VMWare tools windows 8 vmware running OS X 10.8.3

[nankura]

hey guys

 

Recently i found a premade vmware image of OS X 10.8.3 with AMD support and it works absolutely amazing, i have no issue's running it, but whenever i share a folder, the folder doesnt show up. and then from the vmware os x, i try to install vmware tools from a vmwaretools iso that i found online and it installs fine, then reboots

 

after a reboot, the startup starts as usual, goes on forever, then gets a bunch of text and reboots

 

so im not sure how to share folders or how to copy files to my mac vmware machine

[WaldMeister]

Hi,

 

Boot with -v on the first reboot, after installing the tools.

How to get the boot menu of OS X, where you can actually enter the option, i don't know.

Try hammering the F8 key.

 

Best of luck.

[nankura]

hammering F8 unfortantly doesnt seem to work, i can redo the virtual machine and start over, reinstall the tools, but is there a way to set it to boot with -v before i do that first reboot? since i cant seem to get option key or F8 working

[puckmarin]

I'm pretty sure that VMWare tools is hit or miss at this point with 10.8.3.

 

I ran into the same issue you did, ended up reinstalling the virtual machine, and am now doing without the tools. It's not too hard to work around.

 

Other than that, I'm REALLY impressed by how smooth everything runs.