I use VMWare Fusion on my Mac to run a virtual Windows 7 machine, and the Microsoft IE compatibility Windows XP virtual machines.
In VMWare Tools on the Windows guest OSes, there’s a “Shrink” option that lets you reduce the size of the sparse disk image used by the guest OS, to save hard drive space on your host OX.
I’ve recently created another virtual machine, this time running Snow Leopard Server. I was wondering if I could shrink the spare disk image used by this machine too, but I can’t find a VMWare Tools app on the Mac guest OS, even though VMWare Tools have been installed (as VMWare’s Shared Folders feature is working).
Is there any way to shrink the sparse disk image used by Mac OS X guest OSes in VMWare Fusion?
Best Answer
In VMware Fusion since version 4 you can go to VM preference -> General -> Clean Up Virtual Machine.
Additionally there is a chart where you can see, what size is expected after shrinking.