Later adding: “The main problem with the M1 for me is the GPU and other devices around it, because that’s likely what would hold me off using it because it wouldn’t have any Linux support unless Apple opens up.” And I don’t have the time to tinker with it, or the inclination to fight companies that don’t want to help,” he wrote. The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS. “I’ve been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time. Torvalds had long wanted an ARM laptop capable of running Linux, and when the M1 MacBook Air came out said that it would have been the perfect machine but for the fact that Apple wouldn’t allow another OS to access the GPU and other elements … It can be run on the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra chips. Default credential is “kali” for both username and password.M1 Mac Linux 6.2 support is now available – an achievement that Linux creator Linus Torvalds originally saw as an impossible task. If everything runs successfully you should see a login screen. Keep all the defaults and click continue. In VirtualBox click File > Import Appliance and select the. I wasn’t able to get Kali to launch properly without this. Once VirtualBox is installed run extension pack ( *.vbox-extpack). There will be a couple of permission that need to be enabled for VirtualBox to install properly. If you get errors during the installation make sure to allow all permissions in the security & privacy section. Next on the Kali Linux Downloads page, follow link to get the VirtualBox appliance.

This is used by the Kali Appliance during the import step later. On the same page download the VirtualBox Extension Pack for all Platforms. Download VirtualBox and Kali Linux Virtual Appliance (.ova)ĭownload the latest version of VirtualBox for OS X Hosts.

As of this writing I’m using VirtualBox 6.1.6 and Kali Linux 2020.2 VM. For this walkthrough I’ll be going over my ideal setup on how I use Kali Linux in macOS.

Kali linux on macos