until reset with the resize button)
• (iOS) Fixed external display menu not updating
• (iOS) Fixed incorrect scale on external displays and connecting an external display will now automatically scale to fit
• (iOS) Fixed an issue where powering off the VM will show the home screen but not terminate UTM in the background

Changes (v5.0.0)

• Add Venus support for Vulkan (Explore Venus + MoltenVK for GPU acceleration #4551)
• Add Apple Core OpenGL support for OpenGL 4.1 (OpenGL 3.3 with GPU acceleration? #4285) (thanks @startergo)

Issues

Please check the full list on Github and help report any bug you find that is not listed.

Installation

• iOS
• macOS

File	Description	Installation	JIT	Hypervisor	USB
UTM.deb	Jailbroken iOS version	Open in Cydia, dpkg, or Sileo	Yes	Yes(1)	Yes
UTM.dmg	macOS version	Mounting and copying UTM.app to /Applications	Yes	Yes	Yes
UTM.ipa	Non-jailbroken iOS version (sideloading)	AltStore, etc (see guide)	Yes(2)	No	No
UTM-HV.ipa	Non-jailbroken iOS version (TrollStore)	TrollStore	Yes	Yes(1)	Yes
UTM-SE.ipa	Non-jailbroken iOS version (sideloading)	AltStore, enterprise signing, etc	No	No	No
UTM-Remote.ipa	Remote client	Any	No	No	No

1. Hypervisor on iOS requires an M1 iPad or newer.
2. Enabling JIT may require a separate JIT enabler such as Jitterbug or Jitstreamer.

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This discussion was created from the release v5.0.5 (Beta).