Can You Increase Virtual Memory on macOS?

No

macOS does support virtual memory.

Virtual memory is a memory management technique that makes each program think it has access to all of a computer's memory, while the memory it uses may actually be spread across RAM (random-access memory) and the disk. When a program needs more RAM, the operating system moves some data (such as infrequently accessed data or data from background programs) to the disk to free up memory for new data.

Checking virtual memory:

Open "Terminal"（Terminal）and enter the following command:

sysctl vm.swapusage

This will show your system's current virtual memory usage.

Increasing virtual memory:

macOS manages virtual memory automatically, so users generally do not need to increase it manually. When the system needs more memory, it automatically moves some data to the disk to free up RAM. This means that although you cannot directly increase virtual memory, you can indirectly raise its limit by increasing available disk space.

If you frequently run out of memory, consider upgrading your hardware, such as adding RAM or expanding disk space, or optimizing your software usage, such as closing unnecessary applications.