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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- About VMware Fusion
- VMware Fusion Capabilities
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install VMware Fusion
- Upgrading VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Suspend and Resume a Virtual Machine
- Take Advantage of VMware Fusion Online Resources
- Index
Upgrade VMware Fusion from a Download
If you have an earlier version of VMware Fusion, you can upgrade to the current version by manually
downloading the VMware Fusion disk image from the VMware Web site.
If you are upgrading VMware Fusion, you must uninstall the version that is installed on your Mac.
Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling of VMware Fusion does not modify existing virtual machines.
You can select the full version or the light version. The full version has the VMware Tools suite of utilities
for all supported operating systems, and the light version has VMware Tools for Windows and Mac OS X
Server only. The VMware Fusion application itself is the same in both versions, but reducing the coverage
for VMware Tools makes the light version disk image half the size of the full version.
Prerequisites
Verify that all of your virtual machines are shut down and that VMware Fusion is not running.
Procedure
1 Drag the previous version of VMware Fusion to the trash.
VMware Fusion is located in the Applications folder on your Mac.
2 Download VMware Fusion from the VMware Web site at http://www.vmware.com/mac/.
a Click the Download link and follow the subsequent links for an Electronic Download Distribution.
b Click the download link and save the application to your Mac.
The VMware Fusion disk image is saved to your default download directory. For the full version the
filename is VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx.dmg, where x.x.x is the application version and xxxxxx is the
build number for the download release. The light version name is VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx-
light.dmg.
3 Double-click VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx.dmg or VMware-Fusion-x.x.x-xxxxxx-light.dmg to mount it.
4 Drag the VMware Fusion icon onto the Applications folder icon.
Start VMware Fusion
Start using VMware Fusion.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have the administrator password for your Mac.
Procedure
1 In the Applications folder, double-click VMware Fusion.
The Virtual Machine Library window appears. From this window, you can start working with virtual
machines.
2 (Optional) To save VMware Fusion in the Dock, right-click the icon, and select Options > Keep in
Dock.
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