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Generate Complete Sets of Serial Numbers for OS X-KVM, Docker-OS X, OpenCore

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Would be nice to understand the usage (I'll explain).

For running macOS with proper identification you'd usually like to have a 'valid' serial number / Mainboard and other identifiers.

Unless you need to deploy A LOT of VMs you'd only need to general codes once.

But... (with regards to the above tool):

* Usually you'd like to check the code isn't being used. here (https://checkcoverage.apple.com/). it has rate limit and some security measures after being 'abused' in the past.

* Apple is rumored to switch to random serials (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/apple-will-randomize...)

Both makes me wonder what is this tool and how is it more useful than existing ones.

> Would be nice to understand the usage

This =]

>Unless you need to deploy A LOT of VMs

Hackintosh systems typically also require these valid serials, so they can use iMessage and whatnot.

Yeah the whole random serial number bit is not a rumor. They've been putting out statements in their internal GSX system about it for well over a year now to plan for it.

They also spoke about it at WWDC.

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10639/

Even doing it once is a huge pain.

Apple could make it easier on themselves and let us use imessage from the web and relax their ridiculous license for the iOS headers. I don't think it's crazy to say that most people doing this don't actually want to run OSX in a VM since everything about that is pretty unpleasant.

I really like these projects but as an apple investor I am torn with the feelings... Apple hard ware isn’t that expensive and the software isn’t particularly great. I had a apple lc II and I own a Macintosh apple IIe I have used a kvm based qemu image and the experience is good enough for development but not much else and with the addition of aws apple images with Big Sur can’t we just use things like that. I know we want this for free and not pay apple. I know I am an apple investor. But a vm is a poor way to experience apple products. My modded Mac m1 with the thermal pad mod will be the fastest MacBook Air possible but the battery might suffer. I am not saying don’t do these this for fun. But I’ve used apple products. These things will encourage new users to use apple products. Do it but buy an old Mac and give apple hardware a chance. If you don’t like it just return it and go back to your awesome qemu kvm pass through setup that supports nvidia hardware. What I am saying is apple hardware is pretty good and if you like the software you might like the hardware. And if you dont like either just buy the stock.

this can be used also with an Hackitosh https://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/building-a-customac-h...

What even is this comment

It reads like GPT-3 spam generated by machine learning

Sorry

Usually stockholders on HN pretend to be incredulous fans of whatever company they're invested in, but this one said the quiet part out loud.

Not so much a written comment as a stream of consciousness dictated into a microphone and posted unmodified, apparently.

Sorry

Not sure what to make of this comment but I'll bite.

> Apple hard ware isn’t that expensive and the software isn’t particularly great

You're clearly not in the loop. Apple hardware in general is significantly more expensive than the equivalent with other hardware manufacturers. Often with not a lot of innovation, if at all. They do have a much simplified UI, and Things Just Work(TM), but outside that their hardware is mostly mediocre. There is obviously always exceptions to the rule, and in my opinion those are Apple M1 (which is only relatively recent), and their track pads.

I'm an Apple investor, and honestly things like this don't make a dent in Apple's coffers. It's not gonna affect their stock price. To even imply otherwise is ridiculous. The majority of Apple buyers are average Joes and Janes who don't really want to do this whole VM thing. They barely care enough to run a VM for docker support. Outside those, there's also the average Joe and Jane who barely understand what a VM is.

Yeah you are right don’t know what I was posting last time.

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