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1. d Printer 1 Sound J USB amp Bluetooth yp i Restore Defaults Click the lock to prevent further changes Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with this network adapter connected You can choose one of the following network types for the virtual machine network adapter Shared Network Select this option to enable the Network Address Translation NAT feature for the virtual machine In this case your virtual machine will share whatever network connection is currently used by the host computer See Shared Network to learn how to configure this network type 175 Advanced Topics Bridged Network Select this option to allow the virtual machine to access the local network and Internet through one of the network adapters installed on the host computer In this case the virtual machine is treated as a stand alone computer on the network and should be configured in the same way as a real one You can choose the physical adapter where the virtual machine adapter will be bridged in the list below the Bridged Network option See Bridged Ethernet Network to learn how to configure this network type Host Only Network Select this option to allow the virtual machine to connect to the host computer and the virtual machines residing on it and to make it invisible outside the host computer See Host Only Network p 96 to learn how to configure this n
2. sssesruesrnsrrrsrnrrrnrrrrrrnrrnsrrsrrrrrrsrrsrrerrrsrrerrene 196 A Password is Required to Open the Virtual Machine Configuration 196 Windows or Windows Programs Ask for Reactivation ssssrssseresreresrerrsrerrerrereene 196 Change Password in Windows via Command Line INterface ccccecseeeesseeeeeeeenaees 197 Configuring a Network IN LINUX ccccecccseecceeeceeeeceeeceeeeceueeeaueeseeeaeeessuseseeesseeeaenesaaees 198 Installing the GCC Package and Kernel Sources IN LINUX ccccseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenes 199 CMe CIC ME Build NUMO dace deasstcen vecedecesncacioatesvecherd aasa aa araa 199 Report a Problem and Request SUDPOMT cccccceesseeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetenetenes 199 Install Parallels Tools for Seamless Operation Between Windows and Mac OS X Many issues with using Parallels Desktop can be solved by installing Parallels Tools Parallels Tools helo you work with Windows in the most comfortable and efficient way With Parallels Tools you can Move the mouse seamlessly between Windows and Mac OS X Tips and Troubleshooting Synchronize the Windows time and date settings with those of Mac OS X Share your Mac OS X disks and folders with Windows Copy text and drag and drop objects from Mac OS X to Windows and vice versa Important Once you install Parallels Tools and restart Windows you don t have to do anything else Parallels Tools automatically just work without any acti
3. Tune Windows for Speedier Performance Select Tune Windows for speed Some Windows features that tend to slow down performance such as animations during startup are disabled Optimize your MacBook for Longer Battery Life or Higher Performance The Power menu contains the power and performance related options Longer battery life If you have a portable Mac that you often use unplugged you can choose this option to lower power consumption for longer battery life This may slightly reduce Windows performance Better performance This option selected by default maximizes Windows performance but uses more power Note If you change options in the Power menu when Windows is running you must shut down Windows and start it again for the changes to take effect To show battery status in Windows Select Show battery in Windows When your MacBook or other portable computer is running on battery power the battery status is displayed in the menu bar Automatically Conserve Disk Space In most cases the space that Windows takes up on your hard disk expands as you add files and other data but isn t reduced when you delete data To set Parallels Desktop to automatically reduce disk space Select Real time virtual disk optimization You can also quickly remove unnecessary files that have built up in the system p 125 to free up disk space 101 Use Windows on Your Mac Optimize 3D Graphics Performance on a MacBook Pro
4. 128 Advanced Topics 9 Enter a label for each disk 11 character string The label is optional you can press Return Enter to skip this step 10 Shut down the virtual machine Now you are ready to start the installation of the Windows 98 operating system General Steps of Windows 98 Installation 1 Start the virtual machine using the same bootable floppy image 2 Insert the Windows 98 installation CD or connect an ISO image of the installation disc choosing CD DVD gt Connect Image from the Devices menu 3 If you created only one primary partition disk C by default your CD DVD drive will have the drive letter D Type the command D setup exe and press Return Enter The installation starts and the files are copied from the CD to the virtual hard disk 4 Follow the on screen instructions of the Setup Note that you can add or remove some options later Read and accept the License Agreement Enter the license key Confirm the default system directory or specify another one In the Setup options dialog choose the type of installation Typical is recommended oOo N O O1 only for Windows 98 If you are going to use networking select the network card when prompted 9 Turn off the virtual machine 10 Eject the installation CD or disconnect the ISO image 11 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu go to Hardware gt Boot Order and select the hard disk to be the first boot device Click OK to save th
5. If you want the virtual hard disk to be split select Split the disk image into 2 GB files option Note For more information about virtual hard disk types please refer to Support for Virtual and Real Disks p 159 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock fi icon E at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required 174 Advanced Topics Network Adapter Using the Network settings you can change the network type used in your virtual machine To edit the device settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar Note If this device is absent you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices 650A Windows 8 1 Hardware eS a General Options Hardware Security Search E CPU amp Memory Boot Order iW Connected a E Vicen NIC Type Intel R PRO 1000 MT Mouse amp Keyboard det Print Type Shared Network Floppy Disk ol MAC address 00 1C 42 63 8C BD Generate CD DVD 1 jet Hard Disk 1 Serial Port 1
6. Install Software Updates Periodically Parallels provides free software updates to improve Parallels Desktop By default Parallels Desktop is configured to automatically check for and download available software updates once a week When an update is available Parallels Desktop prompts you to install it Simply follow the onscreen instructions Adjust Software Update Settings 1 Doone of the following Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Preferences Then click General If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences and then click General 98 OH General VL General Shortcuts Devices Access Advanced Parallels menu Show Parallels icon in menu bar Virtual Machines Folder Parallels Virtual Machine Dock Icons None Check for Updates Once a week Download updates automatically Check Now On Quit Disable Resume for Parallels Desktop Virtual machines shut down according to their startup and shutdown settings 1 Click the lock to prevent further changes 2 Doone of the following To adjust the frequency that Parallels checks for software updates choose Never Once a Day Once a Week or Once a Month from the Check for Updates menu To choose whether you want Parallels Desktop to download updates automatically select or deselect Downlo
7. 1 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Hardware and then click Network 96 Use Windows on Your Mac 3 Inthe Network pane make sure that the Connected and Host Only Network options are selected Note In the MAC address field you can change the MAC address currently assigned to Windows MAC addresses are automatically generated when you first set up Windows However you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC address field or clicking the Generate button When entering a new MAC address make sure that it is unique within your network For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Use Wi Fi with Windows If your Mac is already connected to the Internet wirelessly by default Windows is also set to access the Internet wirelessly with no setup required If you change your network setup you can reconfigure a Wi Fi connection using the Bridged Ethernet mode When operating in this mode Windows appears on the network as a stand alone computer with its own IP address and network name To configure Windows to access the Internet through WI FI 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose
8. 1 Open Parallels Desktop 2 From Parallels Desktop Control Center select Windows that you want to start in Rollback Mode and click Actions gt Rollback Mode Set Windows to Always Start in Rollback Mode If you want Windows to always start in Rollback Mode 1 Open Parallels Desktop 2 From Parallels Desktop Control Center select Windows and click Actions gt Configure gt Options gt Startup and Shutdown 3 Choose Ask me what to do from the Rollback Mode menu Note If you have the automatic compression of virtual disks po 99 enabled it will become disabled after you enable Rollback Mode Set Password Requirements For added security you can set Parallels Desktop to require an administrator password to perform certain functions 92 Use Windows on Your Mac 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure Click Security Select one or more of the following to require a Mac OS X administrator password to perform the selected action Exit full screen mode A password is required to exit full screen mode p 43 Change virtual machine state A password is required to start stop Suspend pause or shut down p 35 Windows Manage snapshots A password is required to create or delete a snapshot p 117 or revert to a snapshot Change guest OS password via
9. Open a Windows Program Opening a Windows program is as easy as opening a Mac application Here are several ways to open Windows programs From the Windows Applications folder in the Dock From the Windows Start menu From the Mac OS X Finder From the Dock Using Spotlight searching Using Launchpad if you are using Mac OS X Lion or later Note All Windows program icons can be easily identified by the Parallels Desktop symbol Il in the lower right corner of the icon 31 Use Windows on Your Mac Windows Applications Folder This folder is available in the OS X Dock and contains all your Windows programs As you install more programs they are automatically added Default Programs Desktop Gadget Gallery Internet Explorer Safari Windows DVD Maker af Windows Fax and Scan Windows Media Center B Windows Media Player Windows Update XPS Viewer Options pen in Finder To open a Windows program using the Windows Applications folder Click the folder and then choose a program To add the Windows applications folder to the Dock 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and then click Applications 3 Be sure Share Windows applications with Mac is selected and then select Show Windows applications folder in Dock Windows
10. Options 1 gt Q General Options Hardware Security Search X Startup and Shutdown Time Sync from OS X A Optimization T Sharing Copy amp Paste Share Mac clipboard i Applications es ah farora iw Preserve text formatting GA Full Screen aca N Enable Apple Remote g Modality l IN Enable swipe from edges 3 Adwanced Restore Defaults a Click the lock to prevent further changes Windows Touchpad Gestures Select Enable next to Swipe from edges to enable edge swipe gestures for example swiping from the right edge of the touchpad to show the Charm Bar when working with Windows Note This option is available for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 only If you often accidentally swipe from the edges of the touchpad and activate features you may want to disable edge swipe gestures by deselecting this option 155 Advanced Topics Apple Remote Enable the Apple Remote option to use the Apple Remote to control some Windows applications For detailed information on using Apple Remote see Control Programs with Trackpad Gestures or the Apple Remote Time Synchronization Select Sync from Mac OS X to synchronize Windows time settings with those of your Mac If you want Windows and Mac OS X time settings to always be the same select Sync from either OS With this option selected if you manually change the time settings in Windows they are changed accordingly in Mac O
11. Parallels Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac User s Guide Parallels IP Holdings GmbH Vordergasse 59 8200 Schaffhausen Switzerland Tel 41 52 632 0411 Fax 41 52 672 2010 www parallels com Copyright 1999 2015 Parallels IP Holdings GmbH and its affiliates All rights reserved This product is protected by United States and international copyright laws The product s underlying technology patents and trademarks are listed at htto www parallels com trademarks Microsoft Windows Windows Server Windows NT Windows Vista and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Mac the Mac logo Mac OS iPad iPhone iPod touch FaceTime HD camera and iSight are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the US and other countries Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners Contents Welcome to Parall ls Desktop vaiacuacetaiecetaccdanetaccdesadcnatesecnatacemstcieecesienmeerteey eee 9 A OUE N DO an E ee eee ee 10 Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows PrOQram ccccceccseeceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeseeeeseeeeaeeeeges 10 OTF OO S102 a S 10 Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop ee ccecceceeceeceeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeseeseesensensonsoneeeeees 12 WUE YOU INGCO EEE E E EE E EET E E E T 12 STON Parallels TES SIRO eisien E AEEA EA EEE aeeane 13 Register Parallels D SKtOD cccccsessecceerseeceeseeeseesee
12. Try Windows 8 1 for Free Parallels Desktop allows you to install and work with a 90 day trial version of Windows 8 1 To try Windows 8 1 1 Open Parallels Desktop in the Applications folder and choose File gt New 2 Double click Try Windows for free and follow the onscreen instructions 29 CHAPTER 4 Use Windows on Your Mac Read this chapter to find out all about using Windows programs on your Mac Learn how to get started using Windows programs set how Windows programs work with Mac OS X share applications files and folders between Mac OS X and Windows connect devices print customize your keyboard and more In This Chapter CRE i area eeu nese teeters get caen eave cen E T AA 30 Set How Windows Works with Mac OS X cccccececcececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaveeeeeaeneeeneeaenes 39 Set Media Files to Open in Windows 8 APPS cccceccceeccseeceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeeaeeeaeeeaneeaes 65 Mouse rackpad and Keyboard sssisetcandsancdasusnanisloentenrsraeted tauwaatwheswenaisanentndvsaacaetextios 65 Connect External DEVICES csenccsccvssentensscetscssnadensnanestensadutasedseseascdandeeastoaedaneaindadeniewnas T1 Connect Bluetooth SNC eS sisirain nni nnr deine bacon vee nec EAE dena aad 81 FEOEO VOC WS a n a E 81 Use the Built in iSight Camera or Another Webcam s sssesressesrerrrrrerrrrrnrrerrrrrerrrrre 89 Show a Presentation on an External Monitor or Projector cccceccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeenees 89 Oe ET O r Mi
13. ssssssrsssrsssrrerrrerrrerrresrreenn 191 Run Windows Phone Emulator sssssssssrsersrrsrnsrerrsrrrrerrsrrrrerrsrsrrrrnrrererrernrrerrrrerrererrei 193 l m Having Problems with Antivirus Software sssssesrsesreerrrerrnerrerrreerrresrreerreerreerree 196 TAG Fo Koy ISnTWormkKNnNg COR CCH sssaaa a R E 196 A Password is Required to Open the Virtual Machine Configuration e sessesereerrerren 196 Windows or Windows Programs Ask for Reactivation essssssssrssrerreresrerrsrerrsreererrerene 196 Change Password in Windows via Command Line Interface sssssssisesiessreerrerrrerrreern 197 OF Uae INS IWOKO E EEEa 198 Installing the GCC Package and Kernel Sources IN LINUX cececececseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeaees 199 Checking the Build NUMIDESE esis teccccnsekes setesscdoucenhuneds dosedupasehuwanoasand sient hebnieatestanaqeonesteneees 199 Report a Problem and Request Support ccccceecseecseeeeeeeeeeee seen seen eeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeees 199 MOLE ROSOUICOS sie ter ere wees tence pecmre eid anim eum nne aaehanimaernce monn ceeacuiosmnineniteamommcnuaacuatce 202 Visit the Parallels Desktop Twitter and Facebook PaQes ccccsceseeceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeness 202 Visit the Parallels Convenience 510M Os raett sere tet stcne eae nscsansccemaunddentaet batananssanidonndeaeusauaee 203 GIOSS AY aenn 204 CHAPTER 1 Welcome to Parallels Desktop Congratulations on purchasing Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac You no
14. 135 aren t installed Windows resolution remains unchanged If it is lower than that of the Mac Windows is displayed on the black background If higher Windows has scroll bars Auto If Parallels Tools o 135 are installed Windows resolution matches that of the Mac If Parallels Tools p 135 aren t installed Windows resolution remains unchanged If it is lower than that of the Mac Windows is displayed on the black background If higher Windows is entirely displayed on the screen without any scroll bars Keep ratio No matter whether Parallels Tools o 135 are installed or not Windows resolution remains unchanged If it is lower than that of the Mac Windows is displayed on the black background If higher Windows is entirely displayed on the screen without any scroll bars Stretch No matter whether Parallels Tools p 135 are installed or not Windows resolution remains unchanged but Windows is stretched to occupy the whole screen 47 Use Windows on Your Mac Set What Shows on Displays Connected to Your Mac If you have a second display connected to your Mac by default when you switch to Full Screen mode Windows is displayed on the primary display and Mac OS X on the secondary You can choose which display Windows is shown on by dragging its window to that display and tl then clicking the Full Screen icon To extend Windows across all your displays select Use all displays in full screen Allow Windows to
15. Stop Important When you stop Windows this way none of your data or progress is saved Window Menu If Windows is set to appear in a separate window you can also choose any of the above options from the menu at the bottom of the window amp Suspend il Pause Shut Down E Stop Startup and Shutdown Settings Using Startup and Shutdown settings you can Set whether Windows starts automatically when you open Parallels Desktop Set which view mode Coherence Window or Full Screen Windows starts up in when you open it from Parallels Desktop Control Center 3 Use Windows on Your Mac Set what happens when you shut down Windows Set what happens when you close the Parallels Desktop window Work in Windows Without Saving Changes p 92 To access Startup and Shutdown seitings 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and select Startup and Shutdown Set Whether Windows Starts Automatically Choose one of the following from the Start Automatically menu Never Windows never starts automatically When window opens Windows starts automatically when you open it from Parallels Desktop Control Center When Parallels Desktop starts Windows starts automatically when you start Parallels Desktop Note
16. To install Parallels Tools do the following 1 Start the virtual machine 2 When the operating system boots up click Actions and choose Install Parallels Tools Note If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out make sure that your operating system complies with the requirements listed above The prl tools lin iso image file will be mounted to the virtual machine s CD DVD drive You can connect and mount the Parallels Tools ISO image file manually In the Mac menu bar click Devices gt CD DVD gt Connect Image In the Finder window go to the hard disk folder normally named Macintosh HD select the Library Parallels Tools folder select the prl tools lin iso file and click Open to connect it to the virtual machine 3 Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS Type the following command to gain the root privileges su 4 Change the directory to the CD DVD drive directory using cd media cdrom 139 Advanced Topics Note In some of the Linux operating systems the mount point for the virtual CD DVD drive may appear as media Parallels Tools 5 Inthe CD DVD drive directory enter the following command to launch Parallels Tools installation install 6 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation 7 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete restart your virtual machine Installing Parallels Tools in other versions of Linux guest OSs To install Parallels T
17. To move past the edge just move the mouse quickly Modifier Keys Optimization Choose Optimize for games from the Keyboard menu if you actively use the modifier keys Option Alt Ctrl and Shift in action games If you choose this option signals from these keys will be processed faster Note You re not recommended to optimize keyboard for games when not playing games Connect External Devices Parallels Desktop allows you to use USB Thunderbolt and FireWire devices with Windows Many external devices such as mice and printers are available by default to both Windows and Mac OS X when you connect them to your Mac Some external devices such as an Apple iPhone can only be used with either Mac OS X applications or Windows programs but not both at the same time When you connect such a device you can choose whether you want to use it with Mac OS X or Windows To connect an external device 1 Connect the device to your Mac ge Use Windows on Your Mac 2 If Windows is running and the device can t be used with both Windows and Mac OS X at the same time you re prompted to choose which one you want to use it with To use the device with Mac OS X applications click the Mac icon To use it with Windows programs click the Windows screen New external device detected Windtwws External ABD ali i to remember the choice You can connect up to 12 USB 3 0 p 182 15 USB 2 0 and 32 USB 1 1 devices to your
18. if you save a file to the Documents folder it will be in the Documents folder whether you re using a Mac OS X application or a Windows program 1 Start Windows p 30 2 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 3 Click Options and select Sharing Select Share Mac user folders with Windows Your Mac OS X Desktop Documents Pictures Music Movies and Downloads folders are merged with the corresponding Windows folders and the Mac OS X Trash is merged with the Windows Recycle Bin 5 Ifyou only want to map some of the folders click Configure and select the folders you want To map the Mac OS Trash to the Windows Recycle Bin select Merge Recycle Bin with Trash Access a Mac OS X Folder or File from a Windows Program With folder sharing enabled you can navigate to any shared Mac OS X folder from within a Windows program When you open a file for example by choosing File gt Open in many programs your shared Mac OS X folders appear as network shared directories labeled psf To enable Mac OS X folders for sharing with Windows programs 1 Start Windows p 30 2 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 54 Use Windows on
19. ow O iw yY O a S S O svj Pea Hat Enterselinnsx6x 7x ej Cemos tins n70 Tw Femina o ve SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 8P2 8P8 12 eje Onsen a a82 tw Tw mmer o mesasa o nv Debr aT EEZ re y cz OS X Yosemite 10 10 x sxwanantnoax oxigen ooo wxm i SY 108 Advanced Topics Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10 6 x vlw lo Mac OS X Leopard Server 10 5 x Para vit mesora ax 10 OS 2 Android vi Please note that Parallels Desktop does not include operating system installation discs or their images You should purchase them separately About Virtual Machines To add Windows or another operating system to your Mac Parallels Desktop creates a virtual machine or a virtual copy of a computer inside your Mac You can then install Windows in the virtual machine just as you would install an operating system on a regular computer Many use Parallels Desktop to create one virtual machine and install Windows in it But you can install as many virtual machines as you like and install a different operating system in each of them That way you can use multiple operating systems together at the same time on your Mac And just like with a regular computer you can turn virtual machines on and off configure them and install and use programs Default Configurations A typical virtual machine has the following basic virtual hardware CPU memory hard disk drive floppy disk drive sound device
20. 45 Use Windows on Your Mac 2 Click Full Screen 8Oon Windows 8 1 Options i Q General Options Hardware Security Search 4 Startup and Shutdown Optimization i Use OS X Full Screen Active Screen Corners Wi Sharing Use active screen corners instead of O5 X full screen controls i Applications 4 Coherence Exit Full Screen 3 Modality OE Advanced Scale to fit screen Auto Use all displays in full screen Allow Windows 8 1 to set display gamma Restore Defaults af Click the lock to prevent further changes 3 In this Full Screen pane you can adjust any of the settings listed below Choose Which Full Screen Mode to Use By default when you switch Windows to Full Screen Windows is set to operate in the OS X native Full Screen mode This means that it becomes displayed on a separate space and when you move the mouse pointer to the top or bottom of the screen the OS X menu bar or Dock appears correspondingly If you don t want the menu bar and Dock to appear for example when playing games or working with Windows applications in Full Screen clear the Use Mac OS X Full Screen option In this case Windows will work in Full Screen designed by Parallels In this mode a separate space won t be allocated for Windows and the OS X menu bar or Dock won t appear when you move the mouse pointer to the top or bottom of the screen Set Actions for Scr
21. 8 and Windows Server 2012 only Enable nested virtualization support Parallels Desktop 10 allows you to run Hyper V virtual machines inside Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 virtual machines and to run Xen and kernel based virtual machines in versions of Linux that support Xen and KVM Note Running a virtual machine within a virtual machine may slightly slow down the hosting virtual machine performance To enable nested virtualization support select Enable nested virtualization 163 Advanced Topics If you want to create or test applications for Windows Phone first configure Windows to run Windows Phone emulator p 193 Warning Do not use Hyper V virtual machines in a production environment Microsoft doesn t support nesting Hyper V and so such virtual machines may be unstable Enable PMU virtualization support If you re using virtual machines for software development you can use a performance monitoring tool such as Intel VTune Amplifier or OProfile to optimize the code To get started using a performance monitoring tool 1 Enable PMU Performance Monitoring Unit virtualization support by selecting Enable PMU virtualization Start your virtual machine Either start using a built in profiling utility or download and install any performance monitoring tool you like Notes 1 PMU virtualization support can be enabled in Windows starting from Windows XP and Linux virtual machines 2 Enabling PMU virtua
22. Arrow Zoom in zoom out 4 Rotate clockwise Ctrl K Rotate counterclockwise Ctrl L Use Keyboard Shortcuts il i n a or bH n a or n a n a or bH n a or n a n a n a n a Swipe right with three fingers Swipe left with three fingers Pinch open pinch close Swipe right with three fingers Swipe left with three fingers Pinch open pinch close Swipe right with three fingers Swipe left with three fingers Pinch open pinch close Rotate right with two fingers Rotate left with two fingers Both Mac OS X and Windows provide extensive keyboard shortcuts For example in Mac OS X you can hold down the Command key and press Q Command Q to quit the current application To enter a keyboard shortcut simply press a key combination on your keyboard You can also enter keyboard shortcuts by doing one of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar then choose Devices gt Keyboard and choose a key combination 69 Use Windows on Your Mac Choose Devices gt Keyboard and choose a key combination These methods are most useful for using keyboard shortcuts that include keys not included on a Mac keyboard such as Alt PrintScreen Note lo use the F1 F12 keys on a MacBook press and hold the Fn key and then press an F key Customize Keyboard Shortcuts By default Parallels Desktop maps common Mac OS X keyboard shortcut key combinations to the equivalent Windows
23. Backspace Zoom in zoom out Ctrl wheel up Ctrl wheel down Microsoft Word Excel Zoom in zoom out Ctrl wheel up Ctrl wheel down Windows Media Player Start oause playback Space Skip to the next song Ctrl F Play the previous song Ctrl B Volume up F8 Up Arrow wheel up Volume down F9 Down Arrow wheel down Media Player Classic k lite Start playback pause Space Volume up F8 Up Arrow wheel up Volume down F9 Down Arrow wheel down Winamp 68 Apple Remote n a gt il MENU n a n a Touchpad Gesture Swipe up down left or right with two fingers n a n a Swipe right with three fingers Swipe left with three fingers Pinch open pinch close Pinch open pinch close n a Swipe right with three fingers Swipe left with three fingers n a n a n a n a n a Use Windows on Your Mac Start playback pause Volume up Volume down Microsoft Internet Explorer Page back Page forward Zoom in zoom out Mozilla Firefox Page back Page forward Zoom in zoom out X to start C to pause Up Arrow wheel up Down Arrow wheel down Backspace Option Left Arrow Alt Left Arrow Option Right Arrow Alt Right Arrow Ctrl wheel up Ctrl wheel down Backspace Option Left Arrow Alt Left Arow Option Right Arrow Alt Right Arrow Ctrl wheel up Ctrl wheel down or Ctrl Ctrl Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Next image Right Arrow Previous image Left
24. Bonjour please refer to htto support apple com kb dl999 Important To share a Mac printer with Windows via Apple Bonjour Windows must be configured to work in the Bridged networking mode To set up a printer via Bonjour 83 Use Windows on Your Mac 1 Be sure the printer you want to use is set to be shared on your Mac To share a printer in Mac OS X choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Print amp Fax Then select the printer and select Share this printer Open Parallels Desktop and start Windows When Windows starts go to htto support apple com kb dl999 and download the Bonjour for Windows installation package 4 In Windows start the Bonjour installation by launching the BonjourPSSetup exe file from the folder in which it was downloaded 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to install Bonjour for Windows Start the Bonjour Printer wizard either by double clicking its icon on the desktop or by selecting Start gt All Programs gt Bonjour Print Services gt Bonjour Printer Wizard 7 Inthe Browse for Bonjour Printers window select the printer that you want to use and click Next 8 If the next window you see is Completing the Bonjour Printer Wizard then the driver required by this printer is available in the Windows driver library and the printer has been successtully configured Click Finish and you can start using the newly added printer to print documents from Windows programs However if the
25. Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Hardware and then click Network 3 Inthe Network pane make sure that the Connected option is selected 4 Choose AirPort from the list After you perform these steps Windows Is able to connect to the Internet through the AirPort adapter of your Mac If you can t configure your virtual machine to function in the Bridged Ethernet mode consider using Shared Networking or Host Only Networking For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Connect Windows to a VLAN If your Mac is a VLAN virtual local area network member Parallels Desktop allows you to bridge Windows to this VLAN To bridge Windows to the VLAN do one of the following 97 Use Windows on Your Mac Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 5 Click Hardware and then click Network 6 Select Bridged Network gt VLAN from the Type list and make sure the Connected option is enabled Windows is bridged to the selected VLAN Optimize Performance If Windows isn t working as speedily as you d like there are several simple ways you can optimize its performance This section contains many helpful inst
26. DVD drive may appear as dev hdb and the mount point mnt cdrom Some Linux OSs do not have the CD DVD drive mount point In this case you should create the mount point directory manually 6 When the installation disc image is mounted change the directory to the CD DVD drive directory using cd media cdrom 140 Advanced Topics 7 Inthe CD DVD drive directory enter the following to launch Parallels Tools installation install Note You must have the root privileges to run this command 8 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation 9 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete restart your virtual machine Note If X Server fails to start in your virtual machine you can install Parallels Tools manually in text mode To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine use the Options tab in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog How to check if Parallels Tools have been installed You can easily confirm whether Parallels Tools were installed Start your virtual machine and look at the status bar of its window If the tip Press Ctrl Alt to release the mouse and keyboard appears in the status bar of the virtual machine s window this means that Parallels Tools were not installed When Parallels Tools are installed you do not need to press any key to release the mouse and keyboard they are released automatically Troubleshooting Parallels Tools
27. Guest OS Type and Version 123 Set the Language 16 Set Up a Network Printer 85 Set Up a Printer Using Bonjour 83 Set Up a USB Printer 88 Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Programs 10 Set Where New Virtual Machines Are Stored 111 Set Windows 8 to Work Like Windows 7 51 Set Windows to Appear in a Single Window 43 47 49 56 57 59 75 76 93 104 Set Windows to Look Like Mac OS X 52 Set Windows to Take Up the Whole Screen 44 Set Your Mouse or Trackpad to Right Click and Middle Click 66 Setting up a printer 81 82 83 85 88 Share a Printer Connected to Your Mac 82 88 Share Applications and Programs 34 52 59 62 Share External Storage Devices and Volumes 64 Share Files and Folders 53 56 60 Index Share iCloud Dropbox or Google Drive Folders with Windows 57 Share Items Between Mac OS X and Windows 52 Share Network Settings Between Mac OS X and Windows 85 94 151 Share Windows OneDrive Folders with Mac OS X 58 Shared applications 59 Shared folders 53 Shared network NAT 94 Shared Networking Settings 148 151 Shared web applications 63 Sharing files and folders 53 Windows disks to Mac OS 53 Shortcuts for applications 69 70 Show a Presentation on an External Monitor or Projector 89 Show applications in the Dock 31 Shut Down or Suspend Windows 35 93 98 102 123 147 171 Shutting down virtual machine 35 SmartGuard 117 SmartMount 6
28. Mac and use them with Windows You can connect and use up to 30 USB printers Important To be able to use a USB device with Windows programs you may need to install Windows drivers for the device Typically you can download drivers from the manufacturer s website You can also set what happens when any new external device is connected and set particular external devices to always be used with either Mac OS X or Windows p 79 78 Use Windows on Your Mac Connect a Common Access Card reader A Common Access Card CAC reader can work simultaneously in Mac OS X and Windows 1 Connect the CAC reader to your Mac 2 When you re prompted to choose Windows or the Mac click the Windows screen The CAC reader becomes available to both Windows and Mac OS X Adjust Devices Settings In the Devices pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can Set what happens when you connect any new USB Thunderbolt or FireWire device to your Mac Seta particular external device to always be used with either Mac OS X or Windows Choose to mount Windows connected external NTFS drives to Mac ooo Devices Sk General Shortcuts Devices Access Advanced When a new external device is detected Connect it to my Mac Connect it to the active virtual machine e Ask me what to do v Mirror Windows connected drives on Mac Permanent Assignments External Device Connect To Apple Internal Keyboard Trackpad Computer A al E Clic
29. Mac can access the Internet Windows is configured to work in either the Shared networking mode p 94 or Bridged networking mode and can access the Internet too The user account in Windows has permission to access the network printer You know the printer IP address After that you can log in to Windows and install a network printer In Windows Before adding a network printer in Windows download and install an appropriate printer driver For detailed information on installing the printer driver refer to the printer manufacturer documentation To add a network printer in Windows 7 or Windows Vista 1 Open the Windows Start menu and select Control Panel 2 Inthe Control Panel window select Hardware and Sound and click Add a printer in the Devices and Printers section Printers in Windows Vista The Add Printer wizard opens In the first window click Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer In the next window click The printer that want isn t listed In the Find a printer by name or TCP IP address window select Add a printer using a TCP IP address or hostname and click Next 6 Inthe Type a printer hostname or IP address window do the following 1 Select TCP IP Device from the Device type menu 2 Specify the printer IP address in the Hostname or IP address field 85 Use Windows on Your Mac 3 Clear the Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use option if it is selected 4 When re
30. Start Menu To open a Windows program from the Start menu 1 Doone of the following 32 Use Windows on Your Mac Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Windows Start Menu a Dd Ths AMO A ares we Microsoft Word 2010 Documenta Pe tures Part Compus x Microsoft Excel 2010 ee Connect to a Proyection Comin Parcel Deaces and Printers Default Programs Help and Support a Remote Desktop Connection F gt All Programs lf Windows is in Full Screen or Window mode open the Start Menu as you normally would Note You can also Command click or Right click the Parallels icon 2 Click the program you want Mac OS X Finder You can also open a program by double clicking its icon in the Finder To find Windows programs in the Finder Double click the Windows volume on the desktop and then open the Program Files folder 33 Use Windows on Your Mac Note To show the Windows volume on the desktop the Mac OS X Finder must be enabled to show connected servers Click anywhere on the desktop and choose Finder gt Preferences and then select Connected servers You can make an alias for a Windows program on the Mac OS X desktop then double click it anytime to open the program To make an alias for a Windows program on the Mac OS X desktop Select the program in the Finder and choose File gt Make Alias Then drag the alias icon to the desktop Program Icon in the Dock When
31. Twitter and Facebook Pages 202 VMware virtual machine using in Parallels Desktop 28 W Web applications 63 Welcome to Parallels Desktop 9 What You Can Do 10 What You Need 12 WiFi 97 108 175 Window view mode 43 Windows Aero 42 166 Windows applications adding to Dock 31 Windows applications folder 31 Windows or Windows Programs Ask for Reactivation 196 Windows Seems Slow 188 Work in Windows Without Saving Changes 38 92 Work with Virtual Machines 107
32. Windows program to open when you insert a CD or DVD be sure that sharing Mac OS X applications p 59 is enabled and that Mac OS X CD DVD ROM is not selected in CD DVD Preferences p 169 2 To enable a Windows program to open when you insert a CD or DVD Parallels Tools must be installed p 184 In most cases Parallels Tools are installed by default Share Items Between Mac OS X and Windows Parallels Desktop allows you to easily access your Mac OS X files using Windows programs and also to access Windows files using Mac OS X applications 32 Use Windows on Your Mac Read on to learn about all the ways you can share folders files and applications between Mac OS X and Windows Copy and Paste Between Mac OS X and Windows Parallels Desktop allows you to copy and paste images and formatted text italic bold underlined and of various colors fonts and sizes between Mac OS X and Windows applications To enable copying and pasting between Mac OS X and Windows 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options gt Advanced 3 Select Share Mac clipboard 4 o preserve text formatting when copying and pasting text select Preserve text formatting Note To enable copying and pasting between Mac OS X and Windows Parallels Tools p 184 must be installed
33. Your Mac 3 Click Options and select Sharing 6858 Windows 8 1 Options n m a General Options Hardware Security Search W Startup and Shutdown Share Mac 2 Optimization Share Folders All disks ae PG Sharing Applications Custom Folders H Coherence Full Screen Shared Profile W Share Mac user folders with Windows ial Configure fos Advanced Shared Cloud wf Share iCloud Dropbox and Google Drive SmartMount wv Map Mac volumes to Windows Share Windows IV Access Windows folders from Mac wv Shortcuts to virtual disks on Mac desktop W Share OneDrive with Mac Restore Defaults J a Click the lock to prevent further changes 4 Doone of the following To share just the folders in your Home folder choose Home folder only from the Shared Folders menu Toshare all your Mac OS X folders choose All disks from the Shared Folders menu o share any folder you want click Custom Folders and click the add button then choose the folder you want to share You can add more folders by clicking the add button again User defined OS X folders On Name Path Permissions Cancel Ok ole Use Windows on Your Mac Once you share a Mac OS X folder with Windows you can Disable the folder sharing by deselecting On Change the folder name that will be displayed in Windows by double clicking the folder name in the Name column and typing another name Restrict wr
34. Your Mac Set Whether Windows Programs Show in the Dock You can choose whether or not to show icons for Windows programs in the Mac OS X Dock when in Window mode If you prefer to work with programs by manipulating them on the Windows desktop you may not want to be distracted by seeing them in the Dock alongside your Mac OS X application icons 6 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 7 Click Options and then click Applications 8 To show Windows program icons in the Dock when in Window mode deselect Show Dock icons in Coherence only Monitoring Windows in a Scalable Window You can set Windows to appear in a window that can be resized to any size so that the content scales in size with the window This is called Modality mode Modality mode can be useful if you want to monitor programs and other tasks running in Windows as you work in Mac OS X To switch to Modality mode From Window mode choose View gt Enter Modality For more information on Modality mode see the Modality mode settings topic p 145 Set Windows to Take Up the Whole Screen You can set Windows to occupy your entire screen so it looks just like it would if you were using a Windows PC In Full Screen mode Mac OS X and all of the Parallels Desktop controls are hidden To switch to Full Screen mode d
35. any printer that s connected to your Mac Set a New Default Printer By default Windows Is set to use the same default printer as your Mac To use a different default printer for Windows 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Hardware and select Print Note he Print pane is available for Windows 2000 and newer versions of Windows 3 Deselect Synchronize default printer Now you can set a new default printer in Windows the way you normally would Share Printers Connected to Your Mac 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Hardware and select Print 3 Select Add all Mac printers 82 Use Windows on Your Mac Add a printer in Linux The procedure of adding a printer in a Linux guest operating system depends on the Linux distribution In this example we describe how to add a printer to a virtual machine running RHEL 5 4 Server However you can use these guidelines as general instructions on how to add a printer to a Linux virtual machine 1 Start the Linux virtual machine and log in when the guest operating system boots up Note You must log in as root or acquire root privileges after suc
36. by your guest OS are installed in your virtual machine as a single package when you install Parallels Tools Utility Available for Description Windows Mouse Synchronization Tool captures the mouse input in the virtual machine each time the pointer moves over its window and automatically releases the inout when Mac OS X the pointer moves outside the window Mouse Synchronization Tool Linux Time Synchronization Tool enables you to customize your virtual machine time settings You can Windows Automatically synchronize the time settings of Time Synchronization Tool Linux your virtual machine with your Mac time Mac OS X settings Set up and maintain the time difference between your Mac and your virtual machine Drag and Drop Tool allows dragging and dropping files Drag and Drop Tool ARONS between your virtual machines and Mac OS 135 Advanced Topics Clipboard Synchronization Tool Dynamic Resolution Tool Shared Folders Tool Coherence Tool Shared Profile Tool Shared Applications Tool Shared Internet Applications Tool SmartMount Printing Tool Tray Integration Tool 136 Windows Linux Windows Linux Mac OS X Windows Linux Mac OS X Windows Linux Windows Windows Windows Windows Linux Mac OS X Windows Windows Clipboard Synchronization Tool enables you to easily exchange texts between the virtual machine and your Mac different virtual machines irrespect
37. click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and click View gt Exit Coherence 3 Choose View gt Use Windows 7 Look To revert to Windows 8 experience repeat the steps above and deselect Use Windows 7 Look 5 Use Windows on Your Mac Set Windows to Look Like Mac OS X If you aren t used to working with Windows you can make your Windows 7 Windows Vista and Windows XP look like Mac OS X Windows icons fonts colors and other elements take on a Mac like appearance To set Windows to look like Mac OS X 1 In Parallels Desktop start Windows p 30 2 Once Windows starts do one of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose View gt Use MacLook If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose View gt Use MacLook To revert to a Windows appearance repeat step 2 above to deselect Use MacLook Set a Program to Open When You Insert a CD or DVD You can set the Windows program of your choice to open when you insert a music CD picture CD video DVD or a blank CD or DVD From the Mac OS X Finder choose Apple menu gt System Preferences Click CDs amp DVDs From the disc type menu of your choice choose Open other application A OQO N Choose a Windows program from username Applications Parallels Windows Applications When you insert a disc of the type you selected the Windows program you chose automatically opens Note 1 If you re unable to set a
38. further changes Select the Connected option if you want the CD DVD drive to be automatically connected to the virtual machine on its startup To emulate the virtual CD DVD drive you can connect one of the real CD DVD drives on your physical computer or a CD DVD image file to the virtual machine Note Parallels virtual machines support ISO and DMG image files and may support CUE and CCD image files In the Connect to field the source device or image file that emulates the virtual machine CD DVD drive is specified You can change the source device 170 Advanced Topics To use a real CD DVD drive as the virtual machine CD DVD drive click the Connect to field and select the real device name from the list To use an image file as the virtual machine CD DVD drive click the Connect to field and choose the image file from the list or click Choose an image file and specify the path to the desired image file on your Mac In the Location field you can specify the type of interface for connecting the device IDE Using this interface type you can connect up to 4 virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD drives SATA Using this interface type you can connect up to 6 virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD drives If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock icon E at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Confi
39. hard disk use the default value 9 Specify the last cylinder If you want to create a single partition on this hard disk use the default value 10 Tocreate a partition with the specified settings enter W 162 Advanced Topics When you allocated the space on the newly added virtual hard disk you should format it by entering the following command in the terminal MehS Ee Pmleoyoeem Cev mde Note lt FileSystem gt stands for the file system you want to use on this disk It is recommended to becero e 3 Of exar 2 When the added virtual hard disk is formatted you can mount it in the guest OS 1 o create a mount point for the new virtual hard disk enter meo imuare lace Jk Note You can specify a different mount point 2 o mount the new virtual hard disk to the specified mount point enter mount dev hdcl mnt hdcl When you mounted the virtual hard disk you can use its space in your virtual machine Hardware settings Using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog you can configure the virtual hardware available in your virtual machine Configure the devices currently available inside the virtual machine Add or remove devices Configure the boot order of your virtual machine CPU and Memory Using CPU amp Memory settings you can Set how many processors are allocated to Windows p 123 Set how much memory is allocated to Windows p 98 Enable virtualization support in Windows for Windows
40. in and out of your main account By default an installation of OS X is stored in a recovery partition on your Mac You can easily install OS X into a virtual machine from that partition without having to purchase or download another copy of OS X To install OS X in a virtual machine 1 Open Parallels Desktop and choose File gt New 2 Select Install OS X Using the Recovery Partition click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions When using Lion or Mountain Lion as a guest OS you can use it in Coherence mode p 39 so that guest OS application windows appear on the host OS desktop alongside host OS applications You can also copy and paste text and drag and drop files between host and guest Mac OS X just as you can when using Windows as a guest OS You can set whether function keys and other system shortcuts trigger actions in the host or guest version of OS X p 70 133 Advanced Topics Use OS X in Coherence Mode You can set an OS X virtual machine and OS X to work seamlessly together as if they were part of a single operating system In this mode called Coherence mode guest OS X applications appear on the host OS X desktop next to your host applications 0 Windc W Untitled Bod 5 f24 v 27 eaaa o03 G J This is the guest OS X application Pi EAR LEOR BORON To enable the Coherence view mode Parallels Tools must be installed p 143 Switch to Coherence Mode To switch from Wi
41. in the sidebar 9 Select Bluetooth devices Once you ve enabled Bluetooth you can pair Bluetooth devices with your computer and they ll work with both Windows and Mac OS X For instructions on pairing a Bluetooth device with your computer see the documentation that came with the device In Windows 7 you can send a file to a paired Bluetooth device that s capable of receiving files by right clicking the file and choosing Send to gt Bluetooth Besides Windows you can connect Bluetooth devices to any guest operating systems Linux or Mac OS X that support USB Bluetooth adapters Print from Windows By default Windows is set to use the same printer that you use with Mac OS X Simply print from a Windows program the way you normally would You can also set Windows to use a different printer There are a few ways to set up printing in Windows Share any of the printers connected to your Mac Connect to a local printer using Apple Bonjour Connect to a network printer Connect a USB printer directly to Windows 81 Use Windows on Your Mac Share a Printer Connected to Your Mac You can use any printer connected to your Mac with Windows programs Note This functionality is also available for Linux with Parallels Tools installed p 138 To print a document from a Windows program Open the document and simply print it the way you normally would for example choose File gt Print In the print window you can choose
42. installer can be blocked by SELinux To solve this problem 1 Start a terminal and determine your version of kernel by entering uname r Ano ed 1s Gels 2 6 18 8 el5 is the version of your kernel 2 Open the boot grub grub conf file or boot grub menu lst depends on the version of your Linux operating system and find the entry that corresponds to your version of Kernel title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 6 18 8 el15 coot nGa 0 korre ly aml Tnu a S eaa el Tro Troa aeS dev olGmoup 00 Oona lOO Tho eT alate wie eo aaae ee Ea a 4 ing 3 Type the following text at the end of the entry selinux 0 and the whole entry will be korne lee Vinnie 2nioneko oie aout OOw clei OlnGmoue0lO hoo Ol O miaclo chats ems olminaur lt 0 4 Save the file and restart the virtual machine After the restart mount the Parallels Tools disc image and try to install Parallels Tools 141 Advanced Topics Update Parallels Tools If a newer version of Parallels Tools for Linux is available the Parallels Tools Installation Agent window appears You re prompted to choose the command to gain root privileges and enter the password if su root password if sudo your user s password After that Parallels Tools update automatically Reinstall Parallels Tools To reinstall Parallels Tools in Linux first remove Parallels Tools and then install them once again Installing and Upgrading Parallels Tools in Text Mode in Li
43. next window you see is Install Bonjour Printer you must choose the printer manufacturer and model Bonjour Printer Wizard Install Bonjour Printer The manufacturer and model determine which printer software to use HP Deskjet D2300 series The Bonjour Printer Wizard has aute selected the folowing printer settings Click Next to continue instaling this printer Manufacturer Model Puy Xerox HP 2500C Series Printer Fujitsu hp business inkjet 1000 Generic hp business inkjet 1200 Gestetner HP Business Inkjet 2200 2250 HP Business Inkjet 2200 2250 HPA r TAM HO Fi minere Inrit IHW TIR ES Use this printer as the default printer Have Disk If the required printer model is not listed you can do one of the following 84 Use Windows on Your Mac Install the printer drivers in Windows Then click Have Disk button in the Install Bonjour Printer window and specify the path to the inf file located in the folder where you installed the printer drivers In the Install Bonjour Printer window select Generic in the Manufacturer list and Generic Postscript in the Model list Click Next 9 Inthe Completing the Bonjour Printer Wizard window click Finish You can start using the newly added printer to print documents from Windows programs Set Up a Network Printer You can install a network printer directly into Windows Before installing a network printer in Windows make sure that Your
44. package and kernel sources in the Debian Ubuntu Linux distribution enter the following command in a terminal apt get install gcc make linux headers uname r For information on how to install the gcc package and kernel sources in other Linux distributions refer to the documentation for these distributions If you still experience any problems try to find a solution in Parallels Knowledge Base or refer to the Parallels support team hitto www parallels com en support desktop Checking the Build Number To check the version and build number of the Parallels Desktop software you are using do one of the following Click the Parallels icon I in the menu bar and choose About Parallels Desktop If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt About Parallels Desktop A window appears showing the build number Note he window that appears also provides you with other useful information about your copy of Parallels Desktop including the licensing information and a link to the Parallels support web page Report a Problem and Request Support To help improve the quality of Parallels Desktop you can send problem reports to Parallels 199 Tips and Troubleshooting If Windows is forced to shut down because of an error Parallels Desktop automatically opens a Problem Report for Parallels Desktop form If you notice unusual behavior in Parallels Desktop you can also create
45. program set as default in the operating system Mac OS X or Windows where you click the link Open in Windows Links clicked in Mac OS X or Windows open in the default Windows program for that link type Open in Mac Links clicked in Mac OS X or Windows open in the default Mac OS X application for that link type Open the Current Safari Page in Internet Explorer some webpages work best when viewed in Windows Internet Explorer If you are browsing in Mac OS X using Safari you can quickly open the current page in Internet Explorer by doing the following 63 Use Windows on Your Mac mE In Safari click the Open in IE button in the toolbar If Windows isn t already open it starts up and the page opens in Internet Explorer Share External Storage Devices and Volumes When you connect an external storage device such as a USB drive to your Mac you can access the contents from Mac OS X applications Using SmartMount you can set Parallels Desktop to automatically mount storage devices and volumes to Windows That way you can access the contents from both Mac OS X and Windows With SmartMount enabled these items are automatically mounted to Windows Removable drives External storage devices such as USB hard disks and USB flash drives CD DVD drives CD and DVD drives or CD DVD images files most commonly ending in dmg iso and img Network folders Folders shared over the network To enable SmartMount
46. select the settings name in the sidebar 145 Advanced Topics You can configure the settings in this pane even when the virtual machine is running eo oOo Windows 8 1 Options oA a General Options Hardware Security Search 4 Startup and Shutdown A Optimization Opacity Transparent Qnaque Sharing d Applications v Keep on top of other windows h Coherence Iv Capture keyboard and mouse on click Full Screen Modality Advanced Restore Defaults F Click the lock to prevent further changes In the Modality mode the virtual machine window becomes transparent by default You can specify the level of visibility in the Opacity field by dragging the slider between Transparent and Opaque You can change the level of transparency for your virtual machine that is running when it is in the Modality mode To manage the behavior of the virtual machine window in the Modality mode use the following options selected by default Keep on top of other windows Clear this option if you do not want the virtual machine window to appear on top of all other open windows when the virtual machine is in Modality Capture keyboard and mouse on click Clear this option if you do not want the virtual machine to capture the keyboard and mouse input when in Modality Hide and Show Parallels Desktop When Parallels Desktop is running you can hide and show it and all its windows by holding down th
47. set display gamma If you re using Windows to play video games Windows may need to temporarily change your Mac s display gamma setting to properly display different visual effects To allow Windows to change gamma settings select Allow Windows to set display gamma fi Note Jo prevent unauthorized changes to Full Screen settings click the Lock icon ml at the bottom of the window Once locked an administrator s password is required to make further changes About Using Windows 8 with Parallels Desktop As you probably know Windows 8 features two environments the new Metro interface and the classic Windows desktop interface accessible by clicking Windows Explorer on the Start screen or clicking Start in the Charm Bar 48 Use Windows on Your Mac Metro Applications Run in Full Screen On a Windows PC Metro style applications and the Start screen take up the full screen rather than running in a separate window So even when you re using Windows 8 in Coherence mode p 39 Metro applications still use most of the screen Fell o Ge a bo Start John Doe pF a BOPAGKBAB BO Ae When Windows 8 is in Window mode p 43 the Metro interface takes up the full window 49 Use Windows on Your Mac Using the Edges and Corners of the Screen In Windows 8 you must click in the edges and corners of the screen to access various features For example to access the Charm Bar which contains icons for accessing setting
48. the migration is complete click Done 18 Start Windows p 30 19 When Windows boots up choose Actions gt Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen instructions Note To be able to install Parallels Tools you must be logged in to Windows as an administrator Solving Problems Read this section if you have problems importing your data from a Windows PC General Tips This section provides solutions to some errors that may occur during the import process Parallels Transporter Agent Doesn t Work Correctly If you experience any problems while importing make sure that the snapman sys driver is installed in C WINDOWS system32 drivers If the snapman sys driver is not installed follow these steps Uninstall Parallels Transporter Agent Restart your Windows PC Reinstall Parallels Transporter Agent Restart your Windows PC again a FF N Try to import Windows and your data again Import is Interrupted by an Error If the import process is interrupted by an error do the following 1 From the Start menu choose My Computer 2 Inthe Hard Disk Drives pane right click the volume you want to import and choose Properties 3 Inthe Properties pane click the Tools tab and in the Error Checking section click the Check Now button 20 Install or Import Windows 4 Inthe Check Disk window select Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors and then click St
49. the pointer to the upper left corner of the screen until the corner peels back and click Exit Full Screen Exit Full Screen Then choose View gt Enter Coherence Note To enable the Coherence view mode Parallels Tools must be installed p 184 In most cases Parallels Tools are installed by default 40 Use Windows on Your Mac Parallels Menu When in Coherence mode the Parallels menu I appears in the menu bar at the top of the screen rT E T a CI Thu amp Windows Start Menu Devices Exit Coherence Request Support Parallels Desktop Help Quit Use the menu for these common functions Click the Parallels icon l to open a basic menu that provides the following items Windows Start Menu Access the Windows Start menu Devices Manage hardware devices like printers and DVD drives Exit Coherence Switch to Window mode Request Support Fill out a problem report and request support from Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop Help Access onscreen help Quit Quit Parallels Desktop Right click the icon to open the Windows start menu Click the Parallels icon l and press and hold the Option Alt key to open an extended menu The extended menu includes additional options including Report a Problem Configure Preferences and many others Important When in Coherence mode to quit Parallels Desktop click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar and choose Quit Parallels Desktop Windows System Tray Wh
50. third party tools If you have a bootable CD with Windows 98 installation you can use it as is or create an ISO image of it Below we describe how to install Windows 98 the case when you have a startup floppy image and a CD with the installation files The installation of Windows 95 is similar to that Prepare a Virtual Machine for Windows 95 98 Installation 1 Create a Windows 98 virtual machine using New Virtual Machine Assistant Select the Customize settings before installation option in the Name and Location window 127 Advanced Topics 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware gt Boot Order and configure the floppy disk to be the first boot device 3 Below the Boot Order item select Floppy Disk to open the virtual floppy disk drive settings In the Floppy Disk pane do the following 1 Make sure the Connected option is selected 2 Specify the floopy disc image in the Source menu 4 Click OK to save the virtual machine configuration Initial Partitioning and Formatting 1 Start the virtual machine You will see the black screen and messages indicating the process of booting to MS DOS 2 When prompted enter the following command fdisk Fdisk MS DOS utility is used to partition hard disks and floppy disks 3 ITheFdisk options will be listed Choose the operation to perform the default choice is 1 and press Return Enter to continue 4 Fdisk prompts you to create a partition Select
51. to print documents from the virtual machine set Up a USB Printer You can connect a USB printer directly to Windows In this case the printer isn t available to Mac OS X If you want to use the printer to print both from Mac OS X and from Windows see Share a Mac Printer p 82 To connect a USB printer directly to Windows 1 In Parallels Desktop start Windows 2 When Windows starts install the printer driver For detailed information on how to do that refer to the printer manufacturer s documentation Typically you can find drivers on the manufacture s website 3 Doone of the following If the USB printer is already connected to your Mac If Windows is in Coherence click the Parallels icon I in the menu bar choose Devices gt USB and select this printer from the list If Windows is working in a separate window in the Mac menu bar click Devices gt Printer gt Printer and select this printer from the list If the USB printer is not connected to your Mac connect it In the New USB device detected window connect the printer to Windows 4 I In Windows follow the Add New Hardware wizard instructions Create a PDF File When working with a text document web page or other file you may wish to create a Portable Document Format PDF file out of it A PDF file preserves the format and layout of a document so others can see it as if it were printed on the page To create a PDF file select Parallels PDF to Mac Desktop
52. when choosing a printer A PDF file is saved on the Mac desktop Note his functionality is available for Windows guest operating systems provided that Parallels Tools are installed p 135 and all Mac printers are shared p 82 with Windows 88 Use Windows on Your Mac Use the Built in isight Camera or Another Webcam If your Mac or display has a built in iSight camera or if you connect a compatible external webcam by default you can use it with Windows To use a built in iSight or external camera with Windows Simply open a Windows program that uses a camera you should be able to select the iSight or external camera for use with the program Note If you are running a guest OS other than Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later Windows Vista or Windows 7 be sure you have USB video device class UVC drivers installed Disable Camera Sharing If you don t want Windows programs to be able use connected webcams or the built in iSight camera you can disable camera sharing by doing the following 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Hardware and click USB amp Bluetooth 3 Deselect Web cameras Show a Presentation on an External Monitor or Projector You can easily connect your Mac to an external monitor or projector and show a presentation from a Windo
53. you open a Windows program its icon appears in the Mac OS X Dock at the bottom of the screen By default when you close the program the icon disappears from the Dock Keeping a program s icon in the Dock provides a quick way to open the program anytime To keep a Windows program s icon in the Dock do one of the following Right click or Control click the Windows program icon in the Dock and choose Keep in Dock from the shortcut menu Drag the program s icon from the Finder to the Dock Now you can open the program again anytime by clicking the icon in the Dock Spotlight You can search for and open Windows programs using Spotlight Click the Spotlight icon in the upper right corner of your screen or press Command Space bar on your keyboard Then type the name of the program and select it from the list Launchpad If you re using Mac OS X Lion or later you can see a full screen display of all your Windows programs and Mac applications using Launchpad Just click the Launchpad icon looks like a rocket in the Dock You can then click any Mac OS X application to open it To open a Windows program click the Windows folder and then click the program you want Note The Windows folder is available in Launchpad only if sharing Windows programs p 59 is enabled To move a Windows program from the Windows folder to a main Launchpad page do one of the following From Launchpad click the folder containing your Windows programs and dr
54. your virtual machine its image file size on the physical hard disk increases as you add new data to the virtual hard disk When you delete some data from this virtual hard disk free unused space appears on the disk but the amount of space your virtual machine occupies on the hard disk of your Mac does not reduce To free the unused space back to Mac click the Compress button The virtual hard disk will be compressed and the hard disk image file size will be decreased As a result there will be more free space on your Mac hard disk Note Compressing can be performed for virtual machines without snapshots and with the Undo disks option disabled In the Optimization pane of Virtual Machine Configuration you can enable regular automatic disk compression Editing the Disk If you find that the capacity of your virtual machine hard disk no longer fits your needs you can change its size Important 1 Resizing a hard disk can be potentially dangerous to your data Before you start it is highly recommended that you properly shut down the virtual machine using the shutdown procedure of its guest operating system and back up the data To learn how to make a backup please see Back Up a Virtual Machine p 112 2 Resizing may take some time It is not recommended that you interrupt the process 3 If your MacBook is running on battery connect it to a power source or make sure the battery is fully charged A power outage while writing
55. 024 32 64 000 g by tg OpenSUSE Linux 1024 32 64 000 g g g w Mandriva Linux 1024 32 64 000 g bd g z Other Linux kernel 2 6 1024 32 64 000 gl gt g z Other Linux kernel 2 4 1024 32 64 000 te be gl ra Other Linux 1024 32 64 000 y g g d FreeBSD 8 x 256 32 64 000 af g P 110 Advanced Topics FreeBSD 7 x 256 32 64 000 y g W d Other FreeBSD 256 32 64 000 y g i OS 2 Warp 4 5 256 32 2 000 ty g i d OS 2 Warp 4 128 32 2 000 g g y i eComStation 1 2 256 32 2 000 g g y wv Other OS 2 128 32 2 000 g g y y MS DOS 6 22 64 32 2 000 bil 2 g Other DOS 32 32 2 000 i g i Solaris 10 1024 32 64 000 g te OpenSolaris 256 ap 64 000 by gA Other Solaris 1024 39 64 000 Ka Le Other 256 32 8 000 g g y Set Where New Virtual Machines Are Stored By default Parallels Desktop stores virtual machines in Documents Parallels To change the default location for new virtual machine installations 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Preferences Then click General If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences and then click General 2 Choose a location from the Virtual Machines Folder menu All newly created virtual machines are stored in the new location Any existing virtual machines remain in their original locations Change the Virtual Machine Name The name of a virtual machine is displayed in Parallels Desktop Control Cen
56. 2 If Your Mac Fails to Connect with Parallels Transporter Agent 21 26 I m Having Problems Connecting to the Internet 191 I m Having Problems with Antivirus Software 196 Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application 18 28 121 Import Linux and Your Data from a PC 126 Import Your Data from a PC 18 20 126 Improve Graphics Performance in Windows NT 98 ME 129 Increasing hard disk capacity 171 Initialize a Newly Added Disk 159 161 Install or Import Windows 10 18 Install or Update Parallels Tools 47 57 88 114 123 135 144 Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop 10 12 Install Parallels Desktop 13 15 16 Install Parallels Tools for Seamless Operation Between Windows and Mac OS X 19 40 52 53 61 62 63 65 91 102 121 156 184 Install Software Updates 15 Install Sound Driver in OS 2 and eComStation 144 Install Windows 18 104 193 Install Windows 98 127 Install Windows Programs 10 35 Installing guest operating system 18 Parallels Desktop 13 Parallels Tools 137 138 148 144 Parallels Transporter Agent 20 Windows 98 127 Windows applications 35 Installing and Upgrading Parallels Tools in Text Mode in Linux 142 Installing the GCC Package and Kernel sources in Linux 139 199 Internet access 94 IP address 21 85 94 95 108 148 151 154 175 IPhone 103 iSight camera 89 Isolate Mac OS X from Windows 62 92 Isolati
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58. 4 SmartMouse 155 Snapshots 117 Software requirements 12 Solving Problems 25 Sound 180 Sound device 180 Speed Up Games and Graphics Programs 102 Split disks 159 Spotlight support 31 Start Windows 23 25 28 30 35 51 52 54 57 64 67 81 89 137 138 143 185 198 Starting virtual machine 30 Startup and Shutdown Settings 37 147 Startup mode 37 Status bar connecting and disconnecting devices 119 Step 1 Install Parallels Transporter Agent on Your Windows PC 20 Step 2 Import Your Data 21 Stopping virtual machine 35 Support 199 202 Support for Virtual and Real Disks 20 110 159 173 174 Supported guest operating systems 107 Supported Guest Operating Systems 10 13 107 Suspending virtual machine 35 Switching to Coherence 39 Switching to Full Screen 44 synchronizing Screen vertical synchronization 166 System requirements 12 T Technical support 199 202 The F8 Key Isn t Working Correctly 196 Third party virtual machines 28 Time Machine backup 112 117 Time synchronization 155 Tips and Troubleshooting 184 Touchpad gestures 67 Translate Words in Windows 106 Transporter Agent for Windows 20 Trial activation key 13 Troubleshooting 184 Try Windows 8 1 for Free 29 Turning off virtual machine 35 Typical virtual machines 109 U Unused space cleaning up 171 Update check 15 Updating Parallels Desktop 15 automatically 15 manual
59. 5 Start Windows p 30 6 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 7 Click Options and select Sharing 8 Selec Map Mac volumes to Windows When you connect a storage device or volume it is mounted as a network drive For example a USB flash drive plugged in to your Mac will be accessible from both the Volumes folder in Mac OS Xand My Computer in Windows Note Permissions for accessing the mounted device from Windows are the same as permission settings for the device in Mac OS X For example if you can read from and write to a USB flash drive in Mac OS X you can also read from and write to it in Windows One exception Mac OS X can t write to NTFS volumes regardless of permissions Use a Disk Image with the Virtual DVD Drive While working in Windows you can select a disk image file to be used with the virtual Windows DVD drive as if it was a DVD inside a real drive To do so 1 In Windows Explorer open Computer or My Computer right click the DVD drive icon and choose Select disk image 64 Use Windows on Your Mac 2 Locate the disk image you want to use and click Open Note This functionality is available only for Windows with Parallels Tools installed p 184 Apply Mac OS X Parental Controls to Windows If you have administrator rights in Mac OS X you can us
60. 68 Advanced Topics Note If this device is absent you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices oa Windows 8 1 Hardware Dm P Q General Options Hardware Security Search CPU amp Memory Boot Order UE Video wi Connected Source 4 unattended fdd Mouse amp Keyboard a Print E Floppy Disk b CD DVD 1 wet Hard Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network 1 me Printer 1 Sound USB amp Bluetooth r Hard Disk 2 Restore Defaults g Click the lock to prevent further changes Select the Connected option if you want the floppy disk drive or floppy disk image to be automatically connected to the virtual machine on its startup In the Source field specify the source device or image file that will emulate the virtual machine floppy disk drive If you want to use a real floppy disk drive click the Source field and select the real device name from the list If you want to use a floppy disk image click the Source field click Choose an image file and specify the path to the desired floppy disk image file If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock A icon m at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administr
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62. 9 default folder for virtual machines 111 Changing hard disk format 171 Check Your Virtual Machine CPU and Memory Usage 123 Checking the Build Number 199 Chrome OS 121 Cleaning up unused space 171 Index Clone a Virtual Machine 112 113 Cloning virtual machine 112 Coherence 39 42 Configure 5 1 or 7 1 Surround Sound in a Virtual Machine 181 191 Configuring a Network in Linux 198 Connect Bluetooth Devices 81 Connect External Devices 77 Connect to the Internet or a Network 35 94 191 Connect Windows to a VLAN 97 Connecting devices 156 Connecting USB devices 77 Control Programs with Trackpad Gestures or the Apple Remote 67 Converting third party virtual machines 28 Copy and Paste Between Mac OS X and Windows 53 Copying and pasting 155 CPU and Memory 163 CPU virtual 123 Create a PDF File 88 Create and Use Virtual Machine Templates 115 Create New Keyboard Shortcuts 73 Crystal view 42 Customize Keyboard Shortcuts 70 133 Customize the Keyboard for the Guest OS T1 131 D Default Configurations 109 Default folder for virtual machines 111 Default key combinations 70 Deleting virtual machine 121 Devices adding 156 removing from virtual machine 156 Disable Automatically Suspending Windows 147 Disk format 159 171 Disk size changing 171 Dock adding Windows application to 31 Documentation feedback 202 Download Pre configur
63. Actions gt Manage Snapshots A O N Select the snapshot to which you want to revert and click Go To Delete a Snapshot To delete a snapshot 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center select the virtual machine which snapshot you want to delete 3 Click Actions gt Manage Snapshots 4 Select the snapshot you want to delete and click Delete When you delete an intermediate snapshot the information it contains is merged into the next snapshot Change Virtual Machine Configuration at Runtime Parallels Desktop allows you to connect or disconnect certain devices at runtime or switch some of them for using other media Generally the following virtual devices can be connected or disconnected at runtime Floppy disk drive CD DVD ROM drives Network adapter sound device USB device Shared folders 119 Advanced Topics If printer and serial ports are present in the virtual machine configuration you can also manage them at runtime To configure any of these devices use the necessary command from the Devices menu in the menu bar This menu is available only when the virtual machine is running Connecting a CD DVD ROM or a Floppy Drive If you have several CD DVD ROM drives connected to your virtual machine in the Devices menu they are listed in the same order as they were connected The first CD DVD ROM drive will be CD DVD ROM 1 the second will be CD DVD ROM 2 and so on Connecting
64. CD DVD drive network adapter USB controller serial port printer port connected to the printer set as the default in Mac OS Note Apart from the basic hardware you can add new devices to your virtual machine using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog p 156 109 Advanced Topics The amount of memory and the size of hard disks vary for different guest OSs Refer to the table below to learn the memory and hard disk values that are allocated to a virtual machine depending on the guest operating system that will be installed in it Virtual hard disks for typical virtual machines are always created in the expanding format p 159 Video Networ Guest Operating systems yg gt Memory pek MB Drive D Drive Device MB f Adapter Mac OS X 1024 32 64 000 g y P Windows 7 1024 256 64 000 ted g ie wv Windows Server 2008 1024 128 64 000 g by tg Windows Vista 1024 256 64 000 g g i es Windows XP 1024 256 64 000 yf by W Windows 2003 1024 64 64 000 y y v4 Windows 2000 256 256 64 000 y g p Windows ME 256 32 8 000 g a i g Windows NT 256 32 4 000 iy g Windows 98 256 32 8 000 gl g g Windows 95 128 32 2 000 rg g Fa y Windows 3 11 64 32 2 000 g g g P Other Windows 1024 128 64 000 g g g z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1024 32 64 000 by bi g zd SUSE Linux Enterprise 1024 32 64 000 te g gi z Debian GNU Linux 1024 32 64 000 gi g gi i Ubuntu Linux 1024 32 64 000 if g d Fedora Linux 1024 32 64 000 g g gI wv CentOS Linux 1
65. CLI A password is required to change your Windows account password via a command line interface p 197 Encrypt Windows to Protect It from Unauthorized Use If you store any important data using Windows programs it is highly recommended that you encrypt Windows to protect your data from any unauthorized use Encrypt Windows To encrypt Windows it must be shut down 1 Select Windows and click Actions gt Configure gt Security 2 On the Security tab click Turn On specify a password and click OK Change Your Password To change the password for an encrypted Windows it must be shut down 1 Select Windows and click Actions gt Configure gt Security 2 On the Security tab click Change Password specify a new password and click OK Remove Encryption from Windows To remove encryption from Windows it must be shut down 1 Select Windows and click Actions gt Configure gt Security 93 Use Windows on Your Mac 2 On the Security tab click Turn Off Connect to the Internet or a Network Parallels Desktop allows you to use three types of networking with Windows Shared Networking Windows programs share a network connection with Mac OS X This is the default setting Bridged Ethernet Windows can use one of your Mac s network adapters This makes Windows appear as a separate computer on the network Host only networking Windows can access only your Mac In most cases you don t need to adjust networ
66. Click Change settings and the window with network settings will appear You can configure the range of IP addresses to be assigned to your virtual machines when they are operating in the host only and shared networking modes For details on configuring the host only networking settings refer to Host Only Networking Settings p 154 For details on configuring the shared networking settings refer to Shared Networking Settings p 151 Using Third party Plugins To be able to encrypt Windows p 93 using third party plugins select Allow third party plugins 148 Advanced Topics Note his option is available in Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition only Requiring Password In the Require password to section of the Advanced pane you can set restrictions on the following operations for non administrator users Create a new virtual machine You will have to provide your administrator password to create a new virtual machine Add an existing virtual machine You will have to provide your administrator password to add an existing virtual machine to Parallels Desktop Control Center Remove a virtual machine You will have to provide your administrator password to remove your virtual machines from Parallels Desktop Control Center Clone or convert a virtual machine or template You will have to provide your administrator password to clone a virtual machine to create a template to convert a template into a virtual machine and
67. Configure 2 Inthe virtual machine configuration dialog find the pane with the settings that you want to restore and click Restore Defaults 185 Tips and Troubleshooting Can t Activate Parallels Desktop You must activate Parallels Desktop to be able to use all of its features If you are having trouble activating Parallels Desktop try the following Make sure the activation key you re using is for the version of the software being installed Make sure you re entering the key correctly If you purchased and downloaded Parallels Desktop from the Internet you received an activation key via email For best results copy and paste the key from the email If you have a boxed copy of Parallels Desktop the key is printed on the DVD sleeve Make sure you enter the entire key 30 characters Dashes are added automatically If your Mac isn t connected to the Internet connect it If you can t connect it see Activate Parallels Desktop When Your Mac Isn t Connected to the Internet p 186 If still can t activate Parallels Desktop check this Knowledge Base Article for an extended list of solutions Activate Parallels Desktop When Your Mac Isn t Connected to the Internet It s easiest to activate Parallels Desktop if your Mac is connected to the Internet When you enter your Product Activation Key Parallels Desktop verifies the key over the Internet But if your Mac isn t connected to the Internet there are other ways to activat
68. Connected servers is selected 56 Use Windows on Your Mac To unmount Windows from the desktop 1 Start Windows p 30 2 Click the Parallels icon ll in the menu bar and choose Configure Then click Options and select Sharing Note If Windows is running in Window mode p 43 choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu 3 Deselect Mount virtual disks to Mac desktop Note he Windows disk disappears from the desktop and the Finder but you can still access all of the Windows files and folders via the Windows PVM file and Terminal Volumes By default the PVM file is either in Users lt Username gt Documents Parallels or Users Shared You can also find the PVM file by right clicking Windows in Parallels Desktop Control Center or in the virtual machine window when Windows is shut down and selecting Show in Finder To access Windows files and folders right click the PVM file select Show Package Contents from the context menu and open the Windows Disks folder To disable the ability to navigate to Windows files and folders deselect Access Windows folders from Mac in step 3 above Share iCloud Dropbox or Google Drive Folders with Windows If you re using iCloud Dropbox or Google Drive cloud storage in OS X you can easily share their OS X folders with Windows Once sharing is enabled you can upload download and sync files from any of these services from within Windows without duplicating any of their files on your
69. In most cases Parallels Tools are installed by default Copying and pasting between Mac OS X and Windows is unavailable if you isolate Mac OS X from Windows Copy and Paste Files You can easily copy and paste files between Windows and Mac OS X by doing the following 1 Select a file or multiple files and press Command C on your keyboard to copy it 2 Open a folder or click the desktop in the other operating system and press Command V to paste the file Notes 1 To enable copying and pasting files between Mac OS X and Windows in Sharing settings p 53 All disks or Home folder only must be chosen from the Share Folders menu and Access Windows folders from Mac must be selected In most cases all of these options selected by default 2 If Home folder only is selected in the Share Folders menu p 53 you will be able to copy and paste files from the Mac to Windows only from the Mac home folder Share Files and Folders Parallels Desktop allows you to share folders between the Mac OS X and Windows file systems so you can easily open Mac OS X files from Windows applications and Windows files from Mac OS X applications 53 Use Windows on Your Mac Note These instructions apply to sharing folders between OS X and Linux as well Set Mac OS X and Windows to Use the Same Folders You can set Mac OS X and Windows to use the same folders for things like music documents pictures your desktop and deleted files So for example
70. Mac see Install Windows from an Installation Disc p 18 To learn how to set Windows to use 1 CPU and 2 GB of memory see Set How Much Memory is Allocated to Windows p 98 and Set How Many Processors are Allocated to a Virtual Machine p 123 Configure Windows to Run Windows Phone Emulator Once your system meets the above requirements do the following to configure Windows to run Windows Phone emulator 1 Select Enable next to Nested Virtualization in the Optimization pane p 99 to enable Hyper V support in Windows Note Enabling Hyper V support may slightly slow down your Windows performance If you don t use Hyper V anymore it is recommended to disable this option 2 Start Windows and make sure you have Windows Phone SDK installed If necessary you can download the SDK here 193 Tips and Troubleshooting 3 4 Open Visual Studio for Windows Phone create a new project and start Windows Phone emulator In this step you may get the following error A 4 lt phone PhoneApplicationPage xiClass Phone4pp1 MainPage xmlns http schemas microsoft com winfx 200 3 xmlns x http schemas microsoft com wintx 2 xmlns phone s clr namespace Microsoft Phone Cor xmlns shell clr namespace Microsoft Phone She a microsoft com expressi as openxmlformats org mz e PhoneFontFami lyNor PhoneFontSizeNormal e PhoneForegroundery trait Orientation True gt x The Windows Phone Em
71. O ai Windows Phone Emulator External Het Percent of totel system peace i Note If you didn t set Windows to use 1 CPU as recommended above do not change the number of processors in the Hyper V virtual machine After these steps you can open Visual Studio and start creating or testing Windows Phone applications me a h FParahgi Fa J rh PE a1 ifu nal mi F r ii mal o E m E a Pe i HA Friki i EER BAT E rA IILE o a D Aw ne amp in Oe ts 7 J Lt Fl m a l LE Im P rs Jet Aare i am 3 acePare ihm Title aai iiitBiiti Peete a APLICA kiri ik rientri Pnie age iFa fttorckBaneg T rE w by lapin Lait AL AP fal fehl 1 irid ofa ContentPare Ge PoexbGicork Teet Let a ster OPi e G Pa 1 igre le Tiai Lin e cenit zhi m HF PETES my it iisi i Let s start 7 Betts IARI See TAL EIE a 4 al a w i Wiar Lic ag ee ee ee ee 195 Tips and Troubleshooting I m Having Problems with Antivirus Software Because of the close integration between Parallels Desktop and Mac OS X some Parallels Desktop processes may be detected as malicious by antivirus software installed on your Mac To prevent the antivirus software from blocking Parallels Desktop processes perform a full system scan using the antivirus software and then if no viruses are detected add the Parallels Desktop processes to the list of trusted processes For information on how to do this refer to your antivirus softwar
72. Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center select the virtual machine for which you want to create a snapshot 3 Click Actions gt Manage Snapshots Click New specify the snapshot name and click OK Automate the Creation of Snapshots The SmartGuard functionality allows you to automate snapshots creation Note SmartGuard is available only when the Undo Disks feature is disabled and the virtual machine is not running in Safe Mode To access settings for automating snapshots 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center select the virtual machine for which you want to create a snapshot 3 Click Actions gt Configure 117 Advanced Topics 4 Click Security Windows 8 1 Security Am a a _ General Options Hardware Security Search Require Password to Exit full screen mode Change virtual machine state Manage snapshots Change guest OS password via CLI Integration Isolate Windows from Mac Encryption Turn On Change Password Time Machine Do not back up virtual machine SmartGuard Enabled Details You will need at least 12 5 GB of free space to enable this feature Restore Defaults a Click the lock to prevent further changes To automate snapshots enable SmartGuard click Details and do one of the following Select Optimize for Time Machine If you select this option a snapshot will be taken every 48 hours Time Machine when backing up your Mac wi
73. S X and vice versa If the time zone set In your virtual machine differs from that of your Mac you can maintain this time difference by selecting Do not sync Copy amp Paste If you want to copy and paste data between the host and guest operating systems select Share Mac clipboard If the data you copy and paste between Mac OS X and your virtual machine is text and you want to preserve text formatting select Preserve text formatting Note his functionality is available only for virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed p 184 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock i icon re at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required Adding and Removing Devices Adding new devices to a virtual machine is easier than connecting new devices to a real computer Removing or disconnecting devices is also easy The following virtual devices can be added to the configuration or removed from tt virtual hard disk drive CD DVD drive floppy disk drive network adapter serial port 156 Advanced Topics printer port Sound device USB controller Any of the aforementioned devices can be added to the corresponding virtual machine only when it is stopped Note lo be able to connect any virtual device to a real one you should have system privileges to acce
74. Some new MacBook Pro computers have two video adapters By default the slower video adapter that saves energy is used To use the faster video adapter for better 3D graphics performance 1 Inthe Mac OS X Finder select Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Energy Saver 2 Click Higher performance Setting graphics to higher performance uses battery life faster Speed Up Games and Graphics Programs With Parallels Desktop you can run games and programs that require video cards with DirectX or OpenGL support To do so you must enable 3D acceleration For information on whether a program requires DirectX or OpenGL support see the materials that came with the game or program To enable 3D acceleration 1 Shut down the virtual machine p 35 2 Choose Actions gt Configure 3 Inthe Video pane select On or select a version of DirectX from the 3D acceleration menu Note Parallels Tools must be installed o 184 before you can enable 3D acceleration Parallels Tools are installed by default when you set up Windows Pause Windows When No Programs Are Open You can conserve your computer s resources by setting Windows to pause automatically when no Windows programs are open That way more resources such as RAM and CPU can be used for Mac OS X applications To set Windows to pause when no programs are open 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels D
75. Windows starts when you open a Windows program p 31 regardless of this setting Set the Startup View This setting affects the Windows view mode only when you open Windows from Parallels Desktop Control Center If you start Windows by opening a Windows program it always starts in Coherence view From the Startup View menu choose Coherence Window Full Screen Modality or Same as last time Set What Happens When You Shut Down Windows Choose one of the following from the On Shutdown menu Keep window open If Windows is set to appear in a separate window the window stays open when you stop or shut down Windows Close window If Windows is set to appear in a separate window the window closes when you stop or shut down Windows Quit Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop quits when you stop or shut down Windows 38 Use Windows on Your Mac Set What Happens When You Close the Parallels Desktop Window These settings affect what happens only when Windows is set to appear in a separate window From the On Window Close menu choose Suspend Shut Down Force to stop or Ask me what to do Set How Windows Works with Mac OS X Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac allows you to work seamlessly between Windows and Mac OS X For example you can cut and paste text and share files between the two There are a number of ways that you can set the level of integration between Windows and Mac OS X For example you may want your Windows progr
76. a Network Adapter You can set up any of the three network modes Shared Networking Bridged Networking or Host Only Networking Connecting a Sound Device To connect or disconnect a sound device choose the Activate or Mute options respectively You can also choose the type of output and input devices Connecting a USB Device Parallels Desktop automatically detects all USB devices plugged into your Mac computer The devices that are currently connected to the virtual machine appear in the list from the Device menu You cannot use a USB device in Mac OS X while it is being used by the virtual machine Connecting a Shared Folder The Shared Folders options available at runtime are similar to the settings in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog You can share all Mac disks or Home Folder only with the virtual machine share Windows guest operating system disks with Mac OS X add a new shared folder Connecting a Serial Port To connect or disconnect a serial port click the Devices menu select the corresponding serial port and choose the appropriate command in the displayed menu 120 Advanced Topics Connecting a Printer Port To connect or disconnect a printer port or to connect a printer or an output file to a printer port click the Devices menu select the corresponding printer port and choose the appropriate command in the displayed menu Use Mouse Wheel Horizontal Scrolling You can use the mouse wheel horiz
77. a report manually To create a problem report 1 If Parallels Desktop is in Coherence mode click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar and choose Report a Problem 2 Choose Help gt Report a Problem Parallels Desktop creates a status report and a screenshot of the software 800 Problem Report for Parallels Desktop If possible describe what you were doing when the problem occurred Important You will not receive a reply by sending this report To request support please click here Name Email See Details Cancel Send Report 3 Describe what you were doing when the problem occurred and fill out the form Note You can review the problem report components that will be sent to the Parallels support team and deselect some of them in the Parallels Problem Report Details window if desired To open this window click See Details lf Parallels Desktop auto generates a problem report the report window contains the Send a solution to me when available option After the report is sent Parallels engineers start investigating the problem When they find any workaround or get any news about the reported issue you will be notified by email 200 Tips and Troubleshooting 4 Click Send Report A problem report with the ID number 55191530 has been sent to Parallels to help us improve the product Thank you for your feedback If you d like to contact our support team to request help with your problem plea
78. acLook Make Screenshot Hide Status Bar In Mac OS X choose Apple Menu gt System Preferences In System Preferences click Keyboard and click Keyboard Shortcuts Select Application Shortcuts in the sidebar and click the Add button If you want a new shortcut to work only for Parallels Desktop choose Parallels Desktop from the Application menu If you leave All Applications selected the shortcut will work for any application that has the same command name and is currently active Enter the menu item name from Step 1 13 Use Windows on Your Mac Important You must enter the command name exactly as it appears in the Parallels Desktop menu or your new shortcut won t work 7 Inthe Keyboard Shortcut field press the key combination that you want to trigger the action Notes 1 You must create separate shortcuts for commands that change in the menu depending on the state of Parallels Desktop such as Enter Full Screen and Exit Full Screen 2 You can also create keyboard shortcuts to work with Windows and other guest OS applications running in Coherence mode p 39 To find out what a command for a Windows application is called launch the application switch Windows to Coherence mode and check the application menus as described in Step 1 above see and Change Windows Input Language In OS X While you re working with Windows or any Windows applications Parallels Desktop shows the input language set in Windows in OS X men
79. ad updates automatically If you choose not to download updates automatically Parallels Desktop notifies you when an update is available and asks whether you want to download tt Check for an Update Manually Follow the instructions in step 1 above and then click Check Now You can also choose Check for Updates from the Parallels Desktop application menu Note lo check for updates and download them your Mac must be connected to the Internet and you must register your copy of Parallels Desktop p 13 Set the Language You can set which language the Parallels Desktop interface uses by doing the following 16 Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop Quit Parallels Desktop Choose Apple menu gt System Preferences click Language amp Text and then click Language Drag the language you want to the top of the list If you don t see the language you want to use in the list click Edit List Open Parallels Desktop If the primary language you chose is supported by Parallels Desktop the menus and interface text appear in that language If the primary language you selected isn t supported menus appear in the first language listed that Parallels Desktop supports CHAPTER 3 Install or Import Windows There are a few ways to get Windows up and running on your Mac Install Windows p 18 Import your data from a Windows PC p 20 Use Windows that you already have installed from a Boot Camp partition p 27 Import Wind
80. ady click Next If prompted to specify additional port information choose Standard select Generic Network Card from the list and click Next In the Install Printer Software window specify the manufacturer and model of the network printer If the required printer model is not listed click Have Disk button and specify the path to the inf file located in the folder where you installed the printer driver When ready click Next Continue with the printer configuration procedure When the printer is added to Windows you can use it to print documents from Windows XP To add a network printer in Windows XP ao fF Q N 10 11 12 86 Open the Windows Start menu and select Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click the Printers and Faxes item Click the Add a printer link to open the Add Printer wizard In the Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard window click Next In the Local or Network Printer window select Local printer attached to this computer and clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer option if it is also selected When ready click Next In the Select a Printer Port window select Create a new port and specify Standard TCP IP Port as the port type When ready click Next In the Welcome to the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard window click Next In the Add Port window specify the network printer IP address and click Next If prompted to specify additional port inf
81. ag a program to the Launchpad icon in the Dock 34 Use Windows on Your Mac Start the Windows program you want right click its icon in the Dock and choose Add to Launchpad To remove a Windows program from Launchpad start the program right click its icon in the Dock and choose Remove from Launchpad Install Windows Programs You install Windows programs on your Mac just as you would on a Windows PC The two most common ways of installing programs are Using a CD or DVD installation disc Downloading the program or installation file from the Internet or a network Install a Program from a CD or DVD Installation Disc 1 Start Windows p 30 2 Insert the installation disc 3 In most cases an AutoPlay dialog opens Click the option to run a setup or install file then follow the onscreen instructions For more information about using CD and DVD discs with Parallels Desktop see CD DVD ROM p 169 Install a Program from the Internet or a Network Download the program or installation file and follow the instructions from the program s source In most cases you can either run the installation file and follow the onscreen instructions or simply open the downloaded program For more information about connecting to the Internet and networks see Connect to the Internet or a Network p 94 shut Down or Suspend Windows When you re finished using Windows programs you can leave Windows running in the background as yo
82. ages Import Your Data from a PC You can import all your data from a Windows PC to Parallels Desktop on your Mac Then you can continue to work with all your Windows programs files and data side by side with Mac OS X Overview of Methods for Importing You can import your data using one of the following Network p 21 If both the Windows PC and your Mac are connected to a network you can import your data over the network External storage device p 23 You can transfer the data from a Windows PC to an external storage device such as an external hard drive Then you can connect the device to your Mac and import your data into Parallels Desktop Requirements for Importing Your Data To import your data to your Mac you need a Windows computer with Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later Note You can also use a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit only Windows Server 2008 or Windows 2000 Professional 82 bit only An Intel or AMD 700 MHz or higher x86 or x64 processor At least 256 MB of RAM At least 70 MB of hard disk space for installing Parallels Transporter Agent One of the following An Ethernet port for transferring your data over network An external storage device such as a USB hard disk Note Parallels Desktop does not support migrating Windows dynamic volumes These are volumes which size is not fixed as in basic volumes They are migrated as data disks on
83. ailable to your Mac OS X computer Note It is reasonable to use more than one CPU in your guest OS if you are going to use applications that perform better under multi core processors To set how many processors are allocated to a virtual machine 1 Shut down the virtual machine p 35 2 Open the Actions menu and choose Configure 3 Click General and select a number from the CPUs menu Check Your Virtual Machine CPU and Memory Usage While working with a virtual machine you may need to check how much memory and CPU time of your Mac it is currently using If the virtual machine is consuming too much and your running Mac applications become slow you can easily reduce the number of CPUs p 123 and amount of memory p 98 assigned to the virtual machine To check the current CPU and memory usage choose Window gt Show Resource Usage 123 Advanced Topics Enable Spoken Commands You can work with Windows or other guest OSs using the following spoken commands Commands Start Suspend Shut Down Pause Stop Reset Snapshot Make Screenshot Make Clip Switch to Coherence Switch to Full Screen Switch to Window Edit Configuration New Open Download About Parallels Desktop Install Parallels Tools Report a Problem Open Open Directory Description Starts a virtual machine Suspends a virtual machine Shuts down a virtual machine Pauses a virtual machine Stops a virtual machine Resets a virtual
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85. allels Access see Parallels Access User s Guide available online save a Picture of the Screen To save a picture of Windows in Window Mode Choose View gt Make Screenshot A file named Parallels Picture png Is saved on the Mac OS X desktop You can also take a picture of the entire screen at any time by pressing Command Shift 3 By default pictures are saved to the Mac OS X desktop 104 Use Windows on Your Mac Set the Appearance of Virtual Machine Dock Icons You can choose which type of icon appears in the Mac OS X Dock when your virtual machine is open or running 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Preferences Then click General If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences and then click General 2 From the Virtual Machine Dock Icons menu choose one of the following OS Icon The Dock icon shows the icon of the operating system installed in the virtual machine Live Screenshot The Dock icon shows a miniature image of what you see in Windows None Virtual machines running in Window Full Screen or Modality modes don t have separate icons in the Dock Allow Windows Updates While Your Mac is sleeping Parallels Desktop supports OS X Power nap which lets you keep aspects of Windows up to date even while your Mac is sleeping When Power Nap is enabled services that usually update information af
86. ams to behave just like Mac applications appearing side by side with them on the Mac desktop Or you may wish to keep the Windows desktop and programs in a separate window Read on to learn more about setting how Windows works together with Mac OS X Merge Windows and Mac OS X You can set Windows and Mac OS X to work seamlessly together as if they were part of a single operating system In this mode called Coherence mode Windows programs appear on the Mac desktop next to your Mac applications and documents from Windows programs and Mac applications are stored in the same folders Finder Fie Edit View G Window Help E Swe E a L 39 Use Windows on Your Mac Switch to Coherence Mode To switch from Window mode to Coherence mode do one of the following Click the Coherence icon in the top right corner of the virtual machine window Choose View gt Enter Coherence Press Control Command C To switch from Full Screen mode to Coherence mode do one of the following Press Control Command F to exit Full Screen Then click View gt Enter Coherence Move the pointer to the top of the screen until the OS X menu bar appears and click View gt Exit Full Screen Then open the View menu once again and click Enter Coherence If you re using Mac OS X Snow Leopard or working in Parallels Full Screen mode p 45 press Control Option Alt to display the Mac menu bar If the Parallels hot corners p 45 are active move
87. an turn it on again after the import is finished 21 Install or Import Windows 3 N OF A All Programs gt Parallels gt Parallels Transporter Agent On the Windows PC open Parallels Transporter Agent by clicking the Start menu and choosing Nelwvurk On your Mac open Parallels Desktop and choose File gt New Select Migrate Windows from a PC and click Continue Select Network and click Continue Find the passcode displayed in Parallels Wizard on your Mac and enter it in Parallels Transporter Agent on your Windows PC If the remote PC and Mac are not connected to the same network you can transfer the remote PC using its name or IP address To do so click Use IP address instead select the Windows PC name from the list or type the IP address and click Continue e609 Parallels Wizard m AERE T S La aa n th Sa r A EA EE j connecting to Faralleis Iranspol F Name IP address astarovontoy 10 30 16 152 Lise passcode instead Install or Import Windows 8 If you have chosen to use the computer name or IP address provide the Windows administrator credentials Parallels Desktop connects to Parallels Transporter Agent and starts collecting information about the source computer 9 If you want to log in to Windows automatically whenever you start up Windows select Enable Automatic Logon When ready click Continue 10 Choose whether you want to migrate all your files and data or only Windows applicati
88. and other Mac system shortcut key combinations Such as pressing Cmd Tab to switch between open applications continue to activate Mac OS X functions To set whether function keys and OS X system shortcut key combinations activate functions in OS X or Windows 6 Click System Shortcuts in the sidebar 7 Select one of the following from the Send system shortcuts menu Always When Windows or Windows applications are active function keys and other system shortcuts always trigger functions in Windows Never Function keys and other system shortcuts always trigger functions in OS X On Condition If you re working with Windows system shortcuts that don t function in Windows for example Control Up Arrow button to display Mission Control trigger functions in OS X If you re using OS X as a guest OS and a guest OS or its application is active system shortcuts that are typical only to OS X trigger functions in the guest version of OS X Customize Keyboard Menu In Window mode you can enter key combinations by choosing Devices gt Keyboard and then choosing a key combination To customize available key combinations do the following 8 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Preferences If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences 9 Click Shortcuts gt Keyboard Menu 10 If the lock icon is locked click it and enter an adminis
89. any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required 183 CHAPTER 6 Tips and Troubleshooting If you re having trouble using Parallels Desktop check this section for possible solutions If you don t find the solution to your problem here see More Resources p 202 In This Chapter Install Parallels Tools for Seamless Operation Between Windows and Mac OS X 184 PING 3 UWS E T E E ieresiaee tient E T EA 185 Restore Virtual Machine Default Settings cccccesecseseceseeceeeceeeceeeeaeeeeeesaeeeseaeeaens 185 Gan tActivate Parallels DESKTOD ac ciscssansuiasansasaudstaawsnceniatngaaani iaai aai A 186 Memory Usage FIODIGINS wusstucuiiascaiumssioabecaaraepetedbivadiawreianrsenmidensicaiehereerncismesibebesmenia 188 Windows Sgene ON scrisrinsiiis raina Ean EAE Eaa EER ged Ea REGNE 188 Poc O RA Sl eae e E E ET 190 My Password Isn t Working cccccecccecceeceeee scence eeee esses eeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeeaeeaeeneeeges 190 My VIGIL MAChING Doesnt BOO issidas iE E K i RNA 190 I m Having Problems Connecting to the INternet ccccceccseeecseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeaees 191 Configure 5 1 or 7 1 Surround Sound in a Virtual M CHhine ccccccescecsesesseeeeeeeees 191 RUN VVINGOWS Pnone EMUIALOT ssirsnssssoseriaransen iranran REE 193 l m Having Problems with Antivirus Software sssssesressreesrrerreerrrerrrerrresrreerreerree 196 The Fe Key Isn t Working Correctly
90. arrows to the right of the list Remove a boot device from the sequence by clearing the check box next to its name If you choose the Select boot device on startup option you will see the following message at the virtual machine startup Press ESC to select boot device If you press ESC pending 5 seconds you will be able to select a boot device If you do not press ESC the virtual machine will try to boot from the devices specified in the Boot Order list Note Make sure that the device you wish to use for your virtual machine booting hard disk drive CD ROM drive floppy disk drive or network adapter is available to the virtual machine and configured properly If you do not have any boot devices configured in your virtual machine you will see the following error message after you start the virtual machine No boot device is available In this case you should stop the virtual machine and configure at least one boot device for it The Boot flags field is intended for specifying the flags that can change the virtual machine system behavior The system flags can be used by the Parallels customer support team in cases when something goes wrong in your virtual machine It is not recommended to type anything into this field without being instructed to do so by the customer support staff If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock ri Icon E at the bottom of the window The next time som
91. art 5 Wait till the disk is scanned and errors are fixed Dynamic Volumes are not Imported Only basic volumes can be imported You can t import dynamic volumes using Parallels Desktop The only way to import the data stored on a dynamic disk is to copy the data to a basic disk on your Mac and then import the basic disk If Your Mac Fails to Connect with Parallels Transporter Agent Firewall applications may block connections between your Mac and Parallels Transporter Agent on the Windows PC Firewall problems in Mac OS X If your Mac fails to connect with Parallels Transporter Agent on your Windows PC the reason may be that the built in Mac firewall blocks the connection to Parallels Transporter Agent To enable connections between your Mac and Parallels Transporter Agent and prevent further blocking you can configure the firewall settings in Mac OS X by doing the following 1 From the Apple menu choose System Preferences and then click Security 2 Click the Firewall tab 3 Configure the necessary settings If you try to search for Parallels Transporter Agent by typing the Windows PC IP address manually you may receive a message saying that Parallels Transporter Agent is blocked Click the Unblock button Firewall problems in Windows Microsoft Windows operating system has a built in firewall that blocks connections to and from other computers When starting Parallels Transporter Agent for the fist time you may see a messag
92. at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required Sound The Sound pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure the virtual machine sound device parameters To edit the device settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar 180 Advanced Topics Note If this device is absent you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices eQ OM Windows 8 1 Hardware 1 az gt Q General Options Hardware Security Search CPU amp Memory Boot Order UF video iW Connected Input Default Mouse amp Keyboard pr Print Output Default H Floppy Disk CD DVD 1 ted Hard Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network 1 a Printer 1 T Sound B USB amp Bluetooth Restore Defaults fi Click the lock to prevent further changes Select the Connected option to have the sound device automatically connected on the virtual machine startup Use the Input list to choose the necessary device You can choose o
93. ate By default Parallels Desktop stores templates in your Documents gt Parallels folder 4 Click Save to start cloning the virtual machine to the template Deploy a Template to the Virtual Machine To deploy a template back to the virtual machine 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center right click the template you want to deploy and choose Deploy to Virtual Machine 3 Choose where you want to store the resulting virtual machine By default Parallels Desktop stores virtual machines in your Documents gt Parallels folder 4 Click Save to start deploying the template to the virtual machine 116 Advanced Topics Save Snapshots of a Virtual Machine A snapshot is a saved state of the guest OS It s useful to create snapshots for example before you re going to run some programs that may damage the guest OS or if you re going to configure some guest OS software that requires a lot of settings or if you want to mark milestones in the develooment process Notes 1 Snapshots cannot be created for Windows virtual machines that use the Boot Camp partition 2 lf your virtual machine has one or more snapshots you can neither compress nor resize the virtual hard disk 3 Creating a snapshot increases the size of the virtual machine ovm bundle If something goes wrong you can revert the changes back to any of your snapshots and continue working with the guest OS Create a Snapshot 1 Start
94. ator s password will be required CD DVD ROM To configure the virtual machine CD DVD drive settings use the CD DVD settings Virtual CD DVD drives can be connected either to physical CD DVD drives or to CD DVD images 169 Advanced Topics Note You can connect up to 4 IDE devices hard disks or CD DVD drives 6 SATA and 15 SCSI devices to a virtual machine Each device is listed separately in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and has its own number To edit the device settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar Note If this device is absent you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices 650 Windows 8 1 Hardware 1 f Q General Options Hardware Security Search E CPU amp Memory _ Boot Order B Video Mouse amp Keyboard ae Print ed Floppy Disk CD DVD 1 bj Hard Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network 1 i Printer 1 Sound USB amp Bluetooth pet Hard Disk 2 Connected Connect to en_windows_8 1_enterprise_with Location SATAO 2 Restore Defaults ef Click the lock to prevent
95. ault Windows program for that link type and clicking a link in Mac OS X opens the default Mac OS X application You can set links of a particular type to always open in Mac OS X or in Windows For example you could set web pages to always open in Windows Internet Explorer even if the link is clicked in a Mac OS X application Note To set Internet links to open in Mac OS X or Windows Parallels Tools must be installed p 184 In most cases Parallels Tools are installed by default To set Internet links to open in Mac OS X or Windows 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and select Applications 3 Click the menu for the type of link you want to set If you don t see the link type you want click More Applications The following types of links can be set Web pages Web pages accessible through the HTTP and HTTPS protocols E mail Links in the mailto format that open a pre addressed email Newsgroups Links in the news format that typically open a newsreader program FTP File upload and download locations accessible through the FTP protocol RSS Episodic content such as blogs and podcasts Remote access Locations accessible through the Telnet and Secure Shell SSH protocols 4 Choose one of the following Default The link opens in the application or
96. ave Parallels Desktop installed on your Mac you can use the Parallels Access app to access and control Windows Parallels Access lets you Use any of your Windows programs on your iPad Remotely start stop and reset Windows Connect over Wi Fi or 3G Access Windows from anywhere over the Internet 103 Use Windows on Your Mac Get Started Before you can use Parallels Access you must do the following 1 On your iPad iPhone or Android device download and install Parallels Access from the App Store or Google play Be sure you have installed Windows on your Mac p 18 In Parallels Desktop do one of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Preferences If Windows is running in Window mode p 43 choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences 4 Click Access 5 Install the Parallels Access agent on your Mac by clicking Install You only have to do these steps once Access Windows from your iPad iPhone or Android device 1 Turn on your Mac Your Mac must be on for Parallels Access to access and use Windows 2 Open Parallels Access on your iPad iPhone or Android device and log in to your account using the same email and password you used to register Parallels Desktop 3 Tap your Mac in the list of available Macs When you access Windows for the first time you see tips about gestures you can use to control Windows Tap Close to go to the Windows desktop For more information about using Par
97. can create your own profile and assign it to your virtual machines To create a custom keyboard profile or edit the existing profiles 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon I in the menu bar and choose Preferences If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences 2 Click Shortcuts 6 A Shortcuts 8 _ l Peres a om General Shortcuts Devices Access Advanced me B Application Shortcuts Profile Windows On From OS X To Windows System Shortcuts vV Space Switch Language v Space Switch Language Mouse Shortcuts Me sex Ctrl X HH M sc Ctrl C 36 Keyboard Menu WO V Ctrl V SA Ctrit A VIRTUAL MACHINES S87 Ctrlez Windows 8 1 vo SS Ctri 5 vi 3P Ctrl P Ay w Vo F Ctrl F Windows 7 1 A SO B Ctrl B Vv sl Ctrl I aw Windows XP euler es calles mi Click the lock to prevent further changes Restore Defaults 131 Advanced Topics 3 Select a virtual machine from the sidebar click the Profile menu and select Edit profiles list Add or remove keyboard and mouse profiles Profiles Generic Linux OS X Windows Cancel gt OKT 4 Doone of the following To add a new profile click the Add button L Specify the new profile name and select the base profile from the list After the profile is created you can submit the changes by clicking OK Then
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99. cessful login If you don t do that you will be required to enter the root password when starting the system config printer administration tool in the next step 2 Start the system config printer administration tool by doing one of the following Click System gt Administration gt Printing or Start the Terminal and enter the following command system config printer 3 Inthe displayed window click New Printer 4 Inthe next window you must type a printer name Under this name the printer will be displayed in your Linux guest operating system You can also enter the printer description and location When ready click Forward 5 Now you have to specify how your Mac printer will be shared with the virtual machine As the printer is connected to the virtual machine printer port select LPT 1 or another port to which the printer is connected and click Forward 6 Then specify the printer manufacturer and model No matter what printer you have choose either HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS or Apple Color LW 12 660 PS When ready click Forward 7 Click Apply to finish setting up the printer Now the printer is properly configured and you can use it to print documents from your Linux virtual machine Set Up a Printer Using Bonjour If you have more than one Mac connected to your home network you can use Apple Bonjour for Windows to share any printer connected to any of them To see the list of all Windows operating systems supported by
100. changes to the disk may cause data loss To change the disk size 173 Advanced Topics 1 Click Edit i Size 64 0 GB 5 0 ME 8 GB 32 GB 128 GB 512 GB 2 TB Fe Resize file system W Expanding disk Split the disk image into 2 GB files Reset Apply Close Note If your virtual machine is running has snapshots or uses a Boot Camp partition as a hard disk its virtual hard disks cannot be resized Drag the slider or enter a new size in the Size field Select Resize file system if you want to change the file system size If you select Resize file system when increasing the disk size the additional disk space will be added to the last volume If you deselect Resize file system the added space will appear as unallocated space and will be invisible to the guest operating system To allocate this space you will have to either create a new partition or expand an existing partition For instructions on allocating the added space please refer to the guest OS documentation If you select Resize file system when decreasing the disk size the disk will be decreased by removing the unallocated space and decreasing the size of the disk partitions If you deselect Resize file system when decreasing the disk size you will be able to remove the unallocated space of the disk only and the disk partitions will remain untouched If the format of the virtual hard disk is expanding you can convert it to plain by deselecting Expanding disk
101. ck Continue If your Mac doesn t have a DVD drive you can use an Apple SuperDrive another Mac s DVD drive via Remote Disc or make an image from the disc Install or Import Windows Image File If you have a Windows image file click Image File and drag the image to the Parallels Wizard window Once Windows is detected click Continue USB Drive If you have a bootable USB installer with Windows click USB Drive and connect the drive to the Mac Once Windows is detected click Continue Note Parallels Desktop may fail to detect some operating systems for example the latest Linux distributions If this happens but you re sure that the operating system can be installed click Continue specify the OS type manually if it s not listed choose Other and follow the onscreen instructions 6 Be sure to leave Express installation selected Note If you deselect Express installation you ll need to install Parallels Tools p 184 after the installation to allow the most seamless operation between Windows and Mac OS X 7 Choose what for you re going to primarily use Windows Its settings will be tuned to best fit your needs 8 If you are installing Windows 8 select how you want it to work Like Windows 8 Windows 8 boots to the Start screen and Windows 8 applications run in full screen only Like Windows 7 Windows 8 boots to the desktop Windows 8 applications run in resizable windows and the Start menu is available 9 Choose where
102. ck the lock to prevent further changes In the Source field the virtual hard disk file hdd that emulates the virtual machine hard disk is specified You can change the hard disk source To use the Boot Camp partition as the virtual machine hard disk click the Source field and select the Boot Camp partition name from the list To use a virtual hard disk file as the virtual machine hard disk click the Source field and choose the virtual hard disk file from the list or click Choose an image file and specify the path to the desired image file hdd on your Mac In the Location field you can specify the type of interface for connecting the device IDE Using this interface type you can connect up to 4 virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD drives SATA Using this interface type you can connect up to 6 virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD drives SCSI Using this interface type you can connect up to 15 virtual devices hard disks or CD DVD drives Note 1 The Mac OS X guest OS does not support the SCSI controller In the latest Linux distributions e g RHEL 5 3 the SCSI driver may be not installed In this case you should install this driver in your Linux guest OS to be able to use the SCSI controller 172 Advanced Topics Note 2 The SCSI 7 0 location is not available for selecting since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself Compressing the Disk If you use an expanding p 159 virtual hard disk in
103. d a boxed copy of Parallels Desktop with a USB thumb drive connect the drive to your Mac open it and double click the disk image file If you purchased a boxed copy with a link to the installation file open the link in your web browser download Parallels Desktop and double click the disk image file If you purchased a boxed copy with an installation disc insert the disc Note If your Mac doesn t have a DVD ROM you can use the download link available in the retail box to download Parallels Desktop over the Internet 3 Double click the Install icon and follow the onscreen instructions to install Parallels Desktop Register Parallels Desktop After installation you must register Parallels Desktop Registering allows you to Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop Automatically download and install the latest Parallels Desktop updates Create a backup copy of the product key on the Parallels web server and restore it at any time Easily contact the Parallels support team using the support code Stay informed about Parallels news and announcements Activate Parallels Desktop Once the registration is finished you must enter your Product Activation Key to activate Parallels Desktop If you purchased Parallels Desktop from the Parallels Online Store a key was sent to the email address you provided If you bought a boxed copy you can find your key printed on the installation disc sleeve Note If you bypass the activation dia
104. d at full size This option is supported by Windows 7 and 8 only Scaled Windows resolution and DPI setting don t change Instead Windows is scaled to full size As a result Windows interface elements and text are not sharp This option is useful for Windows applications that don t support high DPI settings and appear small onscreen For Windows XP If you re working with Windows XP on a Mac with a Retina display Windows becomes scaled but its resolution doesn t change As a result Windows interface elements and text are not sharp However you can enable full 2880x1800 Retina resolution for Windows by selecting Enable Retina resolution At such a high resolution Windows interface elements and text become sharp but small If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock i icon a at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required Floppy Disk To view and configure the virtual machine floppy disk drive settings use the Floppy Disk settings To edit the device settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar 1
105. e 204 Adaptive hypervisor 99 Adding and Removing Devices 20 109 156 178 Adding devices 156 Adding virtual machine 28 Address IP address 21 26 85 94 95 97 108 148 151 154 175 198 MAC address 94 95 96 175 Adjust Coherence Settings 42 Adjust Devices Settings 78 79 Adjust Full Screen Settings 40 48 45 Adjust Window Mode Seitings 43 Administrator 204 Advanced Preferences 148 Advanced Settings 51 155 Advanced Topics 11 107 AirPort using in virtual machine 97 Allow Windows Updates While Your Mac is Sleeping 105 Antivirus for Mac 91 Antivirus for Windows 91 Apple Remote 67 Apply Mac OS X Parental Controls to Windows 65 Apply Separate Network Settings to Windows 95 Automatic update check 15 B Back Up a Virtual Machine 112 173 Backing up virtual machines 112 Battery life 99 Bonjour Printer 83 Boot Camp partition Boot Camp virtual machine 27 Importing Boot Camp 27 Boot order 164 Boot Order 164 Bridged Ethernet networking 95 Browse Virtual Hard Disks in Mac OS X 114 Browsing virtual machines and disks 114 Build number 199 C CD DVD ROM 35 52 169 CD DVD ROM drive adding removing 156 connecting disconnecting 119 169 setting up 169 Change Password in Windows via Command Line Interface 93 197 Change the Virtual Machine Name 111 Change Virtual Machine Configuration at Runtime 119 Changing configuration at runtime 11
106. e Function Fn key and pressing the F6 key If Parallels Desktop is visible but running in the background pressing Fn F6 brings Parallels Desktop and all its windows to focus 146 Advanced Topics Note Most function keys F1 F2 and so on on Mac keyboards serve as specific control keys such as volume and brightness controls and you must hold down the Fn key as you press the function key to trigger an alternate application specific function If you want to set function keys to be used for alternate functions without having to press the Fn key choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Keyboard Then click the Keyboard tab and choose Use all F1 F2 etc keys as standard function keys Disable Automatically Suspending Windows If you are using OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion by default when you quit Parallels Desktop Windows is suspended and the next time you open Parallels Desktop Windows resumes exactly from where you left off If more than one person uses Windows on your Mac then a user can access the account in Windows suspended by the previous user To avoid this you can disable automatically suspending Parallels Desktop To disable automatically suspending Parallels Desktop 1 Doone of the following Option click Alt click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar and choose Preferences and then click General If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop
107. e Help Important The names of Parallels Desktop processes usually start with prl or parallels The F8 Key Isn t Working Correctly In Mac OS X the F8 key and Ctrlt arrow key combination are reserved for triggering Spaces a feature that lets you organize your windows on multiple desktops Because of this the F8 key and Citrl arrow key may not function correctly with Windows programs If you are experiencing this problem change the Spaces hotkeys settings See Mac Help for more information From the Finder choose Help gt Mac Help or Help gt Help Center and search for Spaces A Password is Required to Open the Virtual Machine Configuration In Parallels Desktop 10 activated with the volume license product key virtual machine configuration can be password protected from being viewed and edited So if you re requested to enter the password to open the virtual machine configuration and you don t know it contact the person who gave you this virtual machine in most cases it s your system administrator Windows or Windows Programs Ask for Reactivation When you first install Windows on a PC Boot Camp partition or virtual machine you must activate Windows to use It You can activate Windows over the Internet or by phone 196 Tips and Troubleshooting Once activated every time you start Windows it checks whether it is running on the same hardware on which it was originally installed When you import Windows to Parallel
108. e Parallels Desktop 186 Tips and Troubleshooting If your Mac isn t connected to the Internet when you enter your Product Activation Key the following window appears Le 0D 0O Parallels Desktop Activate Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop cannot connect to the Internet in order to complete your product activation Number of days left to complete your activation 13 To complete your activation email your activation ID below to acti insert it into the web page http activatepd paral 4d4441774d4449774d444131596a5 1774d4441774d44417 74d444263a4d446F774d44417 74d44417 74d4441774d4441784d44417 74f44417 74044417 74d5749324d7a466c596d59 314e6 73d3d You wil receive a Confirmation Code Paste it below to complete your activation Work Offline Change Key To activate Parallels Desktop without an Internet connection do one of the following If your Mac can or will be connected to the Internet in the future click Work Offline and connect later You can use Parallels Desktop for 14 days without activating it Later when you connect to the Internet Parallels Desktop verifies the key and activates itself Make a note of your activation ID see above or copy it to a text file on an external storage device then do one of the following From another computer or device that s connected to the Internet send the activation ID to the email address shown in the Activation screen See above You will receive a Confirmati
109. e Performance 98 Optimize Virtual Machine for Games Graphics Productivity or Develooment 103 Other Operating Systems 10 Over a Network 20 21 Overview of Methods for Importing 20 P Parallels Desktop activating 13 installing 13 registering 13 uninstalling 147 updating 15 upgrading 15 Parallels Mounter 112 Parallels network adapter 175 Parallels Tools installing in Linux 138 installing in Mac OS X 143 installing in Windows 137 Parallels Tools for Linux 59 82 127 138 Parallels Tools for Mac 134 143 Parallels Tools for Windows 58 74 106 137 185 Parallels Tools Overview 135 Parallels Transporter Agent 20 installing 20 Parallels virtual appliances 121 Parental control 65 Password protection 92 93 Pause Windows When No Programs Are Open 102 Pausing virtual machines 35 Permanent activation key 13 Plain disks 159 Power saving 99 Pre configured virtual appliances 121 Pressing Ctrl Alt Del 190 Primary operating system definition 204 supported primary OSs 12 Print from Windows 81 178 Printer Index setting up a Bonjour printer 83 setting up a network printer 85 setting up a USB printer 88 sharing Mac printer 82 Printer port 177 Printer Port 177 Problem report 199 Problems Using a Program After an Import 2T Protect Your Data 90 Protect Your Data from Viruses 91 Protecting virtual machine by password 92 93 Purcha
110. e Program page at the Parallels website follow the link in the pane Troubleshooting While functioning Parallels Desktop automatically creates a log file that can be used by the Parallels support team for solving problems and improving the product If you select the Use detailed log messages option Parallels Desktop will start creating a more detailed log file It can be helpful for the Parallels support team but uses more hard disk space and may slightly lower the system performance Resetting Hidden Messages some Parallels Desktop dialogs and windows are provided with the Do not show this message again option If you select this option the corresponding dialog will not appear next time you perform the same operation Using the Reset button you can reset all dialogs and windows with this option selected so that they would be displayed again each time you initiate the corresponding operation Locking Parallels Desktop Preferences If you want to prevent Parallels Desktop Preferences from further unauthorized changes click the Lock icon rE at the bottom of the window The next time anybody wants to change the settings in any pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences an administrator s password will be required 150 Advanced Topics Shared Networking Settings To make changes the shared networking settings click Network Change settings in the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences and select the Shared tab You will
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112. e configuration 12 Restart the virtual machine This time it will boot from the hard disk Improve Graphics Performance in Windows NT 98 ME If you have Windows NT Windows 98 or Windows ME installed on your Mac you can improve graphics performance by installing a video driver To install a video driver in Windows 98 and Windows ME 1 Start Windows 98 or Windows ME 2 When the guest OS boots up in the Mac menu bar click Devices gt CD DVD gt Connect Image 129 Advanced Topics O ON OO Oo Ff 10 11 12 13 Click Applications double click Parallels Desktop gt Contents gt Resources gt Tools select prl tools other iso and click Open In Windows click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Display In the Display Properties dialog go to the Settings tab and click the Advanced button On the Adapter tab click Change The wizard opens In the wizard click Next Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now and click Next Select Specify a location option Click Browse Locate the Drivers Video Win9x folder on the CD ROM drive and click OK Click Next in the Update Device Driver Wizard and then when the driver is found click Next again Click Finish and then Close to close the Update Device Driver Wizard Click Close to exit the Display Properties dialog box When you are prompted to restart the guest OS in the System Settings Change dialog box click Yes The n
113. e device to always be available to Mac OS X applications choose Computer from the menu To set the device to always be available to Windows programs choose Windows from the menu To remove an existing assignment so that the device no longer automatically connects to Mac OS X or Windows select the device in the External Device column and click the Remove button Important To be able to use an external device with Windows programs you may need to install Windows drivers for the device Typically you can download drivers from the manufacturer s website Mount Windows connected external NTFS drives to Mac If you connect an external NTFS drive to Windows you can make it available in OS X as well To do so choose Mount Windows connected external NTFS drives to Mac 80 Use Windows on Your Mac Connect Bluetooth Devices Parallels Desktop lets you connect Bluetooth devices directly to Windows Before connecting a Bluetooth device Bluetooth must be enabled To enable Bluetooth 5 If Bluetooth is turned off in Mac OS X turn it on Choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Bluetooth Then select On 6 In Parallels Desktop start Windows p 30 if it isn t already started 7 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 8 Click Hardware and click USB amp Bluetooth
114. e parental controls to prevent others with accounts on your Mac from using certain Windows programs or accessing certain web sites To apply parental control settings 1 In Mac OS X choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Parental Controls Click the lock if it s not unlocked and then enter an administrator name and password Select the account that you want to restrict click Enable Parental Controls and set up the controls If you want the user to be able to use some Windows programs be sure to select Parallels Desktop in the list of allowed applications For more information on using parental controls see Mac Help Set Media Files to Open in Windows 8 Apps When you install Windows 8 Parallels Desktop sets most types of media files ohotos pictures music and video to open in classic Windows desktop applications To set media files to open in Windows 8 apps by default do the following Start Windows 8 From the Start screen right click or Control click anywhere on the screen and click All Apps Open Control Panel Choose Programs gt Default Programs gt Associate a file type or protocol with a program a fF Q N In the list of file extensions select the file extension for which you want to change the default program then select Change program and select the program you want to use with that type of file Mouse Irackpad and Keyboard Parallels Desktop lets you configure your mouse or trackpad and you
115. e saying that Windows Firewall has blocked some features of the program To enable the connection between your Mac and Parallels Transporter Agent click Unblock To prevent this problem from happening again add Parallels Desktop and or Parallels Transporter Agent to the firewall exceptions the list of applications allowed to communicate through the firewall 1 From the Start menu choose Control Panel gt Network Connections 2 Inthe Network Tasks pane click Change Windows Firewall Settings 26 Install or Import Windows 3 Add Parallels Desktop and or Transporter Agent to the firewall exceptions list lf Parallels Doesn t Detect Windows Correctly lf Parallels Desktop detects the source operating system Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista computer incorrectly make sure that neither of your Windows programs are running in compatibility mode a special mode of Windows allowing you to run applications that are incompatible with your version of Windows See Windows Help for more information Problems Using a Program After an Import Programs that depend on specific hardware may not work in Parallels Desktop If you import from several source volumes the disk drive letters are changed Make sure that the program paths are set correctly See Windows Help for more information Use Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop Boot Camp is a feature of Mac OS X that lets you start up your Mac in Windows If you have already installed Window
116. ed Virtual Appliances 121 DVD ROM drive adding 156 configuring 169 connecting disconnecting 169 removing 156 E Enable Spoken Commands 124 Enabling 3D acceleration 102 Encrypt Windows to Protect It from Unauthorized Use 36 93 148 Encrypting virtual machine 93 Exchanging data 52 53 59 64 Expanding disks 171 F Faster virtual machine 99 Files sharing files 53 Find Settings 185 Firewall problems 26 Floppy Disk 168 Floppy disk drive 168 Folder for virtual machines 111 sharing folders 53 Windows Applications folder 31 Full Screen mode 44 45 G Gaming 42 102 155 166 General Tips 25 Gestures 67 Get Acronis Online Backup 113 124 Get Started 30 Getting support 199 202 Glossary 204 Guest operating system 107 definition 204 installing 18 supported guest operating systems 107 H Hard disk Index adding 156 compressing hard disk 171 configuring 171 formats and types 159 resizing 171 using Boot Camp as hard disk 27 viewing hard disk content 114 Hard Disk 125 171 Hardware 163 Hardware Settings 163 Hidden messages 148 Hide and Show Parallels Desktop 146 Host computer definition 204 hardware requirements 12 software requirements 12 Host only network 96 Host Only Networking Settings 148 154 Hot keys 70 Can t Activate Parallels Desktop 186 If Parallels Doesn t Detect Windows Correctly
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118. een Corners Parallels active screen corners allow you to exit Full Screen display the Mac OS X menu bar and Dock 46 Use Windows on Your Mac If you set Windows to operate in Full Screen designed by Parallels Parallels active screen corners become enabled by default If you prefer Windows to operate in the native OS X Full Screen but want to use Parallels active screen corners instead of Mac OS X hot corners select Active Screen Corners To set which action is performed for a screen corner select one of the following from the menu near that corner Exit Full Screen Moving the pointer to the corner until it peels back and then clicking Exit Full Screen switches the view to Window mode p 48 Show menu bar Moving the pointer to the corner shows the Mac OS X menu bar Show Dock Moving the pointer to the corner shows the Mac OS X Dock Note If you re using Mac OS X Snow Leopard and active screen corners such as Expose or Screen Saver are set in Mac OS X preferences those settings take precedence over Full Screen mode active screen corner settings You must deactivate Mac OS X active screen corners to enable Full Screen mode active screen corners See Mac Help for more information Scale to fit screen Using the Scale to fit screen menu you can configure how Windows is displayed when working in Full Screen Off If Parallels Tools p 135 are installed Windows resolution matches that of the Mac If Parallels Tools p
119. en Parallels Desktop is in Coherence mode the Windows system tray icons are in the Mac OS X menu bar at the top of the screen You can use the system tray icons just as you would from the Windows Desktop Move Windows Programs Between Desktops Spaces When Windows is working in Coherence you can easily move windows of guest OS programs between Mac OS X desktops Spaces 47 Use Windows on Your Mac Click the title bar of the window you want to move and while holding down the mouse button press Control is the number of the desktop Space you want to move the window to Adjust Coherence Settings You can customize how Windows appears and behaves when in Coherence mode To customize Coherence mode 3 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Configure gt Options If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure and then click Options 4 Click Coherence BOO Windows 8 1 Options i Q General Options Hardware Security Search rc Startup and Shutdown gt T Optimization G Sharing i Applications E Coherence f Show Windows notification area in menu bar iv Allow apps to auto switch to full screen Full Screen A Modality 3 Advanced Restore Defaults EN Click the lock to prevent further changes 5 Select or deselect any of the following Show Windo
120. entation page Feedback Parallels welcomes your feedback on how to make our documentation more helpful You can submit feedback using the Documentation Feedback form on our website htto www parallels com en support usersdoc In This Chapter Visit the Parallels Desktop Twitter and Facebook PaQes cccseecsscseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 202 Visit the Parallels CONVENIENCE StOLe cccccccecececcacececcecaceuercueavaueusnsaveverensavensnsntatenens 203 Visit the Parallels Desktop Twitter and Facebook Pages To keep up with the latest news and updates you can visit the Parallels Desktop Twitter and Facebook pages Choose Parallels Desktop gt About Parallels Desktop and click Our Twitter or Facebook page More Resources Visit the Parallels Convenience Store In the Parallels Convenience store you can purchase and download various commercial and free applications To access this store do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Convenience Store If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose File gt Convenience Store 203 CHAPTER 8 Glossary This glossary defines terms and spells out abbreviations used in Parallels Desktop documentation References to terms defined elsewhere in the glossary appear in talics Administrator A user with administrative privileges Activation key A unique set of symb
121. eone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required Video To view and configure the amount of video memory available to the virtual machine video card use the Video settings To edit these settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select Video in the sidebar 166 Advanced Topics Note hese settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running aoe Windows 8 1 Hardware H a General Options Hardware Security Search E CPU amp Memory Boot Order 2 Video O E O Video memory 256 MB Mouse amp Keyboard 2 MB 64 MB 256 MB 2 GB ime Print P z 3D acceleration DirectX10 A H Floppy Disk kW CD DVD 1 IN Enable vertical synchronization wet Hard Disk 1 7 i Resolution W Enable Retina resolution ted Hard Disk 2 Disable this option when using external non Retina Serial Port 1 displays Network 1 ie Printer 1 Sound USB amp Bluetooth j Restore Defaults wj a Click the lock to prevent further changes In the Video memory field you can set the amount of video memory that will be available to the virtual machine To configure the video memo
122. ese settings match the appropriate settings for the sound card 3 Click Configure Speakers select Multichannel and choose the necessary type of output from the pop up menu 4 Set this sound card as the default output device in Mac OS X select it in System Preferences gt Sound gt Output 191 Tips and Troubleshooting Select the sound card as the sound output device in the virtual machine configuration After you have configured the sound card in Mac OS X select it as the sound output device in the virtual machine configuration 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Hardware and select Sound 3 Make sure the Connected option is selected 4 Choose Default from the Output menu Configure the sound card in the guest operating system Configure the sound card in the guest operating system In Windows 7 Vista 1 Click Start gt Control Panel gt Hardware and Sound gt Sound On the Playback tab select Parallels Audio Controller and click Configure Select 5 1 Surround or 7 1 Surround depends on your sound card click Next several times and then click Finish On the Playback tab select Parallels Audio Controller again and click Properties Click the Advanced tab and choose the sample rate and bit depth Note he specified settings shouldn t be h
123. esktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and select Applications 102 Use Windows on Your Mac 3 Be sure Share Windows applications with Mac is selected and then select Pause Windows when no applications are open Optimize Virtual Machine for Games Graphics Productivity or Development When creating a virtual machine you can optimize it according to your needs You can choose to configure it for Productivity Choose this profile if you re using the virtual machine for your everyday work with text editors email web browsers etc Games only Choose this profile if you re using the virtual machine to play PC games on your Mac Design Choose this profile if you re using the virtual machine to work with graphics applications Software development Choose this profile if you re using the virtual machine to develop and test software You can change this setting after the virtual machine is created 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center right click the virtual machine it must be shut down and choose Configure 3 On the General tab click Change Select the profile that best fits your need Use Windows on Your iPad iPhone or Android Device Parallels Access is a product created by Parallels that allows you to work with your Mac or Windows PC and their applications remotely from your iPad iPhone or Android device If you h
124. etwork type In the MAC address field you can change the MAC address currently assigned to the virtual machine MAC addresses are automatically generated during the virtual machine creation However you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC address field or clicking the Generate button When entering a new MAC address make sure that it is unique within your network Wi Fi Bridging Support To be able to connect to wireless networks from your virtual machine 1 Click the Type field 2 Choose the AirPort adapter from the Bridged Network list and click OK to apply the changes After you perform these steps your virtual machine will be able to connect to the Internet through the AirPort adapter of your Mac When you try to connect to the Internet via Wi Fi and the Wi Fi Access Point has the Validate DHCP packets option enabled you may experience problems connecting to the Internet In this case enable the Send the host s MAC address to DHCP server option to ensure that your virtual machine gets an IP address for accessing the Internet Note Enabling the Send the host s MAC address to DHCP server option will not work with some DHCP servers your virtual machine may get the same IP address as the physical computer If you cannot configure your virtual machine to work in the Bridged Ethernet mode you can consider using another network mode Shared Network mode or Host Only Network mode If you want
125. ew settings are applied once the virtual machine is restarted To install a video driver in Windows NT oN O C1 A 10 11 12 Start Windows NT When the guest OS boots up in the Mac menu bar click Devices gt CD DVD gt Connect Image Click Applications double click Parallels Desktop gt Contents gt Resources gt Tools select prl tools other iso and click Open In Windows click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Display In the Display Properties dialog go to the Settings tab and click the Display Type button In the Adapter Type section click Change The Change Display window opens In this window click Have Disk Click Browse Select the Drivers Video Nt4 folder on the CD ROM drive and click Open twice In the Install From Disk window click OK In the Change Display window click OK Confirm that you want to install the video driver When you are prompted to restart the guest OS in the System Settings Change dialog box click Yes 130 Advanced Topics The new settings are applied once the virtual machine is restarted Customize the Keyboard for the Guest OS By default Parallels Desktop contains four profiles that reoresent sets of key combinations typical for the following OSs Windows Linux Mac OS X Generic for other guest OSs When you create or register a virtual machine one of these profiles depending on the guest operating system is assigned to the machine by default You
126. f on the other hand too much memory is allocated to Mac OS X then Mac OS X applications may run well but Windows programs might slow down To optimize the performance of both Windows and Mac OS X set the memory allocated to Windows p 98 to be somewhere within the recommended range indicated by the graphic under the memory slider in the General configuration panel see below 690 Windows 8 1 General m gt a General Options Hardware Security Search ig Windows 8 1 Name Windows 8 1 Description Productivity Configure for Text editors spreadsheets accounting email Change web browsing etc Total Size ns Reclaim 11 6 GB E Hard Disks Snapshots Miscellaneous Reclaimable 11 5 GB 0 0 KB 11 9 MB 0 0 KB ea Click the lock to prevent further changes Antivirus software may slow down your virtual machine Windows may become slower after you install antivirus software To be protected you have to sacrifice performance Note Do not install more than one Windows antivirus program Run fewer virtual machines at once If you are running multiple operating systems at once using Parallels Desktop stop one or more of them to improve performance of the others Run Windows locally If you start Windows stored on an external storage device connected to your Mac for example an external USB disk drive its performance will be lower than if it were stored on your Mac Tune Windows for speed To speed up Window
127. g system and its applications are isolated inside the virtual machine and share physical hardware resources of the host computer Virtual Machine Configuration Like any physical computer a virtual machine has its own configuration which is set during the creation and can be later modified The virtual machine configuration settings are stored in a PVS file Virtual machine files Files stored in a virtual machine folder A virtual machine has at least two files configuration file and virtual hard disk file Virtual hard disk file During the creation the virtual machine acquires a virtual hard disk file with the hdd extension This file performs the functions of a real hard disk See also HDD file Virtual machine template A virtual machine that can be cloned to multiple virtual machines that will have the same configuration and data that the virtual machine template had VM See Virtual Machine Windows computer A physical computer that has a Windows operating system installed 207 Index Index 3 3D acceleration 102 166 A A Password is Required to Open the Virtual Machine Configuration 196 About Parallels Desktop 9 About Using Windows 8 with Parallels Desktop 48 About Virtual Machines 109 114 Acronis Online Backup 124 Activate Parallels Desktop 14 Activate Parallels Desktop When Your Mac Isn t Connected to the Internet 14 186 Activating Parallels Desktop 13 Active corners 44 45 Active volum
128. g one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Actions gt Pause If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Pause To resume using Windows after pausing it do one of the following Click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Actions gt Resume If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Resume If you quit Parallels Desktop while Windows is paused you re prompted to either Suspend or Stop Windows first 36 Use Windows on Your Mac Shut Down Windows Shutting down Windows in Parallels Desktop is just like shutting down Windows on a PC All Windows programs close giving you the opportunity to save your progress if necessary and Windows stops running To shut down Windows do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Actions gt Shut Down If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Shut Down Stop Windows To stop Windows and all open Windows programs immediately do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Actions gt Stop If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt
129. gt Preferences and then click General 2 Select On Quit Disable Resume for Parallels Desktop Once automatically suspending Windows is disabled each time you quit Parallels Desktop you can specify how you want Windows to shut down p 35 And if you close the Parallels Desktop window Windows shuts down according to how it s set in shutdown settings p 37 To ensure that another user can t access your Windows account set windows to shut down or stop rather than suspend Remove Parallels Desktop To remove Parallels Desktop open your Applications folder and drag the Parallels Desktop application to the Trash 147 Advanced Topics Advanced Preferences In the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can configure some additional settings 09A Advanced General Shortcuts Devices Access Advanced AF U Network Change settings Require Password to Create a new virtual machine Add an existing virtual machine Remove a virtual machine Clone or convert a virtual machine or template Speech Enable spoken commands Systern Preferences Feedback Participate in the Customer Experience Program Troubleshooting Use detailed log messages Hidden Messages Reset 4 Click the lock to prevent further changes z Configuring Network Preferences In the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can configure a number of network related settings for Parallels Desktop and your virtual machines
130. guration an administrator s password will be required Hard Disk To view and configure the virtual hard disk settings use the Hard Disk pane of Virtual Machine Configuration Parallels Desktop allows virtual machines to use hard disk images in the hdd format and Windows Boot Camp partitions Note You can connect up to 4 IDE devices hard disks or CD DVD drives 6 SATA and 15 SCSI devices to a virtual machine Each device is listed separately in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and has its own number To edit the device settings do the following 1 Shut down the virtual machine p 35 Open the Actions menu and choose Configure In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar 171 Advanced Topics Note If this device is absent you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices ec 1 Dm P Windows 8 1 Hardware General Options Hardware Security Search E CPU amp Memory Boot Order UF video Mouse amp Keyboard ime Print H Floppy Disk Edit Compress wi Connected Source O Windows amp 1 O0 hdd Expanding disk 64 0 GB CD DVD 1 Hard Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network 1 i Printer 1 Sound USB amp Bluetooth w Hard Disk 2 fi Location SATA 0 1 Restore Defaults Cli
131. hard disk Notes 1 This functionality is also available for Linux virtual machines 2 To be able to use this functionality Parallels Tools p 135 must be installed To share OS X iCloud Dropbox or Google Drive folders with Windows do the following 1 If you haven t already set up iCloud Dropbox or Google Drive in OS X Start Windows p 30 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar Is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure Click Options and select Sharing Select Share iCloud Dropbox and Google Drive Of Use Windows on Your Mac 6 Log into Windows and open Computer Folders for iCloud Dropbox or Google Drive are available in the Favorites section You can use them to upload and download files to and from the cloud T amp gt Computer amp Favorites s E Desktop Downloads z gt Recent places lt iCloud Mac J Photo Stream Mac lt Google Drive Mac ja SkyDrive di Share Windows OneDrive Folders with Mac OS X If you re using Microsoft OneDrive to store files in the cloud you can easily share your OneDrive folders with Mac OS X Then you can upload or download OneDrive files in Mac OS X without duplicating any of the files on your hard disk Notes 1 To share OneDrive folders with Mac OS X the OneDrive desktop app must be installed in Windows If you re usi
132. hard disks directly in Mac OS X Finder Parallels Tools A set of Parallels utilities that ensures a high level of integration between the primary and the guest operating systems Parallels Transporter An application that uses data of a physical or virtual computer for creating a Parallels virtual clone of this physical or virtual computer The resulting virtual machines can be used with Parallels Desktop Parallels Transporter Agent An application that collects data on a physical computer and transfers it to Parallels Transporter installed on your Mac Plain format A virtual hard disk format A plain virtual hard disk image file resides on the host computer and has a fixed size that cannot be changed Preboot Execution Environment PXE An environment to boot computers using a network interface independently of available data storage devices like hard disks or installed operating systems Primary operating system primary OS Operating system that controls the I O devices of the computer and that is loaded when the physical computer is turned on It is the operating system of the physical computer where the Parallels Desktop application is installed Processor The central processing unit or CPU It is an internal part of the computer PVS file A virtual machine configuration file that contains information about the virtual machine resources devices and other settings Shared networking Virtual machine network connection mode t
133. hat allows the virtual machine to use the host computer network connections In this mode the virtual machine is invisible to other computers on the network the host computer belongs to Shortcut A user defined key or combination of keys that provides quick access to applications and commands See also Hot key Snapshot A copy of the virtual machine state at a particular point of time The files related to snapshots are stored in a special subfolder in the virtual machine s folder Source computer The computer from which you are going to migrate data using Parallels Transporter Split disk A split disk is cut into 2 GB pieces but is stored as a single HDD file Split disks allow you to transfer the data stored on a split disk piece by piece using a USB drive or other media that have limited space and cannot store a large virtual hard disk image file Terminal In Mac OS and GNU Linux operating systems a utility that enables you to access the command line 206 Glossary Third party virtual machine A virtual machine created in a third party virtualization product that can be converted to a Parallels virtual machine with the help of Parallels Transporter Virtual hard disk virtual disk A file that emulates the virtual machine s hard disk Virtual Machine The computer emulated using Parallels Desktop A virtual machine has its own virtual hardware and requires an operating system to control its hardware The installed operatin
134. hine with the required configuration you can download a ready to use virtual machine with a predefined configuration 121 Advanced Topics Downloading Parallels Virtual Appliances Parallels Virtual Appliances are pre built Ubuntu and Android virtual machines To download such an appliance and use it with Parallels Desktop 1 Choose File gt New Select Download Ubuntu or Download Android and click Continue In the next step click Download Once the download starts you can pause It anytime by clicking Pause To resume the download click Resume Once the download is complete you can start working with the virtual appliance in Parallels Desktop Downloading Chrome OS Virtual Appliance To download the Chrome OS virtual appliance from Parallels Desktop 1 Choose File gt New Select Download Chrome OS and click Continue In the next step click Download Once the download starts you can pause It anytime by clicking Pause To resume the download click Resume Once the download is complete you can start working with the Chrome OS virtual appliance in Parallels Desktop To log in to Chrome OS you need an Internet connection as well as your Google account name and password Downloading Internet Explorer Virtual Appliances The Internet Explorer virtual appliances allow web developers to check how websites are displayed and functioning in different versions of Internet Explorer on different versions of Windows To down
135. ics For the new hard disk image file you can choose one of the following formats Expanding or Plain By default the hard disk will have the Expanding format To create a Plain hard disk clear the Expanding disk option If you want the virtual hard disk to be split select the Split the disk image to 2 GB files option For more information on hard disk formats refer to Support for Virtual and Real Disks p 159 Type New image file a Location Windows 8 1 2 hdd Size 64 0 GB z 100 MB 8 GB 32 GB 128 GB 512 GB 2 TB Split the disk image into 2 GB files N Expanding disk Cancel OK Click OK to add the hard disk After you added a new virtual hard disk to the virtual machine configuration it will be invisible to the operating system installed inside the virtual machine until the moment you initialize it For detailed information on how to initialize the newly added hard disk see Initializing the Newly Added Disk p 161 After the new device is added you can manage its properties as usual and start using it Removing Devices From the Virtual Machine Configuration 1 2 Choose Configure from the Actions menu to open Virtual Machine Configuration Click the Hardware button at the top of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to open the pane for editing hardware devices Select the device you want to remove and click the Remove button Jin the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dia
136. igher than the same settings specified in the Audio MIDI Setup application in Mac OS X described above 6 When ready click OK twice In Windows XP 1 Click Start gt Control Panel and double click Sound and Audio Devices 2 On the Volume tab click Advanced in the Speaker settings section 3 On the Speakers tab select the necessary speaker setup 192 Tips and Troubleshooting In Linux You can try to follow these general guidelines to use the 5 1 or 7 1 Surround capable sound card in Linux 1 Click System gt Preferences gt Sound 2 On the Hardware tab choose the necessary speaker setup from the Profile menu Run Windows Phone Emulator Parallels Desktop allows you to develop and test software for Windows Phone on your Mac You need the following A Mac computer with at least 4 GB of memory more is better To find out how much memory your Mac has click the Apple menu and choose About This Mac The latest version of Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac installed To check whether an update is available open Parallels Desktop and click Parallels Desktop gt Check for Updates If an update is available install it A Windows 8 Professional 64 bit or Windows Server 2012 64 bit virtual machine with 1 CPU and 2 GB of memory 4 GB recommended if your Mac has 8 GB Note Windows with 2 CPUs or more may perform unstably Parallels is currently working to fix this issue To learn how to install Windows on your
137. imple Volume in Windows Vista or New Volume in Windows XP The New Simple Volume Wizard New Volume Wizard window will appear Follow the steps of the wizard and create a new volume in the newly added disk After that your disk will become visible in Computer My Computer and you will be able to use it as a data disk inside your virtual machine Initializing the New Virtual Hard Disk in Linux Initializing a new virtual hard disk in a Linux guest OS comprises two steps 1 allocating the virtual hard disk space and 2 mounting this disk in the guest OS To allocate the space you need to create a new partition on this virtual hard disk using the fdisk utility Note Jo use the fdisk utility you need the root privileges 1 Launch a terminal window 2 Tolist the IDE disk devices present in your virtual machine configuration enter fdisk dev hd Note If you added a SCSI disk to the virtual machine configuration use the fdisk dev sd command instead 3 By default the second virtual hard disk appears as dev hdc in your Linux virtual machine To work with this device enter fdisk dev hdc Note If this is a SCSI disk use the fdisk dev sdc command instead To get detailed information about the disk enter To create a new partition enter To create the primary partition enter Specify the partition number By default it is 1 O NT OF O81 TO A Specify the first cylinder If you want to create a single partition on this
138. in the From column above triggers the key combination in the To column If the lock icon is locked click it and enter an administrator password Do one of the following To edit an existing key combination double click the key combination or select it and click the Edit button col Click modifier keys to select or deselect them If you wish change the character in the text field From lt 3 scr car iaeicmal To Ctri Z Shift Gt of Win Xx Alt Z v Clear Cancel ok o delete a key combination select it and click the Remove button Toadd anew key combination click the Add button If you re using multiple operating systems with Parallels Desktop you can create keyboard profiles for each OS p 131 Use Windows on Your Mac Note 1 Some key combinations can t be edited or deleted 2 There are Mac shortcuts that do not have similar shortcuts in Windows For example you can use the F11 key or Fn F11 combination to see your Mac OS desktop with Expose but in Windows there are no keys or key combinations that enable you to perform the same action because there is no Expose in Windows Enable or Disable Mac OS X System Shortcuts In Mac OS X the function keys on your keyboard F1 F2 F3 and so on control functions like activating Dashboard and Mission Control adjusting screen brightness and controlling the volume By default when a Windows application is active the function keys
139. ing the virtual machine life cycle You can also conserve disk space by compressing virtual disks manually p 171 Use Other Operating Systems on Your Mac This section has topics with information that s specific to certain operating systems other than Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 125 Advanced Topics Import Linux and Your Data from a PC You can import Linux and your data from a PC over a network or using an external storage device These procedures are identical to the same ways of importing Windows p 20 You can import the following Linux operating systems OS Name 32 bit 64 bit Migration Method Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gA gA Network External Storage Ubuntu Linux 8 04 gA kk Network External Storage Supported File Systems Ext2 Ext Ext4 Use Linux in Coherence Mode You can set Linux and Mac OS X to work seamlessly together as if they were part of a single operating system In this mode called Coherence mode Linux programs appear on the Mac desktop next to your Mac applications i A eh Tue 4 55 8 ao 2 amp te pa an 4 55 PH Merman Desktop Virtualization Server Virtealication amp Autemation Selteare Solutions Parall Ol E fle Edit Yew Hitay Becton Jools Help WS oo Th betpawaw paralels comyproducts w ee Gon Meu vibe io Atieaee hoia Garein Project Ardha ien Comen ee ee eae ee Gaite Virtualization Serve Geskiop Virtealizetion z y Daima fra La
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141. iting to this folder by clicking Read amp Write in the Permissions folder and choosing Read only You will not be able to add items to the folder 5 Click OK Note 1 To enable folder sharing the Isolate Windows from Mac option must be disabled in the Security pane of the Configuration dialog 2 If you re running Linux shared folders are mounted to the media psf or mnt psf directory Show an Item from Windows in the Finder If Windows is set to appear in a separate window or in full screen mode p 43 you can show an item from Windows in the Mac OS X Finder In Windows right click or Control click a file or folder and choose Show in Finder from the shortcut menu From the Finder you could for example apply a color label to an item or easily drag it to another location in the Finder Note You can only perform these actions with files stored in shared folders p 53 Access a Windows Folder or File from a Mac OS X Application By default you can navigate to all your Windows folders and files from Mac OS X Windows disks are mounted to Volumes At the same time Windows appears as a hard disk mounted on the Mac OS X desktop Double click the icon to access Windows folders and files You can also navigate to this disk from within Mac OS X applications Note If the Windows disk icon doesn t appear on the Mac OS X desktop from the Finder choose Apple menu gt Preferences and click General and then make sure that
142. ive of the guest operating systems installed in them To copy and paste text you should use the standard procedure for the current operating system For example to copy some text in the Windows guest OS select the text and press Ctrl C To paste this text in Mac OS X press Cmd V or select Paste from the shortcut menu Dynamic Resolution Tool enables you to work with dynamic resolution When you resize the guest OS window by dragging its lower right corner the guest OS window resolution changes automatically Shared Folders Tool enables you to share Mac folders with the virtual machine and vice versa With this tool you can access your Mac folders from the virtual machine and virtual machine folders from Mac OS X The Coherence tool allows you to work with your Windows or Linux applications like if they were Mac applications It hides the virtual machine s window leaving only guest OS and Mac applications visible Shared Profile Tool enables you to share your Mac desktop pictures documents downloads music and videos with your virtual machine which allows you to access them right from Windows Shared Applications Tool enables you to specify default applications for certain types of files so that you can open some types of files in Windows applications by default and others in Mac OS Shared Internet Applications Tool enables you to specify default Internet browsers including those installed in the virtual machine fo
143. ized use Read this section to learn how 90 Use Windows on Your Mac In This Section Protect Your Data from VIrUSeS 22 cctesdinbesstiagnnevece iadbesdbartnnciuasdoesaaeitinbredianagtanranenees 91 Isolate Mac OS A TOM VIN OWS eerciiisiieii carii kpin a Eda NA 92 Work in Windows Without Saving Changes ses ssruerresrnsrrerrrsrrerrerrrerrerrrerrerreeree 92 Set Password COU INNS seiicosisicecuiita ornis oie ri aara EEEE AR EAEE 92 Encrypt Windows to Protect It from Unauthorized USE enesessssseenenrnererererererrrrrrrrere 93 Protect Your Data from Viruses Parallels Desktop offers complementary trial subscription to Kaspersky antivirus software for both Mac OS X and Windows To take advantage of this offer you download and install Kaspersky Internet Security for Windows and for the Mac When the trial period expires you can purchase a permanent activation key Download and Install Antivirus Protection for Windows 1 Open Parallels Desktop and start Windows 2 Click the Parallels icon I in the menu bar and choose Actions gt Install Internet Security and follow the onscreen instructions Note To install antivirus protection for Windows Parallels Tools must be installed p 184 In most cases Parallels Tools are installed by default Remove Antivirus Protection from Windows To remove Kaspersky Internet Security remove it the same way you d remove any other Windows application See Windows Help and Support f
144. k settings If your Mac is set to connect to a network or to the Internet Windows programs have access to the same network and the Internet The Bridged Ethernet networking mode is more complex and you may need to contact your system administrator to set it up properly Read on for detailed information on these types of networking and how to configure them Share Network Settings Between Mac OS X and Windows By default Windows is set to share network settings with Mac OS X Windows programs can access other computers on your local network and the Internet by using the IP address of your Mac Windows does not have its own IP address on the network In most cases you don t need to adjust network settings If your Mac is set to connect to a network or to the Internet Windows programs have access to the same network and the Internet Internet apapsmaespanaranotonproa eanas nono iMac IP Aockese Mac OS X Your Mac You may wish to use Shared Network mode in the following cases Your Mac accesses the Internet via a modem or another non Ethernet device You need to access the Internet from inside Windows but are concerned about security 94 Use Windows on Your Mac You have problems with working in the Bridged Ethernet mode To configure Windows to use Shared Networking 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible a
145. k the lock to prevent further changes 7 To access Devices Settings 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar and choose Preferences lf the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences 19 Use Windows on Your Mac 2 Click Devices Set What Happens When You Connect a New External Device to Your Mac Choose one of the following Connect it to my Mac New external devices are automatically available for use with Mac OS X applications Connect it to the active virtual machine New external devices are automatically available for use with Windows programs If Windows isn t running the external device is connected to Mac OS X Ask me what to do Each time you connect an external device you re prompted to choose whether you want to connect the device to Windows or the Mac Set a Particular External Device to Always Be Used With Mac OS X or Windows If you know you always want a particular external device to be available to either Mac OS X or Windows you can set it to do so by following the instructions below The device must already have been connected to your Mac at least once 1 Click the Add button towards the bottom of the window Select the device from the list Double click the word either Computer or some form of Windows in the Connect To column The word becomes a pop up menu 4 Doone of the following To set th
146. key combinations That way if you re used to for example pressing Command C to copy text in Mac OS X you don t have to switch to the Windows equivalent Control C You can also use and customize keyboard shortcuts for switching between Coherence Full Screen and Window view modes and for showing and hiding Parallels Desktop Customize Keyboard Shortcuts 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Preferences If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences 2 Click Shortcuts 3 Select Windows from the Virtual Machines list in the sidebar 70 Use Windows on Your Mac Or if you re using another operating system with Parallels Desktop and you want to customize keyboard shortcuts for it select it in the sidebar amp 00 Shortcuts a is General Shortcuts Devices Access Advanced La B Application Shortcuts Profile Windows E On From OS X To Windows System Shortcuts 8Space Switch Language vV NSSpace Switch Language Mouse Shortcuts Sex Ctrl X M sc Ctrl C 26 Keyboard Menu Vo sev Ctrl V VM BA Ctril A VIRTUAL MACHINES WM 7 Ctrl 7 Windows 8 1 M gs Ctrl S de P Ctrl P Ay w m eF Ctrl F Windows 7 1 a SM B Ctrl B l S i Ctri l au Windows XP tans erties deals mi Click the lock to prevent further changes Restore Defaults When you re using a Windows application pressing a key combination
147. l click the Boot Camp version of Windows in Parallels Desktop Control Center and choose Import Boot Camp Note Windows must be shut down Click Import Locate where you want to store Windows and your data and then click Choose Windows and all your data are imported from Boot Camp You can still use the original Boot Camp Windows installation separately from Parallels Desktop Important The first time you start Windows after setting Parallels Desktop to work with Boot Camp Parallels Tools are installed to allow seamless operation between Windows and Mac OS X Once Parallels Tools are installed you re prompted to restart Windows Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application With Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac you can use Windows that you set up using earlier versions of Parallels Desktop as well as VMware Fusion Microsoft Virtual PC and VirtualBox 1 Open Parallels Desktop in the Applications folder and choose File gt Open 2 Select the Windows data file you want to import then click Open Parallels Desktop data files end with pvm VMware files end with vmx Virtual PC files end with vmc VirtualBox files end with xml or vbox You can also simply drag a Parallels pvm file to Parallels Desktop Control Center to add it to Parallels Desktop Start Windows p 30 Choose Actions gt Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen instructions 28 Install or Import Windows
148. later libstdc so 6 gcc 3 4 6 and later including C support 138 Advanced Topics make 3 80 X Window System X11R6 7 X11R6 8 X11R6 8 99 X11R7 0 X11R7 1 X11R7 2 1 3 X11R7 3 1 4 kernel sources or development package Note Some of Parallels Tools like Shared Folders Tool and Time Synchronization Tool may also work in the Linux operating systems that do not comply with the requirements listed above Preparing for installation Before installing Parallels Tools in a Linux virtual machine perform the following actions Close all applications running on the virtual machine If you use a 3D accelerated window manager disable it Make sure that you have the gcc package and kernel sources installed If these packages are not installed the Parallels Tools installer will inform you about this The kernel sources package name depends on the type of Linux operating system you use it can be kernel devel or kernel headers or something else For more information about the kernel sources refer to Installing the GCC package and Kernel Sources in Linux p 199 Note To install Parallels Tools in your virtual machine you must have the root privileges Installing Parallels Tools in the most recent versions of Linux systems If you have one of the most recent versions of Linux OSs Ubuntu Fedora in your virtual machine the prl tools lin iso image file will be mounted automatically after you connect it to the CD DVD drive
149. lication you want to use with that type of file and make sure Use this app for all lt file_extension gt files is selected Now all files of this type will open in the selected OS X application Modality Mode When you switch to Modality you can resize the virtual machine windows and place them side by side with your Mac s applications In the Modality mode you can Resize the Windows window while keeping its shape by dragging its lower right corner Resize the Windows window by pressing and holding the Option Alt key and dragging the lower right corner of the window Resize the Windows window and dynamically adjust the screen resolution by pressing and holding the Shift and dragging the lower right corner of the window Using the Modality settings you can configure the virtual machine appearance and behavior when it is running in the Modality mode In the Modality mode you can resize the virtual machine windows and place them side by side with your Mac applications A Modality window can be scaled to any size and its content will still be active This allows you to monitor the tasks running inside the virtual machine while you are working on the Mac side To edit these settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and
150. lization support may slightly slow down your virtual machine performance Boot Order Using the Boot Order settings you can configure the virtual machine boot sequence that is the order in which the virtual machine will try to load the operating system from different boot devices Note hese settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running To edit the Boot Order settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 164 Advanced Topics 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select Boot Order in the sidebar 650A Windows 8 1 Hardware Am P a General Options Hardware Security Search ET CPU amp Memory t Boot order vit EA a CD DVD F Video D External device Mouse amp Keyboard wv el Floppy Disk det Print wM amp Network 1 l Floppy Disk External boot device Not selected CD DVD 1 pee Hard Disk 1 ma Hard Disk 2 Serial Port 1 Network 1 Boot flags im Printer 1 Sound USB amp Bluetooth Select boot device on startup Use EFI Boot Jalm Restore Defaults a Click the lock to prevent further changes The currently supported boot devices are listed below Hard Disk Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from its virtual hard di
151. ll not back up the entire virtual machine but only its latest snapshot This allows you to reduce the amount of data that Time Machine backs up to reduce the time Time Machine spends backing up the virtual hard disk s and to minimize the risk of data loss or corruption when restoring the virtual machine hard disk s from the Time Machine backup Manually set the snapshots frequency and maximum number of snapshots to keep If you want to know when it is time to make the next snapshot and to be able to reject the snapshot creation select Notify me before snapshot creation To set how often snapshots are made Use the Take a Snapshot Every field You can set from one to 48 hours If the time interval is less than 24 hours SmartGuard will allow you to restore the latest hourly daily and weekly snapshot If the time interval is more than 24 hours you will be able to restore the latest daily weekly and monthly snapshot To limit how many snapshots are stored 118 Advanced Topics Use the Snapshots to Keep field to set the maximum number of snapshots that can be stored on your Mac The maximum available value is 100 snapshots As soon as Snapshots Manager reaches the limit for snapshots and needs to make a new one over limit it deletes the oldest snapshot Revert to a Snapshot To revert to a snapshot Start Parallels Desktop In Parallels Desktop Control Center select the virtual machine that you want to revert Click
152. load such an appliance and use it with Parallels Desktop 1 Choose File gt New Select Download Internet Explorer and click Continue In the next step select the versions of Internet Explorer and Windows you d like to work with and follow the onscreen instructions Once the download is complete you can start working with the virtual appliance in Parallels Desktop 122 Advanced Topics set the Guest OS Type and Version You can change which guest OS a virtual machine is configured to work with You need to change it in the following cases If you upgrade the guest operating system for example from Windows XP to Windows 7 you need to change the guest OS type and version correspondingly or Parallels Tools po 135 may start working incorrectly If you create a virtual machine without installing an operating system and then decide to use it with a different operating system than the one you initially specified To set the guest OS type and version 1 Shut down the virtual machine p 35 2 Open the Actions menu and choose Configure 3 Click General and select an OS from the menu just under the Name field set How Many Processors are Allocated to a Virtual Machine You can change the number of virtual CPUs that will be used to handle the processes running in a virtual machine Parallels Desktop automatically calculates the maximum allowable number of virtual CPU The calculation is based on the number of physical CPUs av
153. locate your virtual machine in Finder and create a backup copy of the virtual machine file PVM 1 In Parallels Desktop Control Center or in the virtual machine window if it is shut down right click the virtual machine name and select Show in Finder from the context menu In Finder go to the folder where your virtual machine is stored 2 Locate the required virtual machine PVM file Note PVM file is a bundle that contains the virtual machine configuration file PVS virtual hard disk file HDD and other files For more information about the virtual machine files see About Virtual Machines 0 109 3 Copy the virtual machine s PVM file to a safe location Browse Virtual Hard Disks in Mac OS X For easy access to Windows files you can mount the virtual hard disk on which Windows is installed in Mac OS X Mount a Virtual Hard Disk to the Mac OS X Desktop If you need the virtual hard disk on which Windows is installed to be mounted to the Mac OS X desktop when Windows is running open Finder choose Finder gt Preferences gt General and select the Connected servers option For easy access to your virtual machines files you can mount their hard disks in Mac OS X Finder together with other disks and storage devices If you want your virtual hard disks to be mounted to the Mac OS X desktop when the virtual machine is running perform the following actions 1 Open the Sharing pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dial
154. lock to prevent further changes Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the serial port connected In the Source field the source device that emulates this serial port is specified Serial ports can be emulated by the following devices Real Port To connect the virtual machine serial port to one of the existing serial ports on the host computer choose the appropriate port on the host computer in the Source list 179 Advanced Topics Socket To connect two virtual machines through the sockets click the Source list and choose the appropriate socket If there are no sockets available click New socket and specify its name in the Enter a socket name field You should also configure the role the virtual machine will play in the connection by selecting the necessary role in the Mode list Selecting Server enables you to use this virtual machine to direct the other one Selecting Client enables you to direct this virtual machine from the other one Note If you change the socket mode of the first virtual machine make sure the socket mode of the second virtual machine is also modified Output File To connect the virtual machine serial port to an output file click the Source list and choose the appropriate output file You can also click Choose an output file to locate the necessary file If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock a icon pal
155. log Support for Virtual and Real Disks This section lists the types of disks that can be used by Parallels virtual machines and provides the information about basic operations you can perform on these disks 159 Advanced Topics Supported Types of Hard Disks Parallels virtual machines can use either virtual hard disks or Boot Camp partitions as their hard disks Virtual Hard Disks The capacity of a virtual hard disk can be set from 100 MB to 2 TB Virtual hard disks can be of either plain or expanding format A plain virtual hard disk image file has a fixed size The size is determined when the plain disk is created An expanding virtual hard disk image file is small initially Its size grows as you add expanding applications and data to the virtual hard disk in the guest OS When you create a virtual machine the disk is created in the expanding format You can change the disk format in the Hard Disk pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog To add a plain hard disk to your virtual machine clear the Expanding disk option when adding a hard disk to the virtual machine Split disks A virtual disk of either format can be a single piece disk or a split disk A split disk is cut into 2 GB pieces and is stored as a single hda file Boot Camp Partitions With Parallels Desktop you can choose how to use your Boot Camp Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system to boot in it natively via Boot Camp
156. log you can activate Parallels Desktop later by choosing Parallels Desktop gt Activate Product and entering your Product Activation Key lf You Don t Have A Product Activation Key If you don t have a key already you can get one by choosing Parallels Desktop gt Activate Product Then to get a free trial Product Activation Key so you can try out Parallels Desktop for a limited time click Get Trial Or to purchase a key that lets you use Parallels Desktop permanently click Buy If Your Mac Isn t Connected to the Internet It s easiest to activate Parallels Desktop when your Mac is connected to the Internet but if you have another computer or device that s connected you can use that p 186 Purchase Parallels Desktop If you re using a trial version of Parallels Desktop 10 you can easily purchase the full version right from the application interface To do so 1 Click Buy in the About Parallels Desktop window or when you see the promo 2 Choose one of the following Upgrade Select this option to upgrade your current version of Parallels Desktop Please keep in mind that you will need the activation key for your previous version If the Upgrade option is selected by default Parallels Desktop has already automatically detected the key for the previous version If not please make sure you have tt Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop Note Only Parallels Desktop 8 and 9 can be upgraded to Parallels Desktop 10 Buy Full Ver
157. longer have to choose between the Mac and the PC Parallels Desktop lets you use Windows side by side with OS X on your Mac Use this guide to quickly set up and start using Parallels Desktop Soe Pe Se ee Oe i Tibit 1 F Tarai ze E J Y Aw BBW oe Al amp MONTHLY BUDGET besa 7 E ilia hitr mh p Ep a h arg rere an 6 ii 4 H Monthly tami Mantget 3 In This Chapter Wiat VO CaN DO sasear acee nsuedvaco nme aene uated E rE r 10 Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Programs cccccseseceeeeeceeseccueeeseaeessesessuesessees 10 Oher Operating 5 VSS Wi recisi Gea see cpuae navapioatetentanenalu tet teu mincenontientneutnrtnaansnaesiersert 10 Welcome to Parallels Desktop What You Can Do With Parallels Desktop you can Open Windows programs side by side with your Mac OS X applications without having to restart Copy and paste text and drag and drop objects between Mac and Windows applications Run Windows games and other 3D programs Transfer all your data from a PC and use it on your Mac Easily share files devices and other resources between Windows and the Mac Install other operating systems such as trial versions of Windows Linux another copy of OS X and free virtual appliances and use them together And much more set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Programs After just a few steps you can begin using Windows programs on your Mac Setting up your Mac to run Windows programs involve
158. look by default its icon also bounces repeatedly in the OS X Dock To enable or disable Windows application icons bouncing to alert 1 Doone of the following 60 Use Windows on Your Mac Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and click Applications 3 Select or deselect Dock icons bounce to alert Note Icon bouncing is available for Windows with Parallels Tools installed p 184 provided that Share Windows applications with Mac is selected in the Applications pane Force Quit Windows Programs If your running Windows guest OS program doesn t respond and freezes you can easily force quit it as you can do with any Mac OS X application To force quit a Windows program do one of the following Right click the icon of the Windows program available in the Dock press Option Alt and choose Force Quit Press Option Command Esc Alt Command Esc select the name of the Windows program you want to quit and click Force Quit Note To be able to force quit Windows guest OS programs Parallels Tools must be installed p 184 Add Applications to Launchpad When you install any applications in Windows except temporary apps you can choose to automatically add their icons to Launchpad 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choo
159. ls Tools If you chose Express Installation when you first installed Windows Parallels Tools were installed automatically after the installation If you didn t choose Express Installation do the following to install Parallels Tools 1 Start Windows p 30 2 When Windows boots up choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu Note After you choose Install Parallels Tools in Windows 7 and Windows Vista User Access Control UAC may ask you whether to allow or deny the Parallels Tools installation In this case you need to allow the installation 3 Click Continue to connect the ISO image with Parallels Tools for Windows to the virtual machine s CD DVD ROM drive 4 Click Install Parallels Tools to start the installation 137 Advanced Topics Note After you click Install Parallels Tools in Windows 7 and Windows Vista User Access Control UAC may ask you whether to allow or deny the Parallels Tools installation In this case you need to allow the installation 5 When the installation is complete click Restart to restart the virtual machine or wait for about 2 minutes and it will be restarted automatically If the Parallels Tools ISO image doesn t autoplay after you click Continue the CD DVD autorun must be disabled in your virtual machine In this case do the following to install Parallels Tools 1 Open My Computer right click the Parallels Tools disc and choose Open Double click the PTAgent file to start
160. ly 15 Updating Parallels Tools 137 138 143 Upgrade Parallels Desktop 15 Upgrading from previous versions 15 Upgrading Parallels Tools 137 138 148 USB configuring USB 79 182 using USB devices in virtual machine 77 USB amp Bluetooth 78 178 182 Use a Disk Image with the Virtual DVD Drive 64 Index Use AppleScript with the Guest OS 125 Use Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop 18 Ot Use Host Only Network Settings 96 154 176 Use Keyboard Shortcuts 69 Use Linux in Coherence Mode 126 Use Mouse Wheel Horizontal Scrolling 121 Use OS X as a Guest OS 133 Use OS X in Coherence Mode 134 Use Other Operating Systems on Your Mac 125 Use the Built in iSight Camera or Another Webcam 89 Use Wi Fi with Windows 97 Use Windows on Your iPad iPhone or Android Device 103 Use Windows on Your Mac 30 Using an External Storage Device 20 23 V Video 166 188 Video memory 166 View modes 39 43 44 Virtual appliances 121 Virtual hard disk adding new virtual disk 156 backing up data 112 117 changing format 171 configuring 171 increasing capacity 171 types of disks 159 Virtual machine backing up 112 cloning 112 creating 18 deleting 121 pausing 35 resuming 35 saving state 117 shutting down 35 starting 30 suspending 35 typical configurations 109 Virus protection 91 Visit the Parallels Convenience Store 203 Visit the Parallels Desktop
161. ly You can later add them 0 156 to an already existing virtual machine Step 1 Install Parallels Transporter Agent on Your Windows PC To import your data you must first install the Parallels Transporter Agent software on the Windows PC 20 Install or Import Windows To install Parallels Transporter Agent 12 Do one of the following If you purchased a physical copy of Parallels Desktop insert the Parallels Desktop installation DVD into your Windows PC If the installation doesn t start automatically locate and double click the Parallels Transporter Agent exe file on the disc Download Parallels Transporter Agent for Windows from the Parallels website at htto www parallels com download desktop and double click the installation file If your computer is connected to the Internet Parallels Transporter Agent checks for available updates If an update is available click Download and Install New Version 13 Follow the onscreen instructions to install Parallels Transporter Agent Step 2 Import Your Data Follow one of the methods below to import your data from your PC to your Mac Over a Network Important After importing your data you may need to reactivate some of your Windows programs using the activation keys you received when you purchased the programs To import your data from a PC over a network 1 Turn on your Mac and your Windows PC and log in 2 Make sure that Windows Firewall p 26 is turned off You c
162. machine Opens the Snapshot Manager window Makes a screenshot of the Guest OS window and stores it on the Mac OS X Desktop Makes a clip Switches to the Coherence view mode Switches to the Full Screen view mode Switches to the Window view mode Opens the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Creates a new virtual machine Opens a virtual machine Allows you to download a virtual machine appliance available at htto www parallels com en ptn dir Opens the About Parallels Desktop menu Launches the installation of Parallels Tools in the running virtual machine Opens the Parallels Problem Report window Opens an existing virtual machine and registers it in Parallels Desktop Opens the Parallels Virtual Machines window To enable the sooken commands choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences gt Advanced and select Enable spoken commands If necessary tune the speech settings on the corresponding tab of Mac OS X System Preferences Get Acronis Online Backup As an additional benefit Parallels provides you with Acronis Online Backup It is an online backup tool for Windows 7 Windows Vista and Windows XP Acronis Online Backup allows you to back up your Windows data up to 250 GB with full security and protection For Parallels Desktop users Acronis Online Backup is free for 90 days 124 Advanced Topics To download Acronis Online Backup do one of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar a
163. ms with Trackpad Gestures or the Apple Remote You can use the Apple Remote to control some Windows programs If you have an Apple portable computer such as a Macbook or if you have an Apple Magic Trackpad you can use gestures such as swiping left or right across the trackpad to control some Windows programs Note You can control some Windows programs using three finger swipes only if you re using Parallels Desktop with Mac OS X Snow Leopard In OS X Lion and later three finger swipes are used by default to move between full screen apps and spaces To use the Apple Remote you must first enable it by doing the following 1 Start Windows p 30 2 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure 67 Use Windows on Your Mac If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 3 Click Options and then click Advanced 4 Select Enable next to Apple Remote The following table provides commands to control some of the more popular Windows programs Keyboard and Mouse Acton Combination General Scroll Up down left or right arrow Microsoft Power Point Start slide show F5 End slide show Esc Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide N Enter Page Down Right Arrow Down Arrow Space or click the mouse Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide P Page Up Left Arrow Up Arrow
164. n file vmc vpc7 or virtual hard disk file vhd VirtualBox configuration file xm1 or virtual hard disk file vdi If you choose the PVM file of a Parallels virtual machine or the configuration file of a third party virtual machine that has several virtual hard disks all its volumes will appear as mounted in Finder If you want to mount a single virtual hard disk double click the virtual hard disk file to mount it with Parallels Mounter The icon for the selected hard disk appears in the sidebar of the Finder window together with other Mac OS X icons 3 To browse the contents of a volume click Its icon in the sidebar of the Finder window You can manage the virtual machine files just as you manage your Mac OS X files in Finder windows Note If you are browsing the contents of a suspended virtual machine in Finder you cannot delete move or otherwise modify its files 4 To unmount the volume use the Eject button next to the disk icon Note f a hard disk that has several volumes was mounted and you want to open it or the virtual machine using it in Parallels Desktop you should disconnect its volumes one by one by clicking the Eject button Create and Use Virtual Machine Templates On the basis of your virtual machines you can create templates Later you can use them to create multiple identical virtual machines To create a virtual machine template you can convert a virtual machine to a template or clone a vir
165. nal storage device Icon xternal Storage Click Continue Parallels Transporter Agent collects information about the Windows PC 5 If you want to log in to Windows automatically whenever you start up Windows select Enable Automatic Logon and specify the Administrator s password When ready click Continue 6 Choose whether you want to migrate all your files and data or only Windows applications When ready click Continue 7 Choose where you want to store your data You can also click Customize and select which Windows volumes to migrate Required 114 9 GE When ready click Continue 8 Inthe next step there s a warning about Windows activation that might be required when you start using it To proceed read this message select want to continue and click Continue 9 Once the migration is complete click Done to quit Parallels Transporter Agent 10 Disconnect the storage device from the Windows PC and connect it to your Mac 11 On your Mac open Parallels Desktop and choose File gt New 12 Select Migrate Windows from a PC and click Continue 13 Select External storage device and click Continue 24 Install or Import Windows 14 Click Choose and locate where you chose to store your data in step 7 Then click Continue 15 Choose what for you re going to primarily use Windows Its settings will be tuned to best fit your needs 16 Choose where you want to install Windows and your data and then click Continue 17 Once
166. nd choose Exit Coherence Then choose Actions gt Get Acronis Online Backup If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Get Acronis Online Backup Use AppleScript with the Guest OS You can use AppleScript to open various files and websites in the guest OS applications You may need this when creating automated workflows To make the explanation more vivid let s assume that you need to open some txt file in Windows Notepad using Applescript in AppleScript Editor The syntax of this command is as follows tell application Nowepad open Users username sSometile ext end tell As an example of opening a website in the guest OS application let s assume that you need to open www parallels com in Internet Explorer The syntax of this command is as follows tell application Internet Explorer open www parallels com end tell Quickly Free Up Disk Space Using Free Disk Space Wizard you can compress the virtual machine hard disk s and remove various unnecessary files to free up disk space To quickly compress the disk s remove unnecessary files and free up disk space 1 Shut down the virtual machine 2 Choose File gt Free Up Disk Space Free Disk Space Wizard shows whether you can reclaim any disk space by removing the virtual machine snapshots cache files and various unnecessary files such as statistical memory dump and crash dump files which are generated dur
167. ndow mode to Coherence mode do one of the following Click the Coherence icon E in the top right corner of the virtual machine window Choose View gt Enter Coherence Press Control Command C To switch from Full Screen mode to Coherence mode do one of the following Press Control Command F to exit Full Screen Then open the View menu and select Enter Coherence 134 Advanced Topics Install or Update Parallels Tools Parallels Tools are a suite of behind the scenes tools that allow seamless operating between Mac OS X and Windows or another guest operating system This section gives an overview of Parallels Tools and has information about how to install them for various guest operating systems Parallels Tools Overview Parallels Tools are a suite of special utilities that helo you use your virtual machines in the most comfortable and efficient way With Parallels Tools you can move the mouse seamlessly between the virtual machine and your Mac change the virtual machine s screen resolution by simply resizing its window synchronize your virtual machine s time and date settings with the time settings of the host computer share your Mac s disks and folders with its virtual machines copy text and drag and drop objects from Mac OS to a virtual machine and vice versa Parallels Tools are available for the most popular Windows Linux and Mac OS X operating systems and include the utilities listed below All utilities supported
168. ne of the following devices Default Select this option if you want to use the input device set as default in Mac OS Built in Microphone Select this option if you want to use the built in microphone None Select this option if you want to mute the input device Use the Output list to choose the necessary device You can choose one of the following devices Default Select this option if you want to use the output device set as default in Mac OS Built in Output Select this option if you want to use one of the output devices from your Mac None Select this option if you want to mute the output device Note If you have a 5 1 or 7 1 Surround capable sound card connected to your Mac you can use it in Windows p 191 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock al icon at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required 181 Advanced Topics USB amp Bluetooth A virtual machine can emulate only one USB controller which provides you with the possibility to connect up to 12 USB 3 0 15 USB 2 0 and 32 USB 1 1 devices to the virtual machine To edit the device settings do the following 1 Open the Actions menu or click the Parallels icon Il in the Mac menu bar and choose Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select
169. ng the following command and then proceed to the next step umount dev cdrom 6 o mount the Parallels Tools installation disc image enter the following mount o exec dev cdrom media cdrom 142 Advanced Topics Note dev cdrom is the virtual machine s CD DVD drive and media cdrom is the mount point for this device In some of the Linux operating systems the virtual CD DVD drive may appear as dev hdb and the mount point mnt cdrom Some Linux OSs do not have the CD DVD drive mount point In this case you should create the mount point directory manually 7 When the installation disc image is mounted change the directory to the CD DVD drive directory using cd media cdrom 8 Inthe CD DVD drive directory enter the following to launch Parallels Tools installation install Note You must have the root privileges to run this command 9 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation 10 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete restart your virtual machine For general information on installing Parallels Tools in Linux refer to Installing Parallels Tools ina Linux Guest OS Parallels Tools for Mac Install Parallels Tools To install Parallels Tools in an OS X virtual machine 1 Start the OS X virtual machine 2 When OS X boots up choose Actions gt Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen instructions Reinstall Parallels Tools To reinstall Parallels Tool
170. ng the preinstalled Windows 8 OneDrive app OneDrive folders are not shared because this app doesn t create any local folders and works directly with the cloud storage 2 This feature is available only when Parallels Tools are installed o 137 in Windows To share your Windows OneDrive folders with OS X do the following 1 If OneDrive isn t already set up in Windows set it up For more information go to http windows microsoft com en us skydrive download 2 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 3 Click Options and select Sharing Select Access Windows folders from Mac and Share OneDrive with Mac 58 Use Windows on Your Mac 5 Inthe Mac OS X Finder choose Finder gt Preferences and select Connected servers Once selected Microsoft OneDrive folders appear as hard disks on the OS X desktop You can use them to upload and download files to and from OneDrive Note hese shared folders are visible on the OS X desktop and you can use them to upload files from OS X only when Windows is running Share Applications and Programs You can access Mac OS X applications from within Windows and you can access Windows programs from Mac OS X For example if you locate a file using the Open menu in a Windows program and decide you would rather open the file using a Mac OS X applicati
171. ng virtual machine 92 K Keyboard and mouse keyboard preferences 70 keyboard profiles 131 keyboard shortcuts 69 70 Keyboard shortcuts 69 70 L Linux installing Parallels Tools 138 printers in 81 supported versions 107 Log messages 148 M MAC address 94 95 96 175 MacLook theme 52 Making snapshots 117 Manual update check 15 Memory Index in virtual machine 98 required on host computer 12 troubleshooting 188 video memory 166 Memory Usage Problems 188 Merge Windows and Mac OS X 30 39 49 74 133 Migration 20 over network or FireWire 21 using external storage device 23 Migration from PC 20 Modality Mode 44 145 Modality view 145 Monitoring Windows in a Scalable Window 44 More Resources 11 184 202 Mouse amp Keyboard Settings 75 Mouse Trackpad and Keyboard 65 My Password Isn t Working 190 My Virtual Machine Doesn t Boot 190 N Network adapter adding 156 connecting and disconnecting 175 networking in virtual machine 94 Network Adapter 175 Network printer 85 Networking Bridged 95 Host only 96 Shared NAT 94 WIFI 97 O Open a Windows Program 19 30 31 38 Open the Current Safari Page in Internet Explorer 63 OpenGL 102 166 Operating system installing in virtual machine 18 supported guest OSs 107 Optimization Settings 92 99 189 193 Optimize 3D Graphics Performance on a MacBook Pro 102 Optimiz
172. nstallation disk insert it into the DVD drive of your Mac If you have a USB drive with the OS installation files connect it to your Mac If you have a disk image copy it to your Mac 4 Restart the virtual machine by doing one of the following Click Actions gt Restart 190 Tips and Troubleshooting Click the Parallels icon I in the menu bar and choose Actions gt Restart 5 And follow the onscreen instructions I m Having Problems Connecting to the Internet When you install Windows it is automatically configured to share your Mac s Internet connection For details on configuring Windows network and Internet connection see the section on connecting to the Internet or a network p 94 Configure 5 1 or 7 1 Surround Sound in a Virtual Machine If you have a 5 1 or 7 1 Surround capable sound card connected to your Mac via USB or FireWire you can use it in your virtual machine Follow these steps Step 1 Configure the sound card in Mac OS X Step 2 Select the sound card as the sound output device in the virtual machine configuration Step 3 Configure the sound card in the guest operating system Configure the sound card in Mac OS X To configure a sound card in Mac OS X 1 Start the Audio MIDI Setup application you can find it in Applications Utilities 2 Select your 5 1 or 7 1 Surround capable sound card and choose the necessary sample rate and bit depth from the Format pop up menus Note Make sure th
173. nux After upgrading to Parallels Desktop the X Server may fail to start in Linux virtual machines To fix the problem you need to install Parallels Tools in text mode 1 Start the virtual machine 2 When you see a message that X Server failed to start switch to another virtual console using Ctrl Option F1 Ctrl Alt F1 and enter your login details 3 Choose Install Parallels Tools from the Actions menu to connect the Parallels Tools ISO image to your virtual machine Note If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out make sure that Parallels Tools can be installed in your guest operating system To see the list of guest OSs supported by Parallels Tools refer to the Parallels Tools Overview section in Parallels Desktop User s Guide The prl tools lin iso image file will be connected to the virtual machine s CD DVD drive 4 Inthe virtual machine console type the following command to gain the root privileges su 5 Check if the Parallels Tools CD image is mounted by entering mount grep iso9660 If this command does not return anything proceed to the next step If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on modila cdrom type mse GC0 ro exece MOsumG nodey7 uld skip the next step and proceed to the following one If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on modia cdrom typo sel 6 60M ce moexeo Nosuae Mode Ula l with the noexec option present in parentheses you need to unmount the disc usi
174. o clone it must be shut down and choose File gt New Linked Clone 3 Choose where you want to store the clone By default Parallels Desktop stores clones in your Documents gt Parallels folder 4 Click Save to start cloning the virtual machine Back Up a Virtual Machine Most people don t seriously consider regular backups as a necessity until they have experienced a significant data loss You should create your own backup strategy to protect yourself from data loss Virtual machines are as vulnerable to crashes as physical computers You can back up your virtual machine using one or several of the following methods 112 Advanced Topics Configure the regular backup settings on the Security tab of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Use third party backup utilities like Acronis Online Backup p 124 Clone the virtual machine with the help of Clone Virtual Machine Assistant Give a descriptive name to the clone and save it in a location specially designated for backups Copy the virtual machine files manually Configure Regular Backups On the Security tab of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog you can choose how to back up your virtual machine regularly You can configure how the virtual machine snapshots will be created or choose to back up the virtual machine with Time Machine If you choose to back up your virtual machine with Time Machine your virtual machine s PVM file will be automatically backed up
175. o one of the following From Coherence mode click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar then choose View gt Exit Coherence Then click the View menu and select Enter Full Screen x From Window mode choose View gt Enter Full Screen or click the Full Screen icon in the top right corner of the virtual machine window 44 Use Windows on Your Mac To exit Full Screen mode do one of the following Press Command Control F Move the pointer to the top of the screen until the OS X menu bar appears and click View gt Exit Full Screen If you re using Mac OS X Snow Leopard or working in Parallels Full Screen mode p 45 press Control Option Alt to display the Mac menu bar If the Parallels hot corners p 45 are active move the pointer to the upper left corner of the screen until the corner peels back and click Exit Full Screen Exit Full Screen If you are using Mac OS X Lion and one of the screen corners is set to show the menu bar p 45 move the pointer to that corner and then click the Full Screen button in the top right corner of the menu Adjust Full Screen Settings You can customize how Windows appears and behaves when in Full Screen mode To access Full Screen settings 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure gt Options If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure and then click Options
176. og and enable the Mount virtual disks to Mac desktop option Note To be able to edit the settings in the Sharing pane you must have Parallels Tools p 135 installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane 2 Open the Finder Preferences click the General tab and select the Connected servers option in the list of items displayed on the desktop If you want to manage the virtual machine content without starting the virtual machine you can mount the virtual hard disks manually using Parallels Mounter 1 Browse the virtual machine files in Finder For Parallels virtual machines right click the virtual machine name in Parallels Desktop Control Center or in the virtual machine window if it is shut down and select Show in Finder from the context menu 114 Advanced Topics The default paths for storing Parallels virtual machines are Users lt UserName gt Documents Parallels and Users Shared 2 o mount the hard disk of a particular virtual machine right click this virtual machine s file and choose Open With gt Parallels Mounter or Open With gt Other gt Library gt Parallels gt Parallels Mounter from the shortcut menu You can mount the following virtual machines and hard disks Parallels bundle pvm or configuration file ovs or virtual hard disk file hdd VMware configuration file vmx vmwarevm or virtual hard disk file vmdk Virtual PC configuratio
177. ols that activates the Parallels Desktop application on your Mac and lets you use the Parallels Desktop functionality to its full extent Active operating system Ihe operating system where Parallels Transporter Agent is launched Active volume The volume of the physical source computer that is used as a boot volume for the active operating system Bootable hard disk A disk used by the operating system to boot from usually a disk that has an operating system installed Boot Volume A hard disk partition from which the operating system boots Boot Camp partition A partition on the hard disk of your Mac that can be used for installing a Windows operating system on it for Mac host computers only Bridged networking Virtual machine network connection mode that enables the virtual machine to appear as any other computer on the network with its own IP address and network name Coherence One of the view modes you can use to work with Windows When Windows is in Coherence its desktop is hidden and Windows applications appear on the Mac desktop next to your Mac applications as if they were all part of a single operating system Configuration file A file specifies the virtual machine s hardware configuration the devices it uses and other settings It is created automatically when you create a new virtual machine See also PVS file CPU Stands for central processing unit It is an internal part of the computer See also Processor Di
178. on you can Note Provided that Parallels Tools are installed in Linux p 138 you can also open Mac OS X files using Linux applications Enable Sharing Mac OS X Applications When sharing Mac OS X applications is enabled you can open Mac OS X Applications from within Windows or Windows programs If not you can enable it at any time by doing the following 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and click Applications 3 Select Share Mac applications with Windows Once sharing Mac OS X applications is enabled you can do the tasks below Open a File from Windows in a Mac OS X Application You can open a file in a Mac OS X application from Windows Explorer from the Open dialog in most Windows programs or from Windows Desktop if Windows is set to appear in a separate Window or at full screen p 43 You may want to do this if you don t have a Windows program that can open the file In Windows right click or Control click a file and do one of the following Choose Open on Mac from the shortcut menu The file opens in the default Mac OS X application for that file type Choose Open With from the shortcut menu and then choose an application 59 Use Windows on Your Mac Note You can only perform these actions with files stored in shared folder
179. on Code via email In Parallels Desktop on your Mac choose Parallels Desktop gt Activate Product and enter the Confirmation Code In a web browser on a computer or device with an Internet connection go to the web address shown in the Activation screen See above and enter the activation ID to generate a Confirmation Code In Parallels Desktop on your Mac choose Parallels Desktop gt Activate Product and enter the Confirmation Code To change your Product Activation Key click Change Key 187 Tips and Troubleshooting Memory Usage Problems The amount of Mac s physical memory required for each virtual machine operation can be represented as follows Virtual Machine Memory Guest OS Memory Video Memory Virtual Machine Monitor Memory Guest OS Memory is the amount of RAM available to your guest operating system You can configure the guest OS memory amount in the General pane p 98 of the virtual machine configuration dialog Video Memory is the amount of physical memory available to the virtual machine s video card You can adjust the video memory amount in the Video pane p 166 of the virtual machine configuration dialog Virtual Machine Monitor is the module responsible for the guest operating system virtualization It consumes memory to perform operations of guest virtual devices and performs virtual paging emulation The amount of memory required for the Virtual Machine Monitor operation depends on the guest OS and
180. on or configuration on your part To Install Parallels Tools 1 Start Windows p 30 2 Choose Actions gt Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen instructions For more information on installing and updating Parallels Tools see Parallels Tools for Windows p 137 Find Settings If you want to change a setting in Parallels Desktop but you aren t sure where to find the setting you can search for it by doing the following 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure lf the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 ype a word or phrase in the search field Any settings related to your search are highlighted For example if you want to find out whether you can change settings related to the Dock type dock in the search field and options that make Dock icons bounce to alert and allow you to access Windows apps from the Dock are highlighted Restore Virtual Machine Default Settings When working with a virtual machine you can change different virtual machine settings Such as an amount of memory video memory number of CPUs sharing settings etc To restore default settings 1 Doone of the following the virtual machine must be shut down In Parallels Desktop Control Center right click the virtual machine you want to configure and click Configure If the virtual machine window is open click Actions gt
181. ons When ready click Continue 11 Choose what for you re going to primarily use Windows Its settings will be tuned to best fit your needs 12 Choose where you want to install your data You can also click Customize and select which Windows volumes to migrate Parallels Wizard Windows XF B Mac Required 114 9 GB Available 124 7 GB is Users Appleseed Reguired calculating Available 65 1 GB When ready click Continue 13 In the next step there s a warning about Windows activation that might be required when you start using it To proceed read this message select want to continue and click Continue 14 Once the migration is complete click Done 15 Start Windows p 30 16 When Windows boots up choose Actions gt Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen instructions Note o be able to install Parallels Tools you must be logged in to Windows as an administrator Using an External Storage Device Important After importing your data you may need to reactivate some of your Windows programs using the activation keys you received when you purchased the programs 23 Install or Import Windows To import your data from a PC using an external storage device 1 Connect an external storage device to your Windows PC 2 On the Windows PC open Parallels Transporter Agent by clicking the Start menu and choosing All Programs gt Parallels gt Parallels Transporter Agent 3 Click the exter
182. ontal scrolling when working with windows of virtual machine applications This feature is available only if Parallels Tools p 184 are installed in the virtual machine Remove a Virtual Machine Remove a Virtual Machine from your Mac If you don t need a virtual machine any more you can permanently remove it from your Mac Warning Before removing check that none of the virtual machine files e g virtual hard disk are used by other virtual machines If you remove a Boot Camp virtual machine the Boot Camp partition with Windows installed remains available on your Mac 1 Shut down the virtual machine if it is running right click in the virtual machine window and choose Remove You can also click File gt Remove or right click this virtual machine in the Parallels Desktop Control Center and choose Remove 2 Click Move to Trash Remove a Virtual Machine from Parallels Desktop Control Center To temporarily remove a virtual machine from Parallels Desktop Control Center 1 Shut down the virtual machine if it is running right click in the virtual machine window and choose Remove You can also click File gt Remove or right click this virtual machine in the Parallels Desktop Control Center and choose Remove 2 Click Keep Files When you need this virtual machine again you can easily import it in Parallels Desktop p 28 Download Pre configured Virtual Appliances If you don t have enough time to create a new virtual mac
183. ools in the older versions of Linux OSs you have to mount the prl tools lin iso image file manually Do the following 1 Start the virtual machine 2 When the guest OS boots up choose Install Parallels Tools from the Actions menu Note If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out make sure that your operating system complies with the requirements for Parallels Tools installation The prl tools lin iso image file will be connected to the virtual machine s CD DVD drive 3 Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS Type the following command to gain the root privileges su 4 Check if the Parallels Tools CD image is mounted by entering mount grep iso9660 If this command does not return anything proceed to the next step If this command returns anything like dew cdrom on Media drom eye Sooo BOpexce MOsUMe node 7 d 0 skip the next step and proceed to the following one If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on Medilay Comom Epe Hse COON ce Moexec Mosuie nodey Ulc 0 with the noexec option present in parentheses you need to unmount the disc using the following command and then proceed to the next step umount dev cdrom 5 o mount the Parallels Tools installation disc image enter the following mount o exec dev cdrom media cdrom Note dev cdrom is the virtual machine s CD DVD drive and media cdrom is the mount point for this device In some of the Linux operating systems the virtual CD
184. op of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and select Optimization eo Ooo Windows 8 1 Options jm Q General Options Hardware Security Search Startu and Shutdown i Performance Faster virtual machine Sharing Enable Adaptive Hypervisor my Aoglicatone WN Tune Windows for speed ey Coherence Full Screen Power Better performance Modality IN Show battery in Windows Advanced Free Space V Real time virtual disk optimization Restore Defaults Click the lock to prevent further changes Optimize Performance for Mac OS X Applications or Windows Programs Choose one of the following from the Performance menu Faster virtual machine More of your computer s resources are given to Windows The performance of Windows programs may be increased significantly but Mac OS X applications may slow down Faster Mac More of your computer s resources are given to Mac OS X The performance of Mac OS X applications may be increased significantly but Windows programs may slow down 100 Use Windows on Your Mac To set Parallels Desktop to automatically optimize performance for Mac OS X or Windows depending on which application or program you re working with at the moment Select Enable Adaptive Hypervisor When you re using a Windows program more resources are given to Windows and when you re using a Mac OS X application more resources are given to Mac OS X
185. or in a virtual machine via Parallels Desktop A Boot Camp Windows partition can be used as a bootable disk or as a data disk in Parallels virtual machines For detailed information see Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine Note You cannot create snapshots or use the Undo Disks option for a virtual machine that uses the Boot Camp partition CD DVD Discs and Their Images Parallels Desktop can access real CD DVD discs and images of CD DVD discs Parallels Desktop has no limitations on using multi session CD DVD discs A virtual machine can play back audio CDs without any limitations on copy protected discs 160 Advanced Topics If your host computer has a recordable optical drive you can use it to burn CD or DVD discs in a virtual machine Parallels Desktop supports CD DVD disc images in the ISO CUE and CCD formats Note DMG disk images made with Mac OS X Disk Utility are also supported by Parallels Desktop When creating such an image make sure you create a read only and uncompressed image without any encryption Floppy Disks and Floppy Disk Images Parallels Desktop can use two types of floppy disks Real diskettes inserted into a real floppy disk drive that is connected to the virtual machine Floppy disk image files having the dd extension and connected to the virtual machine Parallels Desktop treats floppy disk images like real diskettes Parallels Desktop supports floppy disk image files that ha
186. or more information Download and Install Antivirus Protection for Mac 1 If Parallels Desktop is set to Coherence mode click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar and choose View gt Exit Coherence 2 Choose Parallels Desktop gt Install Antivirus for Mac and follow the onscreen instructions Remove Antivirus Protection for Mac Choose Uninstall Antivirus for Mac from the Parallels Desktop menu and enter your administrator name and password 91 Use Windows on Your Mac lsolate Mac OS X from Windows You can isolate Mac OS X from Windows so that they no longer share folders profiles and applications connected external devices are no longer automatically accessible by Windows and you can no longer copy or move objects between Windows and Mac OS X Isolating Mac OS X from Windows may provide a higher level of security by not allowing compromised items from one OS to come into contact with the other To isolate Mac OS X from Windows 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Security 3 Select Isolate Mac from Windows Work in Windows Without Saving Changes If you don t want Windows to store the changes you make to it during the working session for example when testing some Windows programs that may damage Windows you can start Windows in Rollback Mode
187. ork between the host computer and its virtual machines which makes the virtual machines available from the host computer only ISO image A special file that contains the entire contents of a CD or DVD disc commonly used to install an operating system Image file A single file containing the complete contents and structure of a data storage medium or device such as a hard disk drive CD or DVD IP address A unique address that is assigned to a physical computer or a virtual machine that participates in computer networking Linux computer A physical computer that has a Linux operating system installed Merged disk A split disk whose parts were merged into a single disk Migration he process of transferring data from a physical computer or a third party virtual machine into a Parallels virtual machine or virtual disk Modality One of the view modes you can use to work with Windows In Modality mode the Windows desktop appears in a window and scales in size as you resize the window Also you can set this window to always stay on top of other windows and you can adjust its transparency level so you can see through it when you re working with other applications OS Operating system Parallels Desktop for Mac An application that enables you to create manage and use virtual machines on your Mac 205 Glossary Parallels Mounter An application that enables you to to browse the contents of your virtual machines and virtual
188. ormation choose Standard select Generic Network Card from the list and click Next In the Completing the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard window click Finish In the Install Printer Software window specify the manufacturer and model of the network printer If the required printer model is not listed click Have Disk button and specify the path to the inf file located in the folder where you installed the printer driver When ready click Next Continue with the printer configuration procedure When the printer is added to Windows you can use it to print documents from Windows XP Use Windows on Your Mac In Linux The procedure of setting up a network printer in a Linux or FreeBSD guest operating system depends on the Linux or FreeBSD distribution and printer In this example we describe how to set up a network printer in a virtual machine running RHEL 5 4 Server However you can use these guidelines as general instructions on how to set up a network printer in a Linux or FreeBSD virtual machine Note For more detailed information refer to the CUPS documentation To set up a network printer 1 Start the virtual machine 2 Make sure the following components are installed in the guest operating system Common UNIX Printing System CUPS Installation instructions can be found at CUPS site Samba service Installation instructions can be found at Samba site and A Web browser since we consider controlling CUPS
189. ows from a previous version of Parallels Desktop or other virtualization software p 28 In This Chapter STM VIVO ONS cesta E E A E E E A A TE E T 18 MPO Your Data TON a PO serisini ene net ne eee T ee eee ee 20 Use Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop snsnesnnsrnsrnsrerresrerrrrerrerrererrerrerrerrerrerrerro Zt Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application 06 28 TAR VNC OV NS id VOW OSS eee tee terete cee pein gets ro onan nae aaa mean baeeeenereeneaaets 29 Install Windows If you have a Windows installation source a DVD disc an image file or a USB storage and a valid Windows product key you can install Windows on your Mac and use it with Parallels Desktop To install Windows 1 2 Open Parallels Desktop in the Applications folder and choose File gt New If you have a Windows installation disc insert it into the DVD drive If you have a USB storage with Windows connect the storage to the Mac Click Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file Parallels Desktop scans for and lists installable operating systems If you see the version of Windows you want to install select it click Continue and go to step 6 If the Windows installation source didn t show up automatically in Step 4 click Locate manually to browse for it manually You can browse from the following sources DVD If you have a Windows DVD insert it into the DVD drive Once Windows is detected cli
190. pplication on the PC or Boot Camp and activate it in the virtual machine Important If the vendor gives you or you decide to purchase a new activation key please note that reactivating an application with a new key in a virtual machine may break its activation on the Boot Camp It means that if you later decide to work with the application by booting your Mac directly into Windows it will require reactivation If an application asks for reactivation in a Boot Camp virtual machine work with the application by booting your Mac directly into Windows Change Password in Windows via Command Line Interface To change your Windows account password via CLI do the following 197 Tips and Troubleshooting 1 Start Windows p 30 2 Launch Terminal in OS X Applications gt Utilities gt Terminal and find out Windows UUID Universally Unique Identifier by executing the following command prier iirc te a The output may be as follows UUID STATUS IP_ADDR NAME 6f05fe58 2ef6 4049 847a c393f1077658 running Windows 7 6f05fe58 2ef6 4049 84 a c393f1077658 is the Windows UUID 3 Change your Windows account password by executing the following command prictl set Windows UUID gt userpasswd lt account_name gt lt new_password gt This command may look as follows prictl set 6f05fe58 2ef6 4049 847a c393f1077658 userpasswd Appleseed qwerty If you see the following output the password has been changed successfully authentica
191. r A Q N Select Show input menu in menu bar Mouse amp Keyboard Settings Use Mouse amp Keyboard settings you can Set whether the mouse pointer behavior is optimized for games Set whether the mouse pointer sticks at the edges of the window in Window mode p 43 Set whether modifier keys are optimized for games To access Mouse amp Keyboard settings 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 5 Use Windows on Your Mac 2 Click Hardware and select Mouse amp Keyboard in the sidebar BE Windows 8 1 Hardware 1 D me z General Options Hardware Security Search SmartMouse Auto detect for games Boot Order Change this option if you have problems with moving a P Video mouse pointer in some applications X Mouse amp Keyboard deb Print W Mouse pointer sticks at window edges Floppy Disk Nf Enable smooth scrolling CD DVD 1 beg Hard Disk 1 Keyboard Don t optimize for games pew Hard Disk 2 When the keyboard is optimized for games modifier keys become more responsive Serial Port 1 Network 1 Printer 1 Shortcuts Sound USB amp Bluetooth Cm i Restore Defaults a Click the lock to prevent further changes SmartMouse If you play games in a virtual machine the SmartMo
192. r OS X Lion 10 7 5 or later Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop To identify your computer s processor memory and OS X version choose Apple menu gt About This Mac Internet connection required for product activation select features and online updates One of the following A Windows installation disc or other installation media for the operating systems you want to use alongside OS X An Internet connection to download and install freely available operating system such as Ubuntu or Google Chrome If you re using OS X Lion or later you can set up a second copy of OS X to be used as a guest operating system alongside your main system without having to purchase or download another copy of OS X For a list of operating systems that Parallels Desktop supports for use with your Mac see Supported Guest Operating Systems p 107 or go to htto www parallels com products desktop system requirements Install Parallels Desktop You can be up and running with Parallels Desktop in a few easy steps 1 Make sure you have the latest version of Mac OS X by choosing Apple menu gt Software Update you must have an Internet connection If a later version of Mac OS X is available select it and click Install 2 Do one of the following If you downloaded Parallels Desktop from the Parallels website double click the disk image file most likely in your Downloads folder the file has the extension dmg at the end If you purchase
193. r Right Clicking 1 Choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Mouse or Keyboard amp Mouse 2 Select Secondary click Now you can press the right side of the mouse to right click Set Which Key Combination Triggers a Right Click or a Middle Click 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Preferences If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences 2 Click Shortcuts 66 Use Windows on Your Mac 3 If necessary click the lock icon and enter an administrator password 4 Select Mouse Shortcuts in the sidebar eo o Shortcuts ni J r A I i 4 General Shortcuts Devices Access Advanced Choose keyboard shortcuts for secondary click and B Application Shortcuts middle click in the virtual machine M Secondary click P click System Shortcuts fr Mouse Shortcuts 36 Keyboard Menu Middle click db click VIRTUAL MACHINES u aig Windows 8 1 Bw wu a Windows 7 1 AY Windows XP m Click the lock to prevent further changes Restore Defaults 7 5 Select Secondary click for right click or Middle click 6 Click in the corresponding text field and press the key or combination of keys that you want to use with a mouse click to trigger a right click or middle click You can use any combination of the Control Option Alt Shift and Command keys Control Progra
194. r different types of Internet pages For example you may set the Internet pages to open in your default Mac OS X Internet browser and FTP pages to open in your virtual machine Internet browser SmartMount automatically detects volumes connected to your Mac and makes them available to the virtual machine as well Printing Tool allows you to synchronize the host and guest OS printers Tray Integration Tool allows you to use Windows tray icons in the Mac menu bar Advanced Topics Parallels Tools are located on disc images that are installed together with Parallels Desktop There is a separate Parallels Tools disc image for each type of the supported guest operating systems prl tools win iso disc image with Parallels Tools for Windows guest operating systems prl tools lin iso disc image with Parallels Tools for Linux guest operating systems prl tools mac iso disc image with Parallels Tools for Mac OS X guest operating systems These disc images can be found in the following location on your Mac lt username gt Applications Parallels Desktop Contents Resources Tools Parallels Tools for Windows Important To take advantage of much of the functionality Parallels Desktop offers Parallels Tools must be installed Parallels Tools can be installed in the following Windows guest operating systems Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows 2000 Installing Paralle
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196. r keyboard to work just the way you want them to You can also use trackpad gestures or the optional Apple Remote to control Windows programs just as you can with Mac OS X applications 65 Use Windows on Your Mac Read on to learn how to customize how your mouse trackpad and keyboard work with Windows programs Set Your Mouse or Trackpad to Right Click and Middle Click Many tasks in Windows such as bringing up shortcut menus are accomplished by right clicking By default Parallels Desktop is set to mimic a right click when you press Shift Control and click the mouse You can change which key combination triggers a right click You can also set your trackpad to allow right clicking and if you have an Apple Mighty Mouse included with Apple desktop computers from 2005 2009 or Magic Mouse included with current Apple desktop computers you can set the mouse to allow right clicking Most other mice are pre configured for right clicking Set the Trackpad for Right Clicking 1 Choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Trackpad 2 Select Secondary Tap Now you can tap the trackpad with two fingers to imitate a right click Set an Apple Mighty Mouse for Right Clicking 1 Choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Mouse or Keyboard amp Mouse 2 Choose Secondary Button from the menu to the right of the mouse Now you can press the right side of the mouse to right click Set an Apple Magic Mouse fo
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198. rogram from username Applications Parallels Windows Applications 4 Click Change All From this point on double clicking a file of this type txt in the example above in the Mac OS X Finder opens the file in the Windows program If Windows is shut down suspended or paused double clicking the file starts or resumes Windows in Coherence mode When Windows starts up the file opens in the Windows program Set Windows Files of a Particular Type to Open in a Mac OS X Application To open a Windows file with a Mac OS X application only this time Right click or Control click the file in Windows choose Open With from the shortcut menu and choose an application To set all files of a particular file tyoe to open in a Mac OS X application 1 Right click or Control click a file in Windows choose Open With from the shortcut menu and click Choose default program 2 Select an application choose Always use the selected program to open this kind of file and click OK Note To set files to open in the application or program of your choice Parallels Tools must be installed p 184 In most cases Parallels Tools are installed by default Also the Isolate Mac from Windows p 92 option must be disabled and Windows application sharing p 59 must be enabled 62 Use Windows on Your Mac Set Internet Links to Always Open in Mac OS X or Windows By default clicking a link such as a web page URL in Windows opens the def
199. rotocol field specify the port type you want to use for establishing network connections You can choose between the TCP or UDP port types In the Source Port field tyoe the number of the incoming port on your Mac In the Forward to section indicate the name or IP address of the virtual machine you want to connect In the Destination Port field type the port on the virtual machine to which the data will be transferred Protocol TCP Source Port Forward to Windows 8 1 e IP Address Destination Port E eee ce a ae Cancel OK 3 Click OK to add the rule 152 Advanced Topics When the rule is added use the following IP address combination for external connections to your virtual machine lt you Mac s IP address gt lt Incoming port gt Windows SRSRESERE SEES EE ROSES ERE EMER EH Es Oe eee b s ae is pot gt N etw or k A d 3 p ter Qrororprprpresnsesesearorseprpepresesese sprprar Guest OS B aii ie 2 u Network Adapter Guest OS C LELETETETITITITLELELELETETET II Sii Network Adapter P ATEA Se E Your Mac To edit a rule select it in the Port forwarding rules list click the Edit button modify the necessary settings and click OK to apply them To remove a port forwarding rule select it in the Port forwarding rules list and click the Remove button Click OK to save the changes otherwise click Cancel To restore the default settings click Restore Defa
200. ructions for doing just that Read this section to find out how you can tune Windows for speed set How Much Memory is Allocated to Windows Parallels Desktop is set to allocate a certain amount of your Mac s available RAM memory to Windows and the rest to Mac OS X If too much memory is allocated to Windows Mac OS X may slow down which in turn can cause Windows programs to slow down because they re running on top of Mac OS X If on the other hand too much memory is allocated to Mac OS X then Mac OS X applications may run well but Windows programs might slow down To optimize the performance of both Windows and Mac OS X set the memory allocated to Windows to be somewhere within the recommended range To set how much memory is allocated to Windows 1 Shut down Windows p 35 98 Use Windows on Your Mac 2 Choose Actions gt Configure and then click General 690 Windows 8 1 General om gt Q General Options Hardware Security Search EE Windows 8 1 Name Windows 8 1 Description Productivity Configure for Text editors spreadsheets accounting email Change web browsing etc Total Size TTT Reclaim 11 6 GB E Hard Disks Snapshots Miscellaneous Reclaimable 11 5 GB 0 0 KB 11 9 MB 0 0 KB Click the lock to prevent further changes 3 Move the memory slider to somewhere within the recommended range indicated by the graphic under the slider see above If you use Windows programs
201. ry limit do one of the following Drag the slider Use the spin box arrows Type the value directly into the Video memory field Enabling 3D Acceleration If you want to use Windows Aero in your Windows virtual machines or use games and applications that require video cards that support DirectX or OpenGL select On or the version of DirectX you need from the 3D acceleration menu Enabling Vertical Synchronization sometimes in games and 3D applications a newly rendered frame may overlap a previously rendered one and then screen tearing happens This occurs when the video card or the software using it begins updating the actively displayed memory in a manner that is out of sync with the monitor s refresh rate To prevent screen tearing select the Enable vertical synchronization option 167 Advanced Topics Working with Windows on Retina Display For Windows 8 and Windows 7 If you re working with Windows 7 or Windows 8 on a Mac with a Retina display you can choose how Windows is displayed on the screen More Space Windows resolution matches that of the Retina display but the DPI dots per inch setting doesn t change As a result Windows interface elements and text are clear and sharp but small This option is for those who prefer to have more space on the desktop Best for Retina Windows resolution matches that of the Retina display and the DPI setting increases Windows interface elements and text are clear sharp an
202. s 1 Start your OS X virtual machine p 30 2 When Windows boots up choose Reinstall Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu Update Parallels Tools If a newer version of Parallels Tools for Mac is available Parallels Tools update automatically 143 Advanced Topics Check Whether Parallels Tools Have Been Installed You can easily confirm whether Parallels Tools were installed Start your virtual machine and look at the status bar of its window If the tip Press Ctrl Alt to release the mouse and keyboard appears in the status bar of the virtual machine s window this means that Parallels Tools were not installed When Parallels Tools are installed you do not need to press any key to release the mouse and keyboard They are released automatically Install Sound Driver in OS 2 and eComStation Sound driver for OS 2 and eComStation can be installed from the pri tools other iso CD image Before starting the installation connect the CD image with Parallels Tools to your virtual machine s CD DVD drive Choose Install Parallels Tools from the Actions menu Before installing Sound Driver make sure you have the multimedia support installed in the guest operating system To install Sound Driver 1 Click the System Setup icon on the system panel Select Install Remove line and then select Multimedia Application Install In the IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager 2 Installation window choose the CD DVD drive then the l
203. s click the Lock icon m at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required Serial Port In the Serial Port pane you can configure the virtual machine serial port settings To edit the device settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar Note If this device is absent you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices Using serial ports you can establish a connection between The virtual machine and the host computer devices using a real port or Between two virtual machines located on the same host computer using a socket If you want to connect your virtual machine to the host computer device you should create a serial port emulated by a real port The Source list comprises the devices on the host computer that are available for connection The connected device being used in any virtual machine cannot be used by the host computer To be able to use it in the host computer you should first disconnect it from the virtual machine To do that use the Devices menu in
204. s m parasia Den al Switrh io War Einion 1 Gevkiop iah M A Mines as i AN i a aon Sen en s an a el eee aber Sn ae a i E e a Fo a To enable the Coherence view mode 126 Advanced Topics Parallels Tools must be installed p 138 Disable Linux 3D effects The way you can do this depends on your Linux distribution For example in Fedora 14 click System gt Preferences gt Desktop Effects and select Standard To learn how to disable Linux 3D effects in other Linux OSs refer to the operating system documentation Switch to Coherence Mode To switch from Window mode to Coherence mode do one of the following Choose View gt Enter Coherence Press Control Command Return To switch from Full Screen mode to Coherence mode do one of the following Press Control Option Alt click the View menu and select Exit Full Screen Then open the View menu and select Enter Coherence Move the pointer to the upper left corner of the screen until the corner peels back and click Exit Full Screen Then choose View gt Enter Coherence Exit Full Screen Install Windows 98 All Windows 95 and some of Windows 98 installation packages include a bootable floppy a startup floppy disk The floppy is used to perform disk partitioning and formatting by means of MS DOS Since modern Macs have no floppy drives you will need an external USB floppy drive or an image of a bootable floppy disk Such an image can be created using
205. s p 53 Open a Mac Application from the Windows Start Menu From the Windows Start menu do one of the following Choose All Programs gt Parallels Shared Applications and then choose an application Type the name of the application you re looking for in the search field then choose the application from the list Enable Sharing Windows Programs When sharing Windows programs is enabled you can open Windows programs from the Mac OS X Finder You can also choose to add a folder to the Dock containing all your Windows programs for easy access 4 Do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar Is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 5 Click Options and click Applications 6 Select Share Windows applications with Mac Add a Windows Applications Folder to the Dock 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and then click Applications 3 Be sure Share Windows applications with Mac is selected and then select Show Windows applications folder in Dock Configure Whether Dock Icons Bounce to Alert When a Windows application icon in the taskbar would normally flash to alert you to something such aS anew message in Skype or a notification in Microsoft Out
206. s searching and more you must move the pointer to the upper or lower right corner of the screen BS NIA kl w 50 Use Windows on Your Mac And to see thumbnails of all your open Metro style applications you move the mouse pointer to the upper or lower left corner until you see a thumbnail then slide up or down Click an application to make It active __ LANCISCO CA WEATHER ly Cloudy ke 61 When you re using Windows 8 in Window mode it can be tricky to find the exact corner or edge of the screen with the mouse pointer So Parallels Desktop 10 allows you to set the mouse pointer to stick to the edges of the screen p 155 when you move it slowly To move past the edge just move the mouse quickly This feature enabled by default makes it easy to use Windows 8 Set Windows 8 to Work Like Windows 7 As you might know Windows 8 differs considerable from its previous versions Windows 8 boots to a tiled Start screen rather than the traditional Windows desktop modern Windows 8 apps are all full screen only and the Windows 8 desktop has no Start menu If you prefer the classic Windows environment where Windows boots to the desktop Windows applications run in resizable windows and a fully functional Start menu is available from the desktop you can easily apply this Windows classic style to Windows 8 To do So 1 In Parallels Desktop start Windows p 30 2 If Windows is running in Coherence
207. s select Tune Windows for speed in the Optimization pane p 99 189 Tips and Troubleshooting Disable log messages If you select Use detailed log messages in the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences Parallels Desktop will start creating a more detailed log file It can be helpful for the Parallels support team but uses more hard disk space and may slightly lower the system performance Pressing Ctrl Alt Del As a Windows user you might know that you can press the Ctrl Alt Del key combination to make available troubleshooting options such as starting the Task Manager or changing a password To mimic pressing Ctrl Alt Del in Parallels Desktop Press fn Ctrl Option Del My Password Isn t Working If Parallels Desktop doesn t accept your password try the following Be sure that Caps Lock is not on If Caps Lock is on an indicator appears in the password field To turn Caps Lock off press the Caps Lock key Password Be sure that the keyboard is set to the correct language If the keyboard is set to a language that doesn t belong to the group of Romance languages an icon in the password field indicates the keyboard language setting Password My Virtual Machine Doesn t Boot If your virtual machine doesn t boot correctly most probably it s because there isn t any operating system installed To install an operating system do the following 3 Prepare the OS installation media If you have an OS i
208. s 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista or Windows XP on your Mac using Boot Camp you can set Parallels Desktop to work with Boot Camp using either of these two options Set Parallels Desktop to run Windows from the Boot Camp partition Changes you make in Windows programs either while working in Mac OS X or when you start up your Mac in Windows using Boot Camp will be reflected in both places Windows running from Boot Camp has the following limitations It can t be paused It can t be saved as a snapshot p 117 It can t run in Safe Mode It can t be compressed Import Windows and your data from Boot Camp into Parallels Desktop Windows running from Parallels Desktop doesn t have the above listed limitations Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop are separate Changes you make in Windows programs while working in Mac OS X are not reflected when you start up your Mac in Windows using Boot Camp Set Parallels Desktop to run Windows from the Boot Camp Partition 1 Open Parallels Desktop in the Applications folder and choose File gt New 2 Click Boot Camp and then follow the onscreen instructions 2 Install or Import Windows Note If you plan to start up in Windows using Boot Camp it is recommended that you shut down Windows in Parallels Desktop rather than suspending Windows Import Windows and Your Data from Boot Camp into Parallels Desktop 1 Set Parallels Desktop to use Boot Camp as described in the steps above 2 Right click Contro
209. s Desktop from a PC or create a Boot Camp virtual machine Windows detects that the virtual hardware is different and may require reactivation depending on the version of Windows you re using and Microsoft s licensing policy Windows or Microsoft Office asks for reactivation If you imported Windows from a PC or created a Boot Camp virtual machine and Windows or Microsoft Office asks for reactivation try to reactivate it over the Internet or by phone with Microsoft Support Note For the detailed information on how you can reactivate Windows or Microsoft Office please refer to the Windows Microsoft Office helo resources If Windows or Microsoft Office has reached the activation limit you won t be able to use it ina virtual machine In this case you can do one of the following If Windows cannot be reactivated in a Boot Camp virtual machine work with Windows by booting your Mac directly into Windows Buy a new activation key to activate Windows in a virtual machine Third party application asks for reactivation If you imported Windows from a PC or created a Boot Camp virtual machine some third party applications that are tied to the hardware on which they were originally installed may ask for reactivation In this case you can do one of the following If you choose to work with an application in a virtual machine contact the application vendor for help The vendor may give you another activation key or offer to deactivate the a
210. s Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure Click Hardware and then click Network In the Network pane make sure that the Connected option is selected Select the appropriate network adapter from the list To connect the virtual machine s adapter to the active network adapter of your Mac choose Default Adapter Note In the MAC address field you can change the MAC address currently assigned to Windows MAC addresses are automatically generated when you first set up Windows However you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC address field or clicking the Generate button When entering a new MAC address make sure that it is unique within your network If you can t configure Windows to function in the Bridged Ethernet mode consider using Shared Networking or Host Only Networking For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Use Host Only Network Settings Parallels Desktop provides a closed network that is accessible only to Mac OS X and Windows Mac OS X is connected to this network via the Parallels Host Only Networking adapter automatically created on your Mac during the Parallels Desktop installation The addresses for Windows are provided by the Parallels DHCP server Internet Your Mac To configure Windows to use Host Only Networking
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212. s the following steps Step 1 Install Parallels Desktop p 12 Step 2 Install Windows on your Mac p 18 Step 3 Install your Windows programs p 35 You only need to follow these steps once Then you can open and use your Windows programs on your Mac anytime you like just as you do with your Mac applications Other Operating Systems Important This guide is focused on using Parallels Desktop with Windows XP or Windows 7 Using Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac you can run several other kinds of operating systems p 107 on your Mac such as several flavors of Linux and Unix Mac OS X Server Windows 8 older versions of Windows and more Welcome to Parallels Desktop Finding Information On Running Other Operating Systems You can find much more information and details on using Parallels Desktop to run other operating systems on your Mac by checking the resources listed in More Resources p 202 Additionally though not explicitly stated many of the instructions presented in this guide also apply to supported operating systems other than Windows XP and Windows 7 And some important instructions relating to other operating systems are in the Advanced Topics p 107 section CHAPTER 2 Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop Follow the instructions in this chapter to install or upgrade Parallels Desktop Note You can either purchase a boxed version of Parallels Desktop 10 or purchase and download it from the Parallels webs
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214. se Configure If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Options and click Applications 3 Select Add new applications to Launchpad Set Files to Open in the Application or Program of Your Choice You can set files of a particular type that you open from the Mac OS X Finder to open in the Windows program of your choice For example you could set files ending in t xt to always open in Windows Notepad You can also set files opened from Windows to always open in the Mac OS X application of your choice 61 Use Windows on Your Mac Set Mac OS X Files of a Particular Type to Open in a Windows Program To open a Mac OS X file once with a Windows program 1 Right click or Control click the file in the Finder and choose Open With from the shortcut menu 2 Select a Windows program If you don t see the program you want click Other and choose a Windows program from username Applications Parallels Windows Applications You can also open a Mac OS X file in a Windows program by dragging it to the program s icon in the Dock To set files of a particular type to always open in a Windows program 1 Right click or Control click a file and choose Get Info from the shortcut menu Click the triangle next to Open with to expand the section Choose a Windows program from the pop up menu If you don t see the program you want choose Other and choose a Windows p
215. se Parallels Desktop 14 Q Quickly Free Up Disk Space 101 125 R Reducing disk size 171 Register Parallels Desktop 13 Registration 13 Remapping keys 70 Remove a Virtual Machine 121 Remove Parallels Desktop 147 Removing devices 156 Parallels Desktop 147 virtual machine 121 Report a Problem and Request Support 199 Reporting problems 199 Requirements for Importing Your Data 20 Restore Virtual Machine Default Settings 185 Resuming virtual machines 35 Run Windows Phone Emulator 164 193 S Safe Mode 92 Save a Picture of the Screen 104 Save Snapshots of a Virtual Machine 27 93 117 Screen Resolution 45 166 Screen shots for problem reports 199 Screen tearing prevention 166 Searching Parallels disks 114 Security settings 92 93 see and Change Windows Input Language In OS X 74 Serial port 178 Serial Port 178 Set a Program to Open When You Insert a CD or DVD 52 Set File Type Associations 144 Set Files to Open in the Application or Program of Your Choice 61 Set How Many Processors are Allocated to a Virtual Machine 123 163 193 Set How Much Memory is Allocated to Windows 98 123 163 188 189 193 Set How Windows Works with Mac OS X 39 Set Internet Links to Always Open in Mac OS X or Windows 63 Set Media Files to Open in Windows 8 Apps 65 Set Password Requirements 92 Set the Appearance of Virtual Machine Dock Icons 105 Set the
216. se copy the problem report ID number 55191530 and submit a support ticket to Parallels Support _Copy Report ID_ Request Support Glose Parallels team uses error reports to improve the product quality but doesn t respond to them unless you request support See below Request Support To contact the Parallels support team to request help with your problem Follow the steps above to create and send a problem report Click Request Support Your support code is displayed Write it down for reference in case you are contacted by Parallels Support 4 Click Get Support 201 CHAPTER 7 More Resources For more information and help using Parallels Desktop see the following resources Parallels support website Ihe Parallels support website includes product help files and a FAQ section Parallels Knowledge Base This online resource has valuable articles about using Parallels Desktop and other Parallels products Online documentation You can find PDF user guides for Parallels Desktop and Parallels Transporter online by choosing Help gt Online Documentation Parallels Command Line Reference Guide This document available on the Parallels Online documentation page has information on using the prict1 command line utility to manage Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines from a terminal Parallels API references and the SDK programmer s guide These guides for IT professionals can be found on the Parallels Online docum
217. see the following window Host Only Show in System Preferences Enable IPv4 DHCP Start Address 10 211 55 1 End Address 10 211 55 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Subnet 10 211 55 0 Enable IPv6 DHCP Subnet FDB2 2C26 F4E4 Prefix Length 64 Port forwarding rules Source Port Protocol Forward to Destination Port Restore Defaults Cancel F OK In this window you can make the necessary changes to the settings of the Parallels DHCP servers for IPv4 and IPv6 These servers enabled by default automatically assign IP addresses to your virtual machines operating in the shared networking mode To disable any of these servers clear the corresponding option For more information about configuring shared networking refer to Share Network Settings Between Mac OS X and Windows p 94 191 Advanced Topics Port Forwarding Normally virtual machines set to operate in the shared networking mode cannot be accessed from external computers The port forwarding functionality allows computers on your local network and on the Internet to transfer data to any of your virtual machines that use the shared networking mode The data sent to a specific port on your Mac will be redirected to a specific port of your virtual machine according to the port forwarding rule To add a port forwarding rule 1 Click the Add button below the Port forwarding rules list 2 Inthe displayed window do the following In the P
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219. select this new profile in the Profile list and configure its shortcuts To remove one of the existing custom profiles select it and click the Remove button Z To duplicate or rename one of the existing profiles select this profile click the button 1 7 and select the corresponding action from the menu Note You can rename or remove your custom profiles only In the Shortcuts pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can also assign profiles to your virtual machines To change a profile assigned to a virtual machine Select a virtual machine and choose a profile from the Profile menu Emulate a Mouse Right Click or Middle Click To emulate a mouse right click or middle click 1 Select Mouse Shortcuts in the sidebar 2 Select Secondary click for right click or Middle click 3 Click in the corresponding text field and press the key or combination of keys that you want to use with a mouse click to trigger a right click or middle click 132 Advanced Topics You can use any combination of the Control Option Alt Shift and Command keys to specify the key combination that will be used to emulate a mouse right click or middle click in the virtual machine Use OS X as a Guest OS If you are using OS X Lion or Mountain Lion you can install a copy of OS X in a virtual machine and use it as a guest operating system This can be useful for example if you want to test software in a fresh version of OS X without having to log
220. sion Select this option to purchase Parallels Desktop if you have never used it before or your version cannot be upgraded 3 Follow the onscreen instructions You may need to scroll down to see all the information Upgrade Parallels Desktop If you already have Parallels Desktop 8 or 9 follow these steps to upgrade to Parallels Desktop 10 1 If you haven t already done so purchase and download a Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac Upgrade available from the Parallels Online Store at www parallels com buyonline A Product Activation Key is sent to the email address you provide If Parallels Desktop is open quit Parallels Desktop Follow the instructions to install Parallels Desktop 10 See Install Parallels Desktop p 13 During installation the previous version of Parallels Desktop is automatically removed from your computer 4 Open Parallels Desktop and enter your upgrade Product Activation Key If you were using a trial version of Parallels Desktop or you purchased a previous version but haven t installed it on your computer you will also be prompted to enter a full or upgrade key for that version Note To upgrade from Parallels Desktop 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 you must purchase Parallels Desktop 10 at full retail price Troubleshooting If you have any problems upgrading Parallels Desktop you can find troubleshooting information at www parallels com support nome or by opening Parallels Desktop and choosing Help gt Solving Problems
221. sk drive CD DVD ROM Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from the media connected to its virtual CD DVD ROM drive Note he virtual machine will use the CD DVD ROM drive specified as CD DVD ROM 1 in its configuration External device Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from a bootable external device USB FireWire Thunderbolt etc connected to your Mac Once selected choose the device from the External boot device menu located below Floppy Disk Select this device if you want the virtual machine to boot up from a floppy disk image connected to its virtual floppy disk drive Network Adapter Select this device if you want your virtual machine to boot from a network adapter using PXE Pre Execution Environment Note he virtual machine will use the network adapter specified as Network Adapter 1 in its configuration 165 Advanced Topics Every time you start the virtual machine it tries to boot from the device specified as the first one In the Boot Order list If the virtual machine cannot boot from the first device for example no media is connected to it the virtual machine proceeds to the second device in the list and tries to boot from this device and so on In this pane you can perform the following operations Change the currently set boot sequence by selecting the name of the corresponding boot device in the Boot Order list and moving it up or down using the
222. sks in the old format Disks of virtual machines that were created in Parallels Desktop 2 5 and earlier or Parallels Workstation 2 2 Disks in the new format Disks of virtual machines that were created or used In Parallels hardware virtualization products starting from version 3 0 Glossary Expanding format A virtual hard disk format An expanding virtual hard disk image file resides on your host computer and is small initially Its size grows as you add applications and data to the virtual machine FireWire connection A wired connection that enables a high speed data transmission between computers Guest operating system guest OS An operating system installed inside your virtual machine Host computer Ihe computer that is used to run virtual machines In case of Parallels Desktop for Mac it is your Mac In case of Parallels Desktop for Windows or Parallels Desktop for Linux it is the Windows or Linux based physical computer where Parallels Desktop is installed In the Parallels Transporter documentation this term may define the computer that hosts the result of migration Hot key A user defined key or combination of keys that provides quick access to applications and commands See also Shortcut HDD file During the creation the virtual machine acquires a virtual hard disk file with the hdd extension See also virtual hard disk file Host only networking Virtual machine network connection mode that creates a private netw
223. ss the real device Otherwise the real device will not appear in the list of available devices even though it is installed on your computer Adding a New Device to a Virtual Machine 1 Choose Configure from the Actions menu to open Virtual Machine Configuration 2 Click the Hardware button at the top of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to open the pane for editing hardware devices 3 Click the Add button 41 in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and select the device to be added to your virtual machine 157 Advanced Topics Note he Add button is disabled when the virtual machine is running You need to stop the virtual machine before you can use this button L4 Hard Disk Serial Port amp Network Printer 4 lf you selected any device except for a hard disk the corresponding device with a typical configuration is added at once and ready for use If you selected a hard disk you should specify some parameters The hard disk type a new image file or an existing one Select Boot Camp if you want to add an existing Boot Camp partition as a hard disk to your virtual machine The hard disk location Provide the path on your Mac to the existing image file or the path and name for the new image file By default Parallels Desktop offers to save the new image file in the virtual machine PVM bundle The hard disk size for the new hard disk image file 158 Advanced Top
224. t CD ROM drive gt Drivers Sound 0S82 directory Select the ALC Codec feature and click the Install button 4 Restart the guest operating system Set File Type Associations When working with Parallels Desktop you may need to open an OS X file in some Windows application or a Windows file in some OS X app If you often need to do so SmartSelect allows you to make your OS X files always open in Windows applications as well as make your Windows files always open in OS X apps Note his functionality is available only for Windows XP and later versions with Parallels Tools installed p 135 Associate OS X files with a Windows application To make some type of OS X files always open in a Windows application do the following 1 Right click an OS X file and choose Get Info 144 Advanced Topics In the Open with section click the Open with menu and choose Other Navigate to Macintosh HD gt Users gt lt user name gt gt Applications Parallels and open the required virtual machine folder Select a Windows application you want choose Always Open With and click Add Click Change All and close the file info menu Now all files of this type will open in the selected Windows application Associate Windows files with an OS X application To make some type of Windows files always open in an OS X application do the following 1 Right click a Windows file and choose Open with gt Choose default program 2 Select the OS X app
225. t the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click Hardware and then click Network 3 Inthe Network pane make sure that the Connected and Shared Network options are selected Note In the MAC address field you can change the MAC address currently assigned to Windows MAC addresses are automatically generated when you first set up Windows on your Mac However you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC adaress field or clicking the Generate button When entering a new MAC address make sure that it is unique within your network For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Apply Separate Network Settings to Windows When operating in the Bridged Ethernet mode Windows appears on the network as a stand alone computer with its own IP address and network name Note The Bridged Ethernet networking mode is more complex than the Shared Networking mode and you may need to contact your system administrator to configure It properly SEseseseen E ooh l W popra IP addaa Internet LLEI PELeeeeceas gt a Quest O81 O IP Acikcioen LD Your Mac To configure Windows to work in the Bridged Ethernet mode 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar and choose Configure 95 Use Windows on Your Mac If the Parallel
226. ter Windows wakes from sleep for example new emails in email applications and new event updates in Calendar will update while your Mac is in sleep To use Power Nap your computer must be compatible See Apple com for more information To enable Power Nap 1 On your Mac choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Energy Saver 2 Depending on whether your Mac is working on batteries or is plugged make sure Enable Power Nap while on battery power or Enable Power Nap while plugged into a power adapter is selected Note To learn more about Power Nap please refer to the OS X help resources 105 Use Windows on Your Mac Translate Words in Windows If you re working with Windows and come across a word you don t know you can easily look it up in Mac OS X Dictionary Just hover the mouse cursor over the word and either press Control Command D or tap don t click the touchpad with three fingers Notes 1 Parallels Tools p 137 must be installed in Windows 2 When you hover the mouse over a word the mouse cursor should change from arrow R to text selection Il You cannot look for words depicted on pictures 106 CHAPTER 5 Advanced Topics This chapter is intended to give you additional information on how to work with Parallels Desktop and virtual machines In This Chapter WVORK WT IIIA NCO Sc sects poeta tgs yeaa ects eeatirectnna E E AE 107 Use Other Operating Systems ON Your MaC cceccseecsseeeeee
227. ter and at the top of the guest OS window when you are running in Window mode To change the virtual machine name 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure 111 Advanced Topics If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Click General and type a new name in the Name field The length of the name is limited to 50 characters Clone a Virtual Machine Clone a Virtual Machine If you need an exact copy of a virtual machine you can clone it A clone is a separate virtual machine fully identical to the original one To make a clone 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center select the virtual machine you want to clone it must be shut down and choose File gt Clone 3 Choose where you want to store the clone By default Parallels Desktop stores clones in your Documents gt Parallels folder 4 Click Save to start cloning the virtual machine Create a Linked Clone of a Virtual Machine A linked clone is a virtual machine that shares virtual hard disks with the parent virtual machine This technology allows multiple virtual machines to use the software installed on the parent virtual machine hard disk This way users can save space on the Mac s hard disk To create a linked clone 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center select the virtual machine you want t
228. that require lots of memory like 3D or video production programs it s best to set the memory allocation towards the high end of the range move the slider to the right If not it s usually best to set it closer to the middle Note No matter how much memory RAM your Mac has the maximum amount of memory that can be assigned to Windows is 16 GB However if you re using Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac Enterprise Edition the maximum amount of memory that can be assigned to Windows is 64 GB If you change this setting and then you don t like how Windows is performing then try a different setting Note If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock fi icon Te at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required Optimization Settings Using Optimization settings you can Optimize performance for either Mac OS X applications or Windows programs 99 Use Windows on Your Mac Tune Windows for speedier performance or more graphical features lf you re using a MacBook or other portable computer optimize your computer for better battery life or higher performance Conserve disk space To access Optimization settings 1 Doone of the following Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure lf the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the t
229. the Create Primary DOS Partition option if you are going to have only one partition or less than four and enter Other choices are for the case when you want to create more than four partitions 5 Then Fdisk prompts you to define the size of the primary partition Press Return Enter if you wish to create a partition of the maximum size available To define other size type N and press Return Enter You will be prompted to specify the size Fdisk creates the partition and then prompts you to restart the computer virtual machine Reboot the virtual machine using the same image of the boot floppy disk That is press Ctrl Option Ctrl Alt to release the keyboard input and then click the Shut Down button to stop the virtual machine Then click the Start button 8 When the booting is complete you should format the system drive C Enter the following command format c Confirm that you want to format the disk c when prompted Type y and press Return Enter You may be prompted to choose how exactly to format your disk Windows 95 98 supports FAT16 and FAT22 file systems FAT16 partition cannot be greater than 2 GB Larger disks can be formatted with FAT32 But do not use larger disks if you are going to run legacy applications The program starts formatting the disk C Format other disks too if you created more than one primary partition or if you created a custom virtual machine with more than one disk Use E F drive letters
230. the Mac menu bar 178 Advanced Topics If you want to connect two virtual machines with each other you need to create a serial port emulated by a socket in each virtual machine The names of the serial ports should be identical The connection between the virtual machines via serial ports is bidirectional It means that the working modes of the sockets set during the port creation can be changed later in the Serial Port pane If you need to log the performance activity of your virtual machine or to record the data from it and use this information later on you can connect your virtual machine serial port to an output file on the physical computer You will be able to view and analyze the activity history of the virtual machine any time you need by exploring this file You can add a new serial port to your virtual machine using Add Hardware Assistant For the instruction on how to add serial ports refer to Adding and Removing Devices Note You can connect up to four serial ports to a virtual machine 0 90 Windows 8 1 Hardware H e a General Options Hardware Security Search I CPU amp Memory Boot Order 0 Video Mouse amp Keyboard ie Print H Floppy Disk k CD DVD 1 jet Hard Disk 1 E Serial Port 1 Network 1 Printer 1 Sound 4 USB amp Bluetooth iW Connected Source dev cu Bluetooth Incoming Po tp Restore Defaults al Click the
231. the installation When the installation is complete click Restart to restart the virtual machine or wait for about 2 minutes and it will be restarted automatically To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine use the Options tab in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Reinstall or Update Parallels Tools To reinstall Parallels Tools 1 Start Windows p 30 Once Windows starts if Parallels Desktop is in Coherence mode click the Parallels icon Il in the menu bar and choose Exit Coherence 2 When Windows boots up choose Reinstall Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu This option is available only if Parallels Tools are up to date If Parallels Tools are outdated you will see the Update Parallels Tools option instead Check Whether Parallels Tools Have Been Installed You can easily confirm whether Parallels Tools were installed Start your virtual machine and look at the status bar of its window If the tip Press Ctrl Alt to release the mouse and keyboard appears in the status bar of the virtual machine s window this means that Parallels Tools were not installed When Parallels Tools are installed you do not need to press any key to release the mouse and keyboard they are released automatically Parallels Tools for Linux Parallels Tools can be installed in Linux guest operating systems that comply with the following requirements glioc 2 3 4 and later libstdc 3 4 6 and
232. this device name in the sidebar Note If this device is absent you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices ARET Windows 8 1 Hardware 1 A p Q General Options Hardware Security Search iz Se ROY Automatic Sharing W Web cameras ae 7 SOOT HEL Bluetooth devices T Video Mouse amp Keyboard USE 3 0 support W Enable ie Print Ld Floppy Disk USB Connection Preferences gt CD DVD 1 ed Hard Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network 1 im Printer 1 Sound E USB amp Bluetooth Restore Defaults rr a Click the lock to prevent further changes In the USB amp Bluetooth pane you can Disable camera sharing Enable Bluetooth devices sharing Enable USB 3 0 support Once USB 3 0 support is enabled you can immediately start using USB 3 0 devices with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 To be able to use USB 3 0 devices with Windows 7 Vista XP you must also install the USB 3 0 driver in Windows The driver can be found here 182 Advanced Topics Note You can also use USB 3 0 devices in the guest versions of OS X 10 7 4 with the latest updates installed OS X 10 8 and Linux guest operating systems that support USB 3 0 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock icon rE at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in
233. tion tokens updated successfully Configuring a Network in Linux When setting up network in Linux you may need to configure the DHCP client to send the virtual machine s ID in DHCP requests For information on how to configure your DHCP client refer to the DHCP client documentation For example in Red Hat Linux guest OSs you need to edit the DHCP client configuration file 1 Open the dhclient conf file and make sure that the following lines are present interface etho send dhcp client identifier 1 lt MAC address gt 2 If there are no such lines add them manually to the file and save it When the dhclient conf file contains these lines DHCP client sends the virtual machine s ID to the DHCP server The DHCP server sends an IP address in response Tip To locate the dhclient conf file in a terminal enter strings sbin dhclient grep etc grep dhclient conf Or rpm ql dhclient 198 Tips and Troubleshooting Installing the GCC Package and Kernel Sources In Linux When installing or upgrading Parallels Tools in a Linux virtual machine you may need to install the gcc package and kernel sources in your Linux guest OS Kernel sources can be either downloaded from the Internet or installed from Linux distribution disks To install the gcc package and kernel sources in the RHEL Fedora CentOS Linux distribution enter the following command in a terminal yum install gcc kernel devel make To install the gcc
234. to deploy a template into a new virtual machine Speech Parallels Desktop allows you to operate your virtual machine by using the soeech commands If you want to do that select Enable sooken commands and make sure that the virtual machine window is active and the speech settings are properly tuned on the corresponding tab of Mac OS X System Preferences If the speech settings are not tuned you will see the To enable this option you should turn on speakable items in System Preferences warning message To tune the speech settings click System Preferences To view the list of all sooken commands available to manage your virtual machines please refer to Enable Spoken Commands Feedback To participate in the Customer Experience Program select the corresponding option If you join this program Parallels will collect information about your Mac and virtual machines configuration The collected information will helo us to make the product better fit your needs If you join only the following types of data will be collected hardware configuration of your Mac software configuration of your Mac and virtual machines the names and versions of the operating systems and software installed in them configuration files of virtual machines 149 Advanced Topics Any types of private information like your name e mail address phone number and keyboard input will not be collected For more details visit the Customer Experienc
235. to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock il icon E at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required 176 Advanced Topics Printer Port Using the Printer Port settings you can configure the virtual machine printer port settings A virtual machine can have up to three printer ports To edit the device settings do the following 1 Click the Parallels icon II in the menu bar and choose Configure Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select this device name in the sidebar Note If this device is absent you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices 650A Windows 8 1 Hardware iP a l i General Options Hardware Security Search E CPU amp Memory Boot Order MP Video Port USB Mouse amp Keyboard im Print H Floppy Disk k CD DVD 1 jet Hard Disk 1 Serial Port 1 Network 1 Sound J USB amp Bluetooth iW Connected Source Default printer Restore Defaults a Click the lock to prevent further changes Select the Connected option if you want the
236. together with other files stored in Mac OS As a consequence files stored on your virtual machine s hard disk will be also backed up since the virtual hard disk file HDD is stored inside the virtual machine bundle file PVM Warning Time Machine backups can guarantee safety only when your Parallels virtual machines were stopped or suspended during the backup To restore some of your Windows files 1 From within the Finder and not within Time Machine locate the backup copy of your virtual machine s file PVM on your backup disk Right click the file and choose Show Package Contents In the virtual machine contents window right click the virtual hard disk file HDD that is usually named lt VirtualMachine sName gt hdd and choose Open With gt Parallels Mounter 4 Using Parallels Mounter browse the contents of your virtual machine s hard disk to find the files you need to restore Use Third Party Backup Utilities You can use any third party backup utilities you like Registered Parallels Desktop users can use Acronis Online Backup p 124 to back up their Windows virtual machines Note Acronis doesn t support backing up virtual machines that use Boot Camp as their hard disks Clone the Virtual Machine You can create a complete clone of the virtual machine using Clone Virtual Machine Assistant For details see Clone a Virtual Machine p 112 113 Advanced Topics Copying the Virtual Machine Files You can
237. trator password 11 Do one of the following To add a new key combination click the Add button _ _ f2 Use Windows on Your Mac To remove a key combination from the Keyboard menu select it and click the Remove button Z To edit an existing key combination double click the key combination or select it and click the Edit button Click modifier keys to select or deselect them If you wish change the character in the text field To PSR cel ew car O Clear Cancel OK Create New Keyboard Shortcuts You can press certain key combinations called keyboard shortcuts to quickly trigger various actions in Parallels Desktop For example you can press Command Control F to switch Windows to Full Screen mode You can use existing keyboard shortcuts you can see them in the Parallels Desktop gt Preferences gt Shortcuts gt Application Shortcuts pane and you can also create your Own To create a new keyboard shortcut 1 a Ff O N Make a note of the name for the command you want a shortcut for as it appears in a menu in Parallels Desktop For example if you want to create a new shortcut for switching to Full Screen mode you can see by opening the View menu in Parallels Desktop that the name of the menu item is Enter Full Screen Se Virtual Machine Devices Wind Enter Coherence Enter Full Screen Enter Modality Parallels Desktop File v Use All Displays in Full Screen Use M
238. tual machine to a template The difference between these two ways is that when you convert a virtual machine to a template you can t run it until you convert the template back to the virtual machine And when you clone a virtual machine to a template the template appears separately from the virtual machine and you can work with both 115 Advanced Topics A template in its turn can be converted or deployed back to the virtual machine When you convert a template it turns back to the virtual machine And when you deploy it the resulting virtual machine appears separately from the template and you can work with both Convert a Virtual Machine to a Template To convert a virtual machine to a template 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center select the virtual machine you want to convert it must be shut down and choose File gt Convert to Template Convert a Template to the Virtual Machine To convert a template back to the virtual machine 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center right click the template you want to convert and choose Convert to Virtual Machine Clone a Virtual machine to a Template To clone a virtual machine to a template 1 Start Parallels Desktop 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center select the virtual machine you want to clone it must be shut down and choose File gt Clone to Template 3 Choose where you want to store the resulting templ
239. u bar You may find it useful while working with Windows in Coherence p 39 when the guest OS desktop is hidden 4 CG 19 23 Parallels Q As soon as you switch to Mac the input language in OS X menu bar changes back to the language that was set before you started working with Windows To make this feature work properly Parallels Tools p 137 must be installed and the same input languages must be available in Windows and OS X To learn how to add input languages please refer to the help resources for these operating systems Change Windows Input Language From OS X Menu Bar To change the Windows input language from the OS X menu bar 1 Click Windows or your Windows application to make It active 2 Choose the language you need from the Inout menu available in the OS X menu bar OQ amp BS EB Ge 19 12 Parallels Q v EUS German E Spanish fi French Show Input Source Name Open Language amp Text Preferences 74 Use Windows on Your Mac Note he language you re selecting from the Inout menu must be also available in Windows To learn how to add a language to the list of input sources in Windows please refer to the Windows help resources If the Input menu isn t available in OS X menu bar you can set it to show by doing the following In Mac OS X choose Apple menu gt System Preferences and click Language amp Text Click Input Sources Select the language or languages you want to use from the sideba
240. u work with your Mac applications Or you may want to stop Windows from running so more of your computer s resources are available for your Mac applications There are a few ways to stop Windows You can Suspend Windows Pause Windows Shut down Windows Stop Windows 35 Use Windows on Your Mac Suspend Windows Suspending Windows conveniently freezes all running Windows programs and settings in their current state Do one of the following If you are using OS X Lion or Mountain Lion quit Parallels Desktop Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar press and hold the Option Alt key and choose Actions gt Suspend If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen choose Actions gt Suspend The next time you start Windows or open a Windows program you resume your progress from exactly where you left off When Windows is Suspended you can safely quit Parallels Desktop and resume your progress later Note If you are using Mac OS X Lion or later and you shut down or restart your computer or quit Parallels Desktop Windows is automatically suspended The next time you start up Parallels Desktop you can resume working with Windows from where you left off If your Windows is encrypted p 93 you will have to resume it manually Pause Windows You can temporarily pause from using Windows and free your computer s resources such as RAM and processor cycles to be used by your Mac applications by doin
241. ulator wasn t able to create the virtual mnae hire Generic failure grid where all page Background Transpar m Height Auto gt m Height gt ions gt Outout Show output from Build 7 E Deploy started Project PhoneAppl Configuration Debug Any CPU Deploying c users alev documents visual studio 2012 Projects Phone ppil Phoneippiibini Debug ho Connecting to Emulator WWGA 512MB If so close Visual Studio and start Hyper V Manager Blend tor Visual Studio 012 Microsott Silveright Myper V Virlual Hyper V Manager Machine Connection 194 Tips and Troubleshooting 5 Select the virtual machine you re going to use to develop or test software for Windows Phone the default virtual machine is Emulator WVGA 512MB open the virtual machine configuration settings and change the number of processors from 2 to 1 Hyper V Manager Emalea WVGA S2chi ley Hardware Processor Aad Hardware BIOS You can modify the number of virbual processors based on the number of processors on the physical computer You can also modify ether resource contre settings sate dvi TE Rasouice contro a IDE Controller 0 YOU can uee resource contro to balance pepources among virtual machines Had Drie Vitual machine reaeree percentage H E JDE Controler 4 Percent of total system resources ai Windows Phone Emulator internal hat Virtual unk percantage LO
242. ults 153 Advanced Topics Host Only Networking Settings To make changes to the host only networking settings click Network Change settings in the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences The following window will appear Shared Show in System Preferences N Enable IPv4 DHCP Start Address 10 37 129 1 End Address 10 37 129 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Subnet 10 37 129 0 iW Enable IPv6 DHCP Subnet FDB2 2C276 F4E4 1 Prefix Length 64 Restore Defaults Cancel mei 7 In this window you can make the necessary changes to the settings of the Parallels DHCP servers for IPv4 and IPv6 These servers enabled by default automatically assign IP addresses to the virtual machines operating in the host only networking mode To disable any of these servers clear the corresponding option Click OK to save the changes otherwise click Cancel To restore the default settings click Restore Defaults For more information on configuring the host only networking settings refer to Use Host Only Network Settings p 96 154 Advanced Topics Advanced settings In the Advanced pane you can configure the Parallels Desktop additional settings To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Actions menu or click the Parallels icon Il in the Mac menu bar and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar eo Ooo Windows 8 1
243. use menu allows you to set how to use a mouse Auto detect for games his is a recommended default setting If you re working with a guest OS application the mouse moves freely between the guest operating system and Mac OS X However when you start a game SmartMouse automatically captures the mouse input in the virtual machine so that you couldn t move the mouse to Mac OS X by mistake and automatically releases the mouse when you quit the game Optimize for games If your mouse accidentally moves to Mac OS X when you re playing a game select this option to make the mouse work in the virtual machine only Don t optimize for games In some rare cases SmartMouse may detect an application as a game and the mouse starts working incorrectly with the application If you have this problem choose Don t optimize for games Mouse Pointer Sticks at Edges When working with a virtual machine in Window view mode p 43 you may often need to move the mouse pointer to the edges of the virtual machine window to display various guest OS items for example to display the Start menu in Windows 8 hidden taskbar in Windows XP or OS X menu bar when any of the guest OS X applications is running in full screen 76 Use Windows on Your Mac The Mouse pointer sticks at window edges option makes the mouse pointer pause for a while at the edges of the virtual machine window and you won t move the mouse outside of the virtual machine window by mistake
244. varies from 50 MB to 200 MB Memory Overcommitment If you have several virtual machines running simultaneously and you are trying to start one more virtual machine you may come across the memory over commit If so Parallels Desktop informs you with the corresponding message If you start one more virtual machine this may significantly slow down all your virtual machines To solve this problem you can Stop one or several of your running virtual machines or Edit your virtual machines configurations so they consume less memory Windows Seems Slow If Windows performance seems slow try the following Quit applications and programs you aren t using If you run a number of memory consuming applications and programs simultaneously Windows performance may become slow Quit any applications that you aren t using You can also use Activity Monitor located in the Mac OS X Finder in Applications gt Utilities to see how much of your Mac s memory each application is using That way you ll have a better idea of which applications cause performance to degrade the most 188 Tips and Troubleshooting Change how much memory is allocated to Windows Parallels Desktop is set to allocate a certain amount of your Mac s available RAM memory to Windows and the rest to Mac OS X If too much memory is allocated to Windows Mac OS X may slow down which in turn can cause Windows programs to slow down because they re running on top of Mac OS X I
245. ve the fad extension and 1 44 MB size Initialize a Newly Added Disk After you added a new blank virtual hard disk to the virtual machine configuration it will be invisible to the operating system installed inside the virtual machine until the moment you initialize it Initializing the New Virtual Hard Disk in Windows To initialize a new virtual hard disk in a Windows guest OS you will need the Disk Management utility available For example in Windows 7 and Windows XP you can access this utility by doing the following In Windows 7 click Start gt Control Panel gt System and Security gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management Storage gt Disk Management In Windows XP click Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Storage gt Disk Management When you open the Disk Management utility it automatically detects that a new hard disk was added to the configuration and launches the Initialize and Convert Disk wizard 1 Inthe introduction window click Next 2 Inthe Select Disks to Initialize window select the newly added disk and click Next 3 Inthe Select Disks to Convert window select the newly added disk and click Finish 161 Advanced Topics The added disk will appear as a new disk in the Disk Management utility window but its memory space will be unallocated To allocate the disk memory right click this disk name in the Disk Management utility window and select New S
246. via web interface Note To set up a network printer you should have root privileges 3 Download and install an appropriate printer driver For detailed information on installing the printer driver refer to the printer manufacturer s documentation 4 Start Common UNIX Printing System In the Terminal type the commana etc init d cups start 5 Start a web browser and type either the IP address of your virtual machine or http 127 0 0 1 631 Click the Add Printer button In the Add New Printer window specify a printer name Under this name the printer will be displayed in the guest operating system You can also enter the printer description and location When ready click Forward 8 Inthe Device for lt Printer Name gt window select AppSocket HP JetDirect and click Continue 9 Inthe Device URI for lt Printer Name gt window specify the printer IP address in the following format socket lt printer IP address gt When ready click Continue 10 In the Make Manufacturer for lt Printer Name gt window select the manufacturer of your printer and click Continue 11 In the Model Driver for lt Printer Name gt window select the model of your printer and click Add Printer 12 Enter the root password when prompted 87 Use Windows on Your Mac CUPS performs the installation If the installation is successful the Printer lt name gt has been configured successfully message is displayed Now you can use this printer
247. virtual machine to start up with the printer port connected In the Port field choose the port type If available you re recommended to use the USB port type Connecting a printer to a virtual machine via USB ensures faster data transfer rate than connecting it via LPT Notes 1 You can connect up to 6 USB and up to 3 LPT printers to a single virtual machine 1 7 Advanced Topics 2 You can connect a USB printer only if your virtual machine has a USB controller o 182 If not you can easily add it p 156 In the Source field the source device that emulates this printer port is specified A printer port can be emulated by one of the following devices Printers You can use any of the printers connected to your Mac in your virtual machine Click the Source field and select the appropriate printer from the list For the detailed information on how to set up a printer in your virtual machine please refer to Print from Windows p 81 Real printer port If your Mac has a physical printer port you can connect it to your virtual machine Click the Source field and select the physical port name from the list Output File You can emulate the virtual machine printer port by using an output file Click the Source field and choose an output file from the list or click Choose an output file and specify the path to the desired output file on your Mac If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized change
248. ws application with little configuration needed To do so 1 Start Windows p 30 if it isn t already running 89 Use Windows on Your Mac 2 Connect your Mac to the external monitor or projector as you normally would A message appears asking if you re going to show a presentation Are you going to show a presentation in Parallels Desktop eee eel yp _ Use Mirroring No Yes alt Hold to remember the choice for this display 3 Ifyou want to show the exact contents of your computer s display on the external display or projector select Use Mirroring If you don t select Use Mirroring certain applications such as Microsoft Powerpoint may show a presenter view on your computer while showing only the presentation on the external display or projector 4 Click Yes Windows switches to Presentation mode displayed at full screen on both your computer s display and external display or projector After that you can start showing your presentation Note o learn how to choose on which display the presentation is shown please refer to Help of the application you re using for presentations Important While you re working in Presentation mode changing display settings in Windows may cause the presentation to malfunction Protect Your Data You probably have important documents photos and more on your Mac When running Windows on your Mac it s especially important to protect your data from viruses and unauthor
249. ws notification area in menu bar Select to display the Windows system tray icons in the Mac OS X menu bar Allow applications to switch to full screen Some programs most notably 3D games work best when running at full screen Select this option to allow such programs to take over the full screen when you open them while in Coherence mode 42 Use Windows on Your Mac Disable Windows Aero The Windows Aero theme includes elements such as translucent title bars and animations Select this option to disable the Aero theme for better performance Set Windows to Appear in a Single Window You can set the Windows and programs to appear together in their own window D i ab GP LSS Parallels C ptr To switch to Window mode from Coherence mode do one of the following Click the Parallels icon l in the menu bar then choose View gt Exit Coherence If the Parallels Desktop menus are available in the Mac menu bar click View gt Exit Coherence To switch to Window mode from Full Screen mode do one of the following Press Command Control F Move the pointer to the top of the screen until the OS X menu bar appears and click View gt Exit Full Screen If you re using Mac OS X Snow Leopard or working in Parallels Full Screen mode p 45 press Control Option Alt to display the Mac menu bar Adjust Window Mode Settings You can customize how Parallels Desktop appears and behaves when in Window mode 43 Use Windows on
250. you want to store Windows from the Location menu By default Parallels Desktop stores Windows in your Documents gt Parallels folder To allow all users of your computer to have access to this installation of Windows select Share with other users of this Mac 10 If you want to pre set things like how much memory Windows uses or whether it starts automatically when you open Parallels Desktop select Customize settings before installation You can also adjust these settings after the operating system is installed 11 Click Continue h The assistant installs Windows Once Windows is installed you can start it up by opening a Windows program p 31 or by clicking the power button in Parallels Desktop Control Center Important The first time you start Windows Parallels Tools are installed to allow seamless operation between Windows and Mac OS X Once Parallels Tools are installed you re prompted to restart Windows If you didn t select Express installation in step 6 above you must install Parallels Tools manually p 184 When you install Windows Parallels Desktop creates an administrator account with a blank password Once the installation is complete it is recommended that you change this password Install or Import Windows Note You can also install Windows from a disk image file 0 159 of an installation disc Simply choose the disk image file in step 4 above Parallels Desktop supports ISO DMG CUE and CCD disk im

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