In this article, we share the VMware Tools software for Apple Mac OS X virtual systems. In the previous article, we installed macOS with ESXi and then installed the VMware Tools using the darwin file. Allows you to use the virtual machine in full-screen mode.Installs the hardware drivers of the virtual machine.The guest synchronizes the time on the operating system with the time on the host computer.Allows the guest to take snapshots of the operating system.Copy and paste files and enable drag-and-drop. These VMWare Tools are kept in an ISO file known as Darwin which is configured in a way which works for all the Guest Operating system like windows, mac, and.Improves limited movement of the mouse.Resolves the problem of displaying the network speed incorrectly.What is the Benefit of Installing Virtual Machine Tools?

Update September 7th, 2014: As of VMware Fusion 7.0.0, VMware Tools for Mac (darwin.iso) - VMwareGfx.kext has all the features of VMsvga2 and is maintained by VMware.It is recommended to transition to VMwareGfx. If you use macOS with VM Workstation, you can use this file if you have any problems with the existing file. A display driver for Mac OS 10.5+ running as a VMware guest OS. When you install MacOS with VMware Workstation software, you can use the VM Tools inside the program.īut if you have installed macOS High Sierra on ESXi, you need to setup VM Tools with darwin.iso. When you install macOS High Sierra with the VMware Workstation virtualization program, you must install virtual machine tools.

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