https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/How-do-I-increase-the-number-of-cores-VMWARE-uses-from-two/m-p/2965845#M182961 <P>How do I increase the number of cores VMWARE uses from two? to four or six? (I have 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro)<BR /><BR />VMWare Fusion<BR /><STRONG>Player Version 12.2.5 (20904517)</STRONG></P> Thu, 27 Apr 2023 07:58:16 GMT JoeSheridan 2023-04-27T07:58:16Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/How-do-I-increase-the-number-of-cores-VMWARE-uses-from-two/m-p/2965845#M182961 <P>How do I increase the number of cores VMWARE uses from two? to four or six? (I have 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro)<BR /><BR />VMWare Fusion<BR /><STRONG>Player Version 12.2.5 (20904517)</STRONG></P> Thu, 27 Apr 2023 07:58:16 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/How-do-I-increase-the-number-of-cores-VMWARE-uses-from-two/m-p/2965845#M182961 JoeSheridan 2023-04-27T07:58:16Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/How-do-I-increase-the-number-of-cores-VMWARE-uses-from-two/m-p/2966857#M182968 <P>Don't. &nbsp;On a quad core machine you need to leave at least 1, and preferably 2 (especially if on monterey or later) for the host. &nbsp;Otherwise you'll have worse performance due to resource contention. &nbsp;Note that you need to also leave at least 2GB (4GB for monterey or later) for the host to avoid performance issues.</P><P>You can change it in the settings panel for the virtual machine.</P> Thu, 04 May 2023 17:40:43 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/How-do-I-increase-the-number-of-cores-VMWARE-uses-from-two/m-p/2966857#M182968 ColoradoMarmot 2023-05-04T17:40:43Z