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Running Third Party Kernel Extensions on Virtualization Framework macOS Guest VMs

As of macOS 12 (Monterey), Apple's Virtualization framework has nice support for macOS guest virtual machines, but with severe limitations: For example you can't install a macOS guest on Intel Macs, install guests with newer versions of macOS than the host, copy and paste between the host and the guest, or install third party kernel extensions in the guest. As usual for Apple, the functionality they do support is nicely implemented, but they've left out so much that the result is only marginally useful -- at least compared to

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Install and Activate Microsoft Office 365 for Free - A Step-by-Step Guide

This is a guide on how to install the latest version of Microsoft Office for free. For this method, we will use the Office Deployment Tool. The Microsoft Office Deployment Tool is a command-line program that IT managers use to configure and deliver Office products to PCs in their businesses, but in this guide, we will use it to install Microsoft Office with additional customization options and download it straight from Microsoft's servers.

NOTE: You will not need to repeat this step again to upgrade. Just keep your Office up to date and you will not have any issues.

NOTE: Make sure you have recently reloaded your number with at least 5GB of internet if you use your mobile internet through a hotspot to download. If your telecom

How to Defang macOS System Protections

If you want to change things on the root drive of a Mac you will need to take some steps to disable the built in security of the system. Most of these steps are the same regardless if you are on Intel or Apple Silicon. If there is a difference it is noted.

Note that all of these things put a Mac into an unsupported and less secure state.

Make sure you either perform these steps in a VM or that you reset the protections after you are done poking around

Protections and Terms

(This list is not exahustive on the details of each. Check the links at the end for more info.)

OSX

Shell scripts to speed up your mac boot time, accelerate loading, and prevent unnecessary throttling.

macOS can be heavily modified using the defaults command. In fact, almost every option is accessible via defaults.

A great way to see what ticking and unticking a box in the Settings App is by using:

defaults read > defaults.pre.txt

	#!/bin/zsh
	# WARNING! The script is meant to show how and what can be disabled. Don’t use it as it is, adapt it to your needs.
	# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
	# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12), macOS Ventura (13) and macOS Sonoma (14)
	# Disabling SIP is required ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
	# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
	# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


	# user

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	# -- coding: utf-8 --
	#
	# System: macOS 12+
	# Version: TeamViewer v15.x.x
	# Python: 3.x.x
	# Command: sudo python3 TeamViewer-15-id-changer.py
	#

	import os

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	# -- coding: utf-8 --
	#
	# System: macOS 12+
	# Version: TeamViewer v15.x.x
	# Python: 3.x.x
	# Command: sudo python TeamViewer-15-id-changer.py
	#

	import os

	#!/bin/zsh
	# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3

	# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12) and macOS Ventura (13)
	# Disabling SIP is required ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
	# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
	# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


	# user

	#!/bin/zsh

	# CREDITS: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
	# Big Sur revision by b0gdanw https://gist.github.com/b0gdanw/40d000342dd1ba4d892ad0bdf03ae6ea

	# TEMPORARILY disabling (e.g. STOPPING via 'bootout') unwanted services on macOS 11 Big Sur and macOS 12 Monterey:
	# This version is for a special boot that optimizes for real-time music performance and streaming video.
	# Due to the read-only system volume introduced with macOS Catalina, this script can NOT be run in Recovery mode's Terminal.
	# For my purposes I leave WiFi enabled, for streaming video to a local router with no internet connection.

	#!/bin/bash

	# A cleaner alternative to this approach, but which requires a restart, is to populate TCC's SiteOverrides.plist inside
	# the TCC app support directory with the following:
	# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	# <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
	# <plist version="1.0">
	# <dict>
	# <key>Services</key>
	# <dict>