![]() ![]() ![]() If there's no icon, check in Finder->Preferences.->General if "Connected servers" is checked:.In the filesystem, it's a vmhgfs mount at /Volumes/VMware Shared Folders: You should now have a "VMware Shared Folders" icon on desktop in which you will see the folder you've created. Restart the guest OS (the mount in the filesystem (see below) is technically available right away, but Finder doesn't see it until reboot for some reason) Press Next and OK everywhere until all dialogues close and add a shared folder (pick any host folder that you have access to and any name) If after reboot, the security dialog pops up again, to to System Preferences via a button in that dialog and allow the VMware system extension to run. The guest OS should restart after finising.If a security dialog pops up saying that a system extension was blocked, ignore it for now.Unlike other answers posted so far, this one explains how to connect the host and guest via VMware Shared Folders. This is your shared folder between Windows 7 and Mac OS X. From top menu bar, select 'Go' and 'Computer'.Make sure that 'File Sharing' is enabled.From 'System preferences' on Mac OS X, select 'Sharing'.Click on 'Add' button and select a folder you want to share.Click on 'Folder Sharing' and tick 'Always enabled'.Go in your virtual machine settings and select 'Options' tab.You need to follow this procedure in order to share files between Windows 7 and Mac OS X on VMWare :
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