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OK so I finally got a MacOS 10.12 VM going in Vmware Pro. Couple of questions:

1. How can I get it to use my GPU not shit onboard graphics? Its really laggy and not up to apples quality.

2. How do I change the resolution?

 

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All that stuff has to be handled inside VMware. 

 

I don't know anything about the program but I do know you need drivers for whatever GPU you have. Apple uses a select line of AMD GPUs and the Nvidia Drivers are crap for macOS.  

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Just now, DrMacintosh said:

All that stuff has to be handled inside VMware. 

 

I don't know anything about the program but I do know you need drivers for whatever GPU you have. Apple uses a select line of AMD GPUs and the Nvidia Drivers are crap for macOS.  

ok

 

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I think this falls under Hackintosh which is against the Community Standards. I know there’s VMware Tools for MacOS. It’s available from many YouTube videos. Google Cat and Andrew. They’re videos are really helpful. Otherwise we can’t help. Oh, and one thing, the graphics acceleration will never work right. It simply doesn’t work in a VM. 

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2 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I think this falls under Hackintosh which is against the Community Standards. I know there’s VMware Tools for MacOS. It’s available from many YouTube videos. Google Cat and Andrew. They’re videos are really helpful. Otherwise we can’t help. Oh, and one thing, the graphics acceleration will never work right. It simply doesn’t work in a VM. 

Ok. I didnt think it would because im just trying to get stuff working better in a VM but if a mod knows then he can lock it or something.

 

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17 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Ok. I didnt think it would because im just trying to get stuff working better in a VM but if a mod knows then he can lock it or something.

Unless you’re making the VM on an Apple computer, I think it is. You can send me a message about MacOS VM stuff, I’ve messed with it quite a lot. 

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7 hours ago, leadeater said:

Apple's ToS state you have to run Mac OS on Apple hardware, so if you're virtualizing on Apple hardware then that is fine.

But I think it's clear that you're not, correct?  I see no mac in your specs, and the fact you had to "pirate" Mac OS tells me you don't have a real mac.

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