v4.5.1 (Beta)

[osy]

Highlights

• UTM Remote server for macOS On macOS 13+, you can enable UTM Server from the new option on the home screen or from Window -> UTM Server. Once enabled, you can stream QEMU backend VMs to supported clients. The preferences page includes additional options including auto-starting the server and allowing external connections so it can be used outside of the local network. New documentation pages will be added in the future.
• UTM Remote client for iOS and visionOS When UTM Server is enabled on macOS, you can connect to it with the new UTM Remote client which uses the same frontend as UTM for iOS/visionOS but without any of the QEMU backend. TestFlight will be available as soon as it is approved and the plans are to release it as a free app in the App Store.

Notes

• (macOS) The automation URI scheme has been removed due to potential security issues if the user clicks a malicious link that sends an input to the VM. Most of the URI scheme functionality has moved to the scripting interface.

Changes (v4.5.1)

• Fixed an issue with file locking resulting in VMs refusing to boot (Failed to lock byte 100 when starting with external disk image on SMB share #5757, QEMU error: QEMU exited from an error: Is another process using the image  #5830)
• Fixed incorrect VM size calculation (UTM v4.5.0 Beta reports the same identical "Size" for every VM (in the VM details on the right) #6166)
• Show confirmation popup for VM downloads (Google Vulnerability Report: confirmation when downloading a .utm #6156)
• Removed automation URI scheme due to potential security issues (Google Vulnerability Report: insecure URI handling scheme #6155)
• Fixed display of newly selected custom icon (Custom icon preview is broken #6137)
• Wizard: allow completely deleting RAM and storage size (Allow memory and storage size value to be cleared entirely #5885)
• Scripting: Fixed file and process commands not working due to incorrect object life cycle (Error from event: The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -2700.) #5963)
• Localization: Updated Japanese (thanks @MMP0)
• Localization: Updated Polish (thanks @mavethee)
• Localization: Updated Chinese (Simplified + Traditional) (thanks @changanmoon)
• (iOS) Fixed zooming with pinch (Impossible to resize screen with pinch on iPhone #6179)
• (macOS) Fixed USB icon always disabled (USB icon grayed out on VM window #6222)
• (macOS) Fixed a crash when removing a device while a text field is highlighted (UTM Edit UI crashes when the "Remove" button is pressed #5901)
• (macOS) Fixed error message when double-clicking on a headless VM which has already been started (Misleading message when double-clicking on VM with no display #5972)
• (macOS) AVF: New display option to disable dynamic resolution in macOS 14+ VMs (Settings > Display: Enabling 'VM display size is fixed' does not work #5873)
• (macOS) Remove "VM display size is fixed" global setting because it was confusing and does not do the right thing
• (macOS) Fixed incorrect display scaling when host screen resolution is smaller than VM display size (Shrinking the window to fit the screen results in cutoff content #6214)

Changes (v4.5.0)

• Updated ANGLE to latest Safari version
• Fixed a crash due to screenshot being saved while the image was being destroyed (TestFlight: Crash in ERROR_CGDataProvider_BufferIsNotReadable and ERROR_CGDataProvider_BufferIsNotBigEnough #4009)
• Fixed a memory leak caused by a retain cycle while observing changes in the VM state
• Localization: Added Italian (thanks @garamb1)
• Localization: Updated Japanese (thanks @MMP0)
• Localization: Updated Polish (thanks @mavethee)
• Localization: Updated Chinese (Simplified + Traditional) (thanks @changanmoon)
• (macOS) Add UTM Server feature
• (iOS) Fixed the icon name for UTM SE erroneously set to UTM in translation ([Localizable] The App name is translated to "UTM SE" by mistake #5968)
• (iOS) Disable logging of keyboard keys when Debug Logs are enabled. They aren't helpful for any issue debugging and poses a privacy issue.
• (iOS) Reworked automatic resolution changing when SPICE tools are installed
• (iOS) Fix crash due to race when re-sizing while a view is being destroyed
• (visionOS) Move toolbar to top of window and support hiding
• (visionOS) Make VM windows less rounded
• (visionOS) Integrate new keyboard view

Issues

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

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
UTM-Remote.ipa	Remote client	Any	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 v4.5.1 (Beta).

[romlu2024]

Hi @osy, the UTM.dmg asset is missing for version 4.5.1 (Beta) ;-)

[osy]

Be patient, every time someone comes in < 1 hour and asks where the DMG is when it's still being processed.

[osy]

Okay it should be up now

[romlu2024]

Cool, thank you :-)

[zjysun]

Thank you very much for resolving the resolution issue on UTM for iOS devices; my testing on version 4.5.0 beta has shown that the resolution issues on Windows systems have indeed been resolved. However, I've encountered persistent resolution problems on Ubuntu 22.04 systems. And in the latest 4.5.1 beta version, this problem still exists. My current workaround is to switch the UTM app to the background and then re-enter, at which point the resolution will automatically adjust once and return to normal, as demonstrated in the attached video. Additionally, although the resolution issues on Windows are now fixed, I've noticed that since version 4.2.5 of UTM, there appears to be a persistent issue on iOS systems related to hiding the bottom black bar (Home Indicator), which does not automatically hide. I have attached videos regarding these two issues. I hope these issues can receive your attention and be addressed. Many thanks to the development team for your efforts!

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