While looking for ways to run Windows 11 on my new M4 iMac, I ran across this:
https://www.macworld.com/article/668080/vmware-fusion-review.html
It seems that VMWare is now offering Fusion Pro FREE for personal use. Has anyone tried using VM Fusion Pro to run DVD Profiler on their Mac?

OK. While I am not totally sure about what I am doing, I seem to have successfully loaded DVD Profiler onto my new M4 iMac using VMware Fusion and Windows 11 Home. It took about an hour. I'll now test things out to see if everything is working properly. I'm sure I missed some things during the install and will get back to you. Anyone else giving it a try?

Things are looking good. I've figured out how to install VMware tools so as to better use Windows 11 on my Mac. DVD Profiler seems to be working fine on my Mac so far. I downloaded my online database and it looks good. I want to stress the importance of doing this BEFORE you try to sync to your mobile device with a new DVD Profiler installation of any kind.
Another issue is related to having two "PC's" running DVD Profiler. They can step on each other in the Cloud if you are not careful. I need to set this up properly before I attempt to sync this "PC" to my iPad. If the sync works properly, then I am finished, since I don't use any plug-ins that need to be checked out. I'll keep you posted.

Quoting nanoron:

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While DVD profiler seems to be working fine, I can't get it to sync to my iPad. I've tried all the usual tricks but no luck. BUMMER!
I'll keep trying and will report back here if I succeed in getting it to work.

It might have to do with port forwarding and firewall settings. They probably need to be setup on both the host computer and the virtual one. Of course you know this. Just maybe something to double check.

Quoting nanoron:

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Unfortunately,I don't know if this is a Mac OS, Windows 11 or VMware problem. Have people had success using Windows 11 to sync with iPads?

Syncing is done over a simple TCP/IP port. The application needs only the IP address and port, and should be OS independent. Again, I would check to make sure that the required IP address and port can be forwarded through the firewalls on all three machines. Does the VMware machine have a separate IP address from the host machine? Is it on the same subnet? Is the firewall setup to pass traffic between the iPad and virtual machine?

Have you tried setting the network setting to bridge networking in VMware Fusion?

I set my VMFusion Network settings to Bridged and it seems to be working properly now. Thanks for the hint. I'll check it out more fully and report back after I've had a chance to test things out more fully.