In the active Windows 11 VM, click the disc icon in the toolbar and choose CD/DVD Iso > Change > and select the spice-guest-tools-xxx.iso file you just downloaded.

To get internet access working in the Windows 11 VM, download the SPICE Guest Tools ISO here from the UTM website.

Wait a few minutes and Windows 11 will launch running in the VM on the M1 Mac.

Walk through the Windows 11 setup process as usual, choosing your region, account name, etc – Note that networking and internet will not work yet, that takes an additional setup process which we’ll cover in a moment – thus choose that you have no network connectivity for now and let Windows 11 set itself up.Now click the big Play button to boot the Windows 11 VM and begin setup.Choose the amount of RAM and CPU cores you want to designate to Windows 11 (recommend to give 8GB RAM or more for better performance), then click Next again.Click the “Browse” button and select the Windows 11 VHDX ARM image you downloaded, with “Import Image” selected, then click Next.Choose “Virtualize” from the ‘I Want to” screen, then select Windows.Open UTM on the Mac, then click the + plus button to create a new virtual machine.Download the Windows 11 VM for ARM free from Microsoft here (you will need a Windows Insider login for this, which is free to sign up for if you don’t have one already).Download the UTM app for free, it’s a virtualizer and emulator application, and drag to the Applications folder to install it on the Mac.Intel Macs offer many other ways to run Windows 11 in virtual machines like within VirtualBox, VMware, Parallels, etc, How to Run Windows 11 ARM on Any M1 Mac

Note this particular walkthrough is geared specifically for Apple Silicon Macs. We’ll be covering how to install, setup, and run Windows 11 ARM on any Apple Silicon Mac, whether it has an M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra, or any other M chip does not matter, it will work just fine thanks to the UTM app.

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