Questions tagged [vmware]
A range of virtualization software; VMware Fusion is the name of the product for macOS. For questions about VMware products unrelated to macOS, please consider Super User.
326
questions
0
votes
0
answers
35
views
VMWare Fusion Bootcamp loads wrong volume
I added a VM inside VMWare Fusion using the built in method for adding a bootcamp partition that runs off the actual partition rather than cloning it.
Instead of the Bootcamp VM opening Windows 10, it ...
- 2,400
0
votes
1
answer
24
views
Will background apps run during screensaver?
Perhaps I am rendering an image VIA Blender, or what is happening at the time of writing this post, creating a VM. If I put my Mac to screensaver, will background apps continue to run? Like would ...
- 125
0
votes
1
answer
55
views
Is VMware Fusion Player a suitable substitute for Bootcamp?
The goal is to be setup a Catlina (iMac 27-inch 2015, 32GB core i7) Machine with USB Fax Modem capability. I have an Apple USB Fax Modem, however I am open to the idea of purchasing the US Robotics ...
- 2,355
0
votes
0
answers
86
views
Setup a macOS VM in Parallels from recovery partition without company defaults from Remote Management
I started a new job as software developer a few months ago, and I got a company MacBook Pro for work from home that I'm also allowed to use privately.
I haven't used a MacBook before so given the ...
- 101
0
votes
0
answers
39
views
How to Remove "Others" from the login page
Hi, I turned on my pc today and I was surprised by the screen I got.
I can't log in with my user because I have the only one. The main user in the case.
Can anybody help me?
2
votes
0
answers
78
views
How to list the virtual machines running on my macOS? [closed]
I use minikube running a local K8s cluster in my macOS, it will running a virtual machine on my macOS, I have a question about it.
how to list the virtual machines running on my macOS?
and how to ...
- 431
1
vote
0
answers
60
views
Monitor VM network with Little Snitch
I've upgraded to Big Sur (yep, late to the party), VM Ware Fusion 12 and Little Snitch 5.
I get that kernel extension are no longer valid and VM Ware now uses the Apple network API.
Previously I could ...
- 927
0
votes
0
answers
33
views
Web browsers in windows virtual machines fail to load a page properly
Ever since I upgraded VMware Fusion from the paid version (VMware Fusion 10/11) to the free version (VMware Fusion Player 12.1.2), web browsers under any virtual machine just never seem to work. ...
- 2,553
0
votes
0
answers
23
views
pmset autorestart is not persisted when run from install media
I've got a Mac mini (Intel) that runs vSphere and I want to set auto startup on power on. Based on what I read here I created a macOS bootable USB installer and booted from it. Then from Terminal I ...
- 101
0
votes
0
answers
98
views
How to improve Catalina/Big Sur and USB SSD transfer speed
Recently I bought SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD. It is advertised as delivering almost 2GB/s read and and write speeds. Of course, such speeds are only achievable with compatible hardware.
I have ...
1
vote
0
answers
41
views
Virtual Machine of real bootcamp that's on external drive
So I have a Bootcamp / dual boot setup where my iMac has a bootable Windows installed on an external SSD. I would like to be able to boot that SSD using VMware or something similar whilst natively ...
- 11
0
votes
1
answer
62
views
How to make VM1 connect to fakedns server on VM2?
I am trying to create a mini malware analysis environment between a few MacOS VMs to analyse the network activity of MacOS malwares.
Some context about the VMs:
Both VM are MacOS Catalina 10.15
Both ...
0
votes
1
answer
270
views
Access VPN Connected in VMWare Windows 10 in Macbook Bigsur
I have Macbook Pro which has windows installed in VMWare Fusion. I have VPN installed inside windows 10 and i can connect and access websites.
Is there a way i can connect VPN in windows and proxy it ...
- 131
0
votes
3
answers
177
views
How to add ovftool to Catalinas path?
I have installed VMware ovftool using the regular installer, which installed it in the /Application folder. I now want this added to the global path, so I added it to /etc/paths, see following output:
...
- 101
6
votes
2
answers
7k
views
Is there a way to run a macOS guest virtual machine on an M1 / Apple Silicon host?
On an Intel Mac it was possible and legal to run a "Mac-on-Mac" VM, i.e. to run macOS within a virtual machine hypervisor running on macOS. Does any product or demonstration exist for the ...
- 223
1
vote
0
answers
112
views
Black screen with Screen Sharing and VMWare
I've just upgrade my iMac to Catalina and the security update for Catalina. I'm at 10.15.7. While I start by describing a VMWare issue, I think this is a bigger issue and it makes Screen Sharing ...
- 219
2
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Confusion about installing ESXi on Apple hardware
I am confused about VMware and/or Apple's commitment to supporting ESXi running natively on Apple
hardware.
According to VMware, there are only 8 Apple products that support running ESXi natively (see ...
- 121
0
votes
0
answers
114
views
Vmware Fusion - No USB Devices on macOS 10.13 High Sierra
No USB devices or the internal memory card reader appear in any VMWare Fusion guests.
There are posts suggesting that it's necessary to Allow vmware fusion in Security & Privacy Settings, but I ...
- 2,400
2
votes
0
answers
1k
views
Fusion 12.1 on Big Sur 11.2.3 Cant resolve: Could not connect 'Ethernet0' to virtual network
I am new to this page but excited to hear some answers from experts.
I am new to the VMware Fusion 12.1 Pro and I installed the latest build of Windows 10.
Every time I run the emulator, I generate ...
2
votes
2
answers
999
views
How to invoke a UEFI Shell (v2.2) on a Fusion Player virtual machine with Big Sur installed?
I am using the current free version of VMware Fusion Player (Version 12.1.0). I have created a Big Sur virtual machine to do some testing, which involves modifying NVRAM variables. This version of ...
- 31.9k
6
votes
6
answers
5k
views
How to disable SIP when Big Sur or later macOS is installed in a VMware Fusion Player virtual machine
I have Big Sur installed in a VMware Fusion Player virtual machine. I desire to disable SIP. With an actual physical Mac, the usual method would involve first booting to internal macOS Recovery, then ...
- 31.9k
2
votes
3
answers
15k
views
Can I run a virtual machine from my iPad?
I have a Windows virtual machine that I want to open it from my iPad using VirtualBox, Vmware client, or any free App that allows me to open a virtual machine file (I assume it is local to my iPad).
I ...
- 133
1
vote
1
answer
34
views
Wrong Application Name when Asking for Privacy Permissions?
This seems like an odd one. I installed iTerm2 shortly after doing a fresh install of Big Sur on my laptop. A bit after that, I installed VMware Fusion and went on with my life. Tonight, I wanted to ...
- 716
0
votes
0
answers
409
views
VMware Fusion on macOS cannot start .vmx file
I have VMware Fusion Professional Version 12.1.0 (17195230) installed on macOS Big Sur (11.1).
When starting a fresh new virtual machine (set up ISO to boot from in order to install an OS) I run into ...
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
124
views
Microsoft Edge Legacy Virtual Machine doesn't start in VMWare Fusion 12 Pro
I have just purchased VMware Fusion Pro 12.1.0 on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7.
I want to run a MS Edge Legacy virtual machine, available from Microsoft here:
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-...
- 8,017
2
votes
3
answers
387
views
Does high-availability VM for Mac OS X exist?
I seek rock-stable, production-worthy virtual machines capability with macOS.
I'm relatively a noob when it comes to VMs. High availability clusters are all the rage, and I can see why. I took over as ...
- 655
3
votes
1
answer
87
views
Will a virtualised copy of Mountain Lion on recent hardware run the Adobe CS5 Suite with comparable performance to an Early 2009 iMac?
My father runs an old version of MacOS, I believe Mountain Lion, with a full set of Adobe apps, Suitcase Fusion, and so on from back when they were all 'buy-once' products. Reading around, almost none ...
- 131
0
votes
1
answer
328
views
Can I fix VMware Fusion to correctly map the tilde / back tick on a British keyboard?
I'm stuck with an odd keyboard layout in Fusion Player v 12.0.1 on macOS 10.15.7 (Catalina) and cannot seem to find a way around it.
The keyboard physically is a bluetooth Apple keyboard UK layout ...
user370793
1
vote
0
answers
49
views
Using mouse on Virtual Machine on Mac, but got keyboard signal
The question is, when I press and move my mouse in the virtual machine(such as choose many files), the machine seems to receive a signal of keyboard "C-press" and ""C-release",...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
25
views
Create local LAN for vmware instance and ethernet adaptor
How do I create a local LAN that will include my vmware instance and a device plugged into my usb-c adaptor?
I have a 16" MBP, running Catalina 10.15.6. It connects to the world at large using ...
- 223
3
votes
4
answers
19k
views
No allow button in security and privacy preferences
When trying to install VMWare in MacOS Catalina, under security and privacy system preferences and then general, I do not see a way to allow what it needs to work properly. Even when I unlock the ...
- 31
0
votes
2
answers
167
views
iCloud sign-in asks for password of MacBook that's running my Fusion VM of OSX 10.11, then rejects the correct password. Fix?
I am the original owner of a mid-2012 MacBook Pro, which is currently running 10.14.6. On it I am running VMware Fusion 11.5.5. I created a VM of OSX 10.11 El Capitan so I could help a relative who ...
- 51
2
votes
1
answer
710
views
How do I debug Mac freezes caused by VMware Fusion
After upgrading to Catalina, when I write a lot of data inside a Linux VM (Ubuntu 20.04) by running dd if=/dev/zero of=zero, after writing a couple of gigabytes the macOS host hard-freezes (mouse ...
- 178
3
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Creating High Sierra as VM under VMware Fusion
I need to create a VM for macOS High Sierra to run with VMware Fusion. I would prefer this VM be created from my existing MacBook running High Sierra (a real, physical device), but that's not ...
- 3,220
1
vote
1
answer
152
views
How to connect a flash drive to a VMware VM when the drive is 'not readable'?
Introduction
I'm running:
High Sierra v10.13.6
VMware Fusion v11.5.1
I'm attempting to connect a flash drive (USB 3.0) to a virtual machine (Redhat). That virtual machine is a guest to my Mac host.
...
- 111
0
votes
0
answers
2k
views
How do i create a OSx bootable USB using windows 10 and where do i find .dmg file?
I have an iMac 2007 20", and its a second hand computer. It was running OSx Lion when I bought it, then I upgraded it to El capitan, After that, I made a big mistake of erasing the data without taking ...
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
What is the smallest and/or fastest way to run Windows programs on MacOS (Catalina)?
I'm using a 2017 i5 Macbook Pro with just 128GB of storage and need to run Revit, which is Windows only. I know there are many different methods for running Windows programs on Mac, but with very ...
- 203
1
vote
1
answer
851
views
How to get MacOS Catalina to allow VMWare Fusion to have Accesibility permissions
I'm trying to give Accessibility permission to VMWare Fusion. It shows up in the System Preferences but clicking the checkbox does nothing.
This is Fusion 11.5.3 which is specifically targeting ...
- 2,200
1
vote
0
answers
826
views
VMware Fusion set host-only (aka private to my Mac) IP address / network?
I am coming from VMware Workstation on Windows to VMware Fusion on Mac. In VMware Workstation it's possible to configure the host-only ip address / network in the network editor, in VMware Fusion it's ...
- 189
1
vote
0
answers
125
views
Does nvram boot-args="debug=0x10" still speed up Parallels on newer versions with newer macOS releases?
As mentioned several years ago, sudo nvram boot-args="debug=0x10" used to speed up virtual machines significantly in both Parallels and VMware.
Has anyone tested to see if this as any empirically ...
- 4,464
1
vote
0
answers
65
views
Access Kali VM IP from the hosting machine (macOS)
I have a Kali machine running in VMware on my Mac.
It has this IP : 172.16.155.128 as you can see.
I would like to access my Kali Linux IP from my host (macOS)
Do I need to add another network in ...
- 447
2
votes
1
answer
9k
views
Copy & Paste is not working in my Kali Linux Virtual Machine
I am running VMWare Fusion 11.5 Pro on Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina
Copy & Paste is not working in my Kali Linux and my host (Mac OS X)
I checked the settings I see this
I search around, people ...
- 447
1
vote
3
answers
194
views
How to obtain a secure copy of macOS?
I need to install macOS on a VM. I don't want to download a macOS from torrent or hackintosh websites. Is there a way I can verify a macOS image's signature so I know it came from apple?
- 129
1
vote
0
answers
93
views
VMware Fusion is not opening (close after a second from launch)
I am experiencing an issue with VMware Fusion on macOS Catalina (latest version). When I click on the VMware button, it launches for a second and then closes.
Before this happened, I was playing with ...
- 11
3
votes
0
answers
186
views
How do I restore a backup created by 'brew cask upgrade'?
I just upgraded VMware Fusion on my system:
brew cask upgrade vmware-fusion
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package:
vmware-fusion 10.1.3-9472307 -> 11.5.0-14634996
==> Upgrading vmware-fusion
...
=...
- 131
0
votes
1
answer
101
views
VMware Fusion - Professional Version 8.5.10
I have a user that has High Sierra (don't ask why) just that he has it, and he is getting an error stating that parts of his VMWare are not 64-bit compatible.
I expect he will need to upgrade to 11, ...
- 200
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Cannot pair my iPhone with Xcode
I am running Xcode 10.3 and I have an iPhone 6s running iOS 12.4. I am unable to connect it to Xcode, which is running atop macOS Mojave running on a VMWare virtual machine.
I got "trust this device" ...
- 49
5
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Resize display resolution of a macOS Mojave guest running in VMware Fusion 11.1
➥ How does one change the screen resolution of their macOS Fusion guest?
On my Mac mini (2018) running macOS mojave 10.14.5, I am running VMware Fusion 11.1 with a BenQ 4K monitor on DisplayPort. ...
- 10.1k
0
votes
1
answer
889
views
Creating a Windows partition on an external drive
I am trying to basically add a Windows 10 bootable system to an external hard drive because I haven't the space on my internal to do it. I have a mid-2013 MB Pro running Sierra.
So I tried the ...
- 209
-1
votes
1
answer
601
views
Run macOS as guest VM OS within VMware Fusion [closed]
Is it possible to install macOS as the guest OS within a VM in VMware Fusion?
I am running macOS Mojave on a Mac mini (2018). I want to run virtual machines inside of which is running macOS Mojave or ...
- 10.1k