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- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- About VMware Fusion
- VMware Fusion Capabilities
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install VMware Fusion
- Upgrading VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Suspend and Resume a Virtual Machine
- Take Advantage of VMware Fusion Online Resources
- Index
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.
When the import is complete, you see the virtual machine added to the virtual machine list, in the
powered-off state.
6 Click Start Up.
VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools after the virtual machine powers on, and reboots the system
after the Tools installation is complete.
You have a separate VMware Fusion version of the third-party virtual machine.
Supported Guest Operating Systems
VMware Fusion supports over 60 guest operating systems, including Windows 3.1 through Windows 7,
Mac OS X Server, Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD.
For the most recent list of guest operating systems that VMware products support, see the VMware
Compatibility Guide site: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.
For instructions about how to install the most common guest operating systems, see the VMware Guest
Operating System Installation Guide: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/home.html.
Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
Because PC and Mac keyboards differ, you must press certain key combinations to enable certain PC
commands on a Mac keyboard.
For keys with no keyboard equivalent, VMware Fusion provides the Send Key item in the Virtual Machine
menu.
Table 1‑1. PC and Mac Keyboard Equivalents
PC Keyboard Apple External Keyboard
MacBook and MacBook Pro Built-In
Keyboard
F1-F12 F1-F12 fn+F1 . . . fn+F12
Print Screen F14 (use Send Key)
Scroll Lock F15 (use Send Key)
Pause/Break F16 (use Send Key)
Backspace delete delete
delete
(Forward Delete)
delete
fn+delete
Insert (toggles overwrite) help (early models) (use Send Key and select Help item)
Num Lock clear fn+num lock F6
Command
(Windows logo key—between Ctrl and
Alt keys)
Alt alt option alt option
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