Updated on 21 Aug 2010 This post is updated with most of the working methods on VirtualBox to adjust screen size with user comments and my experience. VMware users If you are running latest Snow leopard on VMware by any of the following methods, Then visit VirtualBox Users If you are running latest snow leopard on VirtualBox with following any of the methods, Then follow the steps, Method -1 If you installed Mac OS X by any of the hacked (hackintosh) ISO files, then do this first.
Apr 17, 2008 - Have you tried accessing the VM by RDP from a workstation that supports. If Virtual PC is used for a demo and it is switched to fullscreen mode, it won't fill. Well as those involved in 'hacked' NVIDIA drivers for special Mac support. But this screen resolution issue is forcing me to keep using VMWare. Now, Install macOS Sierra on VMware and enjoy using the new Mac operating system of Apple. I’m not going into details because we have the article that shows the complete step by step guide to perform a clean installation of macOS Sierra 10.12.
( This works for original retail DVD installations also) You could see com.apple.Boot.plist file in /Extra folder. Before continue the next steps, first edit this file under /Extra with mentioned strings in step 3. This may give the required resolution without editing the file under /Library/Preferences. If this doesn’t work then modify c om.apple.Boot.plist under /Library/Preferences as shown below Increase Mac OS X Snow Leopard Virtual Machine Screen Resolution in VirtualBox 1) Start the Virtual Machine. 2) Open /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist in Text editor. 3) Type Graphics Mode 1280x10x1024x32 – is your option. Type the correct screen resolution which matches your monitor.
Photoshop cc for free mac 2017. Here is the screenshot of my file. 4) Select Save As in Text editor file menu and save it on desktop or somewhere else. Make sure to save with same.plist file.
( Remove the tick as mention below) 5) Now, copy or drag com.apple.Boot.plist file from desktop to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ or /Extra location where ever it needs to be replaced. Enter Mac root (admin) password to authenticate replacing file. 6) That’s it. Restart the Mac Virtual machine.
By default Mac OS X will go to the screen resolution you set up com.apple.Boot.plist. Check it by going to ‘Display’ under ‘System preferences’. I didn’t invent this; I just illustrated which mentioned Method -2 Try this method if method 1 fails. This method to modify VirtualBox settings for specific virtual machine. Close VirtualBox completely and run following command, VBoxManage setextradata “VM name” “CustomVideoMode1″ “1280×800×32” “VM name” – Excact virtual machine name of Mac OS X, execute this command with Quotes. Make sure VBoxManage command added to Windows path or you are running it from VB working folder. The above command will modify XML file of Virtual machine.
Just boot and see whether its working. If not, while booting at the EFI boot loader screen, type; “Graphics Mode”=”1280x800x32” and press Enter. Always better to give the same screen resolution size mentioned in com.apple.Boot.plist file.
Method -3 This is similar to method 2, but slighlty different. Execute this command in VirtualBox folder: VBoxManage setextradata “ VM name” VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode 3 “VM name” – Excact virtual machine name of Mac OS X, execute this command with Quotes. No 3 – this is the number of video modes. Only 5 resolutions are supported: 0 – 640×480 1 – 800×600 2 – 1024×768 3 – 1280×1024 4 – 1440×900 Or you can add a string on Virtual machine’s XML file to execute this command every time while machine is coming up.