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- 2009 MacBook Pro 15" - 2013 iMac 3.4GHz quad-core i7, Fusion Drive, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
I want to share a VM Fusion virtual machine between two users on my new iMac but I'm having serious issues.
First, I found some instructions online about drag dropping (to move) the file to the shared folder. I can't find a shared folder...it's not on the sidebar where I recall seeing it in the past. I've also seen briefly (it comes and goes) a shared section where my PC will appear but it doesn't stick.
I went to my administrator account and ensured the admin account public folder was shared with both users. That finally worked but I was surprised not to see a shared section on the sidebar...and I found it initially painful to navigate to that folder from the other user.
After all that, I tried opening a VM Fusion windows file (the whole reason for this pain) and it won't open...insufficient privileges. I followed these instructions but they didn't work either.
I'm starting to get stressed out. The Mac "it just works" concept is not proving true.
Ideas?
Thanks
First, I found some instructions online about drag dropping (to move) the file to the shared folder. I can't find a shared folder...it's not on the sidebar where I recall seeing it in the past. I've also seen briefly (it comes and goes) a shared section where my PC will appear but it doesn't stick.
I went to my administrator account and ensured the admin account public folder was shared with both users. That finally worked but I was surprised not to see a shared section on the sidebar...and I found it initially painful to navigate to that folder from the other user.
After all that, I tried opening a VM Fusion windows file (the whole reason for this pain) and it won't open...insufficient privileges. I followed these instructions but they didn't work either.
- Should I (and if so how) have a shared section on the sidebar with multiple users? Or is that just with computers?
- Where is the shared folder...should it appear on the sidebar?
- I used to have the computer on the sidebar as well but now it's gone
I'm starting to get stressed out. The Mac "it just works" concept is not proving true.
Ideas?
Thanks