All posts by Megan Spurr

Happy Birthday Windows 10!

Happy Birthday Windows 10! As of today, Windows 10 has been around for a full year! We’ve been having a lot of fun with the latest (last?) OS from Microsoft on our Macs. The first OS to let you run a virtual assistant on your Mac, way less of the tiles (we weren’t a fan), […]

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Mac & PC Having It All For An Extended Hospital Stay

Jacques Bouliane is an Engineer by trade and a self-described PC guy…all of his computers have been PC’s. That is, until this year. It was only really due to his health actually, that he came across Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac. In 2011, Jacques was diagnosed with lymphoma and had his spleen removed. In 2014, he […]

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How To: Upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10 In Parallels

For whatever reason, you might have not updated your Windows virtual machine to Windows 10 yet. Maybe the tiles from Windows 8 turned you off, maybe you have programs that are only supported in Windows 7? Whatever the reason, you might want to take advantage of the short window we have left to get the […]

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You Can Never Have Too Much Pi (π)

The earliest approximation of π (or: “Pi”) was discovered by ancient Babylonians nearly 4,000 years ago. Since then, π has been one of the most important and celebrated number in science and mathematics. Most of us can recite the approximate value of π from memory (hint: it’s 3.14), and many of our modern scientific and technological […]

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Students Can BYOD! (Bring Your Own Device)

When we say Students can BYOD – we’re talking about the idea that you aren’t roped into carrying a PC laptop just because you’re in school. Have you ever looked at your class syllabus and felt that *thud* in the pit of your stomach when you realize the software you need for the class doesn’t […]

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Parallels Access and macOS Sierra

It is great time to be a user of Apple devices – upgrades to each of the three OSes today: MacOS, iOS, and WatchOS, plus updates to all the betas.  The servers in Cupertino must be close to melting down from so many downloads from all over the world. It is also a great time […]

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Transferring Parallels Desktop to a New Mac

Guest blog from support team member: Ajith Mamolin Are you planning to upgrade your Mac or get a new one? Or just getting a replacement? Congrats, and heres to hoping your new Mac is even more powerful than your last one! As you are reading this blog, there is a good chance you have Parallels Desktop installed. Let’s walk […]

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Godiva Chocolatier simplified IT with Parallels RAS

Godiva Chocolatier “Prior to having Parallels Remote Application Server, we had to update applications on each machine. With Remote Application Server, we can just do an update once and publish it to all users.” Thomas Cauwenberg Godiva Chocolatier Godiva Chocolatier chose Parallels Remote Application Server for a simplified IT management system. Remote Application Server make […]

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Apple and SAP: All we can say is SAP developers, come to Apple!

Guest blog article from Michael Hülskötter. All we can say is: SAP developers, come to Apple! Some recent news is causing a stir in the business world. The established software provider SAP and Apple, renowned for trendsetting and design, are working together to provide future software developers with the right tools to build SAP-compatible mobile […]

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Parallels Events: Meet the team at these IT events!

Parallels Events! Booking your IT calendar for the next quarter? You can find the Parallels team at various IT industry events regularly. We’re always here to talk about Macs, Virtualization, Remote Application, Mac Management, and more – but take the chance to pick our brains in person at these Parallels Events! July 26-28: BriForum – […]

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