Re: vmware-vmx 100% CPU time - need help
Awesome detective work solving this. Not only is this a problem for Fusion, it also affects Parallels. I had tried Fusion hoping that it would work where Parallels wasn't. I had Wifi only access...
View ArticleRe: Identity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
Jim, thanks for the clarification and details!
View ArticleRe: OS X Server virtualization in VMware Fusion: opinions?
BTW, it would be a good thing to have Unity view also for OS X (Server) guests: Parallels Desktop 8 already has this (at least theoretically, while in practice Coherence view in OS X (Server) guests...
View ArticleMessages on Mountain Lion Guest & Host not signing in
I am running Mountain Lion 10.8.2 on a Mountain Lion host also at 10.8.2. When setting up messages, it starts to log in, then fails. This works fine on the host. It looks like there is some deeper...
View ArticleRe: Vmware Fusion 4.1.4 with Win XP Pro - Freezes VMware with the rainbow wheel
I too had exactly the same problem with XP and 4.1.4. Often when VMware gave busy icon, the Mac environment lost its cursor. Mac worked fine otherwise, but one had to guess where the cursor was!...
View ArticleFusion 5 on Lion hosting Mountain Lion. Drag/drop files possible?
Hi: Drag and drop files seems to be broken also. Works fine Lion to Windows. Is it supposed to work? Thanks
View ArticleRe: Identity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
Thanks for this suggestion. Unfortunately, when you disconnect the CD/DVD drive from the Virtual Machine....then try to add a new "USB Device", VMWare recognizes it as an optical drive and...
View ArticleRe: Identity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
Woody,Here is a snippet from my .vmx file showing the files you referenced: .encoding = "UTF-8"config.version = "8"virtualHW.version = "9"scsi0.present = "TRUE"scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"memsize =...
View ArticleRe: Messages on Mountain Lion Guest & Host not signing in
Hi haralds, We have an internal bug report regarding this issue, and I'm presently investigating it. I don't have any official workaround to share as yet, but I also have heard of other forum postings...
View ArticleRe: Messages on Mountain Lion Guest & Host not signing in
I have modified boot loader (Chameleon) to load ML on a 2007 Mac Pro. I think, it was a couple of weeks ago that a server side change disabled Messages on that configuration without OS update....
View ArticleRe: Messages on Mountain Lion Guest & Host not signing in
That's very, very interesting. Interesting that the Mac Pro isn't recognized, despite it being real Apple hardware and identified as such... I wonder if the iMessage server is "smart" enough to block...
View ArticleRe: Messages on Mountain Lion Guest & Host not signing in
Correct. The 2007 is officially not supported by Mountain Lion.
View ArticleRe: VMWARE Fusion 5 and my iMac
Thanks for all the help guys. Still haven't increased the space yet. Does the hard drive have to be partitioned in order to increase the space? I am running Windows 7 with Fusion 5...
View ArticleRe: VMWARE Fusion 5 and my iMac
Did you have a look at Resizing a virtual disk in VMware Fusion (1020778)? If not then do so, otherwise... To help figure out what is what, the best way to provide comprehensive diagnostic information...
View ArticleSharing files between OS X and Ubuntu 64 bit server using VMware Fusion
Hi, I'm trying to share files from my host OS, OS X and a virtual machine on Ubuntu Server. On the host machine I've turned in File sharing and selected the folder I want to share.On the virtual...
View ArticleRe: Sharing files between OS X and Ubuntu 64 bit server using VMware Fusion
It's fine, after installing gcc and make and then rerunning sudo vmware-config-tools.pl it works.
View ArticleMigration of Windows 8 BootCamp partition fails
When I try to migrate the Windows 8 64bit installation on BootCamp pratition the process fails at the very end. From the log here are the last few messages: 2013-01-13T18:11:33.269-05:00| vthread-5|...
View ArticleRe: iLife on OS X Server Guest (Fusion 5). Anyone?
You could try to install this package, from the VMsvga2 project, inside the OS X Server guest: VMsvga2_v1.2.5_OS_10.6-10.8.pkg ... and see if it adds some form of 3D...
View ArticleRe: Forgot my windows password. VMware fusion on Mac, please help
Get any data off it using a portable HDD, format and reinstall windows.The password you are being asked for is the administrator password.If you dont want to clean install you can try this guide:How to...
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