Category Archives: Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac

How to Print in QuickBooks in Parallels Desktop

Guest blog by Maria Golubeva, Parallels Support Team Many people use Parallels Desktop in their everyday work to launch their Windows applications on Mac and people who deal with accounting are a big part of this group. One of the most popular software programs used by them in Parallels Desktop is QuickBooks. It’s used for […]

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Guest Blog: MacBook Pro + Parallels Desktop + Windows 8.1 + Visual Studio + Xamarin = Awesome

This blog post is being reprinted with permission from the original author, Carl Franklin. We are extremely excited and pleased to get to share his post as a special guest blog this week! Read on to learn about his experience choosing and using Parallels Desktop on his MacBook Pro. I went searching for the ultimate developer machine […]

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All the Essential Mac Shortcuts in One Infographic

A life-long PC user may view making the switch to Mac as intimidating. Believe it or not, this anxiety-ridden transition can actually be pretty easy! All you need to ensure success with your new Mac are these shortcuts: Still need Windows? Parallels Desktop is perfect for you. (Bonus: you can start a free trial right now.) […]

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Perfect Pair: Parallels Desktop and Roxio Toast 12 Titanium

Featured image courtesy of Roxio. One of the most frustrating things about a lot of video applications out there is that they only do one thing. Shouldn’t there be a video conversion tool that also allows video capture? Or a tool that lets you record and then burn it to Blu-Ray disc when you’re done? So many of the […]

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Using SolidWorks on Parallels Desktop

Have you ever wondered if you could use Parallels Desktop to run CAD (computer-aided design) software? You can! In fact, Parallels recently interviewed Seattle-based designer Jon Ellison, who uses SolidWorks—a widely used, Windows-based solid modeling CAD software—in conjunction with Parallels Desktop every day on his Mac:   Parallels: Hello Jon! What do you use SolidWorks for? […]

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Sharing Your Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine Between Multiple Mac User Accounts

Guest blog by Dhruba Jyoti Das, Parallels Support Team Your home may be packed with more than one Mac plus other devices, but if you’re like a lot of other households, you have a central “family” Mac. This is the computer located in a high-traffic area such as the living room, kitchen, etc. Each family member […]

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Which View in Parallels Desktop Do You Like Best?

I have to come clean and admit something really embarrassing—even though I’ve been a Parallels Desktop user for almost a year now, I just got into using Coherence mode. I know, I know—what was I waiting for? Honestly, I don’t know. I think I had just gotten used to viewing my virtual machine in full […]

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