New Translation Tool Makes Running macOS on Standard PCs Possible Again

Ever since Apple began transitioning away from Intel processors toward its own Arm-based chips in 2020, hackers and hobbyists who enjoyed running macOS on conventional PCs lost the ability to do so. However, a new Linux-based UEFI application named Stela has emerged to change that by translating AArch instructions into x86-64. Created by developer Tyler Smith, Stela acts as a virtual M2 Mac Mini for the operating system and requires no modifications to the macOS image itself. While the developer notes that the current version is slow and unstable, hardware requirements are relatively modest, needing just 8 GB of RAM, an x86-64-v2 processor, and a compatible Nvidia graphics card.