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====== Install MacOS as Proxmox Virtual Machine ======
I have yet to install MacOS on Proxmox from the scratch... I converted the existing Unraid VM to Proxmox. The below steps outline that process and I hope to update this page with instructions for a fresh install. If not, do it on Unraid and then follow the below :D. If you are attempting to install a fresh copy... try this: https://www.nicksherlock.com/2022/10/installing-macos-13-ventura-on-proxmox/

===== Proxmox Settings =====
  * OS
    * Do not use any media (we will move over out existing vdisk
    * Type: Other
  * System
    * Graphic card: VMware compatible (we will add GPU passthrough later)
    * Machine: q35
    * BIOS: OVMF (UEFI)
    * EFI Storage: local-lvm
    * Pre-Enroll keys: UNCHECK
    * SCSI Controller: VirtIO SCSI single
    * Qemu Agent: CHECKED
    * Add TPM: UNCHECKED
  * Disks
    * Just create a small blank disk, we are going to erase and replace with already built disk
  * CPU
    * Sockets: 1
    * Cores: 8
    * Type: Haswell
  * Memory
    * 8192
    * Ballooning Device: UNCHECKED
  * Network
    * Bridge: vmbr0
    * Model: VirtIO (paravirtualized)
  * Confirm
    * Don't start vm after creation
    * Finish

===== Passthrough some stuff =====
  * Wait to do the GPU until the end (or try it now, I dunno. I did the GPU after successful boot but I think I did the USB stuff first to have keyboard and mouse access)
  * Datacenter -> Node name -> VM
  * Click Hardware
    * Click Add
    * PCI Device
    * Raw Device
    * Device: Select the Device you want to add based on its address
    * All Functions: CHECKED
    * Click OK
  * I did this for USB and Wifi (though I turned Wifi off because I'm tracking down a webpage loading issue... not sure if it's PiHole or Wifi/Eth conflicts.

===== Move virtual disk over =====
  * Erase old disk
    * Go to Datacenter -> node name -> osx vm
    * Click on Hardware
    * Select hard disk to remove
    * click Detach
    * click Remove
  * Import new disk
    * move the new disk to a location that proxmox can see it (see adding share in the install proxmox section)
    * ssh into proxmox or open a shell (Datacenter -> node name, then click >_ Shell
    * go to the folder of that new disk (cd /mnt/pve/unraid/ for example)
    * rename the image to a .raw file
    * type the import command: <code>qm importdisk 201 macos_disk.raw local-lvm --format raw</code>
      * where 201 is the vm id and local-lvm is the location.
    * after complete go to the vm -> hardware and double click on the unused disk and click Add
    * go to Options -> Boot Order and set the bood order to the top.
  * link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlPMNgCg-ck

===== Set boot flags etc =====
  * ssh into proxmox or open a shell (Datacenter -> node name, then click >_ Shell
  * edit the file /etc/pve/qemu-server/YOUR-VM-ID-HERE.conf
    * update the args: line to look like this:
    * <code>args: -device isa-applesmc,osk=ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc -smbios type=2 -device usb-kbd,bus=ehci.0 -global nec-usb-xhci.msi=off -global ICH9-LPC.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=off -cpu Haswell-noTSX,vendor=GenuineIntel,+invtsc,+hypervisor,kvm=on,vmware-cpuid-freq=on</code>
    * some sites say to put your OSK instead of that phrase... i've always used phrase
  * final .conf file for me looks like:
    * <code>agent: 1
args: -device isa-applesmc,osk=ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc -smbios type=2 -device usb-kbd,bus=ehci.0 -global nec-usb-xhci.msi=off -global ICH9-LPC.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=off -cpu Haswell-noTSX,vendor=GenuineIntel,+invtsc,+hypervisor,kvm=on,vmware-cpuid-freq=on
balloon: 0
bios: ovmf
boot: order=ide0
cores: 8
cpu: Haswell
efidisk0: local-lvm:vm-201-disk-0,efitype=4m,size=4M
hostpci0: 0000:05:00
hostpci1: 0000:11:00,x-vga=1
hostpci2: 0000:06:00,pcie=1
ide0: local-lvm:vm-201-disk-1,size=300G
ide2: none,media=cdrom
machine: q35
memory: 8192
meta: creation-qemu=9.0.0,ctime=1720659249
name: sonoma
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:87:A6:24,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
onboot: 1
ostype: other
scsihw: virtio-scsi-single
smbios1: uuid=7d279eae-4fb5-43c0-a88e-dbed318fc746
sockets: 1
vmgenid: 8317cc90-c5a3-4296-9389-3905ccd0c139</code>
  * link: https://www.nicksherlock.com/2022/10/installing-macos-13-ventura-on-proxmox/

===== GPU Passthrough =====
  * Datacenter -> Node name -> VM
  * Click Hardware
    * Click Add
    * PCI Device
    * Raw Device
    * Device: Select the Device you want to add based on its address
    * All Functions: CHECKED
    * Primary GPU: CHECKED
    * Click OK
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