Questions tagged [vmware-fusion]
A commercial virtualization product offered by VMware for the Mac OS X operating system.
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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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How to install Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in VMWare? [closed]
I'm pretty new to Macs and would like to familiarize myself with the latest Mac OS. How do I install Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) in VMware? Is it possible without a lot of hacking around ...
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Legal to install an OEM license of Windows 7 in VMWare Fusion?
I have a desktop (HP) and a laptop (MacBook Pro). HP is currently running Vista Ultimate. (It came with Vista Premium; I formatted it and installed Vista Ultimate because I had a license for that on ...
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Boot Camp, Parallels, VirtualBox Or Fusion? [closed]
Boot Camp, Parallels, VirtualBox Or Fusion?
In a recent article on Australian LifeHacker.com they discussed the following question, I trust the SU group more then the anonymous answers from ...
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How do I convert a .vhd disk image to work with VMWare Fusion 2?
I’ve just installed VMWare Fusion 2 on my Mac.
Microsoft makes available some Virtual PC disk images containing different versions of IE, so that us humble web developers can test our code on them:
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Windows XP hangs when shutting down in VMWare Fusion
Here's the background:
I use a Macbook from this year and run VMWare Fusion (newest update). One of my VM's is Windows XP Professional. Two times recently, I have brought up the VM window to see that ...
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Does VMWare Fusion negatively affect system performance?
Since installing Fusion my Mac Pro seems to hang (SPOD) more often even when Fusion isn't running. Has anybody else experienced this? My Mac Pro never used to display the SPOD at all but now it ...
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How do I install VMware player on a Mac os X?
I went to their site, and downloaded a .bundle which automagically turned into a .txt file after downloading.
Long story short, I can't run the txt file because I guess Mountain Lion Mac os X isn't ...
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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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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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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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Address VMWare Fusion Linux guest by hostname?
I have a Ubuntu Server 9.04 image set up in VMWare Fusion 3.0.0, using the NAT option for the guest's network connection. From the Mac host, I can ssh to the linux guest just fine using it's IP ...
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Merge non-contiguous partition on Windows 10
I have a Windows 10 VM on a Mac using VMWare Fusion. I just extended the disk from 60 GB to 80GB. Now I'm trying to figure out how to add that space to my C: drive. The option to "Extend Volume..." is ...
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when using a mac VM with VMWare, how do I use command key within the VM?
I have a apple computer, and am running the apple operating system within a VM on that machine. The VM is running with VMWare.
How do I send keyboard combos that use the command key to the VM? When ...
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Can I convert my OS X Lion into a VMware virtual machine?
Is it possible to convert the current OS X Lion 10.7.1 install on my Mac Mini (i5, 8GB RAM) into a virtual machine via VMWare converter? I use VMware Fusion 4.
Or, is my only option to set up the ...
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Massive Memory Leaks?
I seem to have huge memory leaks, which are confusing me.
I'm running fusion 3.1 / Windows 7 on Snow Leopard. It's a clean install with all upgrades applied. I've given fusion 8GB on a 14GB machine.
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How to fix VMWare Fusion Pro 10, "Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to"
I recently upgraded to macOS High Sierra and VMWare Fusion Pro 10.
My Windows 10 Pro VM will no longer run. When I open it with Fusion, I see the following message:
"New Features are avialable for ...
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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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How to convert laptop drive for use as VMware image?
I have a windows laptop that recently died (dead motherboard). It being a 7 year old laptop, I decided to give Apple a try this time around and try to use VMware to access my old data if necessary.
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How to assign a static IP address to my VMWare machine?
I currently have two VMWare Fusion VMs setup on my development machine. The first one (Windows Server 2003) has a static IP address, and I am using my hosts file to direct certain URLs to it.
I would ...
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USB Drive will not mount in OSX Guest in VMWare Fusion
I have a Yosemite (10.10.2) host with a Mavericks (10.9.5) guest in VMWare 7.
I have a seagate 3TB drive mounted on Yosemite.
I connect the seagate to the guest using the icon on the toolbar. The ...
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VMWare Fusion - Which runs better, Windows 7 vs XP? 32bit or 64bit?
Looking for some advise on whether I should expect better or worse performance out of VMWare Fusion when hosting Windows XP vs Windows 7. Does 32bit vs 64bit make a huge difference? I'm a developer ...
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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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Can I use only 2 of 3 displays with VMWare Fusion? OSX host, Win8.1 guest
I am using VMWare Fusion 7.1.3, OSX 10.10.5, and Windows 8.1 on my MacBook pro 13" (early 2015) with 2 external displays.
I want to have Windows full screen on the two external displays, leaving the ...
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Copying VMware Fusion virtual Windows 7 machine to a bootcamp partition
Is it possible to copy my virtual disk contents to my Bootcamp partition and use bootcamp from there. I know you can use a bootcamp partition as a virtual machine, if you already have Windows on a ...
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Mount VMware images (.vmwarevm) in Snow Leopard with MacFuse
Snow Leopard removed the extended file context menus, which for VMware gave the option to mount .vmwarevm files with MacFuse.
Is there a way to mount the .vmwarevm files in Snow Leopard? I'm using ...
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"Invalid disk size" when shrinking a disk
My MacBook is running out of disk space. I found three Windows VM's that had almost 100 GB reclaimable space, so I reclaimed it. I'm now trying to permanently shrink it to avoid the endless stream of ...
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Immediately Allocate All RAM to Virtual Machine at Power-On
Is there a setting that I can manually add to a VMWare .vmx file to force it to allocate all of the RAM assigned to a VM immediately when the VM is first powered on?
I know it is usually best to let ...
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Hide Windows app icons in dock with VMware Fusion's Unity mode
Is it possible to have VMware Fusion to not show the icons for Windows applications in the dock while in Unity mode? They can often be redundant and I would love to remove them
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VMWare Fusion - Running Windows Natively From A Bootcamp Partition on OS X
I have a copy of OS X Leopard running on a partitioned hard drive. The other partition has a copy of Windows XP running on bootcamp. As a result of this I can boot into either Windows xp OR Mac OS X ...
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Insert key on external UK Apple keyboard
I am using an external Apple keyboard and using Windows 7 in VMWare Fusion.
One of my Windows apps responds to the Insert key. How do I simulate pressing insert on the Apple keyboard ?
I have ...
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Macbook Air Reboot after Wake when Windows 7 Running in VM
Is anyone who is running a Windows 7 VM on a new 2011 i5 Macbook Air (I have the 13" w/128 SSD) able to put their Macbook air to sleep for extended periods of time (like overnight) without manually ...
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VMWare Fusion 2.0.6 no longer wants to load my VMs
The issue:
VMware Fusion cannot connect to the virtual machine.
Make sure you have rights to run the program and to access all directories it uses and rights to access all directories for temporary ...
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How do I get a FireWire drive to show up as a drive (as opposed to a shared folder) in a VMWare Windows XP virtual machine on my Mac?
I’ve got a Windows XP vitual machine running in VMWare 2 on my Mac.
I’ve got a FireWire drive with a Windows-readable partition on it plugged into my Mac. This Windows partition shows up in the ...
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Can I run the same virtual machine in both vmware on a PC and vmware fusion on a Mac?
Can one boot the same VM image in vmware workstation on a Windows XP machine AND in vmware fusion on a Mac?
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How can I get 2560 * 1600 on Win 7 ? MacBook Pro 17 + Dell 30 inch 3008 WFP + Fusion 3
I run VM Ware Fusion 3 on a Mac Book Pro 17 hooked to a Dell 30 inch screen
I CAN manage to get a Resolution of 2560 * 1600 on Mac OS X(MacBook Pro), but can't on Win 7 (on the exact same MacBook Pro)...
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New VM Does Not Autoconnect To The Internet, Which Setting Do I Need in VMWare Fusion?
I'm using VMWare Fusion 7.1 on Mac OS X. All the VM's that I've downloaded connect to the internet automatically when I fire them up. I downloaded a new VM from VulnHub, specifically BrainPan2. (Here ...
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Setup bridge network connection for windows guest hosted by VM Fusion
I have windows 10 running as guest on a VM fusion service version 8.5.8.
The windows system has the latest VM tools installed.
To setup the connection i select auto detect on Bridge connections but ...
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How can I convert a VMWare Fusion 3 .vmdk to .raw format?
I’ve got a VMWare virtual machine that I want to upload to a virtual server hosting service. The service accepts virtual machine images in .raw format (as per “How Can I Migrate VMWare Virtual Servers ...
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Guest OS (Windows 10) cannot connect to Internet but all apps (including Edge) can
I have MacOS Catalina (but had same issue under Mojave). I am running Fusion 8.5.10 and Windows 10 Home version 1803. I use this purely to run Metatrader 4 - which connects perfectly, as does Edge ...