By default, macOS (tested on 10.2.3) VM using VMware Fusion is not using Retina display. To enable high display resolution, do: On the macOS host machine, open VMware Fusion Preferences ( VMware Fusion | Preferences... ) In Display selection, set Single Window to " Resize the virtual machine and the window " and Full Screen to " Resize the virtual machine and the window ". See figure below for reference. In VMware Fusion, select the machine in the library ( Window | Virtual Machine Library ) In Virtual Machine Library , select the macOS guest VM then select Virtual Machine | Settings... In System Settings area, select display icon Then in Display , select Use full resolution for Retina display Power up the macOS VM and install VMware Tools Once tools installation is complete, open terminal and type sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true Logout and log back in In the VM ...
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