Altium Designer running in VMWare Fusion crashes after update to MacOS 11.3

I have this problem too, since 11.3, and now 11.4. I've tried every viable VM HAL-version down to DirectX v10.0, with various video settings, to avoid the bug, but no go. It's a complete show-stopper.

On the assumption I'm not able to regress just MacOS to 11.2.x without restoring all the old data with it (from TimeMachine), it looks like I'm going to have to drag an old Windoze PC out of storage to be able to get any Altium Designer work done for the foreseeable future.

I've reported the bug with Apple via https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html and strongly encourage all others experiencing this to do likewise.

Also register on the VMware forums with the OP's link, as VMware might be able to bring more attention to the issue than us individual users.

I'd also suggest voting on Altium's bug-tracker for this issue, on the off-chance there's something Altium can do in the code to avoid the issue, as a work-around: https://bugcrunch.live.altium.com/#Bug/16274

ScottB99 wrote:

Is Apple working on fixing this issue with the AMD driver? If so, when can we expect to see an update?

Is there an issue with the AMD driver? Just because VMWare blames Apple, doesn't make it so.

Apple will be releasing an early beta of the next version of the operating system next month. It is reasonable to assume that all of VMWare's efforts will be trying to get their software running properly under that new version. VMWare may, or may not, fix the bug in the current version. If the bug really is on Apple's end, then it probably won't be fixed until the next version, which will be released in the fall.

ScottB99 wrote:

Is Apple working on fixing this issue with the AMD driver? If so, when can we expect to see an update?

I agree with etresoft. First, no one here knows if it is an Apple issue. Second, if it is, no one here would know when or if Apple will be addressing the issue.

Just to add, VMWare Fusion 12.1.2 is the current version.

The upgrade to 11.3 and 11.4 manifested the hard crash of the Win10 VM. A VMware Fusion user submitted VMware Fusion debug logs to VMware, who in turn rendered an opinion that it's a MacOS driver issue.

If you have anything more useful to offer, let's hear it?

If not, perhaps you'd care to leave it to Apple to handle bug triaging, instead of jumping the gun and telling the sufferers of the bug that they'll just have to suffer some more?

techydude71 wrote:

If you have anything more useful to offer, let's hear it?

If not, perhaps you'd care to leave it to Apple to handle bug triaging, instead of jumping the gun and telling the sufferers of the bug that they'll just have to suffer some more?

You are, indeed, correct. I sincerely apologize. Apple engineers are working overtime to fix this bug. You should expect a hot fix within the next week, if not sooner.

😎

You two should probably find a new hobby - hanging out in Apple's support forums has clearly made both of you too cynical, and too arrogant: