How to Enable Copy and Paste on VMware Fusion Ubuntu?

Install VMware Tools or open-vm-tools in the Ubuntu guest

Open Terminal in Ubuntu

Run `sudo apt update`

Run `sudo apt install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop -y`

Restart Ubuntu

In VMware Fusion, shut down the Ubuntu VM if needed

Open VM settings

Go to Isolation or Advanced settings

Enable copy and paste

Enable drag and drop

Start the VM again

If copy and paste still does not work, reinstall `open-vm-tools-desktop`

If needed, restart the VMware user services inside Ubuntu

Make sure VMware Fusion is updated to the latest version

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