I don’t assume that macOS virtualization is advanced enough to support memory ballooning, or is that not what you’re referring to?

Edit: I stand corrected!

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pyth0 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't assume anything either, but a single Google search is enough to dispel that [1]

[1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/vzv...

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sgt 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

macOS is generally pretty amazing at efficient memory usage and VM (virtual memory subsystem) handling. So even a 8GB machine can run pretty impressive workloads without having the user think the machine is underpowered.

	▲	p_ing an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Not really. Larger page sizes mean more potential for wasted memory and it has had a long standing memory leak in some core component to where even Calculator can cause an OOM event.

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nottorp 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What will that help with if the host and guest combined need > physical ram?

	▲	jdub an hour ago \| parent [-]
		If guest memory can be reclaimed, it doesn't need to be paged to disk once you hit RAM contention. It's mostly saving accounting overhead, but it'll have some effect on latency, which you're more likely to perceive under contention.