VMware Fusion

VMware Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro--the latest versions of its virtualization software for running Windows on a Mac without rebooting--include full support for Windows 10, OS X El Capitan, and the latest Retina Macs, in addition to always-on access to Microsoft Cortana. They support DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3 for up to 65% faster graphics, alongside compatibility with USB 3.0 and multiple monitors with different DPIs. The virtual machine platform also delivers full 64-bit support with up to 16 vCPUs, 64GB RAM, and an 8TB hard drive for a single virtual machine.

Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro are optimized for the latest Macs, including the iMac with Retina 5K Display and 12-inch MacBook. DirectX 10 support enables Mac users to run Windows virtual machines with native resolution on a 5K display, with USB-C support and Force Touch pass-through also in tow for the latest MacBooks. Fusion 8 Pro has additional advanced features and improvements, including the ability to connect to VMware vCloud Air, IPv6 support for both bridged networks and IPv6-to-IPv4 Network Address Translation (NAT), improved integration with VMware vSphere and support for several new Linux distributions and other operating systems.

Note: Currently available for $67.99.
Note: Version 8 is a paid upgrade from versions 4 through 7. Details can be found here.

What's New

• This release of VMware Fusion is a free upgrade for all VMware Fusion 8 users, it adds support for the following operating systems:
• macOS 10.12 Sierra
• Windows 10 Anniversary Update
• Windows Server 2016

Resolved Issues

• The Office applications in Windows virtual machine sometimes could not open the attachment in the mail application on Mac - Though the ‘Open your Mac files and web links using Windows applications’ option on the virtual machine’s Default Applications pane is checked, the Office applications inside Windows virtual machine sometimes could not open attachments in the mail application on Mac and returns "Access Denied" error message
• When you start an imported Parallels 11 virtual machine in VMware Fusion, the virtual machine crashes
• After you import a Parallels 11 virtual machine into VMware Fusion, attempting to power on the virtual machine fails with the error "Inaccessible Boot Device."
• When the Full Screen Minibar is hidden at the edge of the screen, hovering the cursor over it does not make it appear - This issue occurs in Full Screen mode when the Full Screen Minibar is hidden at the edge of the screen. After you select View > Full Screen Minibar > Automatically Hide And Show, hovering the cursor over the Minibar does not make it appear.
• Fusion crashes when you attempt to create a remote virtual machine on vCenter Server 5.5
• While connected to vCenter Server 5.5, if you attempt to create a remote virtual machine and save it to an ESXi 5.5 host that is managed by the vCenter Server instance, VMware Fusion crashes.
• On the Ubuntu 15.10 and later versions guest operating system, replacing open-vm-tools with the bundled VMware Tools version, might cause VMware Tools to work improperly
• On the Ubuntu 15.10 and later versions guest OS, when you replace open-vm-tools with the VMware Tools version bundled with VMware Fusion, VMware Tools does not work as expected. After you reboot the system, an Ubuntu crash report might appear and one of the services in VMware Tools might stop working.
• The drag-and-drop operations might not work consistently between the host and Mac OS virtual machines
• Attempts to drag-and-drop files between the host and a Mac OS virtual machine occasionally fail.

Known Issues

• If more than one monitor is used in Full Screen mode on macOS 10.12 host operating system, the virtual displays are merged into one space in different tabs, instead of creating Full Screen space on each monitor - On macOS 10.12 host operating system, if there is external monitor connected to the Mac machine, when you switch a virtual machine to Full Screen with "Use All Displays in Full Screen" option selected, the virtual machine shows in Full Screen only on one monitor and merges all virtual displays to it as tabs, instead of using separated spaces on all monitors. After changing the view mode back to Single Window, a redundant black space remains, and the Fusion menu bar is hidden automatically.
  Workaround: Open the System Preferences on macOS 10.12 operating system, click the Dock icon. Choose "Manually" on the dropdown list of "Prefer tabs when opening documents".
• On macOS 10.12 host operating system, the tab bar on the virtual machine window becomes blank when grabbing mouse into the virtual machine - On macOS 10.12 host operating system, if you grab the mouse into a running virtual machine when there is no tools service running inside the guest OS, the tab bar shown on the virtual machine window becomes blank, and the Fusion menu Window > Merge All Windows is disabled for the virtual machine. This problem is observed if the virtual machine does not have VMware Tools installed or it has VMware Tools installed but the Tools services are not launched yet.
  Workaround: Wait until VMware Tools services are launched inside the virtual machine before grabbing the mouse into it. When the tab bar becomes blank, closing and re-opening the virtual machine window can make it show up correctly again.
• VMs on the same NAT network and on the same host cannot communicate through an IPv6 address - When you set up a customized NAT network with IPv6 enabled and connect two VMs to that NAT network, the VMs cannot communicate with each other by using the IPv6 address. The VMs reside on the same host.
  Workaround: None
• The built-in FaceTime HD camera stops working after Fusion launches on macOS 10.12 running on MacBookPro10.1 - On macOS 10.12, the built-in FaceTime HD camera stops working after Fusion launches. This issue is specific to Mac model MacBookPro10.1 and macOS 10.12 operating system. It does not happen on other Mac models, and OS X 10.11 or prior operating systems.
  Workaround: Use external camera or restart the Mac operating system to make the built-in FaceTime HD camera work again.
• VMs running on macOS 10.12 sometimes crash - A VM running on macOS 10.12 might crash when it tries to grab keyboard or mouse input from the host.
  Workaround: None