Category Archives: Windows on mac

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enables Australian Community College to Equip Learners with IT Literacy Skills

Guest blog author Kevin Greely, General Manager Parallels Asia Pacific Nepean Community College (NCC) is an adult education institution that focuses on equipping minorities, the disadvantaged, and the disabled with the IT literacy skills necessary to successfully navigate today’s digital world. NCC was looking for a flexible, responsive, and cost-effective device management strategy to keep […]

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Some Easy Fixes for “Your Mac is Running Low on Space”

Some free, easy actions for the Parallels Desktop® for Mac user to solve “Your Mac is running low on Space.” If you’ve ever seen one of these dialogs or notifications, you know how scary they can be and how bad things can get if you ignore them: In Your Windows VM There are a variety […]

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A Website That Works in Microsoft Edge, but Not in Safari or Internet Explorer

Among my many character flaws, I am an unapologetic font addict. One of my favorite T-shirts reads: Whoever dies with the most fonts, wins. Figure 1 shows my font menu in Microsoft Word on my home iMac®, so you can see that I’m well on my way to winning. Because of this addiction, I was […]

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Connecting Your iPhone to Your Windows 10 VM

The Windows 10 Spring Creators Update was released on April 10, 2018, and it has a number of new features that Mac users will care about. This is the first in a short series about these new Windows 10 features: Connecting your iPhone to your Windows 10 VM. Microsoft has long been accused of copying […]

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How to Easily Optimize Parallels Desktop for Mac

With millions of users around the world, Parallels Desktop® for Mac has been a popular Mac application for more than a decade. To serve the specific needs of this large user base, over the years we have added preferences and settings to Parallels Desktop—lots of preference and settings. This has resulted in an application that […]

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“Let’s take a field trip” – What’s important for students and teacher when working with a Mac?

Last week, on March 27, 2018, at 8 a.m., the first Apple® launch event of 2018 took place. This event focused mainly on the education sector and was being held at Chicago’s Lane Tech College Prep School. The biggest news was that Apple will bring out a new $329 iPad® to take on Google Chromebook™ […]

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Visio for Mac and Other Frequent Requests from Mac Users

Mac users aren’t at all shy about making their requests for applications known: How about Visio for Mac? When will IE return to Mac? Will we ever see a Microsoft Project for Mac? Where can I get Access for Mac? When will (insert name of hot new game here) be available for Mac? Most of […]

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Paint for Mac using Parallels Desktop

Question: Is there a Microsoft Paint for Mac®? Answer: There is no MS Paint program for Mac, BUT there are a couple options. You can explore the similar Mac Paint programs, OR get Paint on Mac with Parallels Desktop® for Mac. Option 1: Use Mac Paint alternatives. One option that already exists on your Mac […]

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Change Your Thinking About OSes

Virtual machines (VMs) have a number of features and properties that require a new way of thinking about operating systems (OSes) so that you can take full advantage of a VM. Doing a major OS update on your Mac®—or even installing a macOS® from scratch—scares many users. “What if the update fails, will my Mac […]

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