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On the host, from the VMware Fusion menu bar, select Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools. If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is Update VMware Tools. Open Install VMware Tools on the VMware Tools virtual disc, follow the prompts in the installer assistant, and click OK. Every virtual machine (VM) needs to install VMware Tools to go for the best as the new MacOS Sierra 10.12 or OS X El Capitan.When you’ve finished the installation, you’re ready to experience the best of it by installing the VMware tools.

In this article, we’ll examine how to install VMware Tools on macOS High Sierra virtual machine on VMware vSphere server.

How to Install VMware Tools for macOS High Sierra

You need to setup VMware Tools for the macOS virtual machine that you have installed on vSphere. Under normal circumstances, you can set up VM Tools for virtual machine by following the path to Actions / Guest OS / Install Tools.

When you try to setup VMTools on a macOS virtual machine running on VM ESXi, the VM ISO image does not add to the VM. So, after shutting down the macOS VM and add the darwin.iso file to the VM, you can start installing it.

In the previous articles, we installed macOS on vSphere. In this article, we will install macOS VMware Tools on vSphere.

How to Setup VMware Tools for macOS High Sierra 10.13.4/5/6 on vSphere 6.7U2/6.5

To setup VMware Tools on VMware ESXi, follow the steps below in order.

Step 1

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Power off the macOS VM and click Edit to open the virtual machine’s settings. Then, click CD/DVD Drive 1/ Datastore to add the darwin.iso file to the VM.

Step 2

Click the Browse button.

Step 3

To copy the ISO image inside vSphere ESXi, click the Upload button.

Step 4

Select the Darwin.iso file you downloaded to your computer from the button at the bottom of the article and click the Open button.

Step 5

Select the Darwin.iso file on Datastore.

Step 6

Save the macOS High Sierra virtual machine settings by clicking on the Save button.

Step 7

Now, power on the virtual machine.

Step 8

As you can see in the image below, the ISO file is now integrated into the system. Double-click the darwin.iso file to start the setup.

In the setup window, click Install Tools.

Step 9

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In the VMTools Installer window, click the Continue button.

Step 10

Start the setup of VM software for macOS by clicking the Install button without changing the location where the files will be copied.

Step 11

Click the Continue Installation button.

Step 12

Type your macOS Root password and click on the Install Software button.

Step 13

You need to configure the security setting to allow VM Tools setup when you encounter the System Extension Blocked warning. Click the Open Security Preferences button.

Step 14

To allow VM Tools for macOS, click Allow.

Step 15

After successfully installing VM Tools on ESXi, click the Restart button.

Step 16

When the VM restarts, you can now use full-screen mode.

Final Word

In this article, we have installed VM Tools for macOS 10.13.4/5/6 virtual machine on the ESXiserver virtualization operating system. Thanks for following us!

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Download Darwin.iso for macOS

You can download the darwin.iso file for Mac OS machine installed on VMware ESXi by clicking the following button…

The following sections describe how to install VMware Tools:

Don't Forget VMware Tools

It is very important that you install VMware Tools in the guest operating system.

With the VMware Tools SVGA driver installed, Workstation supports significantly faster graphics performance.

The VMware Tools package provides support required for shared folders and for drag and drop operations.

Other tools in the package support synchronization of time in the guest operating system with time on the host, automatic grabbing and releasing of the mouse cursor, copying and pasting between guest and host, and improved mouse performance in some guest operating systems.

The installers for VMware Tools for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and NetWare guest operating systems are built into VMware Workstation as ISO image files. (An ISO image file looks like a CD-ROM to your guest operating system and even appears as a CD-ROM in Windows Explorer. You do not use an actual CD-ROM to install VMware Tools, nor do you need to download the CD-ROM image or burn a physical CD-ROM of this image file.)

When you choose VM > Install VMware Tools from the VMware Workstation menu, VMware Workstation temporarily connects the virtual machine's first virtual CD-ROM drive to the ISO image file that contains the VMware Tools installer for your guest operating system and you are ready to begin the installation process.