Apple Mac computer VMware Virtual Machine shared folder Setup Tutorial

Many friends with Apple computers have installed Windows virtual machines on their Macs to handle work that needs to be done on Windows. Sometimes it's hard to use some of the files on the MAC, front PC6 Small series to introduce the installation of VMware virtual machine, in addition to the use of drag and drop files, system network sharing, you can also take advantage of the virtual machine from the folder sharing, between the physical machine and virtual machine to achieve file sharing. When a folder is shared, two systems can access it together, bringing convenience to the work. Folder sharing is easy to set up and does not cause duplication of files and is easy to use.

1, on the MAC select the virtual machine you want to set the shared folder, click the "Settings" button, as shown in the picture

2, in the Virtual Machine Settings window click the "Sharing" option, as shown in the picture

3, in the Shared Settings window, click the "Enable file sharing" option, as shown in the picture

4, we are here first to the MAC computer on the desktop to share as an example, as shown in the picture

5, Next we start the virtual machine, into the system after the Vmware tools tool prompts us to detect a shared folder with the host, need to log off to use, click the "OK" button to continue.

6, after the cancellation of a successful, login system, you will find in the virtual machine on the desktop will display the MAC host desktop files. I'm here. A new file called Virtual Machine folder sharing test is created on the Mac and will appear immediately on the desktop of the virtual machine's Windows system. Similarly, when you create a file on the desktop of the virtual machine system, it is also displayed on the Mac.

7. If you want to share multiple folders, you can add them in the Shared Settings window of the virtual machine. Virtual machine defaults to provide us with MAC desktop, documents, music, pictures and other sharing options, if you want to add other folders, please click the "+" button, as shown in the picture

8, then in the Mac Select the folder you want to share, click the "Add" button can be.

9. After the completion of the addition, you can see the newly added shared directory in the Shared Settings window in the virtual machine.

10, Next we open the "Computer" window in the virtual machine, you can see a shared identity of the Share Folders directory, please click on the Open.

11. You can then see a list of all shared folders between the Mac and the virtual machine, as shown in the figure

12. The key to sharing the entire Mac and VMware virtual machines is to install the VMware Tools tool in the virtual machine system, which enables you to share functionality between the virtual machine and the Mac. If you do not succeed in this way, check to see if the Vmware Tools tool is properly installed in the virtual machine system.

13, in addition, because the version of Vmware virtual machines may be different in the operating interface, but the approximate method of operation are similar.