v4.1.3 (Beta)

[osy]

Highlights

• QEMU backend updated to v7.2.0. Also updated usbredir (0.13.0), virglrenderer (latest commit), ANGLE (latest commit)
• Improved renderer backend. Lots of bug fixes and stability improvements to GPU accelerated Linux VMs (most common crashes when GPU acceleration is enabled should be gone now). New option to change the renderer backend to ANGLE Metal (which is also the default for iOS now) and limit FPS.
• (iOS) TrollStore build (UTM.HV.ipa) now supports JIT. Additionally, there is now in-app settings.
• (macOS) AppleScript (OSA) support and CLI interface. You can control parts of UTM through the OSA interface. Currently there is support for listing VMs as well as start/stop/suspend operations and the ability to print out the guest serial port connections. More functionality will be added in the future. A command line application is also provided in UTM.app/Contents/MacOS/utmctl (which you can symlink to /usr/local/bin/utmctl if desired) that can be used for automation tasks without needing to learn AppleScript.
• (macOS 13+) Menu bar extra. You can enable the menu bar extra icon in Preferences (Cmd+,) as well as disable the dock icon. The menu bar extra provides a minimal interface to start/stop/suspend VMs and is useful when paired with headless VMs (a VM that does not have any display or terminal console installed).

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
• The configuration backend has been massively rewritten. Please backup all VMs prior to updating as you will not be able to re-open VMs saved by UTM v4 on older versions of UTM if you decide to downgrade.

Changes (v4.1.3)

• Updated QEMU to v7.2.0
• Reworked CocoaSpice renderer to respond faster to GL updates from the guest, should improve frame pacing on GL supported Linux VMs
• Added global setting to change renderer backend, introduce ANGLE Metal as an option (and also the new default for iOS)
• Added global setting to limit FPS which can be used to improve frame pacing for a smoother rendering experience
• Settings: clearly show if the current display hardware supports GPU acceleration
• Wizard: GPU acceleration is now enabled by default when Linux is selected as the operating system
• Fixed crash due to an error with GL_DRAW_COOKIE_INVALID (QEMULauncher crashes on shutdown when using GPU accelerated display adapter (GL_DRAW_COOKIE_INVALID) #4722)
• Fixed deadlock on startup caused by gstosxaudio (Audio Output from VM causes hangs and instability #2364)
• Fixed memory leak when GPU acceleration is enabled (QEMULauncher memory leak #4449)
• Fixed crash in -[MTLResourceList releaseAllObjectsAndReset] (TestFlight: Crash in -[MTLResourceList releaseAllObjectsAndReset] #3519)
• Fixed Mesa issue causing some GNOME desktop to freeze when GPU acceleration is enabled
• Fixed incorrect logic when cloning a VM (Multiple entries in VM list show up when cloning fails #4815)
• Fixed some thread scheduling warning (Investigate ways to avoid priority inversions #4352)
• Localization: updated French (thanks @FRtranslator)
• (iOS) TrollStore build: use com.apple.private.security.no-sandbox instead of com.apple.private.security.no-container on recommendation of other devs and to align with how other apps perform JIT.
• (iOS) Fixed blank screen when choosing "Open" in the wizard (Open files in the wizard shows a blank screen #4842)
• (iOS) Fixed toolbar not auto-hiding before first interaction (Toolbar icon not auto-hiding when touch screen is not used #4844)
• (macOS) New design for global settings (Cmd+,) which better organizes the settings
• (macOS) utmctl: Fixed crash when utmctl help attach runs (utmctl help attach fails with an ArgumentParser error #4817)
• (macOS) utmctl: Fixed utmctl stop with --request and kill (Request shutdown doesn't seem to work (almost instantly stops VM). Works from menu bar. #4850)

Changes (v4.1.2)

• Localization: updated Spanish (Latin America) (thanks @JezerM)
• Localization: updated Japanese (thanks @MMP0 and @skyarrow87)
• Localization: updated Chinese Simplified (thanks @changanmoon)
• (iOS) Fix new VM wizard not appearing on < iOS 14.5 (Bug in Beta | Can't create vm's on v4.1.X from the main menu #4776)
• (macOS) Implement OSA interface for AppleScript
• (macOS) Introduce a CLI application (UTM.app/Contents/MacOS/utmctl) that wraps around the OSA interface for automation
• (macOS 13+) New settings option to enable a menu bar extra icon for controlling VMs
• (macOS 13+) New settings option to disable the dock icon
• (macOS) Fix various alignment issues in settings (Config window text and control elements alignment issues (again) #4596) (thanks @JezerM)
• (macOS) Fix a crash when the pasteboard is updated (Crash in NSPasteboard #4745)
• (macOS) Support custom resolutions for Apple Virtualization VMs
• (macOS) Fixed a UI freeze when canceling out of the settings for an Apple Virtualization VM

Changes (v4.1.1)

• Fixed launching SPARC machines (Starting a qemu-system-sparc SS-5 VM Dies with "QEMU exited from an error: qemu-sparc-softmmu: -device virtio-serial: 'virtio-serial' (alias 'virtio-serial-pci') is not a valid device model name" #4575)
• Fixed an error when attempting to save a VM where one of its removable drives is linked to a file that has been deleted
• Fixed IPSW/.utm download failing when the device goes to sleep (the download should resume after wake up)
• Restored scroll bars when system is set to always show scroll bars. Added a new SwiftUI crash workaround thanks to @evelyneee.
• Display all sizes in binary (MiB/GiB) mode in order to be consistent (Mismatch in drive size during creation (GB vs GiB) #4396)
• Localization: added Polish (thanks @mavethee)
• Localization: updated Japanese (thanks @MMP0)
• Localization: updated Spanish (Latin America) (thanks @JezerM)
• Localization: updated French (thanks @FRtranslator)
• (macOS) Fixed the port forward UI on macOS 11 and introduce a new port forward UI for macOS 12+ (Interface broken on edit Port Forward #4690)
• (macOS) Fixed "This virtual machine cannot be run on this machine." error on a newly created Apple VM (Freshly created macOS VM cannot be started #4595)
• (macOS) Added new 21:9 widescreen resolution for Apple VMs (thanks @Tandolf)
• (macOS) Added a clarifying message about shared directory support on older macOS guests (Shared Directories don't work for macOS 12 guests #4594)
• (macOS) Added new shutdown options (software request and force kill) which can be toggled by long pressing the power button in the VM window (Add button for ACPI shutdown #4001)
• (macOS) Added a confirmation dialog when deleting a drive (Confirmation when deleting drive  #4687)

Changes (v4.1.0)

• Updated QEMU to v7.1.0
• Updated ANGLE and virglrenderer to latest commit
• Fixed an issue where user override of machine property settings was not applied properly
• Localization: updated Japanese (thanks @MMP0)
• Localization: updated Spanish (Latin America) (thanks @JezerM)
• (iOS) Added in-app settings popover which synchronizes with the Settings app (useful for TrollStore installs where the Settings app page is inaccessible) (Integrated settings for TrollStore installations #4446)
• (iOS) TrollStore: support JIT without needing a separate JIT enabler (thanks @PojavLauncherTeam for the idea)

Issues

Please check the full list on Github and help report any bug you find that is not listed.

• UTM SE is currently not working! (UTM SE crashes on QEMU 7.2.0 #4848)

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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This discussion was created from the release v4.1.3 (Beta).

[Intecpsp]

I see the wizard defaults to virtio-gpu-gl-pci now for Linux VMs. I have legacy Linux VMs targeting virtio-ramfb. Is it recommended to flip those to virtio-gpu-gl-pci or virtio-ramfb-gl?

[osy]

Sure and help test the new graphics engine. But it’s not required if you want to keep everything as is.

[Intecpsp]

I tried virtio-gpu-gl-pci and it was drawing on the screen super slowly. I saw parts of the boot sequence I had never seen because of how fast it was with virtio-ramfb. I flipped to virtio-ramfb-gl and it's back to being super fast.

[osy]

That’s an issue with the EFI drivers. ramfb-gl just gives EFI a different surface to work with but once the OS is booted they’re exactly the same.