These blurbs are repeated in lots of Fusion tasks

You can copy and paste images and formatted text between a Windows or Linux virtual machine and your Mac. You can copy and paste text between a macOS virtual machine and your Mac. Copying and pasting files or folders between a macOS virtual machine and your Mac is not supported.

Unless you specify a file location for a virtual machine when you create it, Fusion saves the virtual machine package to a default location, which can vary. See Default File Location of a Virtual Machine.

Shut down or power off the virtual machine. You cannot change the setting while the virtual machine is powered on or suspended.

Shut down or power off the virtual machine.

Shut down or power off the virtual machine.

Shut down or power off the virtual machine. You cannot change the setting while the virtual machine is powered on or suspended.

Verify that you have a Fusion Pro license.

Verify that you know the administrator password.

With the virtual machine open in single window or full screen view, switch to Unity view. For example, select View > Unity.

When you switch to Unity view, the following events occur.

The virtual machine interface disappears.

Applications currently open in the virtual machine appear directly on the Mac desktop.

VMware Unity (VMware Unity applications menu icon.) appears in the Mac Dock.

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Select the virtual machine and select Virtual Machine > Settings.

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Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.

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Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.

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Under Other in the Settings window, click Advanced.

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Under System Settings in the Settings window, click Processors & Memory.

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Under Removable Devices in the Settings window, click Network Adapter.

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Click Add.

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Select File > Open.

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Select VMware Fusion > Preferences.

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a

With the application open, switch to Unity view by selecting View > Unity.

The application appears in the Mac Dock.

b

Click VMware Unity (VMware Unity applications menu icon.) in the Mac Dock.

A window opens that contains the Unity applications menu.

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With the application open, switch to Unity view by selecting View > Unity.

The application appears in the Mac Dock.

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Click VMware Unity (VMware Unity applications menu icon.) in the Mac Dock.

The VMware Unity applications menu appears in the Mac menu bar and a window opens that contains the applications menu.

The applications menu lists recently used applications. Depending on the operating system, it also displays applications listed in a start menu or applications menu for that virtual machine.

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Under Advanced options, set the Bus type for the hard disk to IDE, SCSI, SATA, or NVMe.

Note

If the guest operating system does not support NVMe, the NVMe option is disabled.

Changing this setting is recommended only for advanced users. Fusion selects the bus type that is most appropriate for the virtual machine guest operating system.

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Select File > New.

A dialog box appears with the Select the Installation Method panel showing.

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Click Use another disc or disc image, browse for the .iso file for the operating system, and click Open to identify the file.

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Click Continue.

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Select the image in the Create a New Virtual Machine panel and click Continue.

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In the Finish panel, you can use default settings or customize the settings before powering on the virtual machine to start the operating system installation.

Option

Action

To create the virtual machine according to the specifications listed in the Finish panel

a

Click Finish.

b

Indicate the location to save the virtual machine to or accept the default, such as the your home directory/Virtual Machines folder.

c

(Optional) To share the virtual machine with other users on the Mac host, save the virtual machine to the Shared folder and select the Share this virtual machine with other users on this Mac check box. Deselect the check box to save to the Shared folder but not share the virtual machine with other users on the Mac host. See Creating a Shared Virtual Machine in Fusion.

To change disk size or other standard settings of the virtual machine

a

Click Customize Settings.

b

Save the new virtual machine.

c

Make changes to the virtual machine’s disk size, processor usage, removable devices, and other configurations on the Settings window.