https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VM-resolution-on-Retina/m-p/2867485#M175466 <P>Someone did a great explanation on full resolutions in&nbsp; a VM on a Retina display, and why Mac icons look bigger.:</P><P><A href="https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/21/running-the-retina-macbook-pro-at-full-2880x1800-resolution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Running the Retina MacBook Pro at Full 2880x1800 Resolution - MacRumors</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Apple would rather use those extra pixels for detail, rather than more space (like on windows),</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>However, why then installing VMWare Tools, on some servers (2008 R2 vs 2016) does the resolution change to "big" despite no user change in VM preferences: (I like to call it 'fixed size' because in a window things don't scale automatically)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>example: after installing VMWare Tools</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2021-09-17 at 1.57.55 pm.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91127i939152DC78A07B49/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2021-09-17 at 1.57.55 pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-09-17 at 1.57.55 pm.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2021-09-19 at 11.45.53 am.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91128i80B633ED7C765598/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2021-09-19 at 11.45.53 am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-09-19 at 11.45.53 am.png" /></span></P><P> </P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Server 2016.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91129i2CB4A5E5B946AEBE/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Server 2016.png" alt="Server 2016.png" /></span></P><P> </P><P>Did Microsoft change things on later versions ? </P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 03:48:48 GMT TECH198 2021-09-19T03:48:48Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VM-resolution-on-Retina/m-p/2867485#M175466 <P>Someone did a great explanation on full resolutions in&nbsp; a VM on a Retina display, and why Mac icons look bigger.:</P><P><A href="https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/21/running-the-retina-macbook-pro-at-full-2880x1800-resolution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Running the Retina MacBook Pro at Full 2880x1800 Resolution - MacRumors</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Apple would rather use those extra pixels for detail, rather than more space (like on windows),</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>However, why then installing VMWare Tools, on some servers (2008 R2 vs 2016) does the resolution change to "big" despite no user change in VM preferences: (I like to call it 'fixed size' because in a window things don't scale automatically)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>example: after installing VMWare Tools</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2021-09-17 at 1.57.55 pm.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91127i939152DC78A07B49/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2021-09-17 at 1.57.55 pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-09-17 at 1.57.55 pm.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2021-09-19 at 11.45.53 am.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91128i80B633ED7C765598/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2021-09-19 at 11.45.53 am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-09-19 at 11.45.53 am.png" /></span></P><P> </P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Server 2016.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91129i2CB4A5E5B946AEBE/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Server 2016.png" alt="Server 2016.png" /></span></P><P> </P><P>Did Microsoft change things on later versions ? </P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 03:48:48 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VM-resolution-on-Retina/m-p/2867485#M175466 TECH198 2021-09-19T03:48:48Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VM-resolution-on-Retina/m-p/2868697#M175565 <P>i had "Automatically adjust user interface." checked... When i unchecked and logged back in.&nbsp; its ok and display continues to be 2880x1800</P> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:01:17 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/VM-resolution-on-Retina/m-p/2868697#M175565 TECH198 2021-09-26T00:01:17Z