Select Standard Install on 'Macintosh HD', and then click Install. On the Welcome to the VMware Tools Installer page, click Continue. AFAIAC, Linux is OS X without all the eye candy. On the VMware Tools dialog box, click Install VMware Tools. I don't know if they discuss VMware but you could have a look. There is a site,, that does not seem to worry about such. Click Install to continue without changing the installation location of VM Tools. When the Installer window opens, click Continue.