# Homey Self-Hosted Server on macOS | Megathread

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**Created:** [December 5, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-self-hosted-server-on-macos-megathread/146435 "2025-12-05T14:11:26Z")\
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> [@Kjell\_Blomberg](#):
>
> So I don’t understand why the memory is capped on the Mac version.

Find the “config” or “edit” button on the Mac I’d say:

> [@Homey Self-Hosted Server with Docker on Linux | Megathread](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-self-hosted-server-with-docker-on-linux-megathread/146441/15):
>
> however, if you run Docker on macOS, it will run inside a virtual machine that is, by default, limited to using 50% of available RAM, but that’s configurable).

.  
I just found a possible howto:

You can do this via the command line. For example, to change the machine to 2cpu/6144MB RAM run:

```auto
docker-machine stop
VBoxManage modifyvm default --cpus 2
VBoxManage modifyvm default --memory 6144
docker-machine start

```

You can then check your settings:

```auto
VBoxManage showvminfo default | grep Memory
VBoxManage showvminfo default | grep CPU

```

And for docker-machine inspect to report the correct state of things, edit ~/.docker/machine/machines/default/config.json to reflect your changes.  
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or by GUI, something similar to:

 ![Screenshot_20251221_151724_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/2/4201aee3ee4441b768ba551dcf66f3b25dfd0413.jpeg)

Source:  
[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32834082/how-to-increase-docker-machine-memory-mac](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32834082/how-to-increase-docker-machine-memory-mac)

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