Installation instructions
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Introduction
- What You Can Do with VMware Fusion
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install VMware Fusion
- Upgrade VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install
- Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition
- Migrating an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine
- Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 Virtual Machine
- Download a Prebuilt Trial Virtual Machine
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Quit Your Virtual Machine
- VMware Fusion Resources
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
8 Getting Started with VMware Fusion
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Click the Download link and follow the subsequent links for an
electronic download distribution.
You can choose from two versions of the VMware Tools disk image.
The full version has the VMware Tools suite of utilities for all
supported operating systems, and the light version has VMware
Tools for Windows and Mac OS X Server only, with additional
VMware Tools downloadable on demand.
2 Click the download link for the full or light version, and save the
application to your Mac. The VMware Fusion disk image is saved to your
default download directory. For the full version, the filename is
VMware-Fusion-<x.x.x>-<xxxxxx>.dmg, where <x.x.x> is the
application version and <xxxxxx> is the build number for the
download release. The light version filename is
VMware-Fusion-<x.x.x>-<xxxxxx>-light.dmg.
3Double-click VMware-Fusion-<x.x.x>-<xxxxxx>.dmg or
VMware-Fusion-<x.x.x>-<xxxxxx>-light.dmg to mount it.
4Double-click the Install VMware Fusion icon to start the Installation
Assistant, and follow its instructions.
5 Enter your serial number.
If you do not have a serial number, click Get Serial Number to go to the
VMware Web site, where you can purchase a VMware Fusion serial
number.
You can continue without entering a serial number, but you cannot
power on a virtual machine until you enter a valid serial number. Enter
your serial number by selecting VMware Fusion > Buy Now or Enter
License.