Category Archives: Parallels Desktop

How to Run Internet Explorer on Mac

Have you ever built a website or written some code and thought it looked perfect until, after the fact, you caught that same page looking horrible and wonky in another browser? I definitely have. And even though my version of writing code really means messing around in the WordPress back-end, the scenario still holds up. […]

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Coherence Mode: Aka, What is that Blue Button?

You may have noticed a new feature in screenshots of Parallels Desktop 11 and Parallels Desktop 11 Pro: that little blue button next to your close and minimize screen buttons? It’s our Coherence Mode button! (It turns out the Coherence Mode button doesn’t always have a bunch of yellow stars around it—but I am a […]

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Customer Story: My Small Business Depends on Parallels

The following post is a customer story submitted to our Advocacy program by Kevin Molloy from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. We are incredibly thankful to Kevin for sharing his experience with us and allowing us to share it with you. Read on for Kevin’s experience choosing and using Parallels Desktop. Owner and operator of Tactical Management (an American small business), Kevin flies […]

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How to Start Boot Camp Without Restarting Your Mac with Parallels Desktop 11

Guest blog by Dhruba Jyoti Das, Parallels Support Team One of my co-workers has previously written about the general procedure on how to set up a Windows virtual machine in Parallels Desktop based on your Boot Camp partition. But time flies fast, and Microsoft came up with Windows 10—not to mention, we recently released Parallels […]

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Mac Developer? Test Multiple Mac OSes in Parallels Desktop Pro

Tell me if this is an image you’ve resigned yourself to: multiple MacBook laptops scattered across your desk; some labeled with their OS, some not, a half-empty coffee cup a bit too close to all of your vital testing machines. First and foremost, go dump that day-old coffee. Second: Dude. Stop wasting desk space with […]

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Here’s Why You Should Upgrade to Parallels Desktop Pro Edition

With the arrival of Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac, we also brought something new to the table: Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition. Regarding this new edition, a lot of our customers have asked us the same question: why should I upgrade to Pro? We’re happy to shed a little light! Here are some of […]

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Customer Story: Parallels is a Lifesaver—Literally!

The following post is a customer story submitted to our Advocacy program by Jim S. from West Palm Beach, Florida. We are incredibly thankful to Jim for sharing his experience with us and allowing us to share it with you. Read on for Jim’s experience choosing and using Parallels Desktop. Unfortunately, there are a few […]

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How to (Easily) Get Microsoft Edge on Your Mac

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 […]

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WTF? Why Can’t I Install Parallels Desktop 11?

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 […]

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Visual Studio and Parallels Desktop Pro Edition

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, […]

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