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Contents 1 Getting Started with VMware Fusion 5 About VMware Fusion 5 What Is a Virtual Machine? 6 VMware Fusion Capabilities 6 System Requirements for VMware Fusion 7 Install VMware Fusion 7 Upgrading VMware Fusion 7 Upgrade VMware Fusion with Autoupdate 8 Upgrade VMware Fusion from a Download 8 Start VMware Fusion 9 Getting Up and Running 9 Create a Virtual Machine Using Windows Easy Install 9 Power On the Boot Camp Partition as a Virtual Machine 11 Import a Parallels or Virtual PC Virtual Machine 11 Su
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Getting Started with VMware Fusion 1 With VMware Fusion™, you can run personal computer (PC) applications and devices on your Intel-based Mac. Designed for the Mac user, VMware Fusion takes advantage of the security, flexibility, and portability of virtual machines to run Windows and other x86 operating systems at the same time as Mac OS X.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion After you install VMware Fusion and create a virtual machine, you can install and run complete, unmodified operating systems, and associated application software in the virtual machine, just as on a physical PC. Operating systems you can use include Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Server, Novell NetWare, FreeBSD, and Sun Solaris x86. VMware Fusion offers the benefits of having a second PC without its added expense, physical setup, and maintenance.
Chapter 1 Getting Started with VMware Fusion System Requirements for VMware Fusion Verify that you have the following minimum system requirements for installing and using VMware Fusion. n Any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor. Compatible with Core 2 Duo, Xeon, i3, i5, i7 processors or newer. n Mac OS X 10.8.0 or later, Mac OS X 10.8.5 or later recommended. n Operating system installation media (disc or disc image) for virtual machines.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Upgrade VMware Fusion with Autoupdate VMware Fusion has a built-in software updater that checks for updates to VMware Fusion and VMware Tools and downloads and installs them for you. When Automatically check for updates is enabled in Preferences, VMware Fusion checks for updates each time you start it. If VMware Fusion detects a new version, it displays the Software Update window, which has three options. n Skip This Version.
Chapter 1 Getting Started with VMware Fusion The VMware Fusion disk image is saved to your default download directory. 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. 3 Double-click the VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx.dmg file to mount it. 4 Double-click the VMware Fusion icon to copy VMware Fusion to your Mac and start it. Start VMware Fusion Start using VMware Fusion.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion Procedure 1 Select File > New. The Create a New Virtual Machine assistant starts. 2 Click Install from disc or image. 3 Select the disc or ISO image. Option Description ISO image file a b Physical disc Click Use another disc or disc image, browse to the .iso file for the operating system, and click Open to identify the file. Select the file from the list in the Create a New Virtual Machine window, and click Continue.
Chapter 1 Getting Started with VMware Fusion VMware Fusion starts the new virtual machine, installs the operating system, and installs VMware Tools. Power On the Boot Camp Partition as a Virtual Machine You can use the contents of your Boot Camp partition at the same time that you are running your Mac operating system. To do so, you use VMware Fusion to power on the Boot Camp partition as a virtual machine. Boot Camp is Apple software that enables an Intel-based Mac to run Windows operating systems.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion 3 Browse to the existing virtual machine you want to import and click Open. 4 Type the name for the imported virtual machine in the Save As field and indicate where to save it. The default destination is the Virtual Machines folder created by VMware Fusion. VMware Fusion displays the disk space needed for the import, and the space available on the current disk. 5 Click Import.
Chapter 1 Getting Started with VMware Fusion Suspend and Resume a Virtual Machine The suspend and resume feature is useful to save the current state of a virtual machine and continue work later from the same state, even if you quit VMware Fusion in the interim. VMware Fusion does not support suspending and resuming in Boot Camp virtual machines. Suspending and resuming rely on being able to save a known state that will not change. You can boot natively into Windows in the Boot Camp partition.
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Index A U Autoupdate 8 upgrading VMware Fusion 7, 8 USB install 7 use Fusion 9 B Boot Camp, partition, creating a virtual machine from 11 D doc Fusion in your Mac 9 download install 7 DVD install 7 F function keys 12 G GOS 12 guest operating system 12 guest OS 12 I importing, virtual machines into VMware Fusion 11 install 7 introduction 5 K keyboard equivalent Mac and PC commands 12 function keys 12 O V virtual machines creating from the Boot Camp partition 11 description 6 importing from Micros
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