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palter · ‎07-20-2023

During @Mikero's livestream demo of the Tech Preview earliler this week, he was asked about that. He didn't rule it out and, in fact, implied they might be working on it. But, don't expect anything s...

During @Mikero's livestream demo of the Tech Preview earliler this week, he was asked about that. He didn't rule it out and, in fact, implied they might be working on it. But, don't expect anything soon. (The discussion starts at 12:30 in the livestream replay.)

palter · ‎07-17-2023

My rule of thumb has always been to get as much RAM as you can afford. According to the Asahi Linux folk, the M2 series does support nested virtualization. But, Apple's Hypervisor.framework doesn't ...

My rule of thumb has always been to get as much RAM as you can afford. According to the Asahi Linux folk, the M2 series does support nested virtualization. But, Apple's Hypervisor.framework doesn't provide access to that as far as I know.

palter · ‎07-17-2023

@Dr_VM wrote: Oh wow! That did the trick. Thank you very much for this valuable hint. Fusion is working again, now running a Win10 VM. Just to understand things better: So Amfipass is not only f...

@Dr_VM wrote: Oh wow! That did the trick. Thank you very much for this valuable hint. Fusion is working again, now running a Win10 VM. Just to understand things better: So Amfipass is not only for non-metal Macs? I had heard of it before, but was convinced it wasn't relevant for my iMac15,1 (Metal 2). Is there a documentation which clarifies which Macs Amfipass is meant to be used with? AMFIPass is only for Intel Macs. Your iMac is an Intel Mac.

palter · ‎07-13-2023

@Technogeezer wrote: It also looks like one bug is fixed. The fixed one: It looks like the developers have squashed the bug that blocked use of AirPlay while Fusion is running. @Mikero Did the ...

@Technogeezer wrote: It also looks like one bug is fixed. The fixed one: It looks like the developers have squashed the bug that blocked use of AirPlay while Fusion is running. @Mikero Did the developers happen to fix the annoying "bug" where macOS throws a notificaiton message about background services each time Fusion is started because it deletes and recreates plist entries in /Library/LaunchDaemons for disk/id/and mount helpers? Just quit and relaunched the Tech Preview. No notifications. (And, for that matter, there were none when I first installed it.)

palter · ‎07-13-2023

Thanks for the details on graphics memory. I did forget to mention one more thing. "Enable Dark Mode Synchronization" is really cool! Thanks for that. (It's in the Advanced settings for Win11 VMs.)

palter · ‎07-13-2023

So far, I've upgraded a Windows 11, Fedora Rawhide, and Ubuntu 23.04 VM. My VMs start in Full Screen. When I started the Win11 VM, it appeared to do nothing. The dialog to upgrade encryption was in ...

So far, I've upgraded a Windows 11, Fedora Rawhide, and Ubuntu 23.04 VM. My VMs start in Full Screen. When I started the Win11 VM, it appeared to do nothing. The dialog to upgrade encryption was in the space where my Virtual Machine Library is located rather than on top of the VM window. A minor nit, but a bit confusing. The Win11 VM screen kept going blank until I shutdown, bumped the graphics memory to 1GB, and rebooted. (I'm using a Studio Display, so 5120x2880 native resolution.) I'm not sure if that fixed it or my playing with "Use full resolution for Retina display" since I turned that off and back on as well. While the display is now rock solid, Win11's Settings panel claims that the scaling is 450% which it's clearly not. But, if I try to change it, it says it's already 200%. Very weird. Shared folders in Linux is amazing. A simple test showed it at about 10 times faster than a network copy. (My VMs are all using bridged networking.) Thanks for the update!

palter · ‎07-11-2023

You can't run any Intel-based version of macOS (or any other OS for that matter) in a virtual machine on an Apple silicon Mac (M1 or M2). Does the software you need to run work on any later versions...

You can't run any Intel-based version of macOS (or any other OS for that matter) in a virtual machine on an Apple silicon Mac (M1 or M2). Does the software you need to run work on any later versions of macOS than Mojave? You could try to run it under Rosetta 2 on your new Mac. Otherwise, you'll need an Intel Mac to run it.

palter · ‎06-24-2023

What is the name of the ISO that you downloaded? If it has x86_64 in the name, it's intended for Intel architectures and will not run on an M2 Mac which is based on Apple silicon, an Arm architecture.

palter · ‎06-07-2023

As a side note, I have Sonoma running as a guest on my ESXi 7.0 box.

palter · ‎05-18-2023

I left the room for about 10 minutes to order dinner. When I came back, Fusion was up and running. So, I quit and it came right back up. To quote Emily Latella, "Never mind..."

palter · ‎05-18-2023

I've attached a spindump.

palter · ‎05-18-2023

I'm on an M2 Pro Mac mini. I left it along for a long time and it never refreshed. After I reinstalled, it hung when I clicked on "Done" after entering my license. I've tried in Safe Mode with no d...

I'm on an M2 Pro Mac mini. I left it along for a long time and it never refreshed. After I reinstalled, it hung when I clicked on "Done" after entering my license. I've tried in Safe Mode with no difference.

palter · ‎05-18-2023

I just upgraded to macOS Ventura 13.4 released earlier today. VMware Fusion no longer functions. The outline of the library window appears but VMware then stops responding and has to be force quit. I...

I just upgraded to macOS Ventura 13.4 released earlier today. VMware Fusion no longer functions. The outline of the library window appears but VMware then stops responding and has to be force quit. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling according to the instructions in the Knowledge Base but it still hangs on launch. I attached the latest log from my last launch attempt.

palter · ‎03-03-2023

Just one minor correction ... Hypervisor.framework is the low-level virtualization framework which does not provide support for virtualizing macOS. VMware uses Hypervisor.framework. Virtualization....

Just one minor correction ... Hypervisor.framework is the low-level virtualization framework which does not provide support for virtualizing macOS. VMware uses Hypervisor.framework. Virtualization.framework is the high-level framework that does support virtualizing macOS. Any application (i.e., UTM, Parallels, VirtualBuddy) which allows you to virtualize macOS on Apple silicon has to use this framework. And, indeed, the Virtualization.framework has some serious limitations.

palter · ‎02-21-2023

The topic you referenced is part of the section "Sharing Files Between Windows and Your Intel-based Mac". File sharing is not yet support on Apple silicon Macs. You might want to check out @Technoge...

The topic you referenced is part of the section "Sharing Files Between Windows and Your Intel-based Mac". File sharing is not yet support on Apple silicon Macs. You might want to check out @Technogeezer's excellent Unofficial Guide for suggested alternatives to Fusion's file sharing.

palter · ‎02-16-2023

Microsoft today announced that "Parallels® Desktop version 18 is an authorized solution for running Arm® versions of Windows 11 Pro and Windows 11 Enterprise in a virtual environment on its platform ...

Microsoft today announced that "Parallels® Desktop version 18 is an authorized solution for running Arm® versions of Windows 11 Pro and Windows 11 Enterprise in a virtual environment on its platform on Apple M1 and M2 computers". There are numerous limitations as described in the support document. @Mikero, any comments?

palter · ‎02-15-2023

Apple supports this configuration because they sell it. Adding 10G Ethernet to a Mac mini, both Intel and the new M2 Pro, is a build-to-order option at the online Apple Store. (Well, just the M2 Pro ...

Apple supports this configuration because they sell it. Adding 10G Ethernet to a Mac mini, both Intel and the new M2 Pro, is a build-to-order option at the online Apple Store. (Well, just the M2 Pro mini now as you can't order an Intel model anymore but it was offered on the Intel.)

palter · ‎02-09-2023

Same behavior, I'm afraid.

palter · ‎02-09-2023

I've been running an Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudzu) server installation with a Wayland desktop happily for serveral months in Fusion 13 on my Mac mini, initially an M1 but now an M2 Pro. Today, I let ...

I've been running an Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudzu) server installation with a Wayland desktop happily for serveral months in Fusion 13 on my Mac mini, initially an M1 but now an M2 Pro. Today, I let the VM install updates. The kernel was updated from 5.19.0-26 to 5.19.0-31. Now, when the VM boots, the desktop never appears. I can, however, access the machine via SSH. @Technogeezer, do you have any thoughts?

palter · ‎01-20-2023

If you're asking if you can connect to an ESXi server using Fusion 13 on an M1 MacBook Pro, the answer is yes if you pay for a Fusion 13 Professional license. If you're asking if you can create an...

If you're asking if you can connect to an ESXi server using Fusion 13 on an M1 MacBook Pro, the answer is yes if you pay for a Fusion 13 Professional license. If you're asking if you can create an ESXi server as a VM under Fusion 13, the answer is not really. You'd need an ARM version of ESXi which is currently only available in beta. But, it wouldn't be able to run any virtual machines inside the ESXi server as the M1 processor does not support nested virtualization.

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