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After a long day restoring my mac from backups I finally started up my virtual machines only to find out my network settings are configured wrong , I use static ip’s on my vm’s so the easy way was to just get my old settings back , here’s how:

Stop all your vm’s , exit fusion and follow the process

1. remove current settings :

cd /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/
sudo rm locations

2. rebuild config ( script does not need your answers ) :

sudo ./vmware-config-net.pl
sudo ./boot.sh –restart

3. change your ip in the locations file :

sudo vi locations
change this line ( for hostonly address )
answer VNET_8_HOSTONLY_HOSTADDR 192.168.119.1

4. apply settings

sudo ./vmware-config-net.pl
sudo ./boot.sh –restart

5. verify

ifconfig -a

open terminal and type :

drutil tray eject

you can also try the following suggestions in MacGuides

to show hidden files – in terminal type :

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

to hide them again – in terminal type:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder

My journey as a mac newbie continues, this open source tools allows me to share my FreeBSD virtual machine folder with my mac without configuring nfs or anything fancy.
best of all , its opensource …

http://www.macfusionapp.org/