**** VMware Fusion 8 & 10 procedure **
Backup the existing Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
If there are a number of Virtual Disk files then Fusion is allocating space for the virtual machine in 2 GB segments
Close the Package Contents folder
If the Snow Leopard virtual machine is segmented then convert it to a single Virtual Disk.vmdk as follows:
Start VMware Fusion
Select the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Settings > Hard Disk (SCSI)
Click the Advanced options disclosure triangle
Click Apply
This process will take a few minutes to complete. After the conversion is done, continue with the next step of this procedure.
Start the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Start Terminal
Type "mount" (without the quotation marks) at the Terminal command prompt and press the return (enter) key
The mount command will display the root device which looks like: /dev/disk0s2
(The important thing is to determine the root device. (disk0s1, disk0s2, disk0s3 etc.)
In the following command, if necessary, change disk0s2 to the root device that the mount command returned.
Type "sudo diskutil secureErase freespace 0 /dev/disk0s2" (without the quotation marks) at the Terminal command prompt and press the return (enter) key
If a message is displayed stating: "Your startup disk is almost full", click OK
When the erasure completes, quit Terminal
Shut Down the Snow Leopard virtual machine
Quit VMware Fusion
Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
Select the Virtual Disk.vmdk file
Click Edit > Copy "Virtual Disk.vmdk"
Open a new Finder window for the ~/Virtual Machines folder
Click Edit > Paste Item
Rename the "Virtual Disk.vmdk" file in the ~/Virtual Machines folder to "Original Disk.vmdk"
Start Terminal
Type "cd ~/" (without the quotation marks) at the Terminal command prompt and press the return (enter) key
Type "ls" (without the quotation marks) at the Terminal command prompt and press the return (enter) key
The ls command will display a listing of folders in your account home folder
In the listing, find the Virtual Machines folder to determine if .localized is appended to it (i.e. "Virtual Machines.localized")
Change "xxxxxxxx" in the following Terminal command to your short account name.
Use this command if the Virtual Machines folder does not have .localized appended to it:
"/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager" -r "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Virtual Machines/Original Disk.vmdk" -t 0 "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Virtual Machines/Virtual Disk.vmdk"
Use this command if the Virtual Machines folder does have .localized appended to it:
"/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager" -r "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Virtual Machines.localized/Original Disk.vmdk" -t 0 "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Virtual Machines.localized/Virtual Disk.vmdk"
Paste the appropriate Terminal command (including the leading and trailing quotation marks) into the Terminal window
Press the return (enter) key
After the process completes and the Terminal input prompt is displayed, quit Terminal
Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
Right click the Virtual Disk.vmdk file and select Move to Trash
Move the Virtual Disk.vmdk file from the ~/Virtual Machines folder to the Mac OS X Snow Leopard package folder
Close the Package Contents folder
Start the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine to confirm that it runs correctly
Shut Down the Snow Leopard virtual machine
Right click the "Original Disk.vmdk" file in the ~/Virtual Machines folder and select Move to Trash
**** VMware Fusion 5 procedure **
Backup the existing Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
If there are a number of Virtual Disk files then Fusion is allocating space for the virtual machine in 2 GB segments
Close the Package Contents folder
If the Snow Leopard virtual machine is segmented then convert it to a single Virtual Disk.vmdk as follows:
Start VMware Fusion
Select the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Settings > Hard Disk (SCSI)
Click the Advanced options disclosure triangle
Clear 'Split into 2 GB files'
Click Apply
This process will take a few minutes to complete. After the conversion is done, continue with the next step of this procedure.
Start the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Start Disk Utility
Select Macintosh HD
Click Erase
Click Erase Free Space
Select Zero Out Deleted Files
Click Erase Free Space
If a message is displayed stating: "Your startup disk is almost full", click OK
When the erasure completes, quit Disk Utility
Shut Down the Snow Leopard virtual machine
Quit VMware Fusion
Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
Select the Virtual Disk.vmdk file
Click Edit > Copy "Virtual Disk.vmdk"
Select the ~/Documents/Virtual Machines folder
Click Edit > Paste Item
Rename the "Virtual Disk.vmdk" file in the ~/Documents/Virtual Machines folder to "Original Disk.vmdk"
Start Terminal
Type "cd Documents" (without the quotation marks) at the Terminal command prompt and press the return (enter) key
Type "ls" (without the quotation marks) at the Terminal command prompt and press the return (enter) key
The ls command will display a listing of folders in your Documents folder
In the listing, find the Virtual Machines folder to determine if .localized is appended to it (i.e. "Virtual Machines.localized")
Change "xxxxxxxx" in the following Terminal command to your short account name.
Use this command if the Virtual Machines folder does not have .localized appended to it:
"/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager" -r "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Documents/Virtual Machines/Original Disk.vmdk" -t 0 "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Documents/Virtual Machines/Virtual Disk.vmdk"
Use this command if the Virtual Machines folder does have .localized appended to it:
"/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager" -r "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Original Disk.vmdk" -t 0 "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Virtual Disk.vmdk"
Paste the appropriate Terminal command (including the leading and trailing quotation marks) into the Terminal window
Press the return (enter) key
After the process completes and the Terminal input prompt is displayed, quit Terminal
Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
Right click the Virtual Disk.vmdk file and select Move to Trash
Move the Virtual Disk.vmdk file from the ~/Documents/Virtual Machines folder to the Mac OS X Snow Leopard package folder
Close the Package Contents folder
Start the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine to confirm that it runs correctly
Right click the "Original Disk.vmdk" file in the ~/Documents/Virtual Machines folder and select Move to Trash
