3.1
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Introduction
- What Is a Virtual Machine?
- 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
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Sending the Ctrl-Alt-Delete Command to a Virtual Machine
- Quit Your Virtual Machine
- VMware Fusion Resources
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
16 Getting Started with VMware Fusion
VMware, Inc.
Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
PC and Mac keyboards have different layout, so you must press certain key
combinations to enable certain PC commands on a Mac keyboard. See
Table 1. For keys with no keyboard equivalent, VMware Fusion provides the
Send Key item in the Virtual Machine menu. To learn more about keyboard
and mouse options in VMware Fusion, see the VMware Fusion Help.
Table 1. PC and Mac Keyboards
PC Keyboard
Apple External
Keyboard
MacBook and
MacBook Pro Built-In
Keyboard
Print Screen F14 Select Virtual Machine
> Send Key
Scroll Lock F15 Select Virtual Machine
> Send Key
Pause/Break F16 Select Virtual Machine
> Send Key
Backspace delete delete
delete (Forward Delete) delete fn+delete
Insert help (early models) Select Virtual Machine
> Send Key > help
Num Lock clear fn+num lock F6
Command
(Windows logo key—between
Ctrl and Alt keys)
Alt alt option alt option
NOTE
On the MacBook and MacBook Pro built-in keyboards, the function
keys are not accessible unless you press Fn plus the appropriate Function key.