macOS Is Now Available on AWS

Posted by erwinkarim on 4:15 PM, December 1, 2020 Last updated on 5:24 PM, December 1, 2020 Filed in:

Amazon Web Services launched their first macOS instance available on their EC2 cloud computing platform today. The instances are available at select locations in USA, Europe and South East Asia.

To launch the instance, you need to have a AWS account (registration is free) and create the instance at the AWS console here.

The machines can be accessed via remote desktop (VNC) or secure shell (SSH). At this moment you’ll have access to the entire machine (32GB, Intel Core i7 CPU), so the price will be significant. Not sure if they will further virtualize the Mac like they did with other instances.

Jeff Bar of Amazon has an excellent write up on how to launch your first instance here

It is expected that new M1 Mac will be online on AWS by Q1 2021.

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