First, it makes the virtualized apps look like they are running more like native apps. Unity mode has worked well for me for several reasons. You can also find this option in the VMware Utilities menu under View => Unity. Once in unity mode, you can use that same shortcut to toggle it back off. To try unity mode, while the guest OS is running, use shift + cmd + u. After some experimentation, I prefer unity mode. Vmware offers 3 options to run the guest operating system. Over the past couple of months, I’ve picked up a couple of tricks to make the experience less frustrating. Overall, I found the integration between the two less than seamless and pretty painful. I was unable to share files between the 2 operating systems, and.I experienced window flickering from the guest OS,.I found myself unable to use my window manager to move and resize windows as I would’ve liked,.This can sometimes result in a frustrating and slow development process. On my current project, it’s necessary to host a Windows virtual machine from my MacBook Pro using VMware Fusion.
