tart/docs/quick-start.md

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Try running a Tart VM on your Apple Silicon device running macOS 12.0 (Monterey) or later (will download a 25 GB image):
```bash
brew install cirruslabs/cli/tart
tart clone ghcr.io/cirruslabs/macos-ventura-base:latest ventura-base
tart run ventura-base
```
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## SSH access
If the guest VM is running and configured to accept incoming SSH connections you can conveniently connect to it like so:
```bash
ssh admin@$(tart ip macos-monterey-base)
```
## Mounting directories
To mount a directory, run the VM with the `--dir` argument:
```bash
tart run --dir=project:~/src/project vm
```
Here, the `project` specifies a mount name, whereas the `~/src/project` is a path to the host's directory to expose to the VM.
It is also possible to mount directories in read-only mode by adding a third parameter, `ro`:
```bash
tart run --dir=project:~/src/project:ro vm
```
To mount multiple directories, repeat the `--dir` argument for each directory:
```bash
tart run --dir=www1:~/project1/www --dir=www2:~/project2/www
```
Note that the first parameter in each `--dir` argument must be unique, otherwise only the last `--dir` argument using that name will be used.
Note: to use the directory mounting feature, the host needs to run macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or newer.
### Accessing mounted directories in macOS guests
All shared directories are automatically mounted to `/Volumes/My Shared Files` directory.
The directory we've mounted above will be accessible from the `/Volumes/My Shared Files/project` path inside a guest VM.
Note: to use the directory mounting feature, the guest VM needs to run macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or newer.
### Accessing mounted directories in Linux guests
To be able to access the shared directories from the Linux guest, you need to manually mount the virtual filesystem first:
```bash
mount -t virtiofs com.apple.virtio-fs.automount /mnt/shared
```
The directory we've mounted above will be accessible from the `/mnt/shared/project` path inside a guest VM.