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<blockquote data-quote="Neo" data-source="post: 531749" data-attributes="member: 36256"><p>Sorry it's taken a while to get back. Work...what can you do?</p><p></p><p>Something I've heard a LOT since switching is, "you're overthinking it." In this case I think this is true of you.</p><p></p><p>There is no need to make special shared folders or set permissions or such things. Permissions, especially, seem to muck things up in my experience. The process is too complicated in OS X. Undo all that stuff you did and start afresh.</p><p></p><p>OK, start Windows in Fusion. Have you installed VMWare Tools? The icon (three interlocked squares) should be in the Notification area of the Windows Toolbar. If you haven't installed VMWare Tools, in the Fusion toolbar click Virtual Machine...Install VMWare Tools (Windows needs to be running to do this).</p><p></p><p>In the Fusion toolbar, click Settings (or press Command + E). Select Shared Folders. Click both checkboxes to Enable. Click Apply. Click the + at the bottom of the list and select Add Shared Folder. You can browse to a specific folder on your Mac, but I just select my User root folder, which means I can easily access all my Mac files in one place. You can set up several folders this way if you choose...</p><p></p><p>Almost done; now you can set your Mac HD as a drive letter. In My Computer in Windows, click Tools...Map Network Drive. Select a drive letter (I chose X: ) then Browse to the Shared Folder you set up in the previous step. Click OK. Enjoy your totally integrated file system!</p><p></p><p>As I alluded to before, I set my default document folders in apps and save everything to my X: drive...nothing is ever saved in my Windows virtual file...just my Windows apps are resident. By repeating the last two steps there, you could set up a P: drive for your Mac Pictures folder, D: for Documents, S: for Sites...that's a little too excessive for me though.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neo, post: 531749, member: 36256"] Sorry it's taken a while to get back. Work...what can you do? Something I've heard a LOT since switching is, "you're overthinking it." In this case I think this is true of you. There is no need to make special shared folders or set permissions or such things. Permissions, especially, seem to muck things up in my experience. The process is too complicated in OS X. Undo all that stuff you did and start afresh. OK, start Windows in Fusion. Have you installed VMWare Tools? The icon (three interlocked squares) should be in the Notification area of the Windows Toolbar. If you haven't installed VMWare Tools, in the Fusion toolbar click Virtual Machine...Install VMWare Tools (Windows needs to be running to do this). In the Fusion toolbar, click Settings (or press Command + E). Select Shared Folders. Click both checkboxes to Enable. Click Apply. Click the + at the bottom of the list and select Add Shared Folder. You can browse to a specific folder on your Mac, but I just select my User root folder, which means I can easily access all my Mac files in one place. You can set up several folders this way if you choose... Almost done; now you can set your Mac HD as a drive letter. In My Computer in Windows, click Tools...Map Network Drive. Select a drive letter (I chose X: ) then Browse to the Shared Folder you set up in the previous step. Click OK. Enjoy your totally integrated file system! As I alluded to before, I set my default document folders in apps and save everything to my X: drive...nothing is ever saved in my Windows virtual file...just my Windows apps are resident. By repeating the last two steps there, you could set up a P: drive for your Mac Pictures folder, D: for Documents, S: for Sites...that's a little too excessive for me though.;) [/QUOTE]
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