Copy and paste not working within a virtual machine console with Guest OS running Mac OS X
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Article ID: 316418
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
You experience these symptoms when running Apple Mac OS X guest OS within a virtual machine:
From the virtual machine's console, you cannot use the copy and paste feature to copy the clipboard contents to the workstation or server on which you are using the vSphere Client
You cannot use the copy and paste feature to copy the clipboard contents from your workstation or server inside the virtual machine
Environment
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
Cause
Copying and pasting into and from an Apple Mac OS X virtual machine console is currently not supported.
Resolution
VMware is aware of this issue.
Currently, there is no workaround.
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