You don't have to/mustn't reinstall/install the VMware Tools from the VMware Fusion menubar -> Virtual Machine -> Reinstall VMware Tools following the above guide.
#MAC OS VMWARE FUSION 8.5 INSTALLING UBUNTU INSTALL#
My advice: trash the folder "vmware-tools-folders" in your user folder (or wherever you have downloaded it previously), download the patches, download the VMware Tools, apply the patches and install the tools like described in the above guide. Inside the Ubuntu VM I use the "English (Macintosh)" or "German (Macintosh)" keyboard layout. At the moment, you can’t select macOS 12, so just select macOS 11 as a placeholder. Then, instead of dragging the installer to Install from disc or image, select Create a custom virtual machine.
Run the installer to install VMware Tools: Then leave that USB drive connected to the Mac you’re trying to create the Monterey VM in. Untar the tarball, and apply the patches:Ĥ. The vmware-tools-patches folder which should reside in your user folder.ģ. Download the latest version of VMware Tools into Click on Use another disc or disc image and choose your. Note: Initially many people didn’t know where is Install from disc or image to click, YES entire blue box on the left is clickable Step 3. This is what you need to start creating a virtual machine and.
In the main window of VMware Fusion, you can see a big area with the text: Install from disc or image. Open VMware Fusion in the Launchpad or click the icon in the Dock. Creating a VM and Installing a VM Guest OS. After a test install of Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS in VMware 7.1.1/Mac OS X 10.9.5, then using the following (shortened) guide to download the latest VMware Tools and applying the patches, copy & paste with keyboard shortcuts from the Linux guest ( ctrl+ c/ v) to the Mac host ( cmd+ c/ v) and the opposite direction just works. Step 2: Click on File New and choose to Install from disc or image. VMware Fusion is now installed, and you can run the application.