vmware workstation tools mountain lion mac OS x

Question

I installed Mountain Lion and then I tried to run and then got this error:

The virtual machine cannot enter Unity mode because:
- The guest operating system does not have VMware Tools installed.
- The guest operating system's resolution cannot be changed.

Then I try to update tools:

Could not find component on update server.
Contact VMware Support or your system administrator.

David · Answer 1 · 2014-07-31T00:47:22.037

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Arkadi's answer is right, here are the detailed actions:

(See also this post for more snapshots)

Download darwin.iso.
Right click your virtual machine in vmware
Click the settings menu item
Select CD/DVD item in the left UI
On the right UI, select and mount the darwin.iso.

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Now, the vmware tools installation is started in your Mac OSX virtual machine:

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edited Jul 31 '14 at 00:47

answered Jun 25 '14 at 03:56

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i still get the "The guest operating system's resolution cannot be changed." error message after i installed darwin.iso and latest VMsvga2 driver. I have VMWare 10.1 and Mac OS X 10.9. Do you have any further suggestions what can be done here?.. – avs099 Aug 21 '14 at 14:18

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 16 '14 at 22:18

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You can download VMWare Tools and graphic driver from here:

edited Feb 16 '14 at 22:18

Sam R.

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answered Aug 21 '13 at 16:26

Boris M

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Some background info, those links came from this [link](http://www.souldevteam.net/blog/2012/06/15/os-x-mountain-lion-10-8-dp4-vmware-image-release-notes-links/) – Gerardo Grignoli Nov 07 '13 at 15:32
Check the answers below before you try this! – pgorsira Oct 19 '14 at 05:52

Arkadi Shishlov · Answer 3 · 2014-08-22T21:59:32.623

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The links supplied in Boris M answer points to software that is outdated and opens ad-ware sites in browser after install.

Here are the official darwin.iso (9MB) and darwin.iso.sig files from VMware Fusion 6.0.4 for Mac. Put it into vmware/isoimages/ folder next to other ISO files.

Unfortunately, VM > Install VMware Tools menu entry still won't work, so attach the ISO manually and install the package.

edited Aug 22 '14 at 21:59

answered Mar 18 '14 at 13:55

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Again, taking stuff from dropbox is slightly weird to me, [here's a Github repo](https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker) that is updated frequently with everything you need to install VMware with a OSX guest, including the vmware-tools. Upon running the `gettools.py` python script, you'll have a `tools/` directory with `darwin.iso`. This script pulls the latest official vmware darwin.iso image. – Enrico Borba Aug 28 '18 at 16:06

vmware workstation tools mountain lion mac OS x

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