Some pre-made ISOs have been altered to bypass T2 chip or Apple Silicon requirements. These modifications can destabilize your VM or hardware, leading to kernel panics.
hdiutil create -o ~/Desktop/Ventura -size 16384m -volname Ventura -layout SPUD -fs JHFS+
But here is the first truth bomb:
To download the Mac OS Ventura ISO image, follow these steps:
Most modern OpenCore bootloaders prefer the original .app or a BaseSystem.dmg extracted from the installer, not an ISO.
Cybercriminals love macOS installers. They bundle modified ISOs with keyloggers, crypto miners, or ransomware. Because you are likely to boot from this ISO (which runs outside your normal antivirus protection), you expose your entire system.