Installing and Enabling Content Caching for a macOS VM in Proxmox

Overview

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing and enabling content caching for a macOS virtual machine (VM) in Proxmox.

Install a macOS VM

Follow the tutorial here to install a macOS VM in Proxmox.

Enable Content Caching

If you encounter difficulties enabling content caching through the Sharing menu, follow the instructions provided here .

Registration

If you are unable to register and receive a “Content Caching is temporarily unavailable” message, follow these steps:

1. Post-install OpenCore configuration.
2. Fix GenSMBios by following the steps here .
3. Fix en0 by verifying en0 as build-in. Details can be found here .

4. Fix ROM by following the steps here .

5. Reboot your VM and verify the content caching status.

   Reboot and verify the content caching status, you should be seen Activated: true and Active: true

> AssetCacheManagerUtil status

Content caching status:
    Activated: true
    Active: true
    ActualCacheUsed: 2.79 GB
    CacheDetails: (3)
        iCloud: 23.86 GB
        Mac Software: 211.7 MB
        Other: 701.7 MB
    CacheFree: 14.28 GB
    CacheLimit: 45 GB
    CacheStatus: OK
    CacheUsed: 24.77 GB

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