Location of Virtual Machine Files on Mac

[steveroberts1]

Hello, I'm planning on updating my OS from Catalina to Monterey. This will necessitate updating VMWF from 11.x to 12.x. In a previous thread, I was advised to uninstall VMWF prior to the OS upgrade. Then, I was advised to reinstall VMWF 12.x on the new OS. Finally, I was advised to reconnect to my virtual machines using the new version of VMWF. I need to know where the VMWF virtual machine "files" are stored so that I can reconnect them. Thanks very much for your assistance. SR

[scott28tt]

From the documentation: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/11/com.vmware.fusion.using.doc/GUID-ECE9C823-8EE2-44AB-A72B...

[steveroberts1]

Got it; thanks. Very helpful.

[Technogeezer]

Another way is to use the Finder and Spotlight to show where every virtual machine bundle resides on your Mac. It assumes that Spotlight is indexing all the locations on your Mac.

Open a Finder window, and type "kind:vmbundle" in the search field.

Make sure that "Search: This Mac" is showing.

What you will get is something like this:

These are all the virtual machines you have on your Mac, regardless of where they are. Highlighting one of the virtual machines will show its folder path in the path bar at the bottom of the window.