



Essentially, when I upgraded macOS to Catalina, System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Screen Recording was not enabled for VMware Fusion. But first, how did I obtain this problem? It was working last time I checked. I confirmed this with my other VM.Ī quick google search showed that this was a known issue with a variety of resolutions but most pointing to some variation of the same thing. I started up the VM and noticed that the OS screen in the preview section showed the OS booting and the login display but the actual VM screen was black. I knew Windows worked better with the VPN client software so I decided to spin up a VM on VMware Fusion problem solved. I forgot that’s problematic at best on a MAC and after some feebly frustrating attempts I sadly gave up and moved on to my next option. I needed to get on the work VPN, which I never do.
