VMWare Fusion - The macOS edition of VMWare

VMware Fusion is the macOS edition of VMWare, as functionallity is same as Workstation Pro, the UI is a bit different respect but (I repeat) the features are the same

Price: Free

Avaible Platforms:

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Minimum macOS version required: Catalina (10.15)

For Windows and Linux

How to install

Mount DMG and open the VMWare Fusion Installer

Follow the steps for installing VMWare Fusion

Once installed, go to settings, go to Privacy & Security, Accessibility and add/enable VMWare Fusion

Well the steps are the same as Workstation Pro, click on File -> New Virtual Machine

You will have to select the installation disc, that can be throgh a real disc, by selecting the drive letter, an iso file or you can choose set the iso in another time

Now VMWare can automatically detect the os from the iso or if you choosed to not using and installation disc, you can select the OS to install.

Now you'll have to create the virtual disk, you can chiise the size, VMWare assigns automatically the size of the disk in base of the os you selected

The VM creation is complete. If you want to set the amount of GB of RAM and/or the CPU cores to virtualize, you have to go to the VM settings

Once you booted and installed the OS, from the VMWare menu select VM -> Install VMWare Tools, this will mount a disk on your os with drivers for make the VM works

FAQ and how to resolve certain problems

Error -14 pipe connection has been broken

If you have this issue when you try to start a VM, also if is a new one, the problem is that the SIP (Sistem Integrity Protection) is blocking the MV execution for resolve this, you have to disable it, see here how to do

If you have problems that you wish to know the solution, you can contact me on the contact page