Category Archives: Parallels Desktop for Mac

How to use your Parallels Desktop for Mac Trial

Need more information on the 14 day Parallels trial? You’ve found yourself in that sticky situation: You love your Mac, but there is that one program on Windows that you just can’t do without. Sure, you could buy a PC to run that software – but that is a lot of money up front just to […]

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What’s in Parallels Desktop 12 Update 1?

What’s in Parallels Desktop 12 Update 1? Parallels Desktop 12 Update 1 was released on 11 November 2016 and Update 1 Hotfix 1 was released on 17 November.  Taken together, these releases include the following: Full support for macOS Sierra as both a host OS and guest OS (Figure 1 shows Windows 10 and macOS […]

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Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Customers Who Purchased Aug. 18 to Nov. 11 Offered Complementary Upgrade to One-Year Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition Subscription

Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Customers Who Purchased Aug. 18 to Nov. 11 Offered Complementary Upgrade to One-Year Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition Subscription Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Standard Edition (perpetual license) customers, who purchased the software between its Aug. 18th launch and Nov. 11, 2016 to create virtual machines (VMs) with more […]

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Parallels Desktop for Mac Black Friday!

Transform your Mac into the ultimate productivity machine this season with our Black Friday Bundle. Our tradition of offering a premium Black Friday software bundle for Mac users continues this year with incredible savings—up to $430 worth of top-rated Mac applications! Want to save a ton of money PLUS benefit from these great applications? Buy […]

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Which Office suite to use on the Mac?

The Microsoft Office suites: Office for Windows, Office for Mac, and Office for iPad provide the greatest level of compatibility between any disparate suites, but there can never be complete compatibility between different apps, except for the most trivial of apps. And, like them or hate them, no one can ever call the Office apps […]

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It’s Not Your Father’s Parallels!

Guest Account Manager blog post by: Carlos Capó Parallels Most of us recall the come-back commercials of a popular car brand who used this sentiment to reference a new, exciting and innovative brand, hoping to attract a new buying audience. However, when I heard one of my colleagues use this line regarding our brand, Parallels, […]

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How to find your Parallels Desktop for Mac license key

Parallels Support team guest author: Dineshraj Yuvaraj You are using Parallels Desktop and planning to upgrade to the latest version? Or do you want to install Parallels Desktop from scratch? Either way, you will need your Parallels Desktop for Mac license key to do that. Let me walk you through some simple steps on how to […]

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How to Set Action-based Password Requirements in Parallels Desktop

Support team guest author: Pradeep Raj Why do we use passwords – mainly to ensure the security and confidentiality of our data, right? But what if you want to include an extra step before you make any changes in your software? That’s exactly what I’m going to talk about in this blog. Whatever reason you […]

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Not only Windows on Mac – Free systems in Parallels Desktop

You all know that you can run Windows on your Mac with Parallels Desktop. Today, we want to show you that there is so much more to Parallels Desktop than running Windows on Mac. A large number of existing OSes can be installed in a virtual machine on the Mac with Parallels Desktop. Mac is […]

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Parallels will be at Infosecurity.nl 2016 in the Netherlands

Cybercrime has increased in intensity, sophistication, and, unfortunately, success in breaching the data security layer of businesses and organizations. Companies are investing massively in data security requests for their customers. Now, with the General Data Protection Regulation coming into force, in a very literal way, it pays to be prepared. With this in mind, Infosecurity.nl […]

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