VMware Fusion 7: Windows on a Mac

With this manual and the Software "VMWare Fusion 7" to install Windows on your Mac, so you can use both systems in parallel.

VMware Fusion 7: Windows on a Mac

First you need the program "VMWare Fusion 7" making later, the interface between the Mac OS and Windows. You can download a 30-day trial version with the CHIP under this Link download.

You install the program. You can either activate it directly with a product code or continue with the trial version.
Now you have several options. Either download a Windows ISO and install it, or you pair a Windows PC and your Mac on the same network and migrate this completely to your current Computer. In this guide, we mount the ISO file of a Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit variant.
Specify the user name and possibly a password. Now you can also enter the product key. You should also choose the appropriate Windows Version of the ISO that you have added.
Also, you have the choice between a seam and an isolated inclusion. You choose the former, you need to copy any files between the systems, because they are always available in parallel.
Finally, you see the default settings of the Hardware. You can change this at a later point in time. Click on "More" to make Windows to start.

Windows on Mac install

After you have "set up VMWare Fusion 7" and the associated Windows OS, a window appears with black contents and a Play Button. Use this to load Windows.

The usual Setup for the Installation of Windows is started. This may take some time. You need to set it but nothing. At the end it restarts and welcomes you with the Windows Desktop.
Now should work for everything. Try files from Windows to the Mac and to move Vice versa, as well as to load a Website.
To switch to full-screen mode, click in the menu bar, click "presentation" and "fullscreen". You can integrate Windows with Unity directly in Mac OS.
In the VMWare window, there is the Other symbols, the pause, stop and Start characters can be mapped. With this pause, or restart Windows or shut-down.
Drag & Drop you can drag files from the Mac to the Windows window to copy them.

Hardware settings to customize Windows

With the Start of the "VMWare Fusion" will open a setting window. The most important settings we explain in the Following. To note is that all the Hardware settings can only be used in shut down Windows made.

Sharing: whether you have chosen the isolated or integrated version - here you can set whether and which of the folder on the Macs and Windows are to be provided.
Processors and Hardware: Have you run prior to power-hungry Software under Windows, you should adjust at this point, a few values. For example, select more memory and more CPU cores, VMWare can assign Windows. Under the "graphics" can give you a bigger portion of the graphics memory of the graphics card free.
To Internet in the Windows operating system, open the menu item "network card" and select there "For my Mac". Alternatively, you can also choose a different point, then logging in to the network changes, however.

The instructions have been performed with a MacBook Pro with OS X Yosemite 10.10, VMWare Fusion Version 7 and a 64-Bit version of Windows 7 Professional. A free Alternative is VirtualBox, which, however, also less features.

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Either you have a complete ISO of Windows, or you use a PC in the network, the complete Windows Installation you want to take.

In this case, we select a downloaded Windows 7 ISO in the 64-Bit variant. A Demo for Windows 7 Home Premium can be obtained, for example, in the case of Chip [[http://www.chip.de/downloads/Windows-7-Home-Premium-64-Bit_46355794.html/zum Download.]]

Alternatively, you also have the option to install Linux or other Mac-versions. Here, VMWare Fusion offers a large selection.

After you have set up VMWare properly, Windows start and automatically performs the installation Setup.

At the end of it, you will be welcomed with the login screen. Depending on whether you have assigned a password, you must enter this and then click the familiar Desktop.

VMware Fusion 7: Windows on a Mac - instructions