Open UTM and click the “+” button to open the VM creation wizard.
Select “Virtualize”.
Select “Linux”.
Click “Browse” and select the Ubuntu Server ISO downloaded from the link above. Press “Next” to continue.
Pick the amount of RAM and CPU cores you wish to give access to the VM. Press “Next” to continue.
Specify the maximum amount of drive space to allocate. Press “Next” to continue.
If you have a directory you want to mount in the VM, you can select it here. Alternatively, you can skip this and select the directory later from the VM window’s toolbar. The shared directory will be available after installing SPICE tools (see below). Press “Next” to continue.
Press “Save” to create the VM and press the Run button to start the VM.
Go through the Ubuntu Server installer. If the reboot fails, you can manually quit the VM, unmount the installer ISO, and start the VM again to boot into your new installation.
Find the edition of Windows you want to install onUUP dump. Once you downloaded and extracted the installer creator, you need to runuup_download_macos.shfrom Terminal to generate the ISO. (Read “troubleshooting” below if you are having issues here.)
Open UTM and click the “+” button to open the VM creation wizard.
Select “Virtualize”.
Select “Windows”.
Uncheck “Import VHDX Image” and you should see the text above change to “Boot ISO Image”. Press “Browse” and select the ISO you built in step 1.
Pick the amount of RAM and CPU cores you wish to give access to the VM. Press “Next” to continue.
Specify the maximum amount of drive space to allocate. Press “Next” to continue.
If you have a directory you want to mount in the VM, you can select it here. Alternatively, you can skip this and select the directory later from the VM window’s toolbar. The shared directory will be available after installing SPICE tools (see below). Press “Next” to continue.
Press “Save” to create the VM and press the Run button to start the VM.
Follow the Windows installer. If you have issues with the mouse, press the mouse capture button in the toolbar to send mouse input directly. Press Control+Option together to exit mouse capture mode. Sometimes, due to driver issues, you can enter and exit capture mode and the mouse cursor works normally again.
Once installation is complete and you’ve logged in, we can proceed to install the guest tools. With the ISO mounted in the D: drive, open Windows Explorer and browse toD:\. Runspice-guest-tools-xxx.exewhich should install all drivers along with QEMU agent, SPICE agent (for copy/paste and dynamic resolution), and shared directory.