warn users if using VirtualBox on macOS 13+

cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go

@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ func provisionWithDriver(cmd *cobra.Command, ds registry.DriverState, existing *
 		klog.Errorf("Error autoSetOptions : %v", err)
 	}
 
+	virtualBoxMacOS13PlusWarning(driverName)
 	validateFlags(cmd, driverName)
 	validateUser(driverName)
 	if driverName == oci.Docker {
@@ -373,6 +374,20 @@ func provisionWithDriver(cmd *cobra.Command, ds registry.DriverState, existing *
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func virtualBoxMacOS13PlusWarning(driverName string) {
+	if driverName != "virtualbox" || !detect.MacOS13Plus() {
+		return
+	}
+	driver := "hyperkit"
+	if runtime.GOARCH == "arm64" {
+		driver = "qemu"
+	}
+	out.WarningT(`Due to changes in macOS 13+ minikube doesn't currently support VirtualBox. We recommend using the {{.driver}} driver: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/{{.driver}}/
+
+    For more details on the issue see: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/15274
+`, out.V{"driver": driver})
+}
+
 func validateBuiltImageVersion(r command.Runner) {
 	res, err := r.RunCmd(exec.Command("cat", "/version.json"))
 	if err != nil {

pkg/minikube/detect/detect.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/cpuid"
@@ -165,3 +166,21 @@ func CgroupDriver() string {
 		return constants.DefaultCgroupDriver // try with default rather than just give up
 	}
 }
+
+// MacOS13Plus returns if the current machine is running macOS 13+
+func MacOS13Plus() bool {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "darwin" {
+		return false
+	}
+	o, err := exec.Command("sw_vers", "-productVersion").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("failed to get macOS version: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+	major, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.Split(string(o), ".")[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("failed to convert macOS version to int: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+	return major >= 13
+}