Re: A VM snapshot question

2016-05-13 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If you didn’t install VMWare Tools yet, then choose that option from the VM menu to get them installed. They support folder sharing, copy-and-paste between host and guest, and all that. If you have them installed, then if I remember right you should find the Shrink tab in the Control Panel

RE: A VM snapshot question

2016-05-10 Thread Bill Holton
] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 1:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A VM snapshot question Ah, I see, you mean reclaim unused blocks in the VM image itself, not deleting actual data. Yes, you’re right, you must have no snapshots before you can do

Re: A VM snapshot question

2016-05-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Ah, I see, you mean reclaim unused blocks in the VM image itself, not deleting actual data. Yes, you’re right, you must have no snapshots before you can do that. Just select a snapshot with QuickNav off and hit Backspace, and you’ll delete the snapshot. Then reboot the VM, perform any

RE: A VM snapshot question

2016-05-06 Thread Bill Holton
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 5:08 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A VM snapshot question Deleting a snapshot won’t reclaim any disk space, it’ll just roll the snapshot’s contents

Re: A VM snapshot question

2016-05-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Deleting a snapshot won’t reclaim any disk space, it’ll just roll the snapshot’s contents into your main virtual machine image. Maybe you mean you want to revert the snapshot. Anyway, turn off QuickNav and use the cursor key to highlight the snapshot in the Snapshots view. Then press the