Other than these things, it’s a good piece of software and I would certainly recommend using it if the other options aren’t your cup of tea. Also, their technical support on their knowledge base forums is less than satisfactory. I generally have no complaints other than their failure to warn you that actions such as reclaiming disk space or deleting snapshots can take a long time (I’m talking over 12 hours).

As for VMware, I’ve never used it but I have heard good things about it.Īs for Parallels, it runs well and gets the job done. Out of these three choices, I only have used Parallels and Virtualbox, but I find Virtualbox to be rather… clunky (not to say Parallels has never given me issues or those “I want to throw the computer out the window” moments).

Virtualbox by Oracle (free, open source).

I won’t go into detail on how to setup a VM as there are already plenty of guides out there that explain it well, but I will list off a few options for VMs. If you’re running a VM, you’ll want more than just your run of the mill hardware, but better hardware being required is a given since MMD and its effects can require quite a bit from your PC (take it from the person who would attempt to make MMDs on standard hardware and have it crash repeatedly or give long render times, haha). It’s (arguably) the easiest of the three methods I’ll be sharing, but it certainly has its drawbacks.

Virtual Machine (free, open source, and paid options).

This tutorial assumes you have an Intel processor.* Your Options *Note: Some of these options may not work on Macs that are made with Apple’s M1 chip. You have a few different options for running (or attempting to run) it. But have no fear! It is still entirely possible to get it working.

You see, MMD cannot run on MacOS, due to the difference in file types and requisites. Or, maybe you’re thinking of switching to a Mac… but then there’s the concern of not being able to run MMD. The UI is nicer to my eyes and it runs much better for me than Windows does–maybe some of you have the same experience. Can you run MMD on a Mac? How do you run MMD on a Mac? Are there “issues” when you try to run MMD on a Mac?ĭon’t know about you all, but I prefer to work on a Mac.

Virtualbox alternative for mac m1