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Sharing a folder between windows and mac os x on vmware
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You need to follow this procedure in order to share files between Windows 7 and Mac OS X on VMWare :

  1. Go in your virtual machine settings and select 'Options' tab.
  2. Click on 'Folder Sharing' and tick 'Always enabled'.
  3. Click on 'Add' button and select a folder you want to share.
  4. Confirm virtual machine settings.
  5. From 'System preferences' on Mac OS X, select 'Sharing'.
  6. Make sure that 'File Sharing' is enabled.
  7. From top menu bar, select 'Go' and 'Computer'.
  8. You will now see a folder named '/'. This is your shared folder between Windows 7 and Mac OS X.

Reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003433/http://techsultan.com/share-folder-mac-os-x-windows-7-vmware/

https://superuser.com/questions/274456/sharing-a-folder-between-windows-7-and-mac-os-x-on-vmware/1372384

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It works for me on MacOS 13.

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edntdftdftg commented Aug 31, 2024 •
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You have to open finder in order to see the GO part in the top of the screen, I was confused at first too.
edit: plase don't mind my name.

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ylazy commented Nov 15, 2024

work on MacOS 14

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