.VMWAREVM File Extension
VMware Fusion Virtual Machine
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What is a VMWAREVM file?
A VMWAREVM file is a virtual machine (VM) created by VMware Fusion, a virtualization application for Macs that can run other operating systems. It stores all of the information for a virtual machine, including configuration files (.VMX) and virtual machine disks (.VMDK), required by Fusion to load and run an operating system.
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Fusion is virtualization software that allows you to run Windows and Linux operating systems (OSes) on a Mac. When you add an OS to Fusion, the app creates a virtual machine (VM) and saves it as a VMWAREVM file.
How to create a VMWAREVM file with VMware Fusion
To create a VMWAREVM file, select or click + in the Virtual Machine Library window. You can then choose to install an OS from a disc or image, recovery partition, Boot Camp, or import an existing virtual machine, which includes Parallels Virtual Machine (.PVM) files.
How to open a VMWAREVM file
You can open a VMWAREVM file with VMware Fusion in macOS. To open a VMWAREVM file with Fusion, click + in the Virtual Machine Library window, select , then click . You can also select , choose "Import an existing virtual machine," then click .
You can also place your VMWAREVM file in the folder you set as the default location for storing virtual machines (the Fusion default location is Macintosh HD/Users/[username]/Virtual Machines). Then, open Fusion and choose the VMWAREVM file in the Virtual Machine Library window you added.
Opening a VMWAREVM file as a macOS package
In macOS, you can right-click a VMWAREVM file and select to view the package's directories and files with Apple Finder. Files you may find stored within a VMWAREVM file include VMX, VMDK, and .PLIST files.
NOTE: Modifying the contents in a VMWAREVM file may corrupt the virtual machine.