VMware Fusion

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VMware Fusion
Developer(s) VMware
Initial releaseAugust 6, 2007;17 years ago (2007-08-06) [1]
Stable release
13.6.0 [2] / September 3, 2024;5 days ago (2024-09-03)
Written in C, x86 Assembly, C++ (GUI)[ citation needed ]
Operating system macOS
Platform Apple–Intel architecture, Apple M series (ARM64)
Type Hypervisor
License Freeware and commercial proprietary software
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

VMware Fusion is a software hypervisor developed by VMware for macOS systems. It allows Macs with Intel or the Apple M series of chips to run virtual machines with guest operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, or macOS, within the host macOS operating system.

Contents

Overview

VMware Fusion can virtualize a multitude of operating systems, [3] including many older versions of macOS, which allows users to run older Mac software that can no longer be run under the current version of macOS, such as 32-bit [4] and PowerPC applications. [5]

History

VMware Fusion, which uses a combination of paravirtualization and hardware virtualization made possible by the Mac transition to Intel processors in 2006, marked VMware's first entry into Macintosh-based x86 virtualization. [6] VMware Fusion uses Intel VT present in the Intel Core microarchitecture platform. [7] Much of the underlying technology in VMware Fusion is inherited from other VMware products, such as VMware Workstation, allowing VMware Fusion to offer features such as 64-bit and SMP support. [8] VMware Fusion 1.0 was released on August 6, 2007, exactly one year after being announced. [9]

Along with the Mac transition to Apple silicon in 2020, VMware announced plans for Fusion to support the new M-series platform and ARM architecture, releasing a tech preview for M1 chips in September 2021. [10] In November 2022, VMware Fusion 13 was released, allowing ARM virtualization on Apple Silicon chips. Coinciding with the release, VMware implemented support for TPM 2.0 and OpenGL 4.3, along with improvements to VMware Tools on Windows 11. [11] VMware Fusion 13 retains support for Intel Macs, distributing the software as a universal binary. [12]

On May 13, 2024, it was announced that VMware Fusion Pro would become free for personal use. Previously VMware Fusion (not Pro) was free for personal use; this edition would be discontinued, effectively replaced by the Pro edition. At the same time, commercial use would switch to annual subscription, removing the option to buy a one-off perpetual license. [13]

System requirements

Operating system support

Host OS Latest VersionRelease Year
macOS 12 or later Current 2023
11 12.2.5 2022
10.15 12.1.2 2021
10.14 11.5.7 2020
10.13 11.5.3
10.12 11.1.1 2019
10.11 10.1.6
10.9–10.10 8.5.10 2018
10.8 7.1.1 2015
10.7 6.0.2 2013
10.6 5.0.5 2014
10.5 3.1.4 2012
10.4 2.0.8 2010

Version history

Legend
ColorMeaning
RedUnsupported release
GreenCurrent or still supported release
BlueFuture release
VersionRelease dateSignificant changes
1.0August 6, 2007First release (following 4 betas).
1.1.0November 12, 2007Support for Leopard, Boot Camp, and improvements to DirectX support and Unity.
1.1.1January 24, 2008Various bug fixes.
1.1.2April 23, 2008Support for Time Machine and various bug fixes.
1.1.3May 30, 2008Various bug fixes.
2.0September 12, 2008Multiple Snapshots with AutoProtect, Improved Unity, DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D, and support for Mac OS X Server guests.
2.0.1November 14, 2008Various bug fixes.
2.0.2February 11, 2009Import from Parallels, supports Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 host, mounts DMG images, supports Ubuntu 8.10 in Unity mode. [19]
2.0.3April 2, 2009Various bug fixes. Adds experimental support for Snow Leopard Developer Builds. [20]
2.0.4April 9, 2009Fixed Host code execution vulnerability. [21]
2.0.5June 23, 2009Support for Nehalem Mac Pro. Experimental support for Mac OS X 10.6 as guest. Support for Ubuntu 9.04 as guest. Various bug fixes. [22]
2.0.6October 1, 2009Fixed issues when running on Snow Leopard. Fixed issues with NVidia graphics cards on Mac OS X 10.6. Various bug fixes. [23]
2.0.7April 8, 2010Fixed security issues, accepts VMware Fusion 3 license keys. [24]
2.0.8December 2, 2010Maintenance release fixing Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) issue CVE-2010-4297. [25]
3.0October 27, 2009Added support for Windows 7 with Aero. Full 64‑bit compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 host and guest. DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3 3D. WDDM-compatible display driver.
3.0.1December 10, 2009Improved 3D & video performance, full support for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), 64‑bit networking subsystem, improved VMware Importer, improved VM resume times. [26]
3.0.2February 18, 2010Fixes a problem so that the latest release of Mac OS X 10.6 Server (Snow Leopard) can run in a virtual machine. [27]
3.1.0May 25, 2010Improved 3D & video performance, improved Unity view performance and integration, USB EasyConnect, improved migration assistant, 8‑core SMP support, increased virtual hard disk size, updated operating system support. [28]
3.1.1August 12, 2010Various bug fixes. VMware vSphere 4.1 is now supported as a guest operating system. [29]
3.1.2December 2, 2010Fixes various bugs and security issues. [30]
3.1.3May 31, 2011Fixes various bugs and security issues. [31]
3.1.4April 13, 2012Fixes a bug with starting virtual machines on OS X 10.7.4. [32]
4.0September 14, 2011Run Lion, Lion Server, Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard Server, and Leopard Server in virtual machines, up to 2.5x faster 3D graphics, add Windows programs to Launchpad, view in full screen, or in Mission Control. [33]
4.0.1September 14, 2011Contains an update that ensures that disk buffering is enabled when set to automatic. [34]
4.0.2September 27, 2011Addresses an issue starting virtual machines running a forthcoming version of Mac OS X Lion. [35]
4.1.0November 17, 2011Added support for Lion's full screen mode, improved performance, and reintroduced the ability to turn on virtual machines automatically when VMware Fusion is opened. [36]
4.1.1November 23, 2011Reintroduces the Mac OS X Server check after it was inadvertently omitted from 4.1.0. [37]
4.1.2April 12, 2012Adds early host and guest support in preparation for the future release of OS X Mountain Lion.
4.1.3June 13, 2012Various bug fixes [38]
4.1.4November 8, 2012Various bug fixes [39]
5.0.0August 23, 2012VMware Fusion 5 has been revamped to take advantage of new technologies only available in Mountain Lion, Windows 8 and the latest Macs
5.0.1August 30, 2012Improved handling of USB devices [40]
5.0.2November 8, 2012Various bug fixes [41]
5.0.3March 14, 2013Various bug fixes [42]
5.0.4December 11, 2013Various bug fixes [43]
5.0.5July 3, 2014VMware Fusion 5.0.5 has been updated to the OPENSSL library version openssl- 0.9.8za where necessary to address CVE-2014-0224, CVE-2014-0198, CVE-2010-5298, and CVE-2014-3470. [44]
6.0.0September 3, 2013
6.0.1September 19, 2013
6.0.2November 5, 2013
6.0.3April 17, 2014Maintenance release which resolved some known issues [45]
6.0.4July 1, 2014VMware Fusion 6.0.4 has been updated to the OPENSSL library version openssl-1.0.1h where necessary to address CVE-2014-0224, CVE-2014-0198, CVE-2010-5298, and CVE-2014-3470. [46]
6.0.5October 16, 2014VMware Fusion 6.0.5 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues [47]
6.0.6April 23, 2015VMware Fusion 6.0.6 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues [48]
7.0.0September 3, 2014 OS X Yosemite look and feel, support of Yosemite and Windows 8.1, optimized for Haswell Intel processors with performance improvements of up to 43% vs Fusion 6, allocate up to 2 Gb of video memory per virtual machine, improved support for Retina Macs® connected to non-Retina displays, energy impact reduced by 42%, automate GPU switching for dual GPU Macs, virtual web camera compatible with iSight and external webcams, improved guest OS compatibility, over 50 new features.
7.1.1February 17, 2015
7.1.2June 15, 2015VMware Fusion 7.1.2 has been updated to use OpenSSL library version openssl-1.0.1m which addresses several OpenSSL security issues [49]
7.1.3November 12, 2015Maintenance release [50]
8.0August 24, 2015 OS X 10.11 El Capitan support for both host and guest OS; Windows 10 support for guest OS. New support for Ubuntu 15.04, Fedora 22, CentOS 7.1, RHEL 7.1, Oracle Linux 7.1, VMware Project Photon. Graphics support updated for DirectX10 and OpenGL 3.3. Improvements for encrypted virtual machines. Improved resolution settings. VMware vCloud Air Integration (Fusion 8 Pro only). Improved remote experience (Fusion 8 Pro only). Support IPv6 NAT network (Fusion 8 Pro only). Support the retina Macs, including iMac 5k and 12" MacBook. Echo cancellation for voice and video calls with Microsoft Lync and Skype. USB 3 support for Windows 7 VM's. Improved Start menu. Improved new VM creator. [51]
8.0.1October 1, 2015Maintenance Release. Fixes an issue involving installing El Capitan as a guest OS. [52]
8.0.2October 29, 2015Maintenance Release. Fixes issues with virtual machines crashing, and other compatibility fixes. [53]
8.1December 8, 2015Maintenance Release. Fixes issues with Windows 10 easy installation and other compatibility improvements. [54]
8.1.1April 21, 2016Maintenance Release. Fixes issues with nat and port forwarding and other compatibility improvements. [55]
8.5September 8, 2016Maintenance Release. Full support for macOS Sierra, including Tabs and Siri support and Windows 10 Anniversary edition. [56]
8.5.1October 27, 2016Maintenance Release. Fixes a hang/crash issue on Linux kernel 4.7 (and above), Intel-based hosts, as well as other issues. [57]
8.5.2November 13, 2016Maintenance Release. Addresses an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability related to the drag-and-drop feature. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs VMware Fusion. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the identifier CVE-2016-7461 to this issue. [58]
8.5.3November 29, 2016Maintenance Release. Addresses an issue that could cause Fusion on mac OS 10.12 to encounter an error. [59]
8.5.4March 9, 2017Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes, security updates, and performance improvements. [60]
8.5.5March 14, 2017Maintenance Release. Addresses an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability related to the drag-and-drop feature. This vulnerability might allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs VMware Fusion. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the identifier CVE-2017-4901 to this issue. [61]
8.5.6March 28, 2017Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [62]
8.5.7May 18, 2017Maintenance Release. Day 0 support of the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) as a guest operating system and contains bug fixes and security updates. [63]
8.5.8June 22, 2017Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [64]
8.5.9November 16, 2017Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [65]
8.5.10January 9, 2018Maintenance Release. This update of VMware Fusion exposes hardware support for branch target injection mitigation to VMware guests. This hardware is used by some guest operating systems to mitigate CVE-2018-5715 (also called by the name "Spectre"). [66]
10.0September 26, 2017In addition to supporting macOS 10.13 High Sierra as both Host and Guest, Fusion 10 supports Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and the latest updates for Server 2016. [67]
10.1.0December 21, 2017Improved guest support of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709) [68]

Includes VMware Tools 10.2.0

10.1.1January 9, 2018Maintenance Release. This update of VMware Fusion exposes hardware support for branch target injection mitigation to VMware guests. This hardware is used by some guest operating systems to mitigate CVE-2018-5715 (also called by the name "Spectre"). [69]
10.1.2May 21, 2018Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [70]
10.1.3August 14, 2018Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [71]
10.1.4November 9, 2018Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [72]
10.1.5November 22, 2018Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [73]
10.1.6March 28, 2019Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [74]
11.0September 25, 2018In addition to supporting macOS 10.14 Mojave as both host and guest, Fusion 11 supports Windows 10 October 2018 Update and the latest updates for Server 2016. Other notable features include: Enhanced Metal Graphics Rendering Engine with Direct3D 10.1, updated user interface and application menu, improved Fusion REST API, one-click SSH, new vSphere view, VMware Virtual Hardware Platform version 16. [75]
11.0.1November 9, 2018Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes for a compatibility issue with other hypervisor software. [76]
11.0.2November 22, 2018Maintenance Release. Improves support for Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) [77]
11.0.3March 28, 2019Maintenance Release. It contains bug fixes and security updates. [78]
11.1.0May 14, 2019Maintenance Release. Contains bug fixes and security updates, added support for Windows 10 19H1 Ubuntu 19.04 RHEL 8.0 Fedora 30 ESXi 6.7 U2. [79]
11.1.1August 8, 2019Maintenance Release. Mitigates a virtual machine performance issue. [80]
11.5September 16, 2019Support for Dark Mode, Sidecar, and more. [81]
11.5.1November 12, 2019Several security fixes. [82]
11.5.2March 12, 2020Security and bug fixes. [83]
11.5.3March 24, 2020Patches a privilege escalation vulnerability. [84]
11.5.5May 28, 2020Added support for containers and more guest OSs and implemented performance improvements and security fixes. [85]
11.5.6August 6, 2020Resolved bug fixes. [86]
11.5.7November 19, 2020Performance improvements, bug fixes and security updates. [87]
12September 4, 2020VMware Fusion Player is introduced. Similar to its Workstation counterpart, VMware Workstation Player, it is released for free for non-commercial use. Fusion 12 adds support for macOS Big Sur, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1, an external GPU, USB 3.1, and more. Security fixes were also introduced. [15]
12.1.0November 19, 2020Optimized for macOS 11 Big Sur as host and guest (macOS 10.15 Catalina is also supported as host). New guest operating system support, such as Windows 10 20H2, Ubuntu 20.10, RHEL 8.3, and Fedora 33. Fusion health check. Includes docker-machine-driver-vmware. Performance improvements, bug fixes and security updates. [88]
12.1.1April 1, 2021Security updates. [89]
12.1.2May 18, 2021Security updates. Updates VMware Tools to version 11.2.6. [90]
12.2.0Oct 14, 2021Security updates and bug fixes related to networking. Drops support for macOS 10.15 Catalina hosts. [91]
12.2.1Nov 9, 2021Bug fixes for the compatible product list. [92]
12.2.3Mar 10, 2022Bug fixes for Fusion Unity view. [93]
12.2.4Jul 21, 2022Bug fixes for mass deployment. [94]
12.2.5Dec 13, 2022Security updates. [95]
13.0Nov 17, 2022Optimized for macOS 13 Ventura as host and guest. Adds official support for Apple Silicon Macs. Adds support for TPM 2.0 and OpenGL 4.3. [11]
13.0.1Feb 2, 2023Bug fixes for importing Boot Camp partitions, missing localizations and network issues on Monterey/Ventura hosts/guests. [96]
13.0.2Apr 25, 2023Security updates. [97]
13.5

(Build 22583790)

Oct 19, 2023 New Security Enhancement

Download and Install Windows 11 guest operating system on an Apple Silicon Mac

Import and Export Virtual Machines with vTPM device

Manage Power Operations of Encrypted Virtual Machines using VMREST API

VMware Hardware Version 21 [98]

13.5.2

(Build 23775688)

May 14, 2024As of this version, Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free for personal use. [99]
13.6.0

(Build 24238079)

Sep 3, 2024Added vmcli command line tool, new host and client operating system support, and security updates. [2]

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