Thanks all, I googled around a bit and also can't find a definite answer. I guess the only way then is to actually try it and see what happens. Regardless whether it works or not i'll anyway continue to use VMware i'll give you feedback as soon as I ride it out, I should be able to get around to it in the next couple of days.
Nickus Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Jul 2017, at 18:53, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Phil, this is not correct. > > You most definitely can copy virtual machines from one location to another. > It’s the whole point of larger VM Ware servers. In large production > environments you can actually migrate the VM image with out even having to > power down the device from one data center to another. In the VMWare Fusion > case though, yes, you can most definitely copy to a backup disk and store or > copy from one machine to another. Jaws may pick up on a hardware change and > need relicensing but the Operating systems migrate nicely and most programs > do as well. You also may have to redefine adapters a bit but generally if > you tell the VM you’ve copied it the network settings load up just fine. > > Hope that helps > > >> On Jul 18, 2017, at 12:49 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Nickus, the short answer is no. The virtual machine is tied to the hardware >> signature of the device it was first installed on. This is done to control >> licenses etc. I tried running a VM on another machine once and all the >> licensed software failed requiring new licensing. This meant a new license >> for the operating system as well as for the Jaws synthesizer software. Also >> office suite required relicensing. The only way to run a VM on another >> machine that I am aware of is through the import process. When first opening >> the virtual machine into a new machine, virtual machine will ask if you want >> to move or copy the VM. If you select move, all the licensing is transferred >> over and will only now work on that new machine. If you select copy you >> will get just that, a copy, but it will not run properly on the new machine >> without relicensing. Also, don't forget, the VM can grow to in the >> neighborhood of 30 to 60 GB. And I don't know if you have that kind of >> iCloud storage account, but I sure don't. In fact I have set my Time Machine >> to exclude that particular virtual machine folder so as not to clutter up my >> disk. Instead I simply manually copy the VM off onto a storage disk >> >> Sent from my IPhone >> >> >>> On Jul 18, 2017, at 11:05 AM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> You can share images and copy then but I don’t think you can run them in >>> parallel. >>> >>>> On Jul 18, 2017, at 11:03 AM, Nickus de Vos <bigboy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> If using VMware to create a virtual machine it would be stored in my >>>> documents folder which gets synced up to iCloud. Would I then be able to >>>> run the virtual machine on both my iMac and Macbook since iCloud will sync >>>> it to both? >>>> >>>> I guess I would just have to install VMware on both machines? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Nickus >>>>> On 17 Jul 2017, at 17:25, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wr >>>>> >>>>> +1 on VM fusion. I hear parallels has recently become accessible but no >>>>> idea first hand. VM Fusion does everything I need and I’m a heavy user >>>>> of parallelization software. >>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 17, 2017, at 2:33 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> The most accessible VM software is vm Fusion but there is a price for it. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you are only going to use the windows machine only once an a while >>>>>> then I'd recommend eiter Virtual box which is free but not as VO >>>>>> friendly as fusion, >>>>>> >>>>>> Or install the windows OS into bootcamp and switch between them when you >>>>>> need to access windows. >>>>>> >>>>>> The only problem with bootcamp is that you can only use one os at a time, >>>>>> >>>>>> With fusion or virtual box you can run the mac os all the time and open >>>>>> the windows vm when you need it just like an application. >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, 16 July 2017 4:18 AM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Which virtual machine software is accessible? >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all >>>>>> I want to put Windows 10 on my MBP for very occasional use and because I >>>>>> have a quad core i7 with 16 GB RAM, I think it will be fine if I run a >>>>>> virtual machine rather than Bootcamp. >>>>>> >>>>>> Which virtual machine software is most accessible for use with Voiceover >>>>>> and easiest to use? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>>>> Visionaries list. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>>>> >>>>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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