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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, VMware Fusion provides the Send Key item in the Virtual Machine

menu.

Table 1‑1. 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

Suspend and Resume a Virtual Machine

The suspend and resume feature is useful to save the current state of a virtual machine and continue work

later from the same state, even if you quit VMware Fusion in the interim.

VMware Fusion does not support suspending and resuming in Boot Camp virtual machines. Suspending

and resuming rely on being able to save a known state that will not change. You can boot natively into

Windows in the Boot Camp partition. When you do so, the known state is lost and data loss occurs.

Procedure

1 Take one of the following actions.

Select Virtual Machine > Suspend to suspend your virtual machine.

You can also set a VMware Fusion preference to suspend the virtual machine when you close the

virtual machine window.

Select Virtual Machine > Resume to resume your virtual machine.

2 (Optional) Take a snapshot to preserve a particular state of the virtual machine so you can return to that

state repeatedly.

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