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January 29, 2008

VMware Fusion 1.1.1 Launches; Adds One Cool Feature, Addresses 15 Issues

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The VMware Fusion Team is happy to announce that VMware Fusion 1.1.1 is now available, addressing 15 issues reported by our customers.

 VMware Fusion 1.1.1, a free update for current VMware Fusion customers and available in all the languages Fusion currently ships in, also adds a nifty new feature to transparently remap keyboard shortcuts when going back and forth between applications in the virtual machine and the Mac, regardless of what view the virtual machine is in.

 For example, VMware Fusion now remaps Command –X from the keyboard to Ctrl-X in the virtual machine whether in Full Screen, Single Window or Unity. The same remapping happens for Command-Z/-C/-V/-P/-A/-F.  Previously, VMware Fusion only did this remapping in Unity mode.

What this means to users, is that when copying something from the Mac side to paste into the virtual machine, and vice versa, you no longer have to remember “Is it Ctrl-V, or Command-V to paste here? Which machine am I interacting with?”

The effect is a more integrated blending of the two operating systems, so your Mac and Windows work together seamlessly, where the user only has to remember one set of keyboard shortcuts! 

Keyboard remapping can be turned on and off in the VMware Fusion > Preferences dialog.

To download VMware Fusion 1.1.1, go to: 

http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/ 

For a complete list of changes, go to: 

http://www.vmware.com/support/fusion/doc/releasenotes_fusion.html#new111

~The VMware Fusion Team

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Comments

Jesus Flores

where keyboard remapping can be disabled? There is nothing like "Keyboard remapping" off/on button on app prefs dialog.

Peter Kazanjy

Hi Jesus. VMware Fusion > Preferences > "Enable Mac OS keyboard shortcuts"

Uncheck that, and keyboard re-mapping will be turned off.

Also, in the future, the VMware Fusion forums are a great place to ask these kinds of questions.
http://www.vmware.com/go/fusionforums

Hope that helps!

~Pete

Michael

Is there any particular reason why "CTRL-S" is not remapped?

This is a common shortcut for saving, and it would be very convenient if this were remapped as well.

Peter Kazanjy

Hi Michael,

There are lots of keyboard shortcuts that people find indispensable, and based on feeback like yours, and what our users talk about in our forums (www.vmware.com/go/fusionforums) , we'll be looking to make that experience better and better as we continue our work.

Thanks for the feedback!

Netu Sarkaria

I just installed 1.1.1 over version 1.0. on my iMac. Using Windows XP Professional SP2. Can no longer access the internet since the upgrade. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Peter Kazanjy

Hi there Netu: the best place to take up technical questions is in our users forum at www.vmware.com/go/fusionforums

Mithun

Hi, Can any 1 answer what is the diffrence between a VMOTION and a vmware converter

As i need to migrate Virtuals mechines from a ESX 2.0 server to ESX 3.5 server which tool can i use for this .

Brian Chicos

Oh, Thank you for changing that Ctrl+V issue. That has been one of my major annoyances for a long time with this product. Glad to see they have "fixed" that.

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