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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As 2016 gets closer and closer, we can’t help but look back at the past year and feel a lot of different things: amazement, a sense of accomplishment, and most of all, gratitude. Gratitude towards you, our customers! Without you, none of what we do would be possible, so we wanted to take a moment […]
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Despite what Michael Scott may say, PowerPoint is pretty cool. (Even cooler? PowerPoint on Mac with Parallels Desktop.) http://robertosgifs.tumblr.com/post/57688158803 Sure, the program has gotten a bad rep in the past for being the “standard” presentation tool for anyone and everyone, but the truth is, if you think PowerPoint is boring, well, you’re probably not using […]
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Who doesn’t love a good Easter egg? No, not the kind you go digging for in the grass come springtime, but the kind that get a lot of “ooh’s” and “ah’s” when someone points it out in their favorite movie, book, TV show, etc. The Parallels dev team has been hiding Easter eggs inside of […]
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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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It’s that time of year when that shiny new piece of hardware looks especially delightful. Whether you’ve added a new Mac to your gift list or are just eyeing it thanks to an amazing seasonal deal, we get it. But once you’ve ripped off the wrapping paper on your new MacBook, what do you do […]
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As we all know, nostalgia can pack a powerful punch. If it didn’t, we wouldn’t love posting Throwback Thursdays/Flashback Fridays, and bringing back remnants of the 1990s wouldn’t be so enticing to millennials. (Though let’s be real, the 90’s were awesome.) Well, in honor of this Throwback Thursday, I’m revisiting a fan-favorite that should induce […]
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The following post is a customer story submitted to our Advocacy program by Andy Cohen. We are incredibly thankful to Andy for sharing his story with us and allowing us to share it with you. Read on for Andy’s experience choosing and using Parallels Desktop. Name: Andy Cohen Geography: Vienna, Virginia USA Industry: Software manufacturer Role: Business Development Consultant, Anytrax Meet […]
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Guest blog by Manoj Raghu, Parallels Support Team “Hold on, John,”—Or How to Save Time While Accessing Your Virtual Machine Files without Starting Parallels Desktop Let’s picture a situation when you are on a call with a client and need to send that file right away, but then you realize you saved it in your […]
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How do you use Parallels Desktop? When it comes to our users, we know one thing—you all use Parallels Desktop in a multitude of ways, for a multitude of reasons. And that’s so cool! Nothing is better than when we get to hear a user story about how they use it for a niche Windows program, […]
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