How to run windows on mac using VMware fusion
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When you use a virtual environment to run Windows, you don’t have to choose one OS or the other because you can run them both at the same time. This makes sharing data between the two environments easy. If you find yourself running Windows often, I recommend you use a virtual
approach because it makes switching between Windows and the Mac OS so much easier. And you can do tasks in both at the same time.
There are two primary virtualization programs available: VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop for Mac. Both of these applications work well and offer a similar feature set. Each also offers a free trial so you can check them out to see which you prefer.
Information about Parallels Desktop for Mac is available at http://www.parallels.com/.
The rest of this section focuses on VMware Fusion simply because that is the one the company I work for has selected; either works well.
To download and install VMware Fusion, perform the following steps:
1. Navigate to http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html.
2. Click the Try for Free button.
3. Create a VMware account by following the onscreen instructions. You need to follow an activation process to be able to download the application.
4. Download VMware Fusion.
5. When the download process is complete, move back to the desktop and run the Install VMware Fusion application, as shown in Figure
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6. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. When the process is done, the completion screen appears.
7. Click Close to quit the installer. You’re ready to launch VMware Fusion and configure a virtual environment.
VMware Fusion automatically detects and uses a Boot Camp installation of Windows so there’s no additional configuration. To run Windows, follow these steps:
1. Launch VMware Fusion. The application launches and the Bootcamp environment that has been selected displays.
2. Click the Start Up button. The first time you start Windows, some additional preparation has to be done, but for subsequent times, the process is much faster. The first time you should also install the VMware Fusion tools. The VMware Tools Installer launches automatically and begins the installation process. When it is complete, click Restart to restart the Windows environment.
3. If prompted to, type your Mac OS X username and password and click OK. Windows starts up in the VMware Fusion window.
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As you run Windows on your Mac, keep these TIPS in mind:
- You can move from the Windows OS to the Mac OS by pressing ctrl+cmd, by clicking in an application’s window, by selecting it on the Dock, and via all the other standard ways of switching between applications.
- You can use the Unity mode so that the Fusion window disappears and all that is shown on the Mac desktop is the VMware Fusion menu on the menu bar and any Windows applications you are running. To try this, select View, Unity when a VMware Fusion application is active. You then access Windows applications by opening the VMware Fusion menu on the menu bar and navigating to and selecting the application you want to run. It appears in a new window on your Mac’s desktop.
- You can copy files from Windows to the Mac or vice versa by dragging them from one environment to the other.
- You can also copy information from one environment to the other with the standard copy and paste commands.
- Only one environment can be using a CD, a DVD, or another device at the same time. When you insert a disc or connect a device, you are prompted to choose the OS that should use the disc or device. If you’ve inserted a CD or DVD or connected another device but don’t see it on the Mac desktop, the odds are that Windows is running and the disc or device is mounted there, which makes it unavailable to the Mac. Stop the Windows environment; the disc or device appears on the Mac desktop.
- You can view the Windows OS in Full Screen mode to have it fill the screen and hide the Mac OS. In this mode, the VMware Fusion toolbar appears at the top of the screen. To change the view, open its View menu. Even in Full Screen you can move into the Mac OS as needed. The Full Screen Windows environment moves into the background.
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- If you have two displays, you can run the Mac OS on one display and have the Windows environment fill the other by running VMware Fusion in Full Screen mode. To try this, run Windows in the Single Window view and then drag the window onto a display. Click the Full Screen button. The Windows environment fills that display, and each OS has its own display.
When you are done running Windows, shut it down by selecting the Windows menu and then clicking Shut down. After Windows shuts down, you can quit the VMware Fusion application.
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