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    VMWare Fusion and VISTA

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Omela, Sep 2, 2008.

  1. Omela

    Omela Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all
    How to set networking between VMFusion and Leopard?
    I just can't get it working to share files
     
    Omela, Sep 2, 2008
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    Right click on My Computer, select Map Network Drive, in the window that open up, select Browse, expand VMWare Shared Folders>host, and select the folder you want to map. Check the Reconnect at Logon so that you don't have to do this again when you restart your VMWare, and ok everything. You should then have a device in My Computer which links to the folder on your OS X HD.
     
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    VMWare Shared Folders - can't find it - only .host
     
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    What do you mean by file sharing? Are you talking about drag n drop between the VM and your Mac desktop?
     
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    No letting Vista progs to see MAC HDD - but anyway this was a stupid mistake
    I didn't "share" any mac folder - only enabled option.
    VMWare is 2X times faster on my MAC and options are much better - sharing files was my last problem with it.
     
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    Oh yeah, before you can see VMWare Shared Folders under that Windows dialog, you have to go to Virtual Machine>Settings in VMWare in OS X, and check the box saying Enabled at Power On under Shared Folders. You then have to click on the little + sign located at the bottom left of the settings window, and click Add Shared Folder and select the folder you want to share.
     
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