One of the improvements in Parallels v6 is better support for Time Machine, if you are using a Disk Image based backup (eg. Not using a Boot Camp Partition). Â Sadly, there doesn’t appear to be any backup improvements for us Boot Camp users… According to Parallels: One of the ways to back up your virtual […]
Goody! Â A new VMware Fusion 3.1 Beta Now Available!!! Â Why am I excited? Â Well, I prefer Parallels, but for some reason Parallels doesn’t work on my Mac Pro. Â It complains that the hard drive is unavailable, and can’t be found.. Â Yet, if I make any configuration changes, it now magically works, until I reboot the […]
VVMware has released an update to Fusion Desktop v3.0. v3.01 is now available, the highlights of the changes are: Improved 3D & Video Performance: Improved WDDM driver and 3D backend improvements speed up some applications and tests up to 80% on Mac OS X Snow Leopard Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala): Full support for Ubuntu 9.10 […]
I am eagerly awaiting my copy of Fusion 3….. I have used both Parallels and Fusion both… And while I prefer Parallels slightly, Parallels (for some reason), will not access my Boot Camp drive, without requiring me to constantly reconfigure the virtual machine…. So I switched to Fusion, and I’m pretty darn happy… Here’s to […]
LifeHacker discusses the use of Virtual Machines, and how to setup VirtualBox to run Windows XP. Lifehacker – The Beginner’s Guide to Creating Virtual Machines with VirtualBox – Virtual Machine: ” Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That’s sad, because it’s an easy, free way to try […]
WMWare is exposing the internal structure of their Virtual Machine container files…. In this week’s installment of our Take Control of VMware Fusion 2 blog series, we are going to talk about how your virtual machine is stored on your Mac. If you are new to the series, the ebook Take Control of VMware Fusion […]