VMware Fusion leverages the next-generation vSphere hypervisor platform and brings new enhancements for data center testing and enterprise security. Windows apps can launch directly from Dock, Spotlight, or Launchpad and, once running, can be viewed in Exposé, Spaces, and Mission Control just as if they were Mac apps. Unity View Modeįusion’s Unity View Mode hides the Windows desktop so you can run Windows apps just like Mac apps. Use “Linked Clones” to quickly duplicate a VM while significantly reducing physical disk space, or use “Full Clones” to create fully isolated duplicates that can be shared with other VMware Fusion 13 or Workstation users. Save time and effort when creating the same virtual machine configuration repeatedly. VMware Fusion 13 lets you run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side directly from your existing Boot Camp partition without re-installing or rebooting. No more choosing between Windows or Mac at start-up. Clones make it easy to test a variety of different scenarios without the need to deploy the same OS configuration multiple times. Use Snapshots to create a rollback point to revert to on the fly, which is perfect for testing software or creating repeatable demos. Install a fresh OS like Windows 10 or easily convert an older PC into a virtual one. You have the flexibility to keep the two worlds securely apart or integrate them for one seamless experience. VMware Fusion blends your Windows experience seamlessly with the Mac you love. Thanks to the common VMware platform, VMs can be easily transferred from the vSphere data center to the Mac desktop and then run in VMware Fusion. Securely connect with vSphere, ESXi, and Workstation servers to launch, control, and manage both virtual machines (VMs) and physical hosts. VMware Fusion Pro now includes a RESTful API to integrate with modern development tools like Docker, Vagrant, Ansible, Chef, and others to fit the power of VMware into today’s Agile and DevOps-oriented production pipelines. Build and test apps in a sandbox while securely sharing local source files and folders. VMware Fusion makes it simple to test nearly any OS and app on a Mac. VMware Fusion 13 lets you choose from hundreds of supported operating systems, from lesser-known Linux distributions to the latest Windows 10 release, to run side by side with the latest macOS release. You can then do the normal macOS installer stuff to get Monterey installed.Īnd, at the end, if it all worked out, you should be at Setup Assistant, and able to start customizing and using macOS Monterey.Running Windows on Mac is only the beginning. It should then boot into the macOS installer. Side note: I don’t know why macOS (or VMware Fusion?) won’t allow you to take a screenshot of this menu being open, so that’s why this “screenshot” looks so awful-it’s really a photo of the screen. Then click Connect Install macOS Monterey. Click the option at the top to select a USB drive to connect. Once your setup of the custom virtual machine is done, go ahead and click the play button to start up your virtual machine. Then go ahead and create a new virtual disk. Then, instead of dragging the installer to Install from disc or image, select Create a custom virtual machine.Īt the moment, you can’t select macOS 12, so just select macOS 11 as a placeholder. Then leave that USB drive connected to the Mac you’re trying to create the Monterey VM in. You’ll see that VMware Fusion is “able to create the installation medium.”Ĭreate a bootable USB of the Monterey installer by following the instructions in How to create a bootable installer for macOS. …except for the fact you can’t select macOS 12 as an option. You’ll try to drag the installer to the Install from disc or image part of the window.Įverything will look as if it’s proceeding as normal… If you try to install Monterey using the traditional method, this is what happens: I would recommend using proper support channels (like the aforementioned VMware Fusion communities online forums) to get actual support if you run into any issues.Īs of the writing of this blog post (22 November, 2021), VMware Fusion doesn’t officially support macOS 12 (Monterey) for VM guests. If it doesn’t work for you, I probably don’t know any better than you do why that’s the case. I’m sharing only a more detailed step-by-step guide of a summary I read, and this is only what worked for me. Hopefully, these instructions will be obsolete soon in a future update of VMware Fusion (where you can just select macOS 12, drag the installer to the install wizard, and have VMware Fusion do everything for you).These are just more fleshed out steps from a brief overview in the VMware Fusion communities online forums.
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