I mean it is still usable, but 128 MB graphics memory only allows you so much. It’s the only thing that has limited me to use it as my daily driver, to be honest. So, even though you have a 16 GB graphics card, you will not be able to use that for macOS. Unfortunately, there is no way to increase this display memory.
After installing VMware tools in macOS Big Sur, you will notice that the graphics memory size is now 128 MB.
MAC VIRTUALDEVICES FOR VMWARE INSTALL
Initially, when you install Big Sur, the graphics memory is only 3 MB. Now if you go fullscreen, the macOS Big Sur will automatically resize and take over the fullscreen. Log back into the system, it might give you another prompt again saying “System Extension Blocked” but you can just ignore and close that prompt. Enter your login password once again and click on “Unlock”. It will throw a “System Extension Blocked” prompt that an extension signed by “VMware, Inc” was blocked and you need to get into system preferences to enable it if you wish to do so.Ĭlick on “Open System Preferences” and in the “Security & Privacy” window, click on the tiny lock on the bottom left corner of the screen. Double-click it to start the installation.Īfter the installer loads, Double-click on “Install VMware Tools”.Įnter your login password for the installation procedure to continue. Click on OK and finally power on the VM.Īfter you log in to your account, on the desktop, you should see the VMware Tools icon on the desktop. Select “CD/DVD (SATA)” and on the right-hand side under “use ISO image file:”, click on “Browse” and select the “VM Tools By ” file. Open VMware player once again and this time click on the VM and “Edit virtual machine settings” If the macOS Big Sur virtual machine is still running, power it off. You will need WinRAR for extracting the RAR file.Īfter extracting the file, you should have the “VM Tools By ” file.
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