v4.2.0 (Beta)

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Highlights

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Notes

• iOS 14 and macOS 11.3 are the minimum supported systems for UTM v4.x. Please use UTM v3.x for support down to iOS 11 and macOS 11

Changes (v4.2.0)

• Updated virglrenderer to latest (27/02/2023) commit
• Automatically revert CPU to "default" if model is missing due to updated QEMU (New version is inconsistent with previously created VMs #4910)
• Remove virtio-bus devices (they didn't work) (virtio-gpu-gl-device not working with new v4.1.5 release #4893)
• Support drag and drop to import an .utm package (Import files by dragging into the VM directly. #3599)
• Support copying sparse images across different volumes (thanks @ktprograms)
• Fixed tearing/performance issue for non-GL accelerated displays when under graphics load (Upgrading to 4.1 degrades experience on Intel Macbook Pro #5049)
• Fixed error when importing a new drive with the same name as an existing drive (Unable to replace drives with the same filename during a single edit #5052)
• Fixed a crash on startup when multiple audio devices are plugged in (Crash in gst_osx_audio_src_io_proc when starting VM #4629)
• Wizard: Generate a working configuration for isapc (No 'PCI' bus found for device 'virtio-serial-pci' #4961)
• Settings: Use pretty labels for CPU flags (OptionsList for Flags doesn't show pretty values, but rather raw values #4940)
• Translation: updated French (thanks @FRtranslator)
• Translation: added Czech readme (thanks @stinovlasmp)
• Translation: updated German (thanks @LostInCompilation and @afh)
• (macOS) Capture Mouse has been renamed to Capture Input and now will show the current capture status as a toggle button
• (macOS) Apple VMs (macOS guests) now support Capture Input which will capture the system keys. This used to be always on as the default. It is now off by default and the toggle button will enable it. (Option to disable capturing system keys in macOS VMs #4667)
• (macOS) Ignore missing links (drives, shared directory, etc) when saving an Apple VM
• (macOS) Preference: added option to force Num Lock on (Add "Force NumLock" default on for Windows Guests #4625)
• (macOS) Preference: added option to prevent idle sleep while VM is running (Prevent Sleep When VM is Running #4963)
• (macOS) Preference: added option to suppress exit confirmation (Ability to turn off Quitting confirmation window #4989)
• (macOS) Fixed delete drive confirmation not showing up on latest macOS
• (macOS) Fixed disposable mode stuck on when a VM is run once in disposable mode (debian vm data changes not save in normal mode (not disposable mode) #5025)
• (macOS) Fixed an issue where a moved or deleted VM with a stopped window open will attempt to use the old path (QEMU arguments won't update after moving the VM to another location #4985)
• (macOS) Fixed cursor scrolling and double click issues (VM scrolling locks up #4636, single click treated as double click in macos 13.1 guest #4645)
• (macOS) Support following a change in system default input or output audio device (Follow changes in sound output device #3488)
• (macOS) Support retry of macOS installation when it fails (the IPSW will not automatically be unlinked)
• (macOS) Support retaining of installer IPSW bookmark across VM moves and UTM restarts (macOS Virtualization.framework VMs don't save bookmark to install IPSW when Moving to external disk #4938)

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

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

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