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How to run “headless” virtual machines in OS X

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Parallels Desktop

Quit Parallels Desktop, if it’s open Open the Terminal utility Get a list of the current configured VMs:

prlctl list -a
# Note the name of the VM you want to start, and then start it:
prlctl start "VM NAME"

VirtualBox

Open the VirtualBox VM list Hold the Shift key when clicking Start for your VM

VMWare Fusion

#Open the Terminal and make an alias to the “vmrun” program (assuming Fusion is installed in the Applications folder):
alias vmrun=/Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun
# Start the vm without the graphical interface:
vmrun -T fusion start "/path/to/vm.vmx" nogui

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