Repository File Access Problems ( Apple iMac )

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First, apologies for all the Dummy errors you are about to see when you read on.
Then again that is exactly why I am typing this.

I am typing this on an Apple iMac which has Parralels to handle VMs.
I am already accessing a Windows 11 VM and as for Linux, Kali is one distro suggested
so I’ve managed to start up a Kali VM. All I have managed to do so far is remove the need for password both on login and when using sudo in terminal.
Just about any sudo terminal command I try to use gives error messages regarding failure to access particular online files.
I have looked at relevant YouTube videos which suggest I edit /etc/apt/sources.list
which now looks like this :

See Kali Network Repositories (/etc/apt/sources.list) | Kali Linux Documentation

Additional line for source packages

deb-src Index of / kali-rolling main contrib non-free

deb Index of /kali/ kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

Note in particular the word ‘download’ in one link which was recommended in one particular video.
The following error messages appear when I key : sudo apt update

Get:1 Index of /kali/ kali-rolling InRelease [41.5 kB]
Err:1 Index of /kali/ kali-rolling InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository [email protected]
Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: Index of /kali/ kali-rolling InRelease: The following signatures were invalid:
EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository [email protected]
E: The repository ‘Index of /kali/ kali-rolling InRelease’ is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

I expect you to tell me that I have managed to make my problems worse
but please tell me how to correct them. Many thanks in advance.

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Can you please edit your post to change the apt sources file to be in code blocks?

Like so:
```
apt sources output
```

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I am afraid I do not understand the problem.
The only ‘sources’ file I mention is /etc/apt/sources.list .
Do you mean this should appear as :

etc apt sources.list
?
Do you want me to resubmit the question with the filename in that form
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Which iso did you use?

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in kali under ‘kali tweaks’ try changing the repositories to the CDN version and then try updating again

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if they used an old iso, the keys are expired, that’s why I asked which one they used.

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Unfortuneately I cannot find ANY iso file on my system.

As I previously mentioned I am typing this on an Apple iMac which has Parralels to handle VMs.

The problem is that Parralels says my license has now expired so in particular it will not let me
open my Parralels toolbox.

Parralels did let me create a Windows 11 VM which is up and running fine, thanks.

While it obviously did allow me to create a Kali VM, it seems it will NOT let me tweak it in any way.

Virtualbox recently announced that they now have versions that work specifically for Apple silicon.

Do you think it would be possible to use that to get Kali up and running ?

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virtual box is a very good hypervisor