I need a copy of Vmware Remote Console 12.0.2 as 12.0.3 just took out my ability to connect to my remote vms running on workstation 15.
Thanks,
Ian
Mac Book Pro, Monterey
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iMac 27″
ixd704 wrote:
So when I run a version I download from VMWare, it says I have to get it from the App Store when I run it and that it can't run (same version I had before).
Yes, that's because VMWare choses to release it that way. Other software developers may chose not to offer their Mac software that way. My only point was that you are incorrect when you said that "anyone wanting to sell software for Apple devices has to go through the App Store".
ixd704 wrote:
So when I run a version I download from VMWare, it says I have to get it from the App Store when I run it and that it can't run (same version I had before).
Yes, that's because VMWare choses to release it that way. Other software developers may chose not to offer their Mac software that way. My only point was that you are incorrect when you said that "anyone wanting to sell software for Apple devices has to go through the App Store".
It is only available in the App Store, so what is your solution? Linux and Windows are available on the vmware site, but they point to Apple for Apple content. Apple are the gate keepers for software being put on their devices and anyone wanting to sell software for Apple devices has to go through the App Store.
You can dig the old version out of your Time Machine backups. One nice thing about Mac App Store apps is that they are self-contained. You can simply delete the current version from Applications and replace it with the previous version from your backup.
ixd704 wrote:
Apple are the gate keepers for software being put on their devices and anyone wanting to sell software for Apple devices has to go through the App Store.
That is only true for iOS devices. There's lots of Mac software that is completely legitimate that isn't in the App Store. If VMWare chooses that as their only method for disturbing the software, that's because they want to do it that way.
So when I run a version I download from VMWare, it says I have to get it from the App Store when I run it and that it can't run (same version I had before). My solution was to take the old version from VMware (actually from the Wayback Machine after I got it to download the missing tar file) and copy pieces of it into the new directory and then hack the executable to have the empty spaces and start address point copied from the old code with a hex editor. It is now running again.
Ah OK. I downloaded it from the Apple site and installed it, it then said I had to install this version from the App Store, so I incorrectly assumed that it was the OS intercepting the installation.
Now after a reboot (I am assuming the kernel extension got removed), it fails with a signal 6 error which is probably due to the kext file being removed from the new version.
I have opened a case with Vmware.
Contact VMWare support. That’s not an Apple product.
Contact VMWare support. That is NOT an Apple product.
The developer (VMWare) decides what version or versions are available in the App Store, not Apple.
Vmware Remote Console 12.0.3 update broke my environment
