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SOLVED: Increase video memory VRAM for a macOS Virtual Machine running on VMware Workstation

How to increase video memory VRAM for a macOS Virtual Machine running on VMware Workstation by editing the virtual machine configuration .vmx file and changing svga.vram settings 

Problem: macOS Catalina VM running on VMware Workstation 16 has 3 MB video ram

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Solution: Edit virtual machine configuration .vmx file and change svga.vram settings

Check that VMware tools has been installed on the VM

Shutdown the virtual machine
Edit the virtual machine configuration .vmx file

Change the value for svga.vramSize to increase the VMs video memory and add svga.autodetect = "FALSE"

svga.vramSize = "268435456"
svga.autodetect = "FALSE"

Change virtual machine display resolution

The VM display resolution with automatically adjust to match the host display settings when you resize the VMware workstation window.

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