Choose Where to Connect
a USB Device When You Plug It In
When a virtual
machine is running, you can select whether a USB device connects to your Mac or
to your virtual machine when you plug the device in.
Fusion
must be
open, with a virtual machine powered on.
With
Fusion
, you can
select what system a USB device connects to when you plug it in. You can also
set that choice as the default connection whenever you attach that device in
the future.
- Plug the USB device into your Mac.The selection dialog box appears. If no dialog box appears, you already set a default connection for this device in the USB settings panel.
- To make your connection selection the default for this device in the future, selectRemember my choice and do not ask again.You can change this default at any time in the USB & Bluetooth settings panel.
- Select the system to which you want to connect the device.The action you take depends on how many virtual machines are open.OptionDescriptionIf you have one virtual machine powered onSelectConnect to MacorConnect to.OS of your open virtual machineIf you have two or more virtual machines powered onIn the pop-up menu, selectConnect to your MacorConnect tofor the selected virtual machine. Clickvirtual machine nameOK.