Dear Ex Qartulad Jun 2026
Qartulad means: I don’t just miss you. I feel your absence in the grammar of my days. Every morning without you is a sentence without a verb. Every night, a story left unfinished.
To understand the phenomenon, one must first look at the source material. The story of "Dear Ex" (original title: Dear Ex - Man ) began as a film directed by Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen. The narrative centers on a teenage boy, Song Cheng-xi, who is caught in a bitter conflict between his mother and his late father’s gay lover, Jay. The film was celebrated for its nuanced storytelling; rather than painting the characters in black and white, it presents a "homewrecker" who is sympathetic and a grieving mother who is flawed. The film won several awards at the Golden Horse Awards, cementing its status as a masterpiece of Taiwanese queer cinema. Later, in 2020, the story was expanded into a Netflix series titled The End of the Innocent , which explored the same narrative arcs with greater detail and character depth.
თავისუფალი სულის მქონე თეატრის მსახიობი, რომელიც გარდაცვლილი პარტნიორის გამო გლოვობს და სანლიანის აგრესიას მშვიდად ხვდება.
I never thought I’d write to you again. But tonight, Tbilisi is wrapped in that familiar fog, and the lights on Mtatsminda blink like unspoken words. So here I am — speaking to you qartulad . dear ex qartulad
ნახვამდის, ჩემო კარგო. Until I see you again, my good one.
ჩვენი დაშორება არ ყოფილა მხოლოდ ერთი ისტორიის დასასრული; ეს იყო საკუთარი თავის ნაწილის დაკარგვა, რომელიც მხოლოდ შენთან ერთად არსებობდა. მადლობა იმისთვის, რომ მასწავლე, როგორ შეიძლება გული ერთდროულად ფეთქავდეს სიყვარულითაც და ტკივილითაც.
— Not really goodbye. Just qartulad .
The availability of "Dear Ex qartulad" represents a fascinating shift in Georgian consumption habits. Historically, Georgian television was dominated by Turkish soap operas and Latin American telenovelas, which were dubbed locally and garnered massive viewership. However, the digital age has brought a diversification of taste. Georgian youth and young adults have increasingly turned toward East Asian media (Korean, Chinese, and Taiwanese) seeking fresh storytelling tropes that differ from Western or regional productions. Platforms and fan-run websites have emerged to meet this demand, translating complex scripts into Georgian.
Our breakup wasn't just the end of a story; it was losing a part of myself that only existed with you. Thank you for teaching me how a heart can beat with love and pain at the same time.
So I’m writing this letter in the language you spoke in your sleep. The language your grandmother used when she cursed and blessed in the same breath. The language that holds three words for “morning” depending on how light touches the mountains. Qartulad means: I don’t just miss you
Be happy. Not with me, but in the world you chose. As for me, I’ll leave this memory here, like an old book I’ll never open again, but whose story I will know forever."
You are gone. But qartulad , you still exist in every declension of my memory. In the wine-dark evenings. In the toast to the dead that comes before the toast to the living. In the way I cross myself passing a church, even though I stopped believing.
ფილმის ცენტრშია 13 წლის მოზარდი, ჩენგსი, რომელიც დედასა და მამის ყოფილ საყვარელს შორის გაჩაღებულ დაპირისპირებაში აღმოჩნდება. მას შემდეგ, რაც ჩენგსის მამა სიმსივნით გარდაიცვლება, ირკვევა, რომ მან სიცოცხლის დაზღვევის ბენეფიციარად არა საკუთარი ცოლი ან შვილი, არამედ საყვარელი მამაკაცი — ჯეი მიუთითა. Every night, a story left unfinished
" Dear Ex " (ორიგინალური სათაური: 誰先愛上他的) — 2018 წლის ტაივანური დრამა და კომედიაა, რომელიც ემოციური სიღრმითა და უნიკალური თხრობის სტილით გამოირჩევა. თუ ამ ფილმს ქართულად ეძებთ, სავარაუდოდ, დაგაინტერესებთ მისი სიუჟეტი, მნიშვნელობა და ის, თუ რატომ გახდა ის Netflix-ის ერთ-ერთი ყველაზე პოპულარული აზიური პროექტი.
Followed all the steps you laid out. Could not down load Sonoma install as you posted so just download the full install package from Apple and installed it in the application folder. The Mac update just kept looking for Sonoma download but never stopped. I installed Sonoma from the application file but at the very last step of instal I get the circle with a line thru it and won’t finish.
happend same with me you need to restart your vm and it will automatically ask for update so do that
Honestly, this is the best process guide i’ve found. Kudos..!
Can somebody who knows what their talking about answer me this:
– Boot times/system stability become unmanageable if I select 6 or 8 cores as apposed to 4. I.?
– After updating to Sonoma I managed to boot into OSX once, never again. Does the vmx feel need to be re-edited in anyway post-upgrade.?
– Would macOS 12/13 be a better upgrade path/more useable etc.
Before talk of my sys specs get raised. I’m running an Intel i7-12900, 64Gb DDR5 with a 3070 graphics card. It should have all the resources it needs. I’ve assigned the VM instance, 32Gb of RAM, ffs..
Maybe try just 2 cores? I get warnings that the guest may not support more than that. I’ve installed a sonoma iso directly (not using catalina+upgrade) with 160g disk and 16g memory
For those who get an error on Windows with : “C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-img.exe” convert -O vmdk -o compat6 Catalina-BaseSystem.dmg catalina-installer.vmdk just add & at the beginning.
Like this : & “C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-img.exe” convert -O vmdk -o compat6 Catalina-BaseSystem.dmg catalina-installer.vmdk
Thank you so much for your time making this and the video. Very much appreciated! This is the only guide I could get to work.
My AMD CPU wouldn’t boot the VM at first, but I remembered other guides had an AMD option for the VMX-file, so I added this to get the VM to boot:
smc.version = “0”
cpuid.0.eax = “0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011”
cpuid.0.ebx = “0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111”
cpuid.0.ecx = “0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110”
cpuid.0.edx = “0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001”
cpuid.1.eax = “0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001”
cpuid.1.ebx = “0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000”
cpuid.1.ecx = “1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011”
cpuid.1.edx = “0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111”
smbios.reflectHost = “TRUE”
You sir, are a legend. :)
Didn’t boot on my Ryzen, scrolled down to the comments, copied your AMD lines into the VMX and continued with the guide.
Thanks
Beste Jens,
Ik hoop dat ik u niet stoor. Mijn naam is Pascal en ik ben bij uw werk terechtgekomen via een interessant YouTube-filmpje dat ik onlangs bekeek (https://youtu.be/3rz8u-r6Z1M?si=NOclXbnyQwtnFIPK).
Via uw website en een korte zoektocht op Google vond ik ook uw LinkedIn-profiel. Uw expertise en passie voor technologie spraken me erg aan.
Ik woon ook in de regio Brugge en heb een probleem met een Mac Mini uit 2014 (serienummer C07VD16761J2) die ik tweedehands heb gekocht. Toen ik het apparaat wilde wissen en opnieuw installeren, stuitte ik op een Firmware Lock.
De geschiedenis van het apparaat is enigszins ingewikkeld:
1. Oorspronkelijk gekocht door een architectenbureau in Hasselt (Mamu Architects)
2. Daarna doorverkocht aan iemand die de Firmware Lock heeft ingesteld
3. Vervolgens nog tweemaal doorverkocht via 2dehands.be, waarvan de laatste keer aan mij
Ik heb al verschillende pogingen ondernomen om dit op te lossen:
– Lab9 in Brugge kon helpen met een originele factuur, maar die is niet meer beschikbaar (de aankoopperiode valt buiten de wettelijke bewaartermijn voor facturen)
– De tussenliggende eigenaar die de lock instelde, is niet meer te traceren
Gezien uw expertise vroeg ik me af of u misschien bereid zou zijn om een keer naar het toestel te kijken? Specifiek of u zou kunnen helpen bij het verwijderen van de Firmware Lock? Ik ben uiteraard bereid u te vergoeden voor uw tijd en moeite.
Ik begrijp dat dit een ongebruikelijk verzoek is en waardeer elke overweging die u hieraan wilt geven. Als u liever niet ingaat op dit verzoek, begrijp ik dat volledig.
Alvast bedankt voor uw tijd en aandacht.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Pascal CALEBOUT
Pascal,
Zover ik weet is dit alleen mogelijk bij devices waar je het geheugen kunt verwijderen.
Start het device zonder geheugen met de command+option+p+r ingedrukt totdat je 3 chimes hebt gehoord en daarna een login scherm ziet. Sluit de machine af en plaats het geheugen terug. Hierna zou je voorbij de lock moeten geraken.
Thank you for the guide! I was experiencing random crashes with my VM shortly after booting, and I discovered the issue was related to running the VM in full-screen mode at 2K resolution. Without dedicated video memory or GPU passthrough, the VM couldn’t handle the high resolution. Resizing the VM window resolved the problem immediately!
Additionally, while troubleshooting, I found that disabling the E-cores (Efficiency cores) via the VM’s configuration file significantly improved performance. This tweak specifically applies to Intel processors with hybrid architectures (P and E cores), so it won’t be relevant for AMD processors, which use a uniform set of high-performance cores. For more details on this, you can search for “VMware P-core performance.”
Hello!
Everything seems to work up to until the macos terms and conditions window shows up.
From that point on, I cannot click anything but the back button.
I am using a Ryzen 9 laptop, VmWare player and Vindows 11.
Do you have any clues as to why?
(I have completed all the steps, including editing the VM for ryzen)
Thanks!
Yes – this is a known issue. Workaround is to skip Apple ID login https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwkh2VJECHo
I wanted to say, Thank You! I have been searching and following a number of these types of walkthroughs to get one of the later versions of macOS to load in a VM on Windows 11. So many, I have lost count, and all of them worked between 50% to 85% – but none of them ever properly loaded Sonoma, (or Ventura, or Monterey even).
Your great and detailed instructions not only loaded macOS Sonoma in a VM, but it looks to be completely stable, as I can stop and restart it, take snapshots, get updates, and most important of all, I can use the App Store to download whatever I need, like x-code, swift, app store connect, steam, unity, you name it :)’
Thanks again, you are a true Gentleman, Scholar, and VM Legend!
Hello Jens,
First, thank you for the very detailed tutorial! I was able to install a working version of Catalina, which is already great.
My issue is that I need to install one of the latest versions of Xcode, which requires either Sonoma or Sequoia. I tried installing both, but after the second reboot (first reboot from Catalina, then a second after the 20-minute black and white progress bar screen), it enters a reboot loop and finally shows the “prohibited” symbol (the circle with a line through it), which indicates that the startup disk contains a macOS version that isn’t compatible with this Mac.
Is there a trick I might be missing? (I tried changing the VM parameters to macOS 15 or macOS 14, but no luck.)
I’m using an AMD Threadripper CPU, 128GB RAM, and an RTX 4090 GPU (I modified the vmx file with the amendments suggested by Gary).
Best regards,
Antoine
I get this error after modifying the vmx file and powering on the virtual machine. I get this error everytime and no config changes and unlocker tool makes it work at all.
Error: The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine.
I have an AMD Ryzen 7 5700 processor. Is it just not supported for loading macOS on virtual machines? Does anyone know how to fix this issue?
MS Copilot Assisted me with this Issue somehow. When I used ChatGPT it was not able to find me a working solution.
For AMD Windows 11 PCs:
smc.version = “0”
cpuid.0.eax = “0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011”
cpuid.0.ebx = “0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111”
cpuid.0.ecx = “0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110”
cpuid.0.edx = “0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001”
cpuid.1.eax = “0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001”
cpuid.1.ebx = “0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000”
cpuid.1.ecx = “1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011”
cpuid.1.edx = “0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111”
smbios.reflectHost = “FALSE”
This allowed me to install Catalina but installing Sonoma caused the computer to crash.
The next looping error I get is:
Your computer restarted because of a problem.
Ended up reinstalling Catalina. Any ideas on what is causing the issue?
Hi. I’m stuck at the VM tools process.
I can’t go future because the website have removed the tools and I can’t find it somewhere else on internet so if possible can you share the zip file with me.
I’m aware you couldn’t share it on Youtube so I came on you blog for asking for it.
please if possible can you share the file with me, I’m in real need of that vm tools zip file
How does the performance of macOS Sonoma in a VM compare to running it on native Apple hardware? adn can this method be applied to other versions of macOS, or is it specific to Sonoma?
The version of the auto-unlocker was not working, use this fork instead with the fix
https://github.com/WeshBg/auto-unlocker