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Using Mac Input Devices in a Virtual Machine

To use Mac keyboards, mice, and trackpads in a virtual machine, you sometimes must change settings and

use key combinations as equivalents to PC commands.

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.

Table 6‑4. 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

Force Virtual Machines to Grab Keyboard and Mouse Input

You can set the virtual machine to grab mouse and keyboard input. When input is grabbed, the mouse

pointer is confined to the virtual machine window, and all keyboard and mouse input is directed to the

virtual machine.

Ordinarily, with VMware Tools installed, when you click in the virtual machine, Fusion directs keyboard

and mouse input to the virtual machine. When you click on your Mac desktop, keyboard and mouse input is

directed to your Mac host. You can force all input to the virtual machine.

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