Guest blog by Arun Raj, Parallels Support Team Transferring Windows From Boot Camp Partition To a New Mac If you’re reading this blog, chances are you are thinking to buy a new Mac (or already got one, yay!). Apple made it super easy to migrate all your files, applications and settings to the new machines […]
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Guest blog by Sylvester Sebastian Nino, Parallels Support Team Set the default platform for your browser and email Lets speak some truth: We all have our favorites, but there isn’t a perfect browser on the market – they all have “perfect” elements, but are scattered among many browsers. While Safari makes sharing easier, it hasn’t completely sorted […]
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Guest blog by Manoj Kumar Suresh, Parallels Support Team Easy ways to backup your virtual machine There are many perks of using a virtual machine over a regular PC. One of my favorites being how easy it is to backup and to restore my virtual machines. Below I’ll go over several ways to backup your […]
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Guest blog by Manoj Raghu, Parallels Support Team Need a better performing virtual machine? Do you work on the Windows side more often than on the Mac? Let me guide you through a few built-in settings in Parallels Desktop that will have a positive impact on your VM performance. Using Optimization settings, you can: Balance […]
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Guest blog by Ramakrishna Sarma Chavali, Parallels Support Team Do you remember those times when you had to carry a huge portable external drive to copy a couple of .doc files from one computer to another? We’re pretty lucky to live in the 21st century, because now you can carry a tiny flash drive with […]
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Guest blog by Paul Christopher Nathaniel, Parallels Support Team In July of last year, I wrote a blog about One-Click Tuning for Parallels Desktop 10. There has been a few changes since then, such as the release of Parallels Desktop 11 and a new edition for users: the Pro Edition. Whether you’re testing applications across platforms, […]
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Guest blog by Dhruba Jyoti Das, Parallels Support Team Do you think encryption guarantees effective security to your data? While the word “guarantee” might be a bit strong, encryption is a very effective method to restrict your data from unauthorized access. What’s encryption? Encryption is the process of encoding information in such a way that […]
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Guest blog by Manoj Kumar Suresh, Parallels Support Team Parallels Desktop 11 and Parallels Desktop Pro are here and all of us are glad that both versions have many exciting new features—especially features like advanced networking tools, support for development and design, test tools like Docker, Jenkins, and Chef, and much more. But let’s look at a […]
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Guest blog by Sylvester Sebastian Nino, Parallels Support Team While working with Parallels Desktop and helping our customers, I often go through our knowledgebase as the best source of product-related information. For instance, recently, I helped a customer over the phone convert his virtual machine from VirtualBox to Parallels Desktop by simply going through the […]
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Guest blog by Manoj Raghu, Parallels Support Team Last week, I talked about the way to access the data on your virtual machine by simply mounting it to the Mac Finder. But what if you need permanent access to the data and don’t need this particular VM? Why would you need that, you ask? Well, […]
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