Category Archives: Toolbox

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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Screenshot Page: A New Tool in Parallels Toolbox for Mac 2.5

One of the new utilities in Parallels® Toolbox for Mac 2.5  is the Screenshot Page tool. This creates screenshots of web pages—even especially long pages. In this blog post, I’ll show you this tool in action. Without a tool like this, creating a screenshot of a long web page can be quite tedious. You must […]

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Introducing Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac

It’s finally here! We are so happy to introduce Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac, a new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition and of Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition. “This year, for the first time ever, we are bringing the two hottest features from Mac and Windows into one place via Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac,” […]

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Now Available: Stand-alone Parallels Tools

We all have those little, conceptually easy tasks that we need to perform regularly, but in reality they can be tricky to get right each time we need to do them. For me, one of those tasks is saving a Facebook® or YouTube™ video for later offline viewing. Conceptually easy—check. Actually doing it—rather tricky, and […]

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5 Reasons Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Is Better than VMWare Fusion 8.5

For the last 10 years, the best and most comprehensive option to run Windows® on Mac® has been Parallels Desktop for Mac. Our competitors all have one thing in common: They use cost as a driving reason as to why you should not use Parallels Desktop. However, our competitors often fail to mention the vast […]

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5 Reasons Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Is Better than VMWare Fusion 8.5

For the last 10 years, the best and most comprehensive option to run Windows® on Mac® has been Parallels Desktop for Mac. Our competitors all have one thing in common: They use cost as a driving reason as to why you should not use Parallels Desktop. However, our competitors often fail to mention the vast […]

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What’s in Parallels Toolbox 1.5 for Mac?

Today we released Parallels Toolbox for Mac, version 1.5. In this blog post, I will tell you and show you what is in this new release. As you may recall, Toolbox 1.2 and 1.3 were released in the fall of 2016. These releases added five new tools (Launch, Eject Volumes, Take Photo, Take Video, and […]

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Converting videos with Parallels Toolbox

Most Parallels users who upgraded to Parallels Desktop 12 are already aware of our new application – Parallels Toolbox. Parallels Toolbox is a set of convenient, easy-to-use, lightweight applications, or tools, to help you focus, manage time, get things done, and stay secure. It provides quick access to many common functions that are either hidden, […]

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Parallels Toolbox features

Support team guest blog author: Ajith Mamolin If you already use Parallels Toolbox, or are planning to give it a shot soon, you might be interested to learn more about the awesome Parallels Toolbox features we introduced in a past blog. The Parallels Development Team is constantly expanding the Toolbox functionality, and it now includes around […]

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What’s is new in Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition!  

Parallels Desktop 12 has just been released! You might know, there are three different Parallels Desktop Editions: The Standard Version – Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac, Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition and Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition. Our Pro Edition is the version we developed especially for developers, designers and power-users with integrated key developer […]

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