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systems that support Unity. The applications menus can provide you with quicker access to
virtual machine settings, functionality, and applications.
The following table provides detailed information about the applications menus.
Table 2-1. About the Applications Menus
Application Menu Type Icon Description
The Applications Menu n Accessible from the Mac menu bar or with a keyboard
shortcut.
n Available for all virtual machines.
n Lists all the virtual machines in the Virtual Machine
Library.
You can select a virtual machine in the list to perform the
following operations.
n Access the settings and snapshots of the virtual
machine.
n Change the view mode and power status mode of
the virtual machine.
n For a virtual machine with a Windows guest
operating system, you can also quickly access
applications listed in the applications menu.
n Configurable from the Fusion General Preferences dialog
box. You can perform the following configurations.
n Show or hide the applications menu in the Mac menu
bar.
n Set up a keyboard shortcut for the applications
menu.
The Unity Applications Menu n Accessible from the Mac Dock .
The Unity applications menu icon appears in the Mac
Dock when you switch the Windows virtual machine to
Unity view and disappears when you switch the
Windows virtual machine out of Unity view.
The Mac Dock contains a Unity applications menu icon
for each Windows virtual machine that is in Unity view,
allowing multiple Unity applications menus to appear in
the Mac Dock at the same time.
n Available for virtual machines with Windows guest
operating systems that support Unity.
n Lists the Unity applications menu options.
You can perform the following operations.
n Access the settings and snapshots of the virtual
machine.
n Change the view mode and power status mode of
the virtual machine.
n Access the applications installed in the Windows
guest.
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