it just looks like Mac because top bar, dock and some design choices
Top bar, dock, system settings, activities (somewhat e mix between Apple's mission control and launchpad), now the modal buttons, accent colors... and so many other things.
MacOS felt extremely clunky to use vs gnome’s fluid workspace and app switching.
Maybe you were running it without proper GPU acceleration and without a keyboard with actual macOS shortcuts on the function keys? Virtualizing macOS is hard and it will give you a very poor experience.
Obviously macOS has it's defects but at least you aren't risking losing your work due to a misclick nor you are restricted from having desktop icons like you're on GNOME :)