Category Archives: Parallels Desktop 11

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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Do You Work Remotely? Save Battery Power with Parallels Desktop

If you work remotely, there’s no shortage of tools you might need to get the job done—whether you’re working from your couch or the coffee shop on the corner. In fact, I’m sure you’ve read lists upon lists of the best tools for remote workers across the web. (Guilty as charged—we even wrote a post […]

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Customer Story: QuickBooks on Mac is a Trend

The following post includes two customer stories submitted to our Advocacy program. We are incredibly thankful to Sabra and Joyce for sharing their stories with us and allowing us to share them with you! Read on for their experiences choosing and using Parallels Desktop. We’re so appreciative of the folks that take the time to write us and tell us […]

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If Mac OSes Had Dating Profiles

Let’s be honest, the Mac OSes already seem to have full-fledged personalities, so why not support them in their quest for love? We know all of you Apple aficionados already have an opinion as to which OS is best, so let’s see how that holds up in the world of (fictional) online dating: Cheetah “Even […]

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Customer Story: This Data Scientist Needs Statistica on Mac

The following post is a customer story submitted to our Advocacy program by Ken Reed. We are incredibly thankful to Ken for sharing his story with us and allowing us to share it with you! Read on for Ken’s experience choosing and using Parallels Desktop. Name: Ken Reed Geography: Irvine, California Industry: Education Role: Data Scientist   Meet Ken: I’ve been using […]

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How to Play Street Fighter on Mac

Street Fighter V comes out for the PS4 and PC on February 16th, and per usual, to make the wait time go faster I’m planning on pulling up the old game and playing it a few weeks before the release date. I do the bulk of my gaming on my PC at home (which is […]

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The Essential Computer Maintenance Checklist (Infographic)

Even though most of us love and use our computers daily, we’re also often guilty of not giving our machines the routine maintenance they require to continue working in tip-top shape. When you factor in how much money and time we put into them, this gets even more embarrassing. Well, worry no more. This essential […]

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How to Test IE on Mac

Full disclosure: I’m not a web developer. I do, however, consider myself something of a DIY front-end web “meddler” (for lack of a better word). Basically, all that means is that I’ve set up/created enough smaller WordPress websites that I know my way around most basic-to-intermediate HTML, CSS, and PHP. Despite my lack of formal […]

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Sharing Options in Parallels Desktop 11

Guest blog by Manoj Kumar Suresh, Parallels Support Team Parallels Desktop 11 and Parallels Desktop Pro are here and all of us are glad that both versions have many exciting new features—especially features like advanced networking tools, support for development and design, test tools like Docker, Jenkins, and Chef, and much more. But let’s look at a […]

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Get a Mac for the Holidays? Why Everyone Needs Windows on Mac

It’s a familiar scene: Christmas morning, an excited you tears at red and green wrapping paper, successfully ripping it off of a pretty white box—revealing a shiny new Mac. You’re jubilant! You’ve wanted to make the switch to Apple for years, but hadn’t yet taken the plunge. Then, suddenly, you have a sinking realization: what […]

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