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3D acceleration for OS X El Capitan/Sierra


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I installed Sierra on Vmware but it does not support 3D acceleration.

Is there anything i can do to improve the performance of Sierra on Vmware? Would downgrading to El Capitan yield better peroformance? Is 3D acceleration supported on El Capitan?

 

I can't go below El Capitan as XCode is only compatible with El Capitan/Sierra.

 

 

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Core Image / Quartz Extreme isn't supported in virtual machines which is probably what you're looking for. You can get better framebuffer support so you can change the resolution and use a a hardware-driven cursor which makes things look smoother but you're not going to get the kind of acceleration that's available when you run, let's say Windows within a VM in VMware. It's a limitation that comes with running OS X in a VM.

 

VMwareGfx.kext should come with Darwin VMware Tools.

 

Another kext to use: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsvga2/

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No, it's just a CD image that contains an installer pkg for VMware tools, just like VMware tools equivalent for Windows in windows.iso or Linux in linux.iso that's included with the software. Install the pkg.

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