Still trying to decide if you want to test out Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition? Well, here’s another reason to try it—we just added a pre-configured free trial of Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 to the New Virtual Machine Wizard! Here’s how to get Microsoft Edge on Mac, so you can start testing in Microsoft’s […]
So, you’ve purchased and downloaded the installer for the brand new Parallels Desktop 11, and when you go to run the installer, you see this: So, what’s going on? Parallels Desktop 11 has different system requirements than previous versions of Parallels Desktop. In particular, Parallels Desktop 11 requires Mavericks, Yosemite, or El Capitan. It will […]
Probably the most widely used developer tool is Visual Studio, and for that reason Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition includes some special integration with Visual Studio. In this blog post I will describe and demo this integration. When the Parallels Tools for Parallels Desktop Pro Edition are installed in Windows, a Visual Studio plug-in, […]
Guest blog by RamaKrishna Sarma Chavali, Parallels Support Team How does your virtual machine connect to the Internet in Parallels Desktop? This is a question I hear pretty often from users, so let me shed some light on this. Parallels Desktop has three different networking modes to “talk to the world”. These are Bridged, Shared and Host-Only. […]
A virtual machine (VM) is the ideal way to check out an OS that has been released as a beta, like Mac OS X 10.11, also known as El Capitan. A VM is a sandboxed environment, so any issues seen in the beta OS won’t affect any of your files on the Mac, destabilize your […]
One of the additional features in Parallels Desktop Pro Edition is the ability for a developer or tester to simulate various network conditions. The speed of the network can be artificially adjusted, and the quality of the connection can purposely be degraded to see how an app being developed responds in those conditions. In this […]
One of my all-time favorite features of my Mac is really small, and often overlooked when it comes to talking about the advantages of owning one—Quick Look! What’s Quick Look? Most Apple aficionados out there already know what Quick Look is, but I’ll give a brief overview for anyone out there new to Mac. Quick […]
Here at Parallels, we know that one of the major issues companies and their employees face today is the issue of choice. Windows or Mac? Android or iOS? Star Trek or Star Wars? Just kidding. (Definitely Star Wars.) In all seriousness, we get how the amount of choice can steal productivity from your employees. That’s […]
synergy |ˈsinərjē| noun the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects: the synergy between artist and record company. The term synergy comes from the Attic Greek word συνεργία synergia from synergos, συνεργός, meaning “working together”. Don’t you […]
If there’s one drawback to running Windows on your Mac with Parallels Desktop, it’s that a virtual machine can really eat away at your battery life if you’re not careful. Thankfully, one of the new features in Parallels Desktop 11 combats this common issue—introducing Travel Mode! (Frequent fliers, prepare to fall in love.) Travel Mode […]