In this article, I am going to show you how to install VMware tools on Mac OS X El Capitan. Have you ever installed Mac OS X El on Virtual Machine (VM) like VMware or virtualBox? If you are new then don’t worry I will leave the links below to install it on Virtual Machine. But if you’re not and you haven’t installed it on VM. Then you are in the right place because here I am wanna show you how to install Vmware tools on Mac OS X El Capitan. If you install it then you OS X 10.11 Will work perfectly with the VMware. Actually, when you install Vmware tools on OS X 10.11 then it will install the missing drivers and kext when you installed it then your OS X El Capitan works perfectly. So follow below step by step to install VMware tools on Mac OS X El Capitan.
- VMware Fusion: Powerfully Simple Virtual Machines for Mac. VMware Fusion gives Mac users the power to run Windows on Mac along with hundreds of other operating systems side by side with Mac applications, without rebooting. Fusion is simple enough for home users and powerful enough for IT professionals, developers and businesses.
- Darwin Vmware Tools; Vmware Darwin Iso Download; This is the current version of VMware Tools for OS X from the VMware CDS repository for Fusion 10.1.1 Please note: In the latest VMwareGfx.kext from Fusion 8.5.5 onwards VMware have discontinued the 2D-Acceleration code, and graphics performance is better now, thanks to Zenith432 for the update.
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Install OS X El Capitan on Virtual Machines
Use the Links below to install OS X on Virtual Machines like Virtualbox or Vmware. But if you want to Install VMware tools then you must Install OS X on Vmware before going ahead.
Install VMware Tools on Mac OS X El Capitan
Step #1. Download Darwin.ISO from the link below and place it on your desktop.
- Darwin.ISO >>>Downlaod<<<
Step #2. Power On the Mac OS X El Capitan VM that you want to install VMware tools on it.
Step #3. Enter your Password and log In into your Account.
Log In
Step #4. Right Click on the Mac OS X El Capitan tab then click on Removable Devices > CD/DVD (SATA) > Settings. Mac os x 10.5 software.
Step #5. From the Devices Status, Check the box of Connected and Connect at power on. Then from Connection section “Select Use ISO image file:” and click on browse.
Browse ISO Image file
Step #6. Now Navigate and select the Darwin.ISO file that you download from the link in step 1 and click Open.
Open Darwin ISO File
Step #7. Now on the Virtual Machine settings click on OK to save the changes that you made.
Step #8. After that go to OS X VM and enter full-screen mode, Wait a while for the file and then it will run automatically, so when VMware tools dialog box appears then click on Install VMware Tools.
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Step #9. On introduction Page click on Continue.
VMware Tools Installer
Step #10. Then click on Install.
Step #11. Again click on Continue Installation.
Continue Installation
Step #12. Then type your Password and click on Install Software to allow this.
Step #13. Wait for Installer to complete the installation process and when the installation was Successful then click on Restart to finish installing the software.
Done Installation
So when your OS X VM reboots then Vmware tools is installed on your VM and it must work perfectly like Auto selecting the Display Size and other drivers.
VMware Tools Installed
This was all about, how to install VMware tools on Mac OS X El Capitan. If you faced any problem tell us below by comment, feel free to tell us. we’re waiting for your suggestion.
About This File
This is the current version of VMware Tools for OS X / macOS from the VMware CDS repository for Fusion 11.5.0
VMware are no longer including the ISO images as separate 'packages' in the CDS respository as of Fusion 11.5.0, instead the ISO images are included as part of the 'core' download which is 522 MB.
It is not possible to download the com.vmware.fusion.zip.tar due to upload limits.
However, I have extracted the darwin.iso and darwinPre15.iso from the 'core' and uploaded to this thread.
If you prefer to download the 'core' tar file and extract the ISO's they are located in the following directory in the tar file:
com.vmware.fusion.zip.tarcom.vmware.fusion.zippayloadVMware Fusion.appContentsLibraryisoimages
Please note: In the latest VMwareGfx.kext from Fusion 8.5.5 onwards VMware have discontinued the 2D-Acceleration code, and graphics performance is better now, thanks to Zenith432 for the update.
To check for the latest version visit http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/.
The various VMware Tools downloads are located under the packages folder for each version upto and including 11.1.0.
Instructions for extracting darwin.iso and darwinPre15.iso
- Download the files above
- Extract com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip.tar
Vmware Tools Darwin.iso
- darwin.iso is located in the 'payload' folder
- Extract com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwinPre15.zip.tar
Os X El Capitan
- darwinPre15.iso is located in the 'payload' folder