Category Archives: Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac

Customer Story: Taekwon-Do Competition Uses Parallels Desktop for Mac

Meet Sam Wood. Sam is a real power-user of Parallels Desktop for Mac; it is an essential part of his workflow as an organizer of a Taekwon-Do competition and as a software developer. Today, he would like to share its virtues and benefits with you. Sam is one of the organizers of a famous Taekwon-Do competition […]

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How to Use Windows To Go in Parallels Desktop

Guest blog by Ramakrishna Sarma Chavali, Parallels Support Team Do you remember those times when you had to carry a huge portable external drive to copy a couple of .doc files from one computer to another? We’re pretty lucky to live in the 21st century, because now you can carry a tiny flash drive with […]

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How to Install Windows 10 in Parallels Desktop 11

Guest blog by Manoj Kumar Suresh, Parallels Support Team Windows 10 is here! It’s officially been released and it’s already much better than Windows 8, period. (Right?!)  Even better, Windows 10 is a free upgrade for most Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users, so it’s not surprising that many Windows users are upgrading—including users on […]

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11 Things You Can Do With Parallels Desktop 11 (Infographic)

You’ve heard of Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac, but do you know everything it can do? We’re not even talking about increased speed, better battery life or improved functionality—we’re talking chatting up Cortana, toggling in and out of Coherence Mode in a single click, and tons more. Running Windows (or practically any other OS, for […]

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What to Pack to Tell the World about Parallels Desktop 11

I recently returned from trips to Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo, Taipei, and Berlin to demonstrate Parallels Desktop 11 to the press, to partners, and others. (Other Parallels colleagues travelled to many other locations including New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco, London, Munich, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Seoul.) A worldwide, simultaneous launch of a new version of […]

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Customer Story: “Parallels Saves Me Weekly.”

The following post is a customer interview from our Advocacy program with Parallels Desktop user Vincent Ferrari. We are incredibly thankful to Vincent for sharing his experience with us and allowing us to share it with you. Read on for Vincent’s experience choosing and using Parallels Desktop. What do you do and how do you use Parallels Desktop? Vincent: I […]

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Parallels Desktop Pro Edition and Website Development Tasks

There are a number of features in the recently released Parallels Desktop Pro Edition that streamline the development and testing of websites and webpages. This short blog post examines several of these features in some detail. Testing in Multiple Browsers There are a lot of different browsers out there—some with multiple versions. NetMarketShare reports 11 different […]

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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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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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