You can remove a folder from the list of shared folders to stop sharing it. You can share files between virtual machines and your Mac by using shared folders. With Fusion mirrored folders you can map special folders on your Mac, such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, and Pictures, to their counterparts in certain Windows virtual machines.
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Mac OS X, OS X, or macOS virtual machines that you create in Fusion can run on any Apple-branded hardware that uses Intel processors.
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VMware Tools loads the drivers required to optimize a virtual machines performance. For example, do not use an application on the Mac’s operating system and another application in the virtual machine’s operating system to open the same file at the same time. Fusion creates the virtual machine, opens the operating system installation assistant, and installs VMware Tools. Assistive Device Support (Section 508 Compliant) Multi-Language Keyboard Support. Note: Do not open a file in a shared folder from more than one application at a time.
Before you can view shared folders, you must enable and configure the shared folders function. For a list, see Guest Operating Systems That Support Shared Folders. You can view shared folders in certain Windows and Linux guest operating systems. The guest operating system determines how shared folders appear. The shared folders can be in your Mac file system or they can be network directories accessible from your Mac. To use shared folders, you must configure your virtual machine settings to enable shared folders and to specify which directories on your Mac are to be shared. Mirrored folders match key folders in the virtual machine with their corresponding Mac folders: Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, and Pictures. You can mirror folders in your Windows virtual machine and in your Mac. In the Sharing panel of a virtual machine's Settings window, you can select shared folders on your Mac to make available to the virtual machine. VMware Fusion 12 Pro JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser.
You can set up shared folders in guest operating systems to share files between your Mac and your Windows and other virtual machines. VMWare Fusion 12 Pro is a desktop hypervisor designed for the technology professional looking to run Windows on Mac - build, test, play Windows games and more.