Graphics Hardware Acceleration in macOS Sierra on VMware

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  1. Mlke9876

    Mlke9876 MDL Member

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    #1 Mlke9876, May 11, 2017
    Hi, I have a VM of macOS Sierra Beta on VMware Player and Windows 10 Host. I'm trying to install Final Cut Pro but I get an error that I need "Graphics Hardware Acceleration" to run it. How do I do that? Is it in VMware settings or do I need to edit anything? Please reply. Thanks
     
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    #2 Mlke9876, May 11, 2017 (OP)
    Anyone?
     
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    #3 Mlke9876, May 11, 2017 (OP)
    Hi, me again. I tried clicking the "Accelerate 3D Graphics" box. It shows "it is not supported in this guest OS." I can't find anything on this topic on the web. Does anyone know how to enable Hardware Acceleration? Thanks in advance!
     
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    #4 Mlke9876, May 12, 2017 (OP)
    Hi, just checking in...Has anyone heard of this problem? I'd like to be able to use Final Cut Pro.
     
  5. cocachris89

    cocachris89 MDL Senior Member

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    #5 cocachris89, May 14, 2017
    You usually need ESXi to have GPU passthrough to guest VMs unfortunately.
     
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    #6 trungpt, Aug 4, 2017
    I don't think Vmware supports accelerated Hardware.
     
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    Michaela Joy MDL Crazy Lady

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    #7 Michaela Joy, Aug 5, 2017
    The programmers who created Final Cut may have a physical hardware check routine in their code.
     
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    #8 trungpt, Aug 12, 2017
    I checked from Vmware forum, the problem seems to be that Apple doesn't open the APIs so that Vmware can provide a solution.
     
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