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Re: Windows 11 23H2 update requires DirectX 12?

billearl — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:45:29 GMT

Okay. I was expecting a long update process. The version is now 22631.2506, shown as 23H2, installed on May 5, 2023. This applies to VMware Fusion and Parallels. Seems like a stealth upgrade. I'm a bit puzzled why Microsoft would want to slowly roll out such a painless upgrade.

Re: Windows 11 23H2 update requires DirectX 12?

billearl — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:30:27 GMT

The ARM64 MSU did not work for me on an M1 Mac with latest version of Win 11 22H2 with "Get the latest updates..." turned on. It installed something, but did not update to Win 11 23H2. Same result in VMware Fusion and Parallels.

Re: 13.5.0 | Unable to re-encrypt the virtual machine: Disk Problem

billearl — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 18:13:01 GMT

The procedure I used to convert a Parallels VM to VMware is already getting sketchy in my mind. I would have to do it again to provide details.

1. In Parallels, uninstall Parallels Tools, then shut down.

2. Since VMware Fusion 13.5 lacks an "Import" menu item, drop this VM on the VMware Fusion app icon. This is where it gets a bit fuzzy, although I went with the (minimum) defaults for UEFI and TPM.

3. When opening the resulting VM in VMware Fusion, I got the "Unable to re-encrypt the virtual machine: Disk Problem" message. That's where I gave up until I saw Technogeezer's advice in this thread.

4. I followed that advice, and the result was success, as I described.

If that doesn't do the job, please let me know and I'll try it again and provide more detail.

Re: 13.5.0 | Unable to re-encrypt the virtual machine: Disk Problem

billearl — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 18:51:55 GMT

Thanks, Paul. Using your method, I was able to successfully import my Parallels VM (Win 11 Arm) to VMware Fusion. The only differences are the current documented shortcomings of VMware Fusion 13.5, and the hard disk is named "harddisk.vmdk" (from Parallels) instead of "Virtual Disk.vmdk". A huge savings in time and patience compared to manually setting up a new VMware Fusion VM.

Update: I just went back now and changed all instances of "harddisk" to "Virtual Disk", not that it matters. Works fine.

VMware Fusion 13.5 - Unable to reencrypt the virtual machine: Dictionary problem

billearl — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 06:40:22 GMT

My Win 11 (64-bit) VM is powered down but won't open in VMware 13.5 on a Mac mini M1 due to "Unable to reencrypt the virtual machine: Dictionary problem".

Probably related: Is Win 11 ARM required? If so, I guess there's no hope of running Win 7 (32-bit).

Can I convert my Parallels Win 11 ARM VM to VMware Fusion 13.5? I'll give it a try.

Re: Upgrading Fusion Technical Preview Win64 Arm to retail Fusion

billearl — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 17:46:02 GMT

Sonoma in 2 weeks, of course.

Re: VMware Fusion Player won't install on macOS Catalina 10.5.7

billearl — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 16:46:12 GMT

As a convenience, I would use EasyFind to locate those leftover files. In this case, I would search on "vmware" or "fusion".

Re: macOS 12 (monterey) does not work on Vmware fusion (mac) and Vmware player.

billearl — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:34:37 GMT

Wow, that worked like magic. Thanks again, dlhotka.

Re: macOS 12 (monterey) does not work on Vmware fusion (mac) and Vmware player.

billearl — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:26:24 GMT

Thanks, dlhotka. This might help matsuda0707 and me:

https://blog.eucse.com/how-to-run-macos-monterey-12-beta-in-vmware-fusion/

I'm just checking it out now, and will start by changing

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000e"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"

Re: macOS 12 (monterey) does not work on Vmware fusion (mac) and Vmware player.

billearl — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:59:25 GMT

Same experience here with a macOS Monterey VM on VMware Fusion, so it's useless. My best guess right now is that we need to wait until VMware creates a "macOS 12.0" OS setting in Settings >> General. Not holding my breath, but a workaround would be nice.

Re: vm stuck in rebooting loop after update to macOS 11.3b2 Big Sur

billearl — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:41:31 GMT

Sorry, no insight on an update for Fusion 12.1.

Re: vm stuck in rebooting loop after update to macOS 11.3b2 Big Sur

billearl — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:29:11 GMT

You could download the 11.2.3 full installer from the App Store, run it to overwrite your 11.3b1 install, then try the update to 11.3b4. It appears that's unlikely to work, but may be worth trying.

Otherwise, wait for the 11.3 release and hope it works. An update to VMware Fusion that attempts to fix this might also help.

My only Big Sur VM was created from scratch, so I can't test that easily.

Re: vm stuck in rebooting loop after update to macOS 11.3b2 Big Sur

billearl — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:05:06 GMT

Incidentally, I had installed Big Sur 11.2.x from the 11.2.x full installer over 11.3b1, so you have the option of doing that (or 11.3b1 full installer) before updating to 11.3b4.

Re: vm stuck in rebooting loop after update to macOS 11.3b2 Big Sur

billearl — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:48:56 GMT

It was from 11.2.3.

Re: vm stuck in rebooting loop after update to macOS 11.3b2 Big Sur

billearl — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:27:28 GMT

Also resolved here. Yay!

Re: vm stuck in rebooting loop after update to macOS 11.3b2 Big Sur

billearl — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:23:54 GMT

Attempting to update macOS 11.2.2 to 11.3 beta 3 fails the same way.

Re: vm stuck in rebooting loop after update to macOS 11.3b2 Big Sur

billearl — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:42:44 GMT

FWIW, attempting to update macOS 11.2.2 to 11.3 beta 2 fails the same way.

Re: vm stuck in rebooting loop after update to macOS 11.3b2 Big Sur

billearl — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:28:17 GMT

I had the same problem (with 67GB free space), and mentioned it on the AppleSeed forum. At least one other person there confirmed it.

So I reinstalled Big Sur 11.2.1 in the meantime until this is fixed. My host is macOS 10.15.7, with Fusion Player 12.1.

Re: Upgrade 11.5.5 from 11.5.3

billearl — Sun, 31 May 2020 15:45:43 GMT

That appears to be a bug in 11.5.5, since High Sierra is still listed as a compatible host OS.

Re: VM became extremely slow after upgraded to macOS 10.14.6

billearl — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:19:25 GMT

Working fine here with Mojave 10.14.6.

Update: I spoke too soon. It worked fine for a little while, but is now unusable.