v0.11.0

Major update • 15/01/2024

This update includes the following features / fixes / changes:

  • Added USB passthrough assistant (@Hyperchromiac)
  • Added the ability to use physical disks during AutoPilot
  • Added support for physical disks to XML converter
  • Added support for USB passthrough to XML converter
  • Added Barrier installer (for use in macOS guest)
  • Added experimental --targetBranch argument to updater
  • VPTA will automatically offer relevant boot patches if needed
  • Using VPTA to passthrough a GPU now offers the USB assistant
  • Changed the default macOS version to macOS Monterey (12)
  • OpenCore image patch rollup + disable secboot
  • Generated scripts now display macOS version in the verbose panel
  • Major UI change to device ID presentation across the project
  • Full menu redesign throughout the project
  • VFIO-PCI passthrough assistant overhaul with rich device selection (@Hyperchromiac)
  • Existing OVMF variable file is no longer replaced by passthrough variant
  • macOS Boot Argument Editor now supports AutoPatch CLI arguments
  • Removed redundant passthrough tools menu shortcut from extras menu
  • Removed macOS Sonoma experimental tag
  • Removed VM-check from Extras menu for better performance
  • Decreased storage size footprint of the project
  • Fixed HDD generation size offset on macOS Ventura and later
  • Fixed some issues relating to long boot times on macOS Ventura and later
  • Fixed an issue where virtual NVMe drives would break when converting to XML
  • Fixed an issue where macOS Boot Argument editor wouldn’t unmount the OC image
  • Minor README design changes
  • oh my god I can finally stage ALL my changes!!1!

To see individual code changes, visit the project’s commits page at https://github.com/Coopydood/ultimate-macOS-KVM/commits/main

[!NOTE] This release has multiple authors. Attributions for contributor changes are included in relevant lines above.

[!NOTE] Remember, commits by Coopydood will always be signed as 4CD28348A3DD016F or GitHub’s public key.