Category Archives: How-To

How to Remove a VM…and Bring It Back Again

The virtual machine (VM) files in Parallels Desktop® for Mac can be quite large—I have several that are over 100 GB. So if you’re not using a VM anymore (or just rarely use it), you can get back a lot of space on your Mac® by deleting it, or at least moving it to an […]

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Presentation Disaster: The Five Most Embarrassing Situations During Presentations and How to Avoid Them

At this very moment, some 1.25 million presentations are being held worldwide. Unfortunately, listeners rate almost 90% of all lectures as bad, boring, or time-consuming. This is partly due to the content but also problems with the technology create disturbances—the sound is not running, the WLAN connection is on strike, or the adapter is missing. […]

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How to Use Mac Fonts in PowerPoint Presentations

Many Mac® users consider the fonts on Mac to be more elegant than the fonts on Windows, and therefore they want to use their Mac fonts in their PowerPoint presentations. Figure 1, however, shows what can happen when you send those presentations to Windows users, or use a Windows PC to drive the projector in […]

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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 Manage Mac Devices in the Enterprise: Four Approaches and Challenges Explained

Apple® Mac devices are growing in corporate popularity by the day. It’s up to IT departments to make sure that these devices utilize all resources in the environment, as well as ensure they’re visible and managed. This can be a challenge, as Mac and Windows are very different, and Mac devices remain a minority in […]

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Screenshot Page: A New Tool in Parallels Toolbox for Mac 2.5

One of the new utilities in Parallels® Toolbox for Mac 2.5  is the Screenshot Page tool. This creates screenshots of web pages—even especially long pages. In this blog post, I’ll show you this tool in action. Without a tool like this, creating a screenshot of a long web page can be quite tedious. You must […]

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Can You Run a VM from an External Drive?

At a recent conference for Mac® IT admins, I was asked, “Can you run a VM from an external drive?” Short answer: “Yes, absolutely. I do this all the time.” Longer answer: You have always been able to run a Parallels Desktop® for Mac virtual machine from an external drive. In Parallels Desktop 13, this […]

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Did the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update “Balloon” Your VM? Here’s How to Fix That!

Microsoft released the long-anticipated Window 10 Fall Creators Update on October 17. With new features like the People Bar (as well as Cortana and Edge improvements), many Windows 10 users were looking forward to this update and installed it right away. I was one of those who did so. The features and stability improvements were […]

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Allow Parallels System Extensions in macOS High Sierra

Parallels Program Manager guest author: Alex Sursiakov Apple® is constantly improving their operating systems—including security improvements so you, the Apple user, can be safe. Sometimes security improvements are under the hood and don’t bother you. Sometimes they require your attention and for you to make a decision. Here I will talk about the second type. Starting with macOS® High Sierra, Apple warns you […]

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Allow Parallels System Extensions in macOS High Sierra

Parallels Program Manager guest author: Alex Sursiakov Apple® is constantly improving their operating systems—including security improvements so you, the Apple user, can be safe. Sometimes security improvements are under the hood and don’t bother you. Sometimes they require your attention and for you to make a decision. Here I will talk about the second type. Starting with macOS® High Sierra, Apple warns you […]

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