Category Archives: Parallels Desktop for Mac

How to Use Microsoft Ink in Word on a Mac

Parallels Desktop 12 Update 1 adds even greater support for Microsoft Ink. (You can read an overview of Ink on the Mac here.) In this blog post, I will specifically discuss the uses of Microsoft Ink in Word for Windows 2016 running on a Mac with the use of Parallels Desktop 12. As outlined in […]

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How to redeem Acronis backup offer with Parallels Desktop 12

Parallels Support team guest author: Gunasekaran Udayakumar   In today’s Internet age, the technology industry is constantly evolving. Do you remember how important local storage used to be? It’s now faded away, giving way to cloud services. Every day we are online, posting on social media channels, attending courses, and using a wide range of online […]

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Use Multiple Monitors Full Screen with Parallels Desktop for Mac

Whether you’re a fresh adopter of virtual machines or a longtime lover of virtualization, Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac has optimized support for your external monitors and Full Screen mode! You can view your Parallels Desktop VM on your native display or an external monitor so it looks just like it would if you were […]

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Phishers pretending to be Apple

In my opinion, one of the most despicable types of computer criminals today is the phisher. As Wikipedia explains: “Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication… Phishing is typically carried […]

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How to reach Parallels Support

Parallels Support team guest author: Dineshraj Yuvaraj If you’re new to Parallels, you might be interested to know that we offer 24/7 support. This blog will show you the available options. Depending on the product you are using, Parallels offers a variety of options to reach support, including Twitter, Facebook, Forum, phone, email, and chat. […]

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What you can do with a virtualized operating system

What you can do with a virtualized operating system Odds are, you’re running Parallels Desktop for Mac because you have that one program, that one holdout that is keeping you from going full native on Mac. Or you have that client that needs to see the work in Windows, or you’re not out of the […]

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How to run Microsoft SQL & Visual Studio on Mac using Parallels Desktop

At Parallels, we love sharing our customers’ success stories! Recently, Tim Goldstein, a leading business intelligence analyst, database architect, and senior developer specializing in the Microsoft SQL server tool set, implemented a more agile development process with Parallels Desktop for Mac. Goldstein’s new process has been a great success and proven Parallels Desktop to be […]

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Parallels Desktop Holiday Mac Bundle – $489 worth of savings!

 ‘Tis the season for savings! Here at Parallels we want to how our immense appreciation to our customers by offering a holiday lineup of premium applications to save you some money this season. From now until December 31st we will offer 7 free applications when you buy Parallels Desktop for Mac. That’s a 91% discount […]

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How to test a Windows app in Parallels Desktop for FREE

  A question that I am regularly asked is: “Will an old Photoshop Version for Windows work in Parallels Desktop on the Mac?” (with the named app being almost any type of app: line-of-business app, educational app, productivity app, or game, among many other categories). My standard response is: “It is highly likely that this app for […]

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How to Use Microsoft Ink on a Mac

Parallels Desktop 12 Update 1 was released a few weeks ago. You can read about all the changes in this update here. In this blog post, I will discuss in some detail only one of the Update 1 features: even greater support for Microsoft Ink. As I wrote about in an earlier blog post, Ink […]

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