[NFBCS] VMWare on Mac (Fusion)

[Derrick Day]

Voiceover blocks this in most cases. I use UTM which is a free version of a hypervisor and I had the same issue. I turn off voiceover, which is a relatively easy way to allow most keys to be redirect-ted. There are some exceptions though, the caps lock key is not directly passed through so you can't use it as a modifier for a windows screen reader. Some other keys like the Insert key are also not passed. I personally don't love using windows virtual machines on mac so I only do it if absolutely necessary, however it definitely can be done if need be. Let me know if you have any more questions and I will be happy to help you to the best of my ability.

Thanks so much,
Derrick C Day, student of Westminster High School
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Subject: [NFBCS] VMWare on Mac (Fusion)

Hi all,

I have been trying to learn to use VMware Fusion on my Mac with a Windows 11 on ARM64 VM. I am also quite a new Mac user so this may not be helping.

But I am having trouble with something seemingly simple that I have always found very easy on Windows with VMWare Workstation Player. Does anyone know how a keyboard user can, if at all, direct keyboard input to and from the guest and host devices? On Windows, this is quite simple: CTRL+G to direct input to the VM and CTRL+Alt to direct input back to the actual hardware host. I’ve tried googling the answer but I’m only getting results about sending keys through that are not commonly found on a Mac in any event, if at all.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Nathaniel
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