Category Archives: How-To

Running a Parallels Desktop VM from an external drive (yes, for real!)

Guest Parallels support staff author: Sasti Kumar Velupillai Muniappan   Running a Parallels Desktop virtual machine from an external drive (yes, for real!) With the rising trend of cloud storage, computer users are seeing a gradual increase in file size for…everything! Would you have imagined holding a 1 TB thumb drive 10 years ago? Not […]

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How Do I Get To The Windows Taskbar In Coherence?

A common question we get is “How Do I Get To The Windows Taskbar In Coherence?”. (We’ll answer that, we swear!) Accessibility is a major factor that brought the term “ease of use” to modern technology. The Mac Dock and Windows Taskbar were even remarkably named “Access Hubs.” As you may already know, Coherence view mode in Parallels Desktop […]

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4 Quick Ways to Access the Windows Start Menu in Coherence Mode

Guest blog by Sylvester Sebastian Nino, Parallels Support Team Most of the people who use Parallels Desktop enjoy seamless access to Mac and Windows programs and files. The best way to blend the two OSes even more is by using the Coherence view mode to run your Windows virtual machine. One of my coworkers has […]

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How to Transfer an Existing Virtual Machine to Your New Mac

Guest blog by Manoj Raghu, Parallels Support Team We’ve all been there. (Or we all hope we’ll be there!) You just opened a shiny new Mac with pristine Mac OS X and blank settings. Yes, Apple has its own migration assistant, but according to my experience, many customers prefer to start fresh. Wait—does that mean […]

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