Category Archives: Parallels Desktop

The 10 Best Games You Can Run on a Mac by Ric from MacgamerHQ.com

Finding good games for Mac® used to be slow and painful. There were very few games to choose from, and the options available were quite old. But things have definitely changed a lot. Thanks to committed developers such as Aspyr, Feral Interactive, and even Blizzard and Valve, there are now lots of great, recent games […]

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Try macOS Mojave with Parallels Desktop for Mac

by Guest Blog Author, Alex Sursiakov, Program Manager at Parallels On June 4 at the WWDC 2018 keynote, Apple® announced major updates to all of its software platforms. One of them is macOS® Mojave, the new version of the operating system for your Mac®. macOS Mojave will be available to Mac users this fall. But what […]

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Parallels Desktop Promotion 25% OFF for Our 2018 Birthday Sale

Parallels Desktop® for Mac is the perfect blend of Windows and macOS®. Users can seamlessly run Windows, Linux, and other popular OSes on macOS without having to reboot or partition a hard drive. At Parallels, our 12th birthday is approaching—and with it, the annual celebratory event offering a birthday promotion of 25% off. Are you new […]

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How to Switch Between Mac and Windows on Parallels Desktop

Let’s be honest: to the average person, the idea of running two different operating systems at the same time on one computer is pretty weird. This idea naturally leads to questions like these: How do I know which one I’m using at any one moment? How do I switch between them? Which applications do I […]

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Some Tweaks in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update

The Windows 10 April 2018 Update was released on April 30th, 2018, and it has a number of new features that Mac users will care about. This is the third in a short series about these new Windows 10 features: Some Tweaks in the April 2018 Update. In two earlier posts, I have explained two […]

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Windows 10 April 2018 Update – Windows 10 Timeline

The Windows 10 April 2018 Update was released on April 30th, 2018, and it has a number of new features that Mac users will care about. This is the second in a short series about these new Windows 10 features: Windows 10 Timeline. Both macOS® and Windows are very mature products. In mature products, while […]

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Parallels Desktop for Mac Enables Australian Community College to Equip Learners with IT Literacy Skills

Guest blog author Kevin Greely, General Manager Parallels Asia Pacific Nepean Community College (NCC) is an adult education institution that focuses on equipping minorities, the disadvantaged, and the disabled with the IT literacy skills necessary to successfully navigate today’s digital world. NCC was looking for a flexible, responsive, and cost-effective device management strategy to keep […]

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Some Easy Fixes for “Your Mac is Running Low on Space”

Some free, easy actions for the Parallels Desktop® for Mac user to solve “Your Mac is running low on Space.” If you’ve ever seen one of these dialogs or notifications, you know how scary they can be and how bad things can get if you ignore them: In Your Windows VM There are a variety […]

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A Website That Works in Microsoft Edge, but Not in Safari or Internet Explorer

Among my many character flaws, I am an unapologetic font addict. One of my favorite T-shirts reads: Whoever dies with the most fonts, wins. Figure 1 shows my font menu in Microsoft Word on my home iMac®, so you can see that I’m well on my way to winning. Because of this addiction, I was […]

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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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