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How to increase the resolution of OSx86 in VMware without VMware Tools

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• When OSX is booting, tap F8 to get to the boot prompt
• Type in "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" (with quotations, replacing the resolution with the resolution you want)

• Boot OS X
• Open the TextEdit program in the Applications folder
• With TextEdit, open the file: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
• Open the file, and add these two lines (right after the <string>Yes</string> line if you are on Tiger or <string></string> line if you are on Leopard)

• Replace the 1280x1024x32 with the resolution you want
• Then, in go to File >> Save As..
• Save the file as com.apple.Boot.plist on the Desktop (make sure the .plist part is there!)
• Navigate the the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ folder
• Drag your com.apple.Boot.plist file on the Desktop into the folder window
• When a messages appears, click Authenticate and Replace and enter your password
• You're done! Reboot OS X to see the changes

Here is an example of what the com.Apple.boot.plist file looks like with Leopard:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://
www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
            <key>kernel</key>
            <string>mach_kernel</string>
            <key>Kernel Flags</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>Graphics Mode</key>
            <string>1280x1024x32</string>
</dict>
</plist>

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