You canfind out which kind of Mac you haveusing Apple > About This Mac.
UTM is a free app that you might download free of charge from theUTM homepage.
Alternatively, you might support the product by buying theMac App Store version, which also provides automatic updates.
Download Your Windows .ISO
To install Windows, youll need to download an .ISO disk image.
These are provided by Microsoft free of charge under the assumption that youll buy and register the operating system.
DownloadCrystalFetch from the Mac App Storeand run it.
Click Download and wait for the .ISO to transfer.
Once the download is complete youll be asked where you want to put the .ISO file.
Create Your Virtual Machine with UTM
Download and installUTMif you havent already.
Launch the app and click Create a New Virtual Machine.
Choose Virtualize when prompted to indicate that you want touse a hypervisorfor best performance.
Now Select Windows from the list of operating systems.
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Click Continue when youre ready.
UTM will then ask you to allocate memory (RAM) and CPU cores.
Its possible to change this later on by editing your virtual machine within UTM.
Hit Continue and define a drive capacity for your boot volume.
Hit Continue and youll be asked to define a shared directory.
Finally, youll be asked to review your VM, rename it, and hit Save to finalize.
Install Windows 11
Hit the Play button on your virtual machine within UTM to start.
When you see Press any key to boot from CD or DVD then hit a key on your keyboard.
Let the Windows 11 installer run, during which time it will restart a few times.
Set up Windows 11 to your liking and youll eventually see the Windows 11 desktop.
Congratulations, you now have a working Windows 11 installation.
Though UTM is free and surprisingly fast, there are some limitations.
We encountered some hitching and distortion while trying to record and play back audio within an audio editor.
Speaking of gaming, GPU support is something else thats entirely missing in UTM.
You wont be able to use apps that depend on 3D acceleration, which is bad news for gamers.
Theres no DirectX or OpenGL support, but software rendering should work (for what its worth).
You canread our Parallels Desktop 18 reviewor go ahead anddownload a free trial.
But, as is often the case, free tools have their limitations.
There is, however, one exception to this rule for video editors, andits called DaVinci Resolve.
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