Hi Geoff, I'm confused about these instructions for switching focus between Windows and the mac. It's nowhere near that complicated for me. When I command-tab out of fusion, I'm bak in the rest of my mac programs, just like switching from any other window. When I command-tab back into fusion, most of the time windows has the focus again. On those rare occasions when this isn't seamless, I just press VO-command-f5 to move the mouse to the VO cursor and then VO-shift-space to click the mouse. Is there a problem that I'm not aware of? Sorry for bringing this up again, I just recently rejoined the list.
Thanks, Justin On Jul 1, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Geoff Shang wrote: On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Ezzie Buenito wrote: > After viewing many of your discussions, I've decided to try running Windows > on my Macbook Pro with Fusion. The questions I have are as follows: > > 1. When I select VMWARE Fusion on the finder, can I install JAWS at that > point? No. You need to configure the VM and install Windows in it before you can install JAWS. VMWare Fusion is not Windows, it is only a program for running other operating systems under your main one. You will need a legitimate Windows installation CD. > 2. Which key will be the Windows key? On a mac keyboard, the command key will be the Windows key, and the Option key will be the Alt key. Yes, that means they're backwards in comparison to a Windows keyboard. > 3. How do I switch back to the Mac operating system? This is one of the tricky things about using Fusion. Visually, Windows is just another window on your computer. When the mouse is in that window, it's interacting with Windows, and when it's not, it's interacting with Mac OS. Now for us, it's a little more complicated. If you can see the mouse pointer, I believe you can click within or outside of the Windows window in order to change where the keyboard is focused. If you can't, moving to the Fusion window and pressing (I think) command-g is supposed to switch to Windows and control-command to switch it back. However, it's very difficult to make this work reliably. A thread a week or two back on this list discussed a number of ways to try and help make this more reliable, such as running VMWare in full-screen mode. But none of these remedies seemed to work for everyone. > 4. When I start up the computer, which operating system will start up by > default? Mac OS has to start, as VMWare and Windows will be running as a program on your mac, not as a stand-alone operating system. If you want to run Windows as a stand-alone operating system which you run *instead* of Mac OS, you need to use Boot Camp. Geoff. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
