Mac os x vm keyboard
#MAC OS X VM KEYBOARD INSTALL#
We will so take your connection to private and make it securely. After a test install of Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS in VMware 7.1.1/Mac OS X 10.9.5, then using the following (shortened) guide to download the latest VMware Tools and applying the patches, copy & paste with keyboard shortcuts from the Linux guest (ctrl+c/v) to the Mac host (cmd+c/v) and the opposite direction just works.
#MAC OS X VM KEYBOARD MAC OS X#
This took away 80% off my annoyances while it is simple enough and does not mess to much with default keys that make sharing my laptop hard (pair programming). In MacOS, switch Alt and Cmd : Settings/Keyboard/Special Keys. Mac OS X Nightly builds Previous Releases. I admit that having no super in Linux is a weak point, but it is easy to live without.īut the real magic is that all those commands that utilize ctrl in Linux and that utilize cmd in MaxOS are now mapped to the same physical key:Īre now all performed with the same physical key combination. Name your Virtual Machine High Sierra, and choose Mac OS X for the operating system and Mac OS X (64-bit) for the version (as of this writing, macOS High Sierra is not offered, but that’s fine.) Continue through the process.
The result is that the special keys are in the order you find them on any keyboard: Ctrl Win/ Cmd Alt. In Linux, make Cmd (super) a second Ctrl key:
For keys with no keyboard equivalent, Fusion provides the Send Key item in the Virtual Machine menu.
#MAC OS X VM KEYBOARD PC#
After experimenting a lot and going through all kinds of complicated configurations that are very hard to get right and to maintain, I found the following simple solution. Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine Because PC and Mac keyboards differ, you must press certain key combinations to enable certain PC commands on a Mac keyboard.