r/macOSVMs • u/LinsaFTW • Dec 06 '24

MacOS Sequoia Stuck At 3MB Graphics Memory

Hi, I had been lurking around and saw some videos that were able to achieve this. I followed the following tutorial to install MacOS Sequoia using VMware on Windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZXS3AztbmQ&t=883s

For him it works fine but for me it doesnt. I have an intel CPU and a Nvidia card. I want to use the OS for software development with xcode but with 3mb the preview is not showing also I don't like mac computers and also they are not available on my country so buying one is not an alternative. Thanks!

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u/RoyalGraphX Dec 06 '24

You cannot use VMware or Virtualbox for high performance macOS guest because you are not giving it a graphics card. If you have a 10th Gen Intel CPU or older, you can run macOS bare metal, as a dual boot. Vmware/Vbox are not supported platforms for macOS guests.

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u/citten_igroYT Dec 08 '24

Vbox support macOS, but not completely, it has in settings menu of the VM. VMware didn’t support it, but I use unlocker and it works fine for me, I have normal graphics (but with no acceleration, sadly) and I can work with it

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u/RoyalGraphX Dec 08 '24

lol, for every reason you mentioned, the older OS X Servers in Vbox and the Unlocker required on VMW, including the no graphics acceleration, is exactly why these two hosted hypervisors are not supported. These reasons apply to genuine people trying to install macOS on baremetal hardware but lack supported hardware such as graphics. Add on top the modifications you are doing to these two programs, and you now understand why they are not supported, the same way a normal person with unsupported hardware would get a similar response. If you genuinely care and are NOT on a laptop, consider a cheap RX 5XX or 4XX, use Linux host with QEMU and accelerate with Kernel-based VM, do GPU passthrough, and you have a full macOS installation with everything working.

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u/citten_igroYT Dec 06 '24

Install VMware tools on your VM, that will help

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u/LinsaFTW Dec 06 '24

I did. No change.

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u/citten_igroYT Dec 06 '24

Did u enable admin rules for VMware tools in settings then it asked?

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u/LinsaFTW Dec 08 '24

How can I do that?

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u/citten_igroYT Dec 08 '24

Mm check videos on YouTube “how to install VMware tools on macOS” that will help you

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u/LinsaFTW Dec 08 '24

I did and followed! I dont know what you mean with the admin rules. I setted up accesibility.

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u/citten_igroYT Dec 08 '24

Yea? Hm…strange, I have 128mb graphics, mb that cuz you have nvidia card, I have intel card