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VMWare Fusion 6.0.3 doesn't work on 10.10

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jstahmann

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Nov 3, 2011
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Just installed 10.10 upgrade on a test machine (rMBP) running Fusion 6.0.3. The Fusion icon is blocked out and when I try running it, a dialog pops up saying that "This version of Fusion 6.0.3 is not supported on this Operating System Version". Just a heads up...
 
thank you very much for the warning. I am on Vmware Fusion 5 and for me a killer application, because of running ubuntu
 
FYI, the 10.10 now includes a new hypervisor framework. No idea what its scope is, but I assume it will offer some OS-based support for VM software.
 
Yeah, this is a bummer. Usually VMWare is pretty quick in offering beta/preview releases. Hopefully they will have one that works with 10.10 in a couple of weeks.
 
The Hypervisor framework would most likely improve the performance of virtual machines due to more cohesion between the hypervisor and the guest.

It won't be like Client Hyper-V performance on Win 8.1 though.
 
I imagine this and a lot of other "broken" apps just can't tell that 10.10 > 10.9, which is why you see that message. I bet they just have really stupid version checking code which is now broken and will be a simple fix in most cases.
 
10.10 < 10.9, I mean it is simply a decimal, so it would actually be 10.1, which is less than 10.9 by 0.8. Y2K returns!!

And now I am in the process of trying to figure out how to return to 10.9, so I can work my modelsim labs for school. >.<
 
prxr13 said:
10.10 < 10.9, I mean it is simply a decimal, so it would actually be 10.1, which is less than 10.9 by 0.8. Y2K returns!!
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No, 10.10 is not a number, its an identifier. It does no follow numeric/decimal conventions, i.e., we have 10.9.3 currently for Mavericks which is not a valid numeric value
 
prxr13 said:
10.10 < 10.9, I mean it is simply a decimal, so it would actually be 10.1, which is less than 10.9 by 0.8. Y2K returns!!

And now I am in the process of trying to figure out how to return to 10.9, so I can work my modelsim labs for school. >.<
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Geebus H Cripes.... Learn versioning before spouting expertise on something.
 
ohbrilliance said:
The Java SDK installer also compares version numbers in this way. The installer effectively performs a string comparison of OS Version >= 10.7.3, and won't install when that check fails for OS Version=10.10. Fun.
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It's called bad programming, but hey it's Java. What do you expect?
 
Is it possible to install 10.10 Yosemite is a virtual machine (e.g. Fusion) while running Mavericks?
 
Sven11 said:
Yes, but I guess it's still written by the people that write Java.
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It's called a bug.... . And probably a very minor fix, get over it. :rolleyes:

"Java sucks because it contains a bug which won't let me install it on my bug infested beta OS.... But only java sucks, the OS X bugs are good ones because they are a product of Apple."
 
Sorry...but sarcasm FTW!!! Just pointing out to others bad programming. That is where the problem lies.
 
Bummer, thanks for the heads up. Would hate to lose Fusion functionality. Still waiting to download, my internet at home is far too terrible to download a 5+ GB install file.
 
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