The act of emulating an OS environment to allow the running of additional Operating System instances without dedicated hardware.
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Is it possible to install Mac os x in virtual machine on a macbook pro?
I'm going to try diffrent versions of MacOSX on my macbook pro. I have a Snow Leopard installed there, and need something else (possibly a Tiger) as second solution, to test the software.
So I ...
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Remove applications in virtual machine (via VMWare Fusion) from Open With options on Mac OS X
I am running Windows 7 in a virtual machine. Now all of its applications are available via the Open With (or even as the default for some) on the Mac. I don't want them there. I've remapped the ones ...
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Accessing Mac's Virtual Hosts from Parallel's XP
I am having problem with accessing Virtual Hosts (located on my Mac) from XP installed via Parallels.
Here's the setup:
Mac OS X 10.6.6
using pre-installed apache running via Web Sharing (not ...
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What virtualization solution should I use if I want to use real partitions?
I prefer to install each OS on its own partition and be able to boot it without virtualization or to boot it virtualized while I am under OS X.
The question is what virtualization solution does ...
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Suspending VMWare Fusion instance that uses Boot Camp partition?
I run my Windows 7 that's installed on Boot Camp via VMWare Fusion. I like keeping it open so that I don't need to wait 3 minutes until it starts up and so that I don't need to login every time I ...
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VMWare Fusion is opening .docx files in Wordpad
I enabled the VMWare Fusion setting Open your Mac files and web links using Windows Applications. When I double click a .docx file in Finder, it launches Wordpad in the virtual machine, instead of ...
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Seeing the desktop while in Unity mode in VMWare Fusion?
When I run VMWare Fusion in Unity mode, is there any way to see the desktop or access the files on the desktop? Or must I switch into Single Window/Full Screen mode?
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Auto login boot camp partition in VMWare Fusion?
My VMWare Fusion is set up to use a Boot Camp partition. Is there any way to have it automatically login to a user account when the virtual machine starts up, but still require a password when booting ...
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Accessing files from Mac OS X in VMWare Fusion?
I'm running VMWare Fusion on a Boot Camp partition. When I launch the virtual machine, I see the C:\ drive which is the BOOTCAMP partition, but I don't see the other hard drive (D:) which is visible ...
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Can Virtual PC use the Boot Camp Windows Partition?
Both Parallels and VMWare allow you to set up a virtual machine using your existing Boot Camp partition. Does Virtual PC for mac have a similar feature?
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Update/backup iPod via iTunes on virtual Windows XP?
All the programs I use on my Mac these days are either in a Linux VM (in Virtualbox), or open-source apps which are also available on Linux. With one exception: iTunes, which I only use to feed my ...
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OS X in VM Ware or Virtual Box
Is it possible to run OS X in VM Ware? I want to setup a virtualized OS X for testing instead of going to buy another mac. Can I do that technically and legally?
To be explicit I do own a mac ...
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Upgrading from Parallels Desktop 5 to 6 caused DNS query resolution “slowness” at Mac OS level
Anybody else feeling this/have any idea how to fix it without reinstalling Snow Leopard?
This seems very similar to problems PD used to have back in 2008 (forum link)
FWIW, my current network ...
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Using My Mac as a webserver for my VMware VM
So, I have my Mac running VMware Fusion and I have a Windows XP VM running.
Currently the VM Network setup is NAT, my Mac is already setup as a web server.
I'd like to be able to access the Mac from ...
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How can I set up a virtual machine on my MacBook Pro?
Ideally, I'm looking for free or low-cost solutions... I'd like to test out a variety of operating systems (windows, linux, mac os, etc).
Any help is appreciated!
