Questions tagged [vmware-fusion]

A software system for running virtual machines (a hypervisor) used to run Windows or other operating systems on a Macintosh under OSX.

VMWare Fusion is a software system for hosting virtual machines on OS X. It is especially promoted on the vendor's web site as a way to run Windows on a Mac. It has also been used for running Linux. Wikipedia has a detailed discussion.

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Run exe on windows virtual machine from osx terminal

I have installed a command line executable on a windows virtual machine on my mac. I would like to launch this exe from osx terminal. Is that possible ?
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VMWare Fusion reach localhost high port from guest

I've searched docs for this but having no luck... Running VMware 8.5.7 for Mac, from the Windows guest I need to reach a port like 8888 that is available to my host (but actually running in VirtualBox on the host -- not sure if that matters but…
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Is it possible for python in Mac OS to reach into a Windows vm to use a module?

All of my python scripts run in my anaconda environment on Mac OS. It would be so convenient to be able to incorporate a couple of arcpy functions. Those only can run in Windows, which I emulate with vmware fusion. I could move the whole project…
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VMWARE: For installing Visual Studio 2010 and connecting to it remotely?

I am trying to find a solution for installing Visual Studio 2010 (VMWARE) and connecting to it remotely so that both i can use the pc and the receiver can monitor what i am doing. There seems to be so many different solutions for VMWARE and i am…
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how force vagrant to create full clone instead of a linked clone when using vmware fusion

i using vagrant 1.8.5 with vmware fusion 7.1.3 in the documentation is a config variable for virtualbox to switch between full and linked clone. config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v| v.linked_clone = true end is there a vagrant config option…
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VMWare fusion NAT + host tunnel; access from vm

I'm having trouble accessing a port on my OSX host from a vm. I'm using NAT in VMware fusion. In my (OSX host) hosts file, I have the ip address for vmnet8 mapped to 'mac'. From my vm, I can 'ssh user@mac' and it works as expected: I am logged into…
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Can’t access rails app on Mac host from VMware Fusion Guest

I’m probably doing something stupid here, but.... I can’t access a rails app running on my Mac from a Windows 10 VM. I have set the network adapter to "Share with My Mac". I can access a PHP site running on my mac via http://[my-machine-name].local…
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Can I change permission on Vagrant synced_folder (vmware_fusion provider)

I have a vmware_fusion provider box and I'd like to sync a working directory in the Vagrantfile during the vagrant up --provider vmware_fusion. According to the docs I can use mount_options, but when I've seen a few posts and the mount_options…
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VMWare Fusion - Accessing IIS on Windows 10 Guest OS from Chrome on OSX Host OS

I have a Windows 10 VM installed on VMWare Fusion 8 on my MacBook pro. I have installed IIS and set up an application configured to use Windows authentication. When I try to log in from a browser on the Windows 10 VM, it works with no issues.…
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Scapy causes Linux to lock up inside VMWare Fusion

Using Scapy with Linux on VMWare Fusion with OS X 10.11.1 causes Linux guest to lock up. The following example code reproduces this problem; from scapy.all import * pkt = IP(dst="8.8.8.8")/UDP(dport=53)/DNS(rd=1,qd=DNSQR(qname="iops.io")) answer =…
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How to determine virtual machine type from guest OS X from C++?

How to determine virtual machine type from guest OS X? The setup is the following. Host operation system is OS X, guest operation system is also OS X. And one of the following virtual machines VMware Fusion, Parallels or Virtual Box. Is it possible…
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VMWare Fusion 3 on Mac Delete Snap Shot

I turned on AutoProtect and then decided I didn't want it. I found a several Gig size file in my VM folder. I tried to delete it after Shutting Down the VM (Win 7) But when I restarted Win 7 it complained that the snapshot files were needed. I…
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How to show necessary methods to be implemented for specific protocol

I am absolute beginner with IOS and XCode and swift and I am doing my first tries with Xcode in a Yosemite built in a Vmware running under Windows7 (guest is MAC yosemite, Host is windows running vmware workstation 9 ) I have a ViewController Class…
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Error running scmutils by M-x mechanics in emacs

I have installed scmutils (for the book SICM) from the tar ball under /usr/local. I then put this in my .emacs: (defun mechanics () (interactive) (run-scheme "/usr/local/scmutils/mit-scheme/bin/scheme --library…
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open 2 USB cameras simultaneously on VLC player Ubuntu 12.04

How I open a Camera: In terminal (text after the $ prompt = commands that I type):_________________ $ ls /dev/video* /dev/video0 /dev/video1 $ vlc v4l2:///dev/video0 VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower (revision 2.0.8a-0-g68cf50b) [0x9f2d908] main…
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