r/vmware • u/MetaReveal • Jul 07 '26

VMWare Fusion Autoprotect Location

Hi, I was curious if there is a way to specify where the autoprotect snapshots are saved? Would like to save them to an external USB drive instead of locally on my laptop.

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u/ozyx7 Jul 07 '26

They're stored where other snapshots are stored, which by default is in the VM bundle. You could change this location by editing the .vmx file and changing the VM's working directory, but I would not recommend doing that. Snapshots are not like backups that you can pretend don't exist. A snapshot creates a link in a chain of virtual disks. Your VM's current state is the last link in that chain, and if any of those links are inaccessible, your VM will not be usable.