After disk cleanup, VMWare still says "Disk cleanup is recommended"?
I can't clean my linux VM's disk, when I click the clean up button, it says "Cleaning up deleted files" and then quickly finishes, but the disk is still shown as recommending cleanup. I have my VM...
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100% Disk Activity - Fusion 6.0.2 + Windows 8.1 x64 Pro
I have my virtual machine running on a USB 3.0 device connected to my 15" MacBook Pro Retina, the USB drive seems reasonably quick in benchmarks, yet the virtual machine itself is horrifically slow to...
View ArticleVM extremely slow
Mac mini i7 QuadCore doing exceptionally slow after Fusion. The problem may be the memory (4GB) or something else? Using only World 2013 in Windows and Safari in Mac.
View ArticleWin7 in the vm does.t recognize the expanded hard disk
I need 20 more gigs for a 60 gig partition I created with VM Fusion which was Win 7 Ultimate installed on it. When I expanded the hard disk to 80gig ( added 20 ) it still shows as 60. I also tried just...
View ArticleVMware tools do not install after upgrade to 6.0 with Suse Linux as guest
Hi, I tried to install VMware tools, but this is what it said in the error log: Executing "./vmware-tools-upgrader-64 "Starting Tools UpgraderRegistering callback 'reset'Registering callback...
View ArticleGuest OS Freezes up in VMWare Fusion
Hello there, i have got a pretty big problem with VMWare Fusion. I got an ubuntu VM which i set up a year ago. I wanted to test out VMWare fusion 6.02 and it worked for a couple of minutes until my...
View ArticleWindows 8 Covers Entire Screen
I created a new VMWare Fusion and installed Windows 8.1. Everything went well, however, Windows covers the entire screen so I am not able to access VMWare Fusion's accessories at the top of the...
View ArticleINSTALLING SNOW LEOPARD
I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro which is running MAVERICK.I want to be able to install SNOW LEOPARD as a virtual machine but the computer will not allow it. I understood that VMWARE FUSION would...
View ArticleiBooks
Soy escritor. Quiero vender mis libros a través de Apple store. Tengo que entregárselos en formato iBooks Author. Sólo puedo ponerlos en ese formato mediante una aplicación, iBooks Author, que solo...
View ArticleConfused about upgrading
I'm using Fusion 5 and I'm confused if I should upgrade to Fusion 6. I'm currently running win7 but I'll be looking to install win8 in the near future. At this point Fusion 5 under Mavericks seems to...
View ArticleFusion 6.0.1 - Win 8.1 VM - UK Mac Keyboard Mapping
Hi Running Fusion 6.0.1 on a 2012 iMac. Have installed Windows 8.1 Pro into a VM, and installed VMware Tools I have a UK Mac keyboard and the mapping is wrong. Pressing @ gives me ", Pressing \ gives...
View ArticleVMWare Tools Installation in Windows 8.1
How long does it take to install VMWare Tools in Windows 8.1. I inserted the WMWare CD and "Cancel VMWare Tools Installation" continues to appear.
View ArticleVMware 3.x images for Maverick 10.9.2
Images under VMware 3.x will not run on Maverick. Fusion 3.x will not run on Maverick. What do I need to do to have a VM 3.x image to be able to run under Maverick? Is there a conversion process to...
View ArticleUpgrade to Windows 8.1. - Black Screen - Need REALLY help
Hello,i am using vmware fusion 6.0.2 on a Macbook with OSX 10.8.5. I had Windows 8.0 on a virtual machine and everything was OK so far until today. I assume that the system made an automatic update to...
View ArticleWin7 guest crash and shared folders
I originally posted this as a followup to a different thread post from 7/2012, but I see now that that thread seems to be in a category that doesn't show up... (VMware Fusion Technology Preview 2012)....
View ArticleLinux file sharing hangs in multi-thread with Fusion 6.0.2
In a clean new Ubuntu 13.10 virtual machine, trying to use a multi-threaded "make" (i.e. with '-j 4' option for instance) in a shared directory makes the vmware-vmx process take 400% of the CPU and...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Update: desktop friendly?
Now that the Windows 8.1 Update has been released, and is supposedly "desktop and mouse friendly", can we please have an option in the VM settings on whether or not we want a virtual touch device in...
View ArticleShould I shut down my VM if I'm going to turn off my Hackintosh?
I notice suspending the guest OS if I'm going to be turning off the host ends up causing the VM to become nigh-on unresponsive upon restoring from suspension. It becomes locked and doesn't respond to...
View ArticleMoving Windows XP SP3 from Virtualbox to Vmware Fusion 6.0 - No sound (SOLVED)
EDIT: Ok, I've found a solution. I'll post it here, for future reference. It seems like that importing from Virtualbox keeps some of the old "helper" drivers, which seems to create a conflict with the...
View ArticleSharing physycal ethernet port between Mavericks and Ubuntu using VMware Fusion
Hi all, I'm using VMware Fusion 6.0.2 over Mac OS Mavericks, and I need to connect a physical device to manage it using an Ubuntu 12.04 VM. In addition, the host computer is connected to a public...
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