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Same thing as this thread: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=159380
But there is not a "Menu Tools" or a "Tools" option on the mac version of VLC. The automatic window size is very frustrating and I keep finding the same instructions posted online for windows. Is there a IOS solution?

Thanks

On the Mac, this option exists, but it's very well hidden. I'll make it more visible in the next major update.

Go to VLC -> Preferences -> Show All -> Video and scroll down on the right until you see "Automatic video scaling". Uncheck the option, Save and restart VLC.

It doesn't work. The window still resizes every time I open a video file. I just want it to open in a smaller window and remember that, not a window that takes the whole screen. There is such option on the Windows version, but on the Mac it is missing. Very frustrating. Please help. ((

This also didnt work for me, however I think I stumbled on to the solution... (by pure luck lol)

In addition to the steps provided by @fkuehne , uncheck the box "Resize interface to the native video size".

This box can be found:
VLC -> Preferences -> Show All -> Interface -> Main Interface -> Macosx -> then scroll down to the behavior section and uncheck the "Resize interface to the native video size."

Save and close VLC.

When I reopened it, and to my surprise, it now remembers both the size of the window when I closed it and the location of the window as well. Thanks.