3.1
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Introduction
- What Is a Virtual Machine?
- What You Can Do with VMware Fusion
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install VMware Fusion
- Upgrade VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install
- Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition
- Migrating an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine
- Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 Virtual Machine
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Sending the Ctrl-Alt-Delete Command to a Virtual Machine
- Quit Your Virtual Machine
- VMware Fusion Resources
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
8 Getting Started with VMware Fusion
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Install VMware Fusion
You can install VMware Fusion from a CD
To install VMware Fusion
1 Select an installation method.
a If you are installing from a CD, insert it and skip to Step 4.
b If you are installing from a download, first download VMware Fusion
from the VMware Web site at http://www.vmware.com/mac/.
Click the Download link and follow the subsequent links for an
electronic download distribution.
The VMware Fusion disk image has a full version and a light version.
The full version has the VMware Tools suite of utilities for all
supported operating systems, and the light version has
VMware Tools for Windows and Mac OS X Server only, with
additional VMware Tools downloadable on demand.
2 Click the download link, and save the application to your Mac.
The VMware Fusion disk image is saved to your default download
directory. For the full version, the filename is
VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx.dmg, where x.x.x is the application version
and xxxxxx is the build number for the download release. The light
version filename is VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx-light.dmg.
3Double-click VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx.dmg or
VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx-light.dmg to mount it.
4Double-click the Install VMware Fusion icon to start the Installation
Assistant, and follow its instructions.