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commandersaki 5 days ago

Would be cool if you can redirect USB devices to the VM.

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kdrag0n 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

We just released this in OrbStack :) https://docs.orbstack.dev/features/usb

Blog post soon

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blackqueeriroh 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

What happened to Orbstack for like 9 months until earlier this year? Suddenly everything went silent for a bit and I was pretty concerned. Glad y’all are back!!!!

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calebm 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thank you for sharing this - I looked into OrbStack a few months ago, and this was the reason I didn't use it (as my primary purpose was to have an external wifi adapter for wifi pwnage).

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commandersaki 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah I find this useful for redirecting storage/sdcard*, so you can format linux filesystems or use other tools.

* need a usb sdcard reader for macbook pro cause the builtin is not usb)

	▲	kdrag0n 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		We're working on block device passthrough for the builtin SD reader.

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egernst 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agreed! There's some good improvements around Accessory Access in virtualization framework this year also - checkout: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2026/224/?time=2...

	▲	commandersaki 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		I wonder if the custom virtio can be used to support attaching the built-in sdcard readers on macs which aren't exposed as usb.

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nikisweeting 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I just added this to Lima recently, hopefully the macOS container machines support it too: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/pull/4866

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rgovostes 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I've successfully tinkered with USB/IP with Apple containers, but it does require loading a custom kernel (which they make pretty easy, thankfully). On the host side, macOS also doesn't make it easy to unload a driver that attaches automatically.