Hi everyone, I've been running into this issue as well and it bugged me enough to open a support case with VMware. The “gaming mode” suggestion was not a good workaround for me because the cursor speed was too slow (even after increasing to mac) and it would “lock” the cursor into the VM, meaning you can’t drag and drop between the VM and the host. After a lot of wasted time I finally got a helpful reply from one of their technicians:
- Locate a folder called "Virtual Machine" on the Mac OS side and open the folder and you should see an ex: Windows 10*64.vmwarevm.
- Right click on the VM file
- Select "Show Package Content".
- Look for file ends with an extension .VMX (not .VMXF).
- Note: Make a copy of the .VMX on your desktop before you make any changes so you have a backup.
- Right click on the .VMX file and select open with Texedit.
- Scroll all the way down and add the below entries.
mks.noHostCursor = "TRUE"- Click on File and select save.
- Go to the Mac System Preferences > Security and Privacy > Privacy Tab > Accessibility > Select VMware Fusion and remove (minus) and re-add.
I was able to make this change and it fixed the issue for me! I asked if VMware would be willing to post here with this workaround and comment on when an update with the fix would be available, but they declined so hopefully this helps.
-Scott
