Naki Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) TWO issues here: Unlike older versions, somehow Automatic VMware Tools update is broken now, was fine in versions 14.x and 12.x. (as you maybe know, the unlucky 13 version number was skipped :)) In those, I could easily & correctly update VMware Tools for my Mac OS Guests - my Host OS is Windows 10 64-bit Enterprise. However, in VMware Workstation 15 it seems VMware Tools for Mac has now branched off into TWO versions - for Mac OS X 10.11 or higher, and for those older. So, issue #1 is this: 1) On all kinds of Mac OS Guests I tried, automatic update now offers a very old VMware Tools from Sept 2016, and not the recent one from 2018! Why? 2) Okay, I used my Evernote skills and found the FTP for direct manual VMware Tools ISO download after a bit of digging around. This works, but only on mac OS 10.11 or newer Guests. I still use Mac OS X 10.10, 10.9 and 10.8, however, so I need this for those also. What is the latest VMware Tools version for those? Will this be not updated by VMware anymore? Edited October 20, 2018 by Naki Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336075-confused-with-new-vmware-workstation-15-vmware-tools/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Bump. No living (breathing & reading!) soul here knows!? Any help, please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336075-confused-with-new-vmware-workstation-15-vmware-tools/#findComment-2645940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) I assume you use my unlocker. Get the latest version 3 and run gettools.exe. You should end up with the lastest iso images for macOS in the VMware installation folder. You will need to manually load these as attached CD-ROM in the guests and then update. The "Install VMware Tools" menu item and auto update never ran reliably as Workstation and Player are not supposed to support macOS as a guest. Edited November 8, 2018 by Donk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336075-confused-with-new-vmware-workstation-15-vmware-tools/#findComment-2646338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) 18 hours ago, Donk said: I assume you use my unlocker. Get the latest version 3 and run gettools.exe. You should end up with the lastest iso images for macOS in the VMware installation folder. You will need to manually load these as attached CD-ROM in the guests and then update. The "Install VMware Tools" menu item and auto update never ran reliably as Workstation and Player are not supposed to support macOS as a guest. Yes, I do use latest Unlocker, thanks. Okay, thanks - will try. Nope. These function indeed used to work not reliably as you say - I am using VMware Workstation+Unlocker for over 4 years now - but for the last 1, maybe 2 years this was just fine for me. It IS still fine on newer macOS versions for me recently. I will try what you said on the older ones. One more thing, so that I do not create a 2nd thread, please. Is there a way to check the VMware Tools version I have installed on my Guest OSes? With Windows guest OS, I know how to check but not so on Mac. I see there IS a way to see latest installed versions in the Installed software info, which is kind of what helps, but not exactly. Edited November 9, 2018 by Naki Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336075-confused-with-new-vmware-workstation-15-vmware-tools/#findComment-2646597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 You can open Terminal in macOS and run: /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-tools-daemon -v Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336075-confused-with-new-vmware-workstation-15-vmware-tools/#findComment-2646633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) On 11/8/2018 at 6:57 PM, Donk said: I assume you use my unlocker. Get the latest version 3 and run gettools.exe. You should end up with the lastest iso images for macOS in the VMware installation folder. You will need to manually load these as attached CD-ROM in the guests and then update. The "Install VMware Tools" menu item and auto update never ran reliably as Workstation and Player are not supposed to support macOS as a guest. Did not work. Get exactly the same ISO I get as with Update VMware Tools. Namely on mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite and older (pre-15 Darwin - Darwin 15 is the one in El Capitan, I found out in Wikipedia) I get VMware Tools from 2016, and on 10.11 El Capitan or newer I get the correct, latest one from Sept 2018 - same as with Update VMware Tools as mentioned. EDIT: More info -- on Yosemite before & after the update I got these versions: Before: version 10.0.5.520 (build-3228253) After: version 10.0.12.334 (build-4448496) On El Capitan and newer I get version listed as: 10.3.2.6765 (build-9925305) On 11/9/2018 at 5:07 PM, Donk said: You can open Terminal in macOS and run: /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-tools-daemon -v Great! Thanks, this works. Edited November 15, 2018 by Naki Extra details - VMware Tools versions/builds. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336075-confused-with-new-vmware-workstation-15-vmware-tools/#findComment-2647758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 OK you do have the correct versions. So I have VMware Fusion 11.0.1 and the tool versions supplied are: Darwin before 15 - VMware Tools daemon, version 10.0.12.334 (build-4448496) Darwin after 15 - VMware Tools daemon, version 10.3.2.6765 (build-9925305) My tool downloads the same versions as supplied by VMware in Fusion. The tools for older versions of macOS/Mac OS X are frozen at 10.0.12, so do not expect to see any updates unless there is a security issue found. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336075-confused-with-new-vmware-workstation-15-vmware-tools/#findComment-2648586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 On 11/19/2018 at 9:47 PM, Donk said: OK you do have the correct versions. So I have VMware Fusion 11.0.1 and the tool versions supplied are: Darwin before 15 - VMware Tools daemon, version 10.0.12.334 (build-4448496) Darwin after 15 - VMware Tools daemon, version 10.3.2.6765 (build-9925305) My tool downloads the same versions as supplied by VMware in Fusion. The tools for older versions of macOS/Mac OS X are frozen at 10.0.12, so do not expect to see any updates unless there is a security issue found. Great! Thanks. Thanks for confirming this. Have a nice day/night. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336075-confused-with-new-vmware-workstation-15-vmware-tools/#findComment-2648773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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