Facetime cannot log in account
Facetime cannot log in account
Hello, I have a OSX Catalina VM running on Linux Host (Linux Mint 19.3, based on Ubuntu 18.04) on Apple hardware (iMac late 2012).
Ijust installled and I'm surprised how smooth went the installation of OSX vm, without any issues. And everything I tested so far is working.
Everything exept facetime. I "passed" the facetime webcam to the VM and image and audio are working, but for some reason beyond my understanding I cannot log in into my ID Apple in facetime. In system preferences I am logged with my id apple, but facetime simply doesn't allow me to log into the account.
If I boot OSX from an external USB on the mac facetime works normally.
Is this a VBox related issue?
Ijust installled and I'm surprised how smooth went the installation of OSX vm, without any issues. And everything I tested so far is working.
Everything exept facetime. I "passed" the facetime webcam to the VM and image and audio are working, but for some reason beyond my understanding I cannot log in into my ID Apple in facetime. In system preferences I am logged with my id apple, but facetime simply doesn't allow me to log into the account.
If I boot OSX from an external USB on the mac facetime works normally.
Is this a VBox related issue?
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Re: Facetime cannot log in account
I doubt it. VirtualBox knows nothing about passwords for guest applications. More likely it's some kind of security or network problem due to the VM not being seen as the same PC you used before. Which it isn't.pazzoide wrote: Is this a VBox related issue?
Re: Facetime cannot log in account
Can you use facetime in osx vm?
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Re: Facetime cannot log in account
Technically, there's no such thing as "OS X VM". It's OS X. Whatever OS X is capable of, it will do it regardless of who makes the PC. So (within reason) don't ask if an OS X VM can do something, ask if OS X can do it.
Re: Facetime cannot log in account
All right, it's obvious facetime can work in OSX.
So why in your opinion it doesn't in my VM? I just setup it as a new machine, as if I bought a new Mac. Network is OK. I can log into my ID Apple from the VM and from system preferences inside it.
So why in your opinion it doesn't in my VM? I just setup it as a new machine, as if I bought a new Mac. Network is OK. I can log into my ID Apple from the VM and from system preferences inside it.
Re: Facetime cannot log in account
With some further research, I discovered that the problem could be in the serial number of the installation. While my standard installation has a normal serial number, the gust VM installation has a 0.
It seems that Apple doesn't allow people to login with ID Apple for Facetime nor iMessage in the virtual machine.
It seems that Apple doesn't allow people to login with ID Apple for Facetime nor iMessage in the virtual machine.
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Re: Facetime cannot log in account
Does the serial number come from DMI information?
You should confirm your findings with Apple. Perhaps a serial number just needs to be configured, perhaps as a DMI override.
You should confirm your findings with Apple. Perhaps a serial number just needs to be configured, perhaps as a DMI override.
Re: Facetime cannot log in account
It comes from the system preferences. Instead of showing a serial number it shows a 0.
I'm searching if I can override this and if it works.
I'm searching if I can override this and if it works.
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Re: Facetime cannot log in account
You misunderstood my question, but no matter. That does look likely to be a DMI field.
http://cavaliercoder.com/blog/dmidecode ... e-osx.html
http://cavaliercoder.com/blog/dmidecode ... e-osx.html
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Re: Facetime cannot log in account
See Section 9.9 of the user manualpazzoide wrote:It comes from the system preferences. Instead of showing a serial number it shows a 0.
I'm searching if I can override this and if it works.
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VBoxManage setextradata "VM-name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemSerial" "System Serial"
Replace "System Serial" with serial number of your hardware (visible in About This Mac)
Re: Facetime cannot log in account
@mpack the terminal shows same 0 output.
Following @granada29 advice I changed the serial, but still facetime doesn't make me log in
Strange thing is I can log into apple store!
Do you thing I should try to change other Hardware information of the VM to match the real machine output?
Following @granada29 advice I changed the serial, but still facetime doesn't make me log in
Strange thing is I can log into apple store!
Do you thing I should try to change other Hardware information of the VM to match the real machine output?
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Re: Facetime cannot log in account
Eh? No! The discussion of DMI was to allow you to configure a serial number for the VM, as apparantly VirtualBox is not configuring that number by default. The idea was not for you to copy the info of another PC. You'd never get that right, all that would do is risk getting your host license revoked.pazzoide wrote: Do you thing I should try to change other Hardware information of the VM to match the real machine output?
Re: Facetime cannot log in account
Oh I see. I'm going to ask Apple what to do. I'll post a workaround here if I find any.