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Enable the Secondary Button in an Apple Mighty Mouse
In a virtual machine, the Apple Mighty Mouse does not perform a right-click when you Control-
click. You must enable the secondary button to perform a right-click in a virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Select VMware Fusion > Preferences and click Keyboard & Mouse.
2 Select the Secondary Button check box.
3 (Optional) To change the shortcut for the secondary button, double-click the current shortcut,
select a new shortcut, and click OK.
Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
Because PC and Mac keyboards differ, you must press certain key combinations to enable certain
PC commands on a Mac keyboard.
For keys with no keyboard equivalent, Fusion provides the Send Key item in the Virtual Machine
menu.
For keys with no keyboard equivalent, Fusion provides the Send Key item in the Virtual Machine
menu.
Table 5-4. PC and Mac Keyboard Equivalents
PC Keyboard Apple External Keyboard
MacBook and MacBook Pro Built-In
Keyboard
F1-F12 F1-F12 fn+F1 . . . fn+F12
Print Screen F14 (use Send Key)
Scroll Lock F15 (use Send Key)
Pause/Break F16 (use Send Key)
Backspace delete delete
delete
(Forward Delete)
delete fn+delete
Insert (toggles overwrite) help (early models) (use Send Key and select Help item)
Num Lock clear fn+num lock F6
Command
(Windows logo key—between Ctrl and
Alt keys)
Alt alt option alt option
Using VMware Fusion
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