Questions tagged [vmware-fusion]

A commercial virtualization product offered by VMware for the Mac OS X operating system.

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How to enable the super key when running linux in a virtual machine in OSX

I'm running Linux inside VMware in OSX. I want to use gnome-do. The shortcut key to call it is super+space. But that doesn't work when running inside VMware on OSX. How can I enable to super key to ...
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How to shrink VMWare disk size?

I installed Windows 10 on VMWare and I set its capacity as 60 gigabytes. Now I only want it to have 30 gigabytes and reclaim those 30 gigabytes for my mac. How do I change that?
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VMWare VM - Virtual Cable Unplugged

Introduction I'm running VMware Fusion v11.5.1 on a macOS 10 host. I'm attempting to reach the Internet from inside a virtual machine. What I've done so far I was trying to reach the Internet from ...
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No /mnt/hgfs in Ubuntu guest under VMWare Fusion

I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 inside of VMware Fusion Pro 5. I have the virtual machine configured for read-only sharing of my home directory, but there's no /mnt/hgfs directory and there's no /etc/...
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How to convert a .vmwarevm file to VirtualBox vm format?

I am using macOS AND want to clone my machine form .vmwarevm format to any popular VirtualBox friendly format. I was using a VM with my college Fusion license and after I graduated, I was not legally ...
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Mac OS X Server 10.6.6 "disables" CPU in VMware Fusion

I installed Mac OS X Server 10.6.0 in VMWare Fusion the other night and it worked perfectly, until I ran Software Update. I upgraded to 10.6.6 through the combo updater, and now when I start the VM it ...
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External hard drive not being recognized by Windows virtual machine on Mac

Using: VMWare Fusion 8.0.0, El Capitan 10.11.4 on MacBook Pro (Late 2013), Windows 10 x64 (trial version by the way), LaCie 1TB Porsche Design Mobile Drive (USB 3.0, NTFS) Goal: Read/write/delete/etc ...
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What are the different VMware Fusion networks used for?

Running VMware Fusion with Windows 11 guest on Mac Ventura host, I notice 4 virtual network interfaces on the Mac. What are each of these used for? I found some references to vmnet in the ...
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Oculus Virtual Desktop for MacBook Pro with ad-hoc network

I'm trying to use Oculus to do Virtual Desktop with my MacBook Pro M1. I tried Virtual Desktop streamer for Mac, but it is too slow. I used Virtual Desktop streamer for Windows 11 using virtualization ...
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Tunebite Platinum and VMware Fusion

Has anybody managed to get Tunebite Platinum working with VMware Fusion 3? My installation hangs and product struggles with the in-built devices on my iMac. I'm trying to remove the DRM from TV shows ...
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VMware Fusion won't boot my Boot Camp partition

I have a Boot Camp partition on my MacBook that I would ultimately like to convert to a VMware virtual machine image. I've installed VMware Fusion and tried to start up my Boot Camp install using the ...
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VMWare Fusion: Unable to connect a Transcend USB 3.0 SD card reader

I am unable to connect a Transcend USB 3.0 SD card reader to a VMware Fusion virtual machine running on my Mac laptop running OS X Catalina. I am using VMware Fusion version 11.5.3. I'm not sure it ...
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VMWare Fusion W11 apps close on Mac lock

I installed Windows 11 on VMWare Fusion on a Mac M1. Whenever my mac locks the apps open on the vm close and I have to reopen. Anyone know how to fix this?
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Error "One of the parameters supplied is invalid (0x100003e80)" on VMware Fusion

This issue has been plaguing me for months! Whenever I try to extend the size the hard disk of a virtual machine (Windows 7 Guest on MacOS Host) I get the following error: One of the parameters ...
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vctl errors with "The virtual machine is not powered on"

I am on MacBook Pro M2 2022 with macOS Ventura, using VMware Fusion. The problem is that vctl can't run a container. vctl pull works just fine, and the container engine is started but the vctl run -n ...
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Login to VM downloaded from Google Compute Engine

I downloaded the disk for a google compute instance as a vmdk and I'm able to bring it up in VMware Fusion (it's a debian 10 instance). However when I run it locally it's prompting me a for username &...
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OSX Hide application from security scanner

I have an Mac OS Ventura 13.2 I would like to install application VMWare Fusion Player 13 with private free License for educational purpose. On My Mackbook i have some security scanners like InfoBlox, ...
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How do I reset the login password on a Mac OS X guest OS running in VMware Fusion?

I installed an OS X instance inside of VMware Fusion since I needed a clean system to test some stuff on, but I've forgotten whatever login password I set for that guest OS's user account and now I ...
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How do I disable the beep sound coming from the guest OS for VM Fusion?

I'm using VM Fusion 10.1 on macOS 10.13 and trying to disable the beep sound coming from the guest OS. I tried the suggestion on https://superuser.com/a/379960/1100842 which I guess comes from the ...
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VMWare Fusion: stop Command + Tab being sent to Windows 10 client?

I have a problem with the Apple Command + Tab shortcut key, and I don't really think that combination of characters should be sent to the VM. I'm running a mac mini i7 on MacOS 12.6.4 (21G526) with a ...
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virtual machine is stored is almost full yet Window C drive says 29GB free

Getting message vmware has paused this virtual machine because the disk which virtual machine is stored iss almost full. to continue, free up 962 MB of disk space. My Mac has over 160GB free. Bootcamp ...
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Why does my terminal start up with "(eval):export:1: not valid in this context"?

When I open my terminal, it shows up with the error (eval):export:1: not valid in this context: Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin I can't figure out ...
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How do I find the IP address of a virtual machine using VMware Fusion?

Can I determine the IP of a virtual machine using VMware Fusion without actually entering the operating system running on the virtual machine? I'm looking for a menu option, command line, or otherwise ...
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VMWare Fusion: "No Permission to access this virtual machine"

I had a VMWare Fusion VM backed up on my home network file server (Ubuntu). I wanted to run it again, so I copied it back to my Macbook. When I tried to launch it in VMWare, I got an error message: ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 installer under VMware Fusion cannot find CD device

I am trying to use the VMware Fusion Tech Preview on a Mac with Apple Silicon to install Ubuntu 18.04 Server for ARM64 (ISO found here). Previously, I successfully installed Ubuntu 20.04 Server using ...
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SSH Into Linux VM(VMware Fusion) From Another Machine

I currently have a RHEL VM running on my mac. I'm able to ssh to this VM from my mac, but when I attempt to SSH from a different machine( different laptop, iPad etc..) I'm unable to connect. How would ...
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Defrag Windows Vmware image?

I am running Windows 7 inside VMWare Fusion and I am wondering if I can defrag and run normal maintenance like I would on a stand alone Windows machine? I would like to defrag and use Iolo's System ...
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Windows Virtual Machine not seen by host (Mac OS X) using VMWare Fusion

I installed Windows XP with VMware Fusion on my MacBook and while internet works, Windows can ping the Mac, etc. from the Mac or any other machine in the network we can not see the Virtual Machine. In ...
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I cannot convert successfully VMWare Fusion to Paralles

I have a macOS host and macOS virtual machine on VMWare with the extension .vmwarevm and I wanted to convert it to .pvm Parallels Extension. Parallels was able to do that but it didn't detect any OS ...
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Requests to VM Ware Fusion guest fail when Cisco Anyconnect VPN is active

I'm on Mac OS 11.6.5 Big Sur running a Windows 2019 Server guest from VM Ware fusion 12.2.3. The VPN is Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.10.00093. My local network is on 10.0.0.0/24 The VM is ...
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Access Android Emulator running on host machine (mac) from Vmware fusion 12.2.1 (Linux)

I am trying to run an Android Emulator on my host machine which is a Mac OS and connect to it from my Vmware fusion guest machine which is a Linux. I tried all network configurations and also tried to ...
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VMware Fusion and Windows VM mouse scroll wheel resolution

I have a Windows 10 instance running inside of a VMware Fusion virtual machine for the purpose of running Visio. What I have noticed is that the rate of zoom or scroll per click is not per notch. I ...
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VMware: Gracefully powering down a VM using the Terminal command line results in power off instead

When attempting to perform a graceful shutdown of a VMware Fusion guest VM on MacOS Big Sur 11.6, using the below command line: vmrun stop "/Users/T/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/MGMT1....
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Can Windows games run well in VMWare Fusion 12?

I'm trying to play Steam games in VMWare Fusion 12 player, on MacOS 11.6, from Bootcamp partition with Windows 10. I'm having problems, and wondering if there are options to improve the experience. I ...
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Is Fusion free-evaluation license valid only on one system?

I'd like to evaluate CentOS 7 and 8 with VMware Fusion on Macbooks. Is the 30 days license good only for one machine, or could I use the same license on multiple machines?
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VMware Fusion: how can I access an Apache server in my Ubuntu VM from my Mac Host?

I install apache2 in Ubuntu with sudo apt install apache2 -y, start it up with sudo service apache2 start, and can access it on the Ubuntu VM with the address localhost. I found that I can access the ...
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How to enable copy-paste texts between host MacOS and VMware Fusion MacOS?

My main OS is Big Sur and I also Mojave on VMware fusion to run certain applications. Copy-paste and file sharing between host and guest systems are enabled in VM settings, but not working. Is there ...
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VMWare - GPT PMBR after adding a Disk to existing one -GPT PMBR size mismatch will be corrected by w(rite)

we've added a new disk to VMware fusion VM. Below fdisk -l output: Disk /dev/loop1: 91.4 MiB, 95805440 bytes, 187120 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 ...
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VMWare Fusion / DHCP with multiple static IPs

I have MacBook Pro and VMWare Fusion installed on it. I set a static IP for my virtual machine DHCP network by adding host pc1 { hardware ethernet 00:0C:29:4A:C5:A2; fixed-address 172.16.166....
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Accessing Macbook Webcam on Ubuntu via VMWare Fusion

I am writing a program in C++ using opencv. I am working on Ubuntu via VMWare Fusion. When I run my program, it seems the integrated webcam on my Mac is not recognized so I get the error message I ...
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MacOS Big Slur and VMware Fusion NAT not working

MacOS Big and VMware Fusion 12, NAT networking not working anyone run into similar issues before? No internet/Network access with VPN or without VPN. Any help is massively appreciated. VM operating ...
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VMWare Fusion - automatically connect USB device to remote ESXi VM?

I have an ESXi 6.0U3 server in my basement, and can access all of the VMs on it with VMWare Fusion Pro 11.5.7 on my laptop. This works very well, and can even connect USB devices connected to the ...
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Why is there a “Hash Sum mismatch” when I switch to a bridged network connection with VMWare on macOS?

I'd prefer to run my virtual machine in a bridged configuration so that it appears as another machine on my network. However, when I switch from a NATed configuration to a Bridged connection I get &...
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DHCP Options in VMware Fusion

I tried to get my DHCP server on vmnet2 to include an option for a particular host, so I added this configuration below the "DO NOT MODIFY SECTION" block in the relevant config file (/...
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How to share a VPN connection in a VMWare Guest VM with the Host

The need This question is relevant for all of those who want to bypass their corporate's annoying VPN, and access their work/corporate network from their private computer, especially if the corporate ...
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I can't curl. How do I do DNS resolution on WSL 2 on a WIndows 10 VM running on VMWare Fusion/macos 10.15.7 (Catalina)?

The setup: A MacBook Pro, running Catalina VMWare Fusion Player Version 12.1.0 A Windows 10 Dev VM, image from developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/ Using the builtin ...
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Remove associations with applications in VMWare Fusion

One of the "features" of VMWare Fusion is that it associates files on the Mac host with programs in the VM. Unfortunately I uninstalled VMWare Fusion, and my Mac still has applications in VMWare ...
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Getting an error trying to set up shared folders on an Ubuntu instance of VMWare Fusion running on OSX

Receiving the following error: Unable to update runtime folder sharing status: There was an error mounting Shared Folders file system inside the guest operating system. Running VMWare Fusion 5.0....
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Can't mount ISO image in Windows 8 inside VMWare Fusion

When I try to mount an image (in this case, Project Pro 2013) in Windows 8 that is running inside a virtual machine (VMWare Fusion, running on OSX) I get the following message Couldn't Mount File ...
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How can I simulate a slow machine in a VM?

I'm testing an AJAX-heavy web-application. I develop on a new Mac, but I use VmWare Fusion (currently 3.1.2) to test in Windows XP, using IETester to simulate older versions of IE. This lets me see ...

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