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1. Close all applications in the guest operating system Disable the 3D accelerated window manager if you use any To remove Parallels Tools 1 Start the virtual machine 2 To remove Parallels Tools you should connect and mount the prl tools lin iso image and launch Parallels Tools Installer For detailed instructions see Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS p 79 3 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions When prompted to choose the action to perform select Remove and press Enter 4 When Parallels Tools are successfully removed press Enter to close the window Removing from Mac OS X Server Leopard 1 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest OS 2 To remove Parallels Tools you should connect and mount the prl tools mac iso image and launch Parallels Tools Installer For detailed instructions see Installing Parallels Tools in Mac OS X p 82 3 Open the mounted image of the disc and double click the Uninstall Parallels Tools icon to start the deinstallation In the Welcome window click Uninstall Enter the password when prompted In the Uninstallation window you can see the process of Parallels Tools being removed from the virtual machine 6 In the Uninstallation Completed window click Restart to finish the deinstallation and quit the assistant CHAPTER 7 Working With Virtual Machines This chapter provides the information on how to work with your virtual machines In This
2. Problem Report for Parallels Desktop Do you have a problem with Parallels Desktop Please tell Parallels about this problem by sending this report The report contains technical data to help us understand the problem and improve the product for you No personal information will be collected Note that this report won t be considered as a customer support request Specify the problem type amp Please describe what you were doing when the problem occurred Name Email See Derails Close Gonan Troubleshooting and Limitations 226 In the Specify the problem type field you can select the type of your problem from the list In the next field you can add a short problem description These two fields are optional In the Name and Email fields type your name and email This information will be used by the Parallels support team to address you for more technical details if needed 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 Sending a Report After you revise the problem report components click Send Report The report will receive its unique id number and will be sent to the Parallels support team Checking the Build Number To check the version and build number of the Parallels Desktop software you are using choose About Parallels De
3. If you want to install an application through the network first make sure that your virtual machine is connected to it By default all virtual machines are set to operate in the Shared Networking mode In this mode your virtual machine can access the Internet while being invisible to other computers on the network except your Macintosh computer and other virtual machines running on it For more information on connecting virtual machines to the network and available network modes refer to Networking in a Virtual Machine p 109 The application will be installed on the virtual machine hard disk Working With Virtual Machines 100 Placing an Image on Top of the Virtual Machine Window Parallels Desktop allows you to create images also called clips of the whole Mac OS X desktop or any of its parts When taken these images are automatically placed over your opened virtual machine window and remain visible irrespective of what applications you run or what window you open in your virtual machine For example you can create a clip containing some important information and always have this information right before your eyes when working in the virtual machine You can also take a clip of some part of an application running on your Mac and have it displayed when working with another application in your virtual machine without need to switch between these applications Using clips may prove especially efficient if you are running your virtual machi
4. In the IP Address field indicate the 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 Port Forwarding Settings Port Type TCP Incoming Port IP Address Destination Port Parallels Desktop Preferences 58 3 Click OK to add the rule 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 i TCP Virtual Machine HTTP server Virtual Machine NETWORK TCP 4i S O e Xx your Mac To edit a rule select it in the Port forwarding rules list click the Edit button 41 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 Defaults Parallels Desktop Preferences 59 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 Host Only M 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 M Enable IPv6 DHCP Sub
5. Drag and Drop Tool allows dragging and dropping files between your virtual machines and Mac OS Clipboard Synchronization Tool enables you to easily exchange texts between the virtual machine and your Mac different virtual machines irrespective 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 With this tool you can access your Mac folders from the virtual machine Coherence Tool Shared Profile Tool Shared Applications Tool Shared Internet Applications Tool SmartMount Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Linux Mac OS X Setting Up a Virtual Machine 76 The Coherence tool allows you to work with your Windows applications like if they were Mac applications It hides your Windows virtual machine s window leaving only Windows and Mac applications visible Shared Profile Tool enables you to share your Mac desktop pictures documents downloads music and
6. Applications Settings Using the Applications settings you can configure the applications sharing between Windows and Mac OS To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar Note These settings are available only when Parallels Tools are installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane p 179 Windows 7 VM Options Startup and Shutdown Mi Share Windows applications with Mac Optimization _ Show Windows applications folder in Dock Security Show Dock icons in Coherence only gt Backup Pause Windows when no applications are open Sharing wv Share Mac applications with Windows Coherence hina Web Pages Open in Windows E Modality and sterile Email cavemen Default B lt More Applications gt W Click the lock to prevent further changes Configuring the Virtual Machine 185 Windows Applications Select Share Windows applications with Mac to allow using Windows applications for opening the files in Mac OS X Before using a Windows application in Mac OS X for the first time you should open it once in the virtual machine guest OS If you enabled this option you can configure the follo
7. Parallels Parallels Desktop User s Guide Copyright 1999 2010 Parallels Holdings Ltd and its affiliates All rights reserved Parallels Holdings Ltd c o Parallels International GMbH Parallels International GmbH Vordergasse 49 CH8200 Schaffhausen Switzerland Tel 49 6151 42996 0 Fax 49 6151 42996 255 www parallels com Copyright 1999 2010 Parallels Holdings Ltd 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 http www parallels com trademarks Microsoft Windows Windows Server Windows NT Windows Vista and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Mac is a registered trademark of Apple Inc All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners Contents Introduction 7 Abo t Parallels Desktops 23 4 seth Sich ein Re A RR A ol Be shea Aa ae 8 About This Guides teh ces canes evssavccncdesecduenade ced evecadensasdeevack sceste r E dea eat decededbeeadestsuecebeibsadevsasvecs 9 Organization Of This Guide 00 ec ceessssssecseesececevecseeeecsaecseesecseesecsaeeccsuecaeesecseesecnaeeeesaeeaeeeesneeats 10 Documentation Conventions cccccesccesecesecesecseecseeesecaeecseeeneeeeeeeenseeeseceeeaeceaecaaecaeecaeeeaeeeneeenees 10 Getting Hel
8. Sharing Windows Disks to Mac OS If you want to access your Windows virtual machine volumes from Mac OS X you can enable inverse sharing To do this 1 Start Parallels Desktop and open your Windows virtual machine 2 Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by doing one of the following Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu or A Wh A gt 3 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click the Options tab and select Sharing Click the Configure button on the toolbar of the virtual machine window Select the Access Windows folders from Mac option to enable access to all virtual disks and partitions available in the virtual machine from your Mac You will be able to find the virtual machine disks in the virtual machine PVM bundle Locate the virtual machine bundle in Finder right click its name select Show Package Contents from the context menu and open the Windows Disks folder Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 157 Note By default virtual machines bundles are stored in the Users lt Username gt Documents Parallels folder or in the Users Shared folder To locate the virtual machine bundle right click its name in the Parallels Virtual Machines list and select Show in Finder from the context menu 5 You can also select Mount virtual disks to Mac desktop to mount the shared virtual hard disks to your Mac OS X desktop After you enable this option the virtual machine volumes will be accessible from t
9. ANA Uninstall Parallels Desktop l Select components to uninstall Introduction Components Uninstallation Type Parallels Desktop Uninstallation _ Application Settings Summary Click Uninstall to remove the Parallels Desktop software Select Application Settings to remove the Parallels Desktop settings as well All the files of your virtual machines and the activation information will remain on the disk _ Go Back Uninstall Confirm your choice of the components to be removed by clicking Uninstall Enter your password when prompted and click OK The uninstaller removes Parallels Desktop from your Mac 6 When the removal is complete click Close to quit the uninstaller Installing Parallels Desktop 29 Removing Parallels Desktop Without Installation Disc Parallels Desktop can be removed without the installation disc using the Terminal To remove Parallels Desktop using the Terminal 1 Open the Terminal it is usually available in the Applications Utilities folder and enter the following command sudo sh Library Parallels Uninstaller Parallels Hypervisor uninstaller sh virtualization Note If the Password line appears you will need to enter an administrator s password 2 When Parallels Desktop is removed the following message appears UN_PERCENT 100 UN_OP Uninstall successfull UN_MSG Removed successfully Note The operation of removing Parallels Desktop doesn t remove virtual
10. Do the following 1 Start the virtual machine 2 When the guest OS boots up choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine 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 dev cdrom on media cdrom type iso9660 ro exec nosuid nodev uid 0 skip the next step and proceed to the following one If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on media cdrom type iso9660 ro noexec nosuid nodev uid 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 To 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 DVD drive may appear as dev hdb and the mount point mnt cdrom Some Linux OSs do n
11. 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 Ifyou 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 231 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 To install Parallels Tools do the following 1 Start the virtual machine 2 When the operating system boots up click Virtual Machine and choose Install
12. click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar You can configure the settings in this pane even when the virtual machine is running an Windows 7 VM Options 5 o a loni es General ions Hardware W Startup and Shutdown s pacity e CORNER Transparent Opaque J Security Backup M Keep on top of other windows GB Sharing Ff Capture keyboard and mouse on click 3 Applications Sy Coherence Full Screen 2 Advanced 5 W Click the lock to prevent further changes _ Cancel EC Configuring the Virtual Machine 193 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 To learn how to switch to Modality refer to the Changing View Modes section p 93 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration
13. installing Parallels Tools 75 79 printers in 118 122 supported versions 61 Log messages 53 MAC address 206 MacLook theme 152 Making screen shots 100 101 Making snapshots 134 135 186 Manual update check 27 Memory in virtual machine 14 171 232 required on host computer 17 troubleshooting 232 video memory 197 Migration from PC 72 Modality view 95 192 Mount virtual disks 167 181 Mouse capturing in virtual machine 98 synchronization 75 N Network adapter adding 215 connecting and disconnecting 102 networking in virtual machine 109 Network printer 122 Networking Bridged 111 Host only 112 Shared NAT 109 206 WiFi 113 O OpenGL 106 197 Opening a virtual machine 70 Operating system installing in virtual machine 63 67 supported guest OSs 61 P Parallel port 208 Parallels Desktop activating 22 23 installing 16 18 preferences 42 registering 24 starting 30 uninstalling 28 29 updating 25 upgrading 21 Parallels download center 18 Parallels Image Tool creating new partition 221 222 Parallels Internet Security 104 Parallels Mounter 167 Parallels network adapter 206 Parallels Tools Index 242 installing in Linux 79 installing in Mac OS X 82 installing in Windows 77 overview 75 uninstalling 88 updating 86 Parallels Transporter 72 Parental control 179 Partition creating new in Linux
14. space added to your existing virtual hard disks Configuring the Virtual Machine 219 Initializing the 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 the new virtual hard disk in a Windows guest OS you will need the Disk Management utility available through In Windows Vista Start gt Control Panel gt System and Maintenance gt Administrative Tools gt Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions gt Disk Management In Windows XP 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 Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard 1 In the introduction window click Next 2 Inthe Select Disks to Initialize window select the newly added disk and click Next 3 In the Select Disks to Convert window select the newly added disk and click Finish 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 Simple Volume in Windows Vista or New Volume in Win
15. 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 for 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 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 77 Parallels Tools for Windows Parallels Tools can be installed in the following Windows guest operating systems Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows 2000 Note If Parallels Tools are not installed in these Windows guest operating systems the virtual machines will not get connected to the network Installing Parallels Tools If you created your virtual machine using express installation Parallels Tools were installed automatically after the installation of Windows Otherwise do the following to install Parallels Tools in it 1 2 Start the virtual machine and log in to Windows When Windows boots up connect the Pa
16. you can easily add it by opening its file in Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop supports virtual machines created in Parallels Desktop VMware Fusion Microsoft Virtual PC and VirtualBox To add an existing virtual machine drag its file onto the virtual machines list or 1 Choose Open from the File menu or click the arrow button in the virtual machines list and choose Open Ea New Open Import Download from Website Download Chrome OS Install Kaspersky for Mac 2 Locate the virtual machine file select it and click Open Parallels Desktop virtual machine file has the pvm extension Parallels Desktop 3 and earlier virtual machine file has the pvs extension VMware virtual machine file has the vmx extension Virtual PC virtual machine file has the vmc extension VirtualBox virtual machine file has the xml extension Note Virtual machines created in early versions of Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion may appear as folders with the configuration file stored inside the virtual machine folder If you opened a virtual machine created in Parallels Desktop 4 5 or 6 you will be offered to update Parallels Tools in it Otherwise your virtual machine will be converted to the current Parallels Desktop format first and then you will be offered to install Parallels Tools Please note that conversion may take some time Setting Up a Virtual Machine 71 Using Boot Camp Partition in Virtua
17. 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 d Lock 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 197 Video Settings 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 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select Video in the sidebar Note These settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running an Windows 7 VM Hardware 5 WS General Options Hardware Boot Order Video memory 128 M8 1 bel Foppy Disk ee 1 CD OVO 1 2MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB fd Hard Disk 1 i Enable 3D acceler
18. 224 If you have problems using Parallels Desktop please first view Parallels Knowledge Base http kb parallels com This online resource includes valuable articles about using Parallels Desktop Our friendly technical support team is ready to help Describe your problem and submit a free support request to the Parallels support team http www parallels com en support desktop Telephone support is available on a per incident fee basis For more information please visit the Parallels support http www parallels com en support desktop page Troubleshooting and Limitations 225 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team To help improve the Parallels Desktop quality you can send problem reports to Parallels support team If a fatal error occurs in a virtual machine Parallels Desktop automatically opens the Problem Report for Parallels Desktop window prompting you to send a report If you notice unusual virtual machine behavior you can create a report manually by choosing Report a Problem from the Help menu and filling out the form Parallels Desktop will create a status report and create a screen shot of the running virtual machine Note Parallels team collects error reports and uses them for identifying performance issues but does not respond to them If you need assistance in resolving the issue visit Parallels forum or Support page or log us a support call The Problem Report for Parallels Desktop window looks as follows
19. 255 255 255 0 Subnet 10 211 55 0 Enable IPv6 DHCP Subnet FECO 0 0 FEA9 0 0 0 0 Prefix Length 64 Port forwarding rules Porton Mac Port Type Virtual Machine s IP Address Destination Port Restore Defaults Cancel ex N ne Parallels Desktop Preferences 57 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 For more information about configuring shared networking refer to Shared Networking p 109 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 Port Type 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 Incoming Port field type the number of the incoming port on your Mac
20. 512 16 64 000 g g y y Windows 2003 512 16 64 000 z a d Windows 2000 256 16 64 000 y y y P Other Windows 256 16 64 000 g y y P Red Hat Linux 512 3 64 000 J y d SUSE Linux 512 3 64 000 f y j W Debian GNU Linux 512 3 64 000 y y d Ubuntu Linux 512 3 64 000 2 g D Other Linux 512 3 64 000 y y W 0 FreeBSD 6 x 256 16 32 000 f 4 Ww d FreeBSD 7 x 256 16 32 000 g y W y Other FreeBSD 256 16 32 000 y y y y Other Guest OSs 256 16 8 000 Z 4 4 d Setting Up a Virtual Machine 67 Installing a Guest Operating System You can install a guest operating system in a virtual machine from a CD or DVD disc or from an image file of such a disc Some operating systems are available on CD DVD disc images only In some cases the installation cannot be performed from a real CD DVD disc because of reading problems In such cases it is recommended that you try to install the operating system from a CD DVD disc image of this disc ISO images of CD DVD discs can be created using a third party imaging utility Note MacBook Air users can install guest operating systems from CD DVD disc images only Additionally you can also install a guest operating system using a PXE server via network If you need to install an operating system from floppy disks you can use images of installation diskettes or real diskettes inserted into an external USB floppy disk drive Floppy disk images can be created using third party applications Installing from a CD
21. Ifyou 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 a Lock 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 200 CD DVD ROM Settings 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 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 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose 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 p 215 an Windows 7 VM Hardware en i te r l Sources Mi Connected ua Video en
22. Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose Configure 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware and select Boot Order in the sidebar an Windows 7 VM Hardware a a General Options Hardware Boot Order Boot order a Video Floppy Disk kel Floppy Disk MC HardDisk 2 CD DVD 1 Me Nework A oningy Hard Disk 1 Hard Disk 2 __ Select boot device on startup Serial Port 1 Network 1 Boot flags Printer Port 1 Sound USB Controller 1 r epdpD Th Click the lock to prevent further changes _Cancel OK Configuring the Virtual Machine 196 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 disk 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 The virtual machine will use the CD DVD ROM drive specified as CD DVD ROM 1 in its configuration 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 The virtual machine will use the network adapter specified as
23. Network Adapter 1 in its configuration 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 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
24. 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 Right click the CD DVD drive icon in the virtual machine s window status bar and choose 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 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 80 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 Note In some of the Linux operating systems the mount point for the virtual CD DVD drive may appear as media Parallels Tools 5 In the 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 Tools in the older versions of Linux OSs you have to mount the prl tools lin iso image file manually
25. Paralots Desktop Installation Type 6 Upgrading to Paralois Desktop 6 for Mac n 7 Activating Paraleis Desktop installation 8 Sating Up a Virtual Machine 9 Copyright Notce Validation 10 Contact information Summary enejasiesteniusietuspsssesiessenbsannbenhpssesssttonpeisabestosiesnnsensasunbestesevseennt 1 About Parallels Desktop for Mac C Print C Save GoBack Continue Important Information Note You can return to the previous steps by clicking the Go Back button In the Software License Agreement window carefully read the license agreement We recommend to print the license agreement for your records using the Print button or to save it for future reading using the Save button When you are ready click Continue Introduction Read Me PARALLELS HOLDINGS LTD PARALLELS LICENSES THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT TO YOU SUBJECT TO THE TERMS License CONTAINED IN THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT this Agreement or EULA READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF Feedback THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING COPYING AND USING THIS COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND THE Detection ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION THE SOFTWARE THE 4 SOFTWARE IS COPYRIGHTED AND IT IS LICENSED TO YOU Preparation UNDER THIS EULA NOT SOLD TO YOU BY INSTALLING COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE YOU AGREE Destination Select 75 BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA IF YOU ARE NOT Installation Type WI
26. View Mode Menu To change the virtual machine view mode use the View Mode menu on the status bar This menu is available only when the virtual machine is running To switch to the Coherence mode click the Coherence button Lal To switch to any other view mode click the down arrow button near the Coherence button and select the desired view mode from the menu For detailed information on the view modes see Changing the View Mode p 93 The Virtual Machine Devices In the virtual machine status bar you can find the list of devices connected to the virtual machine This list is available only when the virtual machine is running By default the virtual machine devices list is hidden To see the list click the left arrow button gi near the Configure button Lx 1 00 PM Starting Parallels Desktop 40 The icons for the following devices are displayed on the status bar keyboard ai floppy disk drive B CD DVD drive hard disk amp amp network adapter A sound card K USB controller shared folders serial port printer port If you see the icon in the status bar it means that Parallels Tools are outdated and need to be reinstalled If a device can be connected or disconnected at runtime actually most of the devices can be this can be done using the device s shortcut menu Click the device icon to display its shortcut menu and select the command The picture below shows the shortcut
27. address specified under this option to connect to your virtual machines from Parallels Mobile For more information about Parallels Mobile and using iPhone to manage your virtual machines see Managing Virtual Machines from Parallels Mobile p 141 Locking Parallels Desktop Preferences If you want to prevent Parallels Desktop Preferences from further unauthorized changes click the Lock icon i 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 Parallels Desktop Preferences 53 Advanced Preferences In the Advanced pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can configure some additional settings Change settings Require Password to Create a new virtual machine __ Add an existing virtual machine Remove a virtual machine l Clone or convert a virtual machine or template Speech Enable spoken commands System Preferences Feedback i Participate in the Customer Experience Program Troubleshooting Use detailed log messages Hidden Messages Reset rh Click the lock to prevent further changes Parallels Desktop Preferences 54 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 Click Change settings and the window with net
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29. and click the Download button If your version of Parallels Desktop is up to date you will see the corresponding message eA General Me all Ceneral Keyboard USB Mobile Advanced Virtual Machines Folder C Parallels reJ Dock Icon Live Screenshot E wv Use Start button icon in Coherence Appearance __ Use animations Check for Updates Once a week 4 M Download updates automatically _ Check Now s nm Click the lock to prevent further changes Installing Parallels Desktop 27 Manual Updating Parallels Desktop also enables you to check for updates manually whenever you want Note To check for updates you must register your copy of Parallels Desktop p 24 first To check for updates manually 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 From the Parallels Desktop menu choose Check for Updates The program will immediately start the search for updates While the updater accesses the Parallels update server and compares the available updates with the installed version you can hide this window by selecting Check in background If there is one or more updates available they will be listed in the Parallels Update window Select the update to install and click Install You can also download the update by clicking the Download button To change the download folder type the path into the Download folder field or use the Choose button to locate the folder Note You can install the downlo
30. and the date of creation will be visible in Snapshot Manager when the pointer hovers over the snapshot icon Snapshot Name Snapshot 1 Description Cnet OD Working With Virtual Machines 136 4 Click OK to take a snapshot After the snapshot is created you can continue working with your virtual machine s current state or use any of its snapshots To revert to a snapshot open Snapshot Manager by choosing er Snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu or by clicking the Manage Snapshots button on the toolbar of the virtual machine window To create snapshots automatically configure the SmartGuard settings p 186 Working With Virtual Machines 137 Managing Snapshots You can use Snapshot Manager to revert to a specific snapshot as well as to manage the snapshots To open Snapshot Manager Choose Manage Snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu or Click the Manage Snapshots button 6 on the toolbar of the virtual machine window Note To add this button to the toolbar you should customize it To learn how to do that refer to the Customizing Toolbar section p 41 Using Snapshot Manager you can Create new snapshots and delete the unused ones View the snapshot tree of a particular virtual machine and Select a snapshot to which you want to revert Note You cannot create a snapshot manually or automatically or revert to a snapshot when your virtual machine is paused Virtual Machine S
31. be installed manually Before proceeding to installation choose Virtual Machine gt Install Parallels Tools to connect the drivers installation disc Library Parallels Tools prl tools other iso to your virtual machine When the installation disc is connected you can proceed to installation Video Driver Installation Start the virtual machine and perform the following steps From the Start menu choose 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 A wizard will open In the wizard click Next Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now and click Next oa Ff QOQON a Select Specify a location option Click Browse Locate the following folder on the prl tools other iso connected to the CD ROM drive and click OK Drivers Video Win9x 7 Click Next in the Update Device Driver Wizard and then when the driver is found click Next again 8 Click Finish and then Close to close the Update Device Driver Wizard 9 Click Close to exit the Display Properties dialog box 10 When you are prompted to restart the guest OS in the System Settings Change dialog box click Yes The new settings will be applied after the virtual machine is restarted Setting Up a Virtual Machine 86 Updating Parallels Tools The procedure of updating Parallels Tools depends on the guest operating system where t
32. be started automatically Select Never if you do not want your virtual machine to be started automatically in any case Select When window opens if you want your virtual machine to start automatically when you open it from the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 Select When Parallels Desktop starts if you want your virtual machine to start automatically every time you start Parallels Desktop Startup View The Startup view option defines the mode in which the virtual machine will work after you select it from the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 and start If the Window Coherence Full screen or Modality option is selected the virtual machine will automatically switch to the specified view mode p 93 If the Same as last time option is selected the virtual machine will start in the same mode that was applied to it before it was turned off Action on the Virtual Machine Shutdown The On shutdown option defines the operation to be performed when you stop the virtual machine Select Keep window open if you want the virtual machine window to stay open after the virtual machine is stopped Select Close window if you want the virtual machine window to automatically close after the virtual machine is stopped Select Quit Parallels Desktop if you want Parallels Desktop to quit after the virtual machine is stopped If there are any other running virtual machines Parallels Desktop will ask what to do with them befo
33. 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 assistant 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 assistant 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 t the Lock icon i 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 Parallels Desktop Preferences 56 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 see the following window Shared Host Only M Enable IPv4 DHCP Start Address 110 211 55 1 End Address 10 211 55 254 Subnet Mask
34. click Activate to activate your copy AD Parallels Parallels Desktop 6 f Please type your activation key You can find it on the Parallels Desktop box or in the confirmation email if you purchased the product online Name Organization Activation key Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac 200000 209000 01 2000004 200000 200000 dashes will be added automatically 2 Buy now Get Trial Activate Now that your copy of Parallels Desktop is active you need to register it p 24 Installing Parallels Desktop 23 Trial Activation To get a trial activation key for Parallels Desktop Choose Activate Product from the Parallels Desktop menu In the activation dialog p 22 click Get Trial QO N a Specify your name and e mail address 4 Click the Get Trial button to send this information to Parallels A free trial activation key will be sent to the e mail address you provided When your free trial activation key expires you will need to get a permanent activation key Getting a Permanent Activation Key To purchase an activation key 1 Choose Activate Product from the Parallels Desktop menu 2 In the activation dialog p 22 click Buy Now to open Parallels Online Store http www parallels com buyonline where you can purchase an activation key Installing Parallels Desktop 24 Registering Parallels Desktop After you have activated your copy of Parallels Desktop with a permanent acti
35. follow the steps described in the Sharing Folders and Disks section p 154 Sharing Profile The Shared Profile functionality allows you to make Mac OS X desktop and some of the Home folder items directly accessible from the Desktop and the corresponding folders in the Windows guest OS Note The Shared Profile functionality is available for Windows guest operating systems only To enable Shared Profile select Share Mac user folders with Windows click Configure and specify the following settings Select Desktop to use the Mac desktop as the desktop in your Windows guest OS Select Documents to use the Mac Documents folder on your Mac as the My Documents folder in your Windows guest OS Select Pictures to use the Pictures folder on your Mac as the My Pictures folder in your Windows guest OS Select Music to use the Music folder on your Mac as the My Music folder in your Windows guest OS Select Movies to use the Movies folder on your Mac as the My Videos folder in your Windows guest OS available for Windows XP Vista 7 only Select Downloads to use the Downloads folder on your Mac as the Downloads folder in your Windows guest OS available for Windows Vista 7 only Warning If you delete any Mac OS X file from the Windows desktop when the Mac OS X desktop sharing is enabled you will not be able to find it in Mac OS X Trash or Windows Recycle Bin The file will be permanently deleted from your computer For more i
36. for Windows based virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed The OpenGL2 1 support can be enabled for Linux based virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed Note In Linux based virtual machines Xorg should be of version 7 1 or later Enabling DirectX and OpenGL supportin a virtual machine If your virtual machine does not have Parallels Tools installed 1 Start the virtual machine and install Parallels Tools in it For details refer to Installing Parallels Tools p 74 2 When Parallels Tools are installed shut down the virtual machine To enable DirectX and OpenGL support in the virtual machine configuration 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Inthe Video pane the Hardware group of settings select the Enable 3D acceleration option 3 Click OK to apply the changes Note If the virtual machine is running the new settings will come into effect after you restart the virtual machine Optimizing 3D Graphics Performance in MacBook Pro Some new MacBook Pro computers have two video adapters By default the slower video adapter that saves energy is used If you want to use the faster video adapter for better 3D graphics performance select System Preferences gt Energy Saver gt Graphics gt Higher performance in the Mac OS X menu Working With Virtual Machines Using Touchpad Gestures and Apple Remote You can use the touchpad gestures and Apple Rem
37. gt Printing or Start the Terminal and enter the following command system config printer 3 4 5 In the displayed window click New Printer In the 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 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 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 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 Working With Virtual Machines 120 Setting Up a Printer via Bonjour You can use Apple Bonjour for Windows to share any printer connected to your Mac or to any Mac available on the local network with your Windows virtual machines Note To see the list of all Windows operating systems supported by Bonjour please refer to http support apple com kb d1999 Before sharing a Mac printer with a Windows virtual machine via Apple Bonjour keep in mind that This printer must be itself shared on your Mac T
38. in Finder 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 p 181 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and enable the Mount virtual disks to Mac desktop option Note To be able to edit the settings in the Sharing pane you should have Parallels Tools p 75 installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane p 179 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 the Parallels Virtual Machines list and select Show in Finder from the context menu The default paths for storing Parallels virtual machines are Users lt UserName gt Documents Parallels and Users Shared To 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
39. in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS 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 Alt F1 and enter your login details 3 Choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine 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 pril 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 media cdrom type iso9660 ro exec nosuid nodev uid 0 skip the next step and proceed to the following one If this command returns anything like dev cdrom on media cdrom type iso9660 ro noexec nosuid nodev uid 0 with the noexec option present in parentheses you need to unmo
40. is designed to operate like an ordinary computer application This means that you do not have to change the virtual machine state from running to paused suspended or stopped before putting your Mac to sleep In sleep mode the applications running on your Mac including Parallels Desktop and all virtual machines do not consume any resources and quit automatically As you start your Mac all the applications are automatically up and running again Setting a Restriction on Changing the Virtual Machine State If you select the Change virtual machine state option in the Security pane p 179 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog you will have to provide your administrator password each time you want to start stop suspend or otherwise change the virtual machine state To edit the security settings of your virtual machine 1 Select Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Select the Options tab of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and go to the Security pane Working With Virtual Machines 93 Changing the View Mode Switching to the Full Screen Mode You can run a guest operating system in the Full Screen mode p 95 when the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen and all Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden To see the Mac OS X Dock and the Parallels Desktop menus while working in the Full Screen mode press Ctrl Alt To switch to the Full Sc
41. its applications for the moment the suspend was invoked A file containing memory dump for the suspended virtual machine For a running virtual machine it is a temporary virtual memory file A bundle of files that represents a virtual hard disk of a Parallels virtual machine When you create a virtual machine you can create it with a new virtual hard disk or use an existing one Image files of CD or DVD discs Virtual machines treat ISO and DMG images as real CD DVD discs A floppy disk image file Virtual machines treat FDD images as real diskettes If you install a Windows guest OS in the Express Windows installation mode Parallels Desktop creates the unattended fdd floppy disk image file and places it to the virtual machine folder The file is required for Windows Server 2003 Windows XP and Windows Vista installation Output files for serial and parallel ports The output txt files are generated when a serial or parallel port connected to an output file is added to the virtual machine configuration For a virtual machine that has any Windows OS installed starting from Windows 2000 the following subfolders are created automatically in the virtual machine folder The Windows Applications folder This folder contains aliases for the Windows applications installed in the virtual machine Aliases are used for supporting the file extensions transparency The Windows Disks folder This folder contains aliases for the Windows di
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43. machine to always start in the Crystal variation of the Coherence view mode open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog p 170 and do the following 1 Inthe Coherence pane p 188 choose Use Crystal mode 2 In the Startup and Shutdown pane p 174 choose Coherence from the Startup view menu 3 Click OK to save the changes Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 150 After that the virtual machine will be started in the Crystal variation of the Coherence view mode every time you start this virtual machine To switch the virtual machine from Crystal to the Window mode click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar and select the Exit Coherence option Note You can switch from Crystal to the Window mode only You can then switch from Window to any other view mode p 93 Using Mac OS X Shortcuts When your virtual machine is switched to Crystal you can use Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts when working with the guest OS applications Actions Shortcuts To close the active window of the running application Cmd W To close all windows of the active application Cmd Q To switch between the windows of the active application Cmd To hide the window s of the active application Cmd H To minimize the active window of the running application Cmd M To hide all windows that doesn t belong to the active application Cmd Opt H Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 151 Working in Full Screen In the Full Screen mode the g
44. machines and their files from your Mac 30 CHAPTER 4 Starting Parallels Desktop To start Parallels Desktop open the Applications folder in Finder and double click Parallels Desktop Ail E Mail a coo E Photo Booth w Preview A master QuickTime Player Applications Safari Documents In This Chapter The Welcome Window cccccccccececeseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseeseeeeseseseseeeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeees 31 Parallels Virtual Machines List ccccccccccccecscesesessssseseseseseseseseseseeeseeeseseseeeeeeeseseseeeeees 33 Virtual Machine Wind0W 0 0 ccccccccesseeesesesesesesesssesesssesesseeseeeseseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeseeeeeeees 36 MENU S aene EA EET boc teueu saat ceeantanss tiabsacesavuawsieinrsatcdiueca vag ies 38 Status Balitar eneee e a oan ssc EE Er EE EE EEPOSE ETENEE 39 Customizing Too Dar isssc ssiseitiessdccinstevidieavindeasiitiecioand Ben acs a E EER EE a dnd Sir RAEE E EEES 41 Hiding and Showing Parallels Desktop eee eee eescesecsseceseeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeseeeaeeeseeeaeseaesnaeenaeee 41 Starting Parallels Desktop 31 The Welcome Window When you start Parallels Desktop for the first time you will see the Welcome window that will help you start working in Parallels Desktop The Welcome window provides you with fast access to the most common Parallels Desktop dialogs and assistants If you want to start working with the virtual machines already registered
45. may edit the list by selecting the applications to open files with particular types of extensions bat K cdf cmd htm inf ini js jse Jog odc reg scp Sct You can edit file associations for the application Notepad in the list below Extension Windows Application O Notepad Notepad Notepad O Notepad O Notepad Notepad O Notepad Notepad O Notepad Notepad Notepad O Notepad Notepad O Notepad SelectAll Mac Application O Finder O Finder O Finder O Finder Safari Finder Finder Safari Finder Console O Finder Finder Finder e Finder Select ail a Cancel Cox 4 Find the txt extension select the Notepad application and click OK to save the associations From now on all txt files stored in Mac OS X will open in Notepad Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 164 When trying to open a file stored in Mac OS X with the associated Windows guest OS application mind the following If the virtual machine containing this application is shut down suspended or paused double clicking the file will start or resume this virtual machine When the guest OS boots up the file will open in the application Ifthe virtual machine containing this application is deleted or removed from the Parallels Virtual Machines dialog you will not be able to open the file with the associated application In this case choose another
46. menu for the CD DVD drive JS m m ee ae 1 oo v MATSHITA CD RW CW 8124 oe Disconnect Real CD DVD Connect Image Configure You can also connect CD DVD discs or images of discs to the virtual machine s CD DVD drive or connect a floppy image to its floppy drive in the following way drag the required image file over the CD DVD drive icon on the Parallels Desktop status bar For more information please refer to the Changing Configuration at Runtime section p 102 To add devices to the virtual machine configuration or remove them from the configuration follow the instructions described in Adding and Removing Devices p 215 Starting Parallels Desktop 41 Customizing Toolbar To change the appearance of the toolbar items right click the toolbar and use the shortcut menu commands Icon amp Text Use this command if you want the toolbar to display both the icon buttons and names icon Only Use this command if you want the toolbar to display only the icon buttons Text Only Use this command if you want the toolbar to display only the name buttons Use Small Size Use this command if you want the toolbar buttons to appear in a smaller size Remove Item Point to a toolbar item and use this command if you want to remove this item from the toolbar Customize Toolbar This command opens the toolbar settings pane See the description below To customize the set of toolbar buttons and i
47. menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Click Hardware and select Network Adapter in the list In the Network Adapter pane select the adapter you want to use from the Type list and make sure the Connected option is enabled Note 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 4 Click OK If you cannot configure your virtual machine to function in the Bridged Ethernet mode you can consider using another networking mode Shared Networking p 109 or Host Only Networking p 112 For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Working With Virtual Machines 112 Host Only Networking Parallels Desktop provides a closed network that is accessible only to the primary operating system and virtual machines running on it The primary operating system is connected to this network via the Parallels Host Only Networking adapter automatically created on the physical computer during the Parallels Desktop installation The addresses for the virtual machines connected to this netwo
48. operating system running in your virtual machine choose Make Screenshot from the View menu The first screenshot file will be named Parallels Picture png and placed on the Mac OS X desktop The next screenshots will have the same name with an appropriate number added Working With Virtual Machines 102 Changing the 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 If printer and serial ports are present in the virtual machine configuration you can also manage them at runtime You can configure any of these devices in one of the following ways Use the necessary command from the Devices menu in the menu bar This menu is available only when the virtual machine is running Click a device icon on the status bar p 39 and choose the command from a device shortcut menu The status bar displays the devices information when the virtual machine is running Drag an image file iso or fdd or a shared folder on the appropriate device icon in the status bar This option is available only for CD DVD ROM drives floppy drives and shared folders Connecting a CD DVD ROM or a Floppy Drive If you have several CD DVD ROM drives connec
49. option allows you to discard or apply the changes you made to the virtual machine hard disk during your working session If you choose to discard them the changes will be discarded when you shut down the virtual machine When you start this virtual machine again its virtual hard disk will have the same data it contained before you started the previous working session If you choose to apply the changes on the virtual machine shutdown the next time you start this virtual machine its virtual hard disk will store the changes you made during the previous working session Note When enabled the Undo Disks feature is applied to all virtual hard disks this virtual machine uses You can choose whether you want to discard the changes you made to the virtual machine hard disk or choose the action to perform in the On shutdown field Discard changes Select this option if you want to discard the changes when you shut down this virtual machine Ask me what to do If this option is selected you will be prompted to choose the action to perform with the changes discard or apply them each time you shut down the virtual machine Note 1 You cannot create snapshots of virtual machines that have the Enable Undo Disks option enabled Note 2 The Enable Undo Disks option cannot be enabled for the virtual machines using the Boot Camp partition Encrypting the Virtual Machine Encryption allows you to protect your virtual machine from being accessed
50. previous versions 21 RL handling 165 184 SB configuring USB 214 using USB devices in virtual machine 114 ideo memory 197 iew modes 93 95 irtual appliances 73 irtual hard disk adding new virtual disk 202 215 218 backing up data 125 134 browsing in Mac OS 167 changing format 202 configuring 202 disk formats 14 217 HDD file 14 236 increasing capacity 202 irtual machine backing up 125 cloning 129 color 33 configuring 170 creating 60 deleting 142 exploring 167 opening 33 70 pausing 91 resetting 90 resuming 90 91 saving state 134 shutting down 90 starting 90 suspending 90 91 typical configurations 66 virtual machine files 14 Virtual machine configuration 170 Virtual machine technology overview 13 Virus protection 104 VMware virtual machine using in Parallels Desktop 70 WwW Web applications 165 Welcome screen 31 WiFi 113 Window view mode 93 95 Windows Aero 188 Windows applications adding to Dock 159 adding to Favorites 159 Parallels Tools 75 77 Windows applications folder 14 144 148 Windows disks folder 14 Windows taskbar in Coherence mode 144 Index 244
51. release it back to your Mac It may be convenient if you want the mouse pointer to always stay inside the virtual machine window in the Window and Modality view modes p 93 Note You can define another hot key combination for releasing the mouse in the Keyboard pane p 45 of the Preferences dialog Ifyou select Auto the option will automatically become disabled Off each time you use a game graphic application or any other program that uses its own mouse pointer instead of using the operating system pointer The option will be automatically enabled On after you quit the application Mouse Wheel Horizontal Scrolling You can use the mouse wheel horizontal scrolling when working with windows of virtual machine applications This feature is available only if Parallels Tools p 74 p 16 are installed in the virtual machine Working With Virtual Machines 99 Using Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine If you want to send a key combination to a running virtual machine do one of the following Press the key combination that you want to send to your virtual machine when the keyboard input is captured inside the virtual machine window p 98 Click the keyboard icon E in the virtual machine status bar and click the key combination that you want to send to your virtual machine or Click the Devices menu point to the Keyboard item and click the key combination that you want to send to your virtual machine Using Keyb
52. remove encryption from a virtual machine follow these steps 1 Select the virtual machine but do not start it and choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Goto the Options tab and click Security 3 In the Security pane p 179 click Turn Off Important Information If you clone p 129 an encrypted virtual machine the virtual machine clone will be also encrypted If you convert an encrypted virtual machine to a template p 130 and then deploy it to multiple virtual machines the resulting virtual machines will be also encrypted Working With Virtual Machines 128 If you have two virtual machines using the same virtual hard disk hdd file and then you encrypt one of them the other virtual machine will have no access to this hard disk If you encrypt a virtual machine with snapshots p 134 and then revert to any of its snapshots the virtual machine will remain encrypted To start this virtual machine you will have to enter the password that you specified during the encryption procedure Using Safe Mode If you do not want a virtual machine to store the changes you make to it during the working session you can start this virtual machine in Safe Mode To be able to start the virtual machine u in Safe Mode you need to add the Safe Mode button to the Parallels Desktop toolbar first To do this 1 Right click the toolbar in the virtual machine window and choose Cu
53. 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 If your host computer has a recordable optical drive you can use it to burn CD or DVD discs in a virtual machine Configuring the Virtual Machine 218 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 fdd extension and connected to the virtual machine Parallels Desktop treats floppy disk images like real diskettes Parallels Desktop supports floppy disk image files that have the fdd extension and 1 44 MB size Initializing the Newly Added Space This section provides some general guidelines on initializing new virtual hard disks or new
54. starting the connection make sure you have the necessary synchronization software installed in your virtual machine The Palm device appears in the list of USB devices available for usage in the virtual machine and the data synchronization process starts If you encounter problems when synchronizing the Palm OS device with your virtual machine click Cancel on the screen of the Palm device to terminate the process and start the synchronization again Note It is not recommended to change the USB port for the Palm device or connect other USB devices to your Mac during the synchronization session Setting Up a Printer in a Virtual Machine There are three basic ways to set up printing in a virtual machine You can Share any of the printers connected to your Mac computer via a printer port of your virtual machine Set up a printer via Apple Bonjour Printer wizard Note Apple Bonjour printer is available for Windows guest OSs only Use a network printer You can also connect a USB printer directly to your virtual machine In this case the printer will not be available to Mac OS X For detailed information see Connecting USB Devices to a Virtual Machine p 114 Working With Virtual Machines 118 Sharing a Mac Printer You can share any printer connected to you Mac with your Windows or Linux virtual machine The printer will be available through the virtual machine printer port To share your Mac printer 1 Launch Parall
55. sure that your guest operating system complies with the requirements listed above Alternatively you can connect the Parallels Tools ISO image file manually right click the CD DVD ROM icon in the virtual machine s window status bar and choose Connect Image In the Finder window go to the hard disk folder normally named Macintosh HD select the Library Parallels Tools folder select the prl1 tools mac iso file and click Open to connect it to the virtual machine 3 In the virtual machine open the Parallels Tools disc and double click the Install to start the installation In the Welcome window click Continue and follow the assistant s instructions When the installation is complete click Restart to exit the assistant and restart you virtual machine To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine use the Options tab in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Reinstalling Parallels Tools To reinstall Parallels Tools remove them p 88 first and then install them again using the above procedure 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 i
56. system will either be detected automatically or you will be asked to select it manually from the list If you are going to create a Windows or Linux virtual machine you may be offered to use Express Installation which is available for most of the popular Windows and Linux operating systems In the Express Mode the operating system and Parallels Tools are installed automatically with no interaction needed To use Express Installation you will need to provide for Windows the Windows product key a user name and password for Linux a user name and password If you are installing one of the recent Windows systems starting from Windows 2000 you will need to choose the level of integration between your Windows and Mac OS applications and files You can choose one of the following ways of working with your Windows applications Like a Mac You will be able to work in both Windows and Mac applications on the single Mac OS Desktop and your Mac desktop as well as the documents pictures music videos and downloads folders will be shared with Windows Like a PC your Windows will run in a separate window and your Mac files will not be shared with Windows but you will be able to drag and drop files between the systems as well as copy text AGN New Virtual Machine Assistant Integration with Mac How do you want to work with your Windows applications Like a Mac Make my Windows applications work like Mac application
57. the Full Screen mode to see the result To set an action for a screen corner click the field near this corner and select the desired action from the menu Window On clicking the corresponding active corner the virtual machine will switch to the Window view mode Coherence On clicking the corresponding active corner the virtual machine will switch to the Coherence view mode p 144 Modality On clicking the corresponding active corner the virtual machine will switch to the Modality view mode Show menu bar On clicking the corresponding active corner the Mac OS X menu bar and Dock will appear Adjusting the Host Computer Screen Resolution to the Virtual Machine Resolution in Full Screen When you switch the virtual machine to the Full Screen mode its screen resolution changes to the physical computer screen resolution if you have Parallels Tools installed or remains the same In the second case if the virtual machine screen resolution is lower than that of your physical computer in the Full Screen mode the virtual machine screen will appear on a black background If the virtual machine screen resolution is higher than that of the host computer in the Full Screen mode the virtual machine screen will have scroll bars To adjust the screen resolution of your physical computer to that of the virtual machine select the Adjust Mac resolution in full screen option In this case your computer will change its scree
58. the icon in the Dock 1 Right click Control click the Windows application icon in the Dock 2 Choose Keep in Dock from the shortcut menu Clicking a Windows application icon in the Dock starts the virtual machine and the application in it The virtual machine is automatically switched to Coherence Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 146 Using the Windows Taskbar By default both Windows taskbar and Mac OS X Dock are visible You can use any of the Windows taskbar elements right from Mac OS X Desktop You can hide the Windows taskbar by choosing View gt Hide Windows Taskbar When the Windows taskbar is hidden it is convenient to use the Start button icon in the Dock If you click this icon the Windows Start menu appears To display this icon select the Use Start button icon in Coherence option in the Parallels Desktop general preferences p 42 Sharing your Windows and Mac applications You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows guest OS and vice versa The list of Parallels Shared Applications is created during the Parallels Tools installation This list includes your Mac OS X applications and is available when you choose All Programs gt Parallels Shared Applications from the Windows Start menu You can select any application from the list and start it Right click a file in Mac OS X or Windows and choose any available Mac OS X or Windows application from the Open With list Note To share your
59. to close the assistant The resulting virtual machine will have the same configuration as the original template Working With Snapshots A snapshot is a saved state of the virtual machine Snapshots can be created manually or automatically when the virtual machine is running After you make a snapshot you can continue working with the virtual machine and revert to the created snapshot at any time of your work Snapshots are stored inside the virtual machine bundle p 14 in the Snapshots subfolder Each snapshot has a number of files including the sav file that contains the virtual machine s state the mem file that contains the memory dump for the virtual machine and other different files of the virtual hard disk Note Snapshots are not backup copies or clones p 129 of your virtual machine You cannot use them alone without your virtual machine or move them from the virtual machine bundle You may need to make snapshots in the following cases If you are configuring software that requires a lot of settings you may want to explore the settings functions before selecting them For testing the settings create snapshots at branching points If you want to mark milestones in the development process If something goes wrong you can always revert to the previous state or create a branch of snapshots starting with the particular milestone snapshot Note 1 Snapshots cannot be created for virtual machines that use the Boot Camp
60. upgrading procedure for Parallels Desktop is the same as for its installation See Installing Parallels Desktop p 18 You don t have to remove the previous version of Parallels Desktop before installing the upgrade it will be removed automatically during the installation Using an Upgrade Activation Key When you open Parallels Desktop 6 for the first time you will be prompted to activate your copy If your previous version was activated using a full key not a trial one you will need to provide the upgrade key only Otherwise you may be prompted to confirm that you have a valid full key for the previous version If you activated Parallels Desktop with a trial activation key you will be prompted to enter two keys the upgrade activation key for Parallels Desktop 6 and a full or upgrade key for the previous version f you purchased the previous version of Parallels Desktop but haven t installed it on your Mac you will need two keys to activate Parallels Desktop 6 the upgrade activation key for Parallels Desktop 6 and a full or upgrade key for the previous version Upgrading the Virtual Machine Configuration and Updating Parallels Tools When you start a virtual machine created in the previous version the upgrading procedure starts and runs automatically During the upgrade the virtual machine configuration and Parallels Tools are processed The virtual machine can be used in Parallels Desktop 6 only after it is upgraded In
61. virtual machines you can remove it from the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 You will be able to add it back to the list p 70 later To remove a virtual machine from the list stop it if it is running and do one of the following Drag the virtual machine from the Parallels Virtual Machines list Right click the virtual machine name in the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 and choose Remove from the context menu In the displayed window click Keep File Do you want to keep the virtual machine files or move them to Trash Keep the files to be able to use this virtual machine in future If you move the files to Trash the virtual machine will be deleted Move to Trash Cancel j Keep Files Deleting a Virtual Machine from Your Mac To delete a virtual machine from your Mac permanently stop it if it is running and do one of the following Right click the virtual machine name in the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 and choose Remove from the context menu In the displayed window click Move to Trash Delete its files from the disk manually The virtual machine files are stored in the Users lt Username gt Documents Parallels folder or in the Users Shared folder by default Each virtual machine is represented by a single PVM file Warning Before deleting the virtual machine make sure that none of the virtual machine files like virtual hard disk are used by other virtual machines 14
62. when the virtual machine is not running an Windows 7 VM General oan l x t General Options Hardware Name Windows 7 VM LY Windows 7 cpus 1 fea Memory _ _ WKaKIY 668 MB 4Me 512 MB 108 2ce 468 sci Tb Click the lock to prevent further changes Cancel ox 9 Configuring the Virtual Machine 172 General Settings include the following The virtual machine name The Name field displays the name assigned to the virtual machine The length of this name is limited to 50 characters The name of the virtual machine is displayed in its guest OS window p 36 The guest OS type and version This field displays the type of the operating system installed in the virtual machine or declared to be installed in the future The OS type and version field should reflect the real operating system type and version installed in the virtual machine The number of processors The CPUs field allows you to change the number of virtual CPUs that will be used to handle the processes running in the virtual machine The maximum allowable number of virtual CPUs is automatically calculated by Parallels Desktop The calculation is based on the number of physical CPUs available 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 The memory amount In the Memory field you can set the amount of R
63. will still be connected to this virtual machine If you want Parallels Desktop to remember your choice press the Alt button on the keyboard and keep holding it when choosing where to connect a USB device The next time you plug this USB device into your Mac it will be automatically connected to the destination you specified in this dialog To change the destination use USB Preferences in the Preferences dialog p 42 If you do not want Parallels Desktop to display this dialog each time a USB device is plugged into your Mac configure USB Preferences in the Preferences dialog p 42 To be able to use the USB device in the virtual machine you may need to install the necessary drivers in the guest OS By default such drivers can be obtained from the manufacturers of this device Note If you plug a USB 1 1 device into the USB 2 0 port the port will be identified as USB 1 1 To disconnect a USB device from your virtual machine do one of the following Right click the USB controller icon in the status bar p 39 and click this USB device listed in the context menu or Click the Devices menu p 38 point to the USB item and click this USB device in the displayed submenu Note 1 If your virtual machine is working in Full Screen p 93 press Ctrl Alt to access the Devices menu Note 2 If your virtual machine is working in Coherence p 144 right click the Parallels Desktop icon or Start button icon in the Dock and y
64. 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 12 In the Completing the Bonjour Printer Wizard window click Finish You can start using the newly added printer to print documents from your virtual machine Working With Virtual Machines Setting Up a Network Printer You can install a network printer directly into a guest operating system Before installing a network printer in a guest operating system make sure that Your Mac can access the Internet 122 The virtual machine is configured to work in either the Shared networking mode p 109 or Bridged networking mode p 111 and can access the Internet too The user account in the guest OS from which you are going to set up the printer has permission to access the network printer You know the printer IP address After that you can log in to your guest OS and install a network printer In a Windows Guest Operating System 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 a Windows 7 or Windows Vista guest operating system 1 Open the Windows Start menu and select Control Panel
65. 00 Changing configuration at runtime 102 default folder for virtual machines 42 toolbar icons set 41 view modes 93 Changing hard disk format 202 Chrome OS 73 Cleaning up unused space 202 Clips 100 Cloning virtual machine 129 Coherence 144 162 Compressing virtual disks 205 Configuration file 14 236 Configuration editing 170 Connecting devices 39 215 Connecting USB devices 49 114 214 Converting third party virtual machines 70 Copying and pasting 168 CPU virtual 171 Creating a virtual machine 60 Creating new partition in Linux 222 in Windows 221 Crystal view 148 D Default folder for virtual machines 42 Default key combinations 45 Deleting virtual machine 142 Devices adding 215 configuring 195 removing from virtual machine 215 DHCP scope 53 109 Disconnecting devices 102 215 Disk format 202 Disk size changing 202 205 Dock adding Windows application to 159 using Dock in Coherence 144 using Dock in Full Screen 151 Documentation feedback 12 Drag amp Drop 168 DVD ROM drive adding 215 configuring 200 connecting disconnecting 39 102 removing 215 E Editing virtual machine 170 Enabling 3D acceleration 106 197 Encrypting virtual machine 179 Exchanging data 154 168 Expanding disks 202 217 Exploring virtual machines 167 Expose in virtual machines 144 Express nstallation 63 F F8 key 229 Faster virtual ma
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67. 179 disabled In the Optimization pane p 176 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 does not fit your needs anymore you can change its size Click the Edit button and the dialog for changing the disk size will appear 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 204 Size 64 0 C8 Q 10 G8 32 C8 64 C8 256 CB 1 T8 278 rd Resize file system al Expanding disk _ Split the disk image into 2 GB files To change the disk size drag the slider or type the new size in the Size field Select the Resize file system option if you want to change the file system size Ifyou select the Resize file system option when increasing the disk size the additional disk space will be added to the last volume If you clear the Resize file system option 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 see Initializing the Newly Added Space p 218 If you select the Resize file system option when decreasing the disk size the disk will be decreased via removing the unallocated sp
68. 2 Serial Port 1 wv Connected Source amp 10 30 1 199 req Network 1 anpbDeia Sound USB Controller TT 4 lt En Th Click the lock to prevent further changes _ Cancel Configuring the Virtual Machine 209 Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the printer port connected 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 Setting Up a Printer in a Virtual Machine p 117 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 changes click the Lock icon al at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configur
69. 2 In the 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 3 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 In the 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 3 Clear the Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use option if it is selected 4 When ready click Next Working With Virtual Machines 123 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 the guest operating system you can use it to print documents from your Windows XP virtual machine To add a network printer in a Windows XP guest
70. 222 creating new in Windows 221 expanding existing parition 223 Password protection 179 Pausing virtual machines 91 Permanent activation key 23 Plain disks 217 Port forwarding 109 Power saving 176 Pre configured virtual machines 73 Preferences for Parallels Desktop 42 Primary operating system definition 236 supported primary OSs 17 Printer setting up a Bonjour printer 120 setting up a network printer 122 205 sharing Mac printer 118 Printer port 208 Problem report 225 Protecting virtual machine by password 179 PVM file 14 PVS file 14 R Reducing disk size 205 Registration 24 Releasing keyboard and mouse 98 Remapping keys 45 Removing devices 215 Parallels Desktop 28 29 Parallels tools 88 snapshots 137 virtual machine 142 Reporting problems 224 225 Restoring hidden messages 42 53 Resuming virtual machines 90 S Safe Mode 128 179 SAV file 14 91 Screen Resolution 75 190 197 Screen shots for problem reports 225 of virtual machine 101 Screen tearing prevention 197 Searching Parallels disks 167 Security settings 53 179 Serial port 210 Setting preferences 42 Setting up a printer 117 Shared applications 159 162 165 Shared folders 154 157 Shared network NAT 109 206 236 Shared Profile 158 181 Shared web applications 165 184 Sharing files and folders 154 181 Windows disks to Mac OS 154 167 181 Short
71. 3 CHAPTER 8 Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides a number of features that ensure better integration between Mac OS X and your virtual machine The first step in integrating your virtual machine with Mac OS X is the installation of Parallels Tools p 74 in your virtual machine Parallels Tools are a set of utilities that provide basic integration of Mac OS X and virtual machines Parallels Tools are available for Windows Linux and Mac OS X guest operating systems For Windows virtual machines Parallels Tools also provide a set of advanced integration features that make your work with Mac OS and Windows even more coherent These features include Coherence Shared Applications and others In This Chapter Working in Coherence 22 80 ceresds Saaeteles leh ccege tn n deh eta ed eee etic 144 Working in Pull Screemis isn sS iti sett earn ath a E a a TS 151 Using the MacLook Theme in Windows 0 ce ceseesceseceseceseeseeeeeeeeeneesaeeeaeecaaecnaesaecnaeeaeens 152 Sharing Applications and Files cee ceecescesecsseeeeseesseeeseesseecaaecsaecaeceaeceaeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeeees 154 Browsing Virtual Hard Disks in Finder eee eeeeceseeeeceseceeeeseeeeeeeesaeeeaeecaaecsaecaecnaeeaeens 167 Copying and Pasting Between Mac and Windows ccescesceseceeeeeeeeeeeeeesecaecnaeceaeenseeees 168 Enabling Parental Control in a Virtual Machine ces ceeeeeceeeceseeeeeeeeneeeseeeseeeaaecaaeenaeens 169 Integratin
72. 3 In the Connect To column double click the destination field to open the list of available destinations and choose the virtual machine you want to connect this device to If you want to connect this USB device to your Mac choose Computer Note 1 To be able to use the USB device in a virtual machine you may need to install the necessary drivers in its guest OS By default such drivers can be obtained from the manufacturers of this device Note 2 You can connect up to eight USB 2 0 devices and up to five USB 1 1 devices to each virtual machine You can change an assignment by editing the device and destination in the USB Device and Connect To fields To remove an existing assignment select it in the Permanent assignments list and click the Remove button 1 For more information about using USB devices in a virtual machine refer to Connecting USB Devices to a Virtual Machine p 114 Locking Parallels Desktop Preferences If you want to prevent Parallels Desktop Preferences from further unauthorized changes click M the Lock icon id 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 Parallels Desktop Preferences 51 Mobile Preferences In the Mobile pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can set up external connections to Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines from Parallels Mobile application inst
73. 3 In the Virtual Machine Snapshots window choose the snapshot and click the Go To button You can also right click the snapshot and choose Go to Snapshot from the shortcut menu or just double click the snapshot Note If after the Parallels Desktop update you decided to revert to one of the snapshots made before the update you will see the message that a new Parallels Tools update is available We recommend you to install them to work effectively with the virtual machine 4 If you revert to a snapshot from an unsaved state of the virtual machine you will see the notification about that Click Yes if you want to proceed without saving the state Click No if you want to save the state and then go to the needed snapshot If you want to revert to the previous snapshot made on the same branch of snapshots use the Revert To Snapshot option from the Virtual Machine menu or from the virtual machine main window toolbar If you want to know specifically to which snapshot you will revert you can always see your snapshots tree in Snapshot Manager p 137 Note If you revert to the previous snapshot from an unsaved state of the virtual machine you will see the notification about that Click Yes if you want to proceed without saving the state Click No if you want to save the state and then revert to the snapshot After reverting to a snapshot it is recommended to update Parallels Tools in the virtual machine Deleting a Snapshot 1 Launch Parallels
74. AM that will be available to the virtual machine To configure the main memory limit drag the slider or type the value directly into the Memory field Note If your Mac has 1 GB of RAM it is strongly recommended to assign not more than 512 MB to a single virtual machine The virtual machine description The Notes field displays additional information related to the virtual machine If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 173 Options The virtual machine options include the following settings Startup and Shutdown In this pane you can define a number of parameters related to the procedures of starting and shutting down your virtual machine Optimization p 176 These settings relate to the virtual machine performance Security p 179 These settings determine the overall level of virtual machine isolation from Mac OS X Sharing p 181 In this pane you can manage sharing parameters between the host and guest operating systems Applications These settings relate to sharing applications between the guest Windows OS and Mac OS X Backup p 186 In this pane you can schedule the automatic creation of snapshots Coherence p 188 In this pane yo
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76. DVD disc or its image 1 Open Parallels Desktop and select the virtual machine in the Parallels Virtual Machines list 2 To connect the installation medium open Virtual Machine Configuration by right clicking the machine and choosing Configure from the shortcut menu or choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu 3 Open the CD DVD ROM settings and configure the virtual CD DVD ROM drive settings Ifyou are installing from a real CD DVD Select the Real Device option and specify the real drive to connect in the CD DVD ROM list Insert the CD DVD disc with the operating system files into the appropriate drive of the computer Ifyou are installing from an image file Select the Image file option and specify the path to the image file in the File field Note You can use ISO and DMG images for installing the guest operating system CUE and CCD images may be also supported 4 Click OK in Virtual Machine Configuration to save the changes I 5 Start your virtual machine by clicking Start lox The installation will launch soon after the virtual machine is started Setting Up a Virtual Machine 68 Note When installing a Windows guest OS you may need to press F8 or other function keys in a virtual machine If you use MacBook or MacBook Pro keyboard click inside the virtual machine window to capture the keyboard and mouse input and press Fn F8 combination instead You can configure Parallels Desktop to use any other key for perfor
77. Desktop and choose a virtual machine 2 Open Snapshot Manager by Choosing Manage Snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu or Clicking the Manage Snapshots button in the toolbar of the virtual machine window 3 Select the snapshot you want to delete and click the Delete button if you want to delete only this snapshot If you want to delete all the snapshots that come after it right click the snapshot and choose the Delete Snapshot with children option If you delete an intermediate snapshot the information it contains will be merged into the snapshot that follows it Note You cannot delete the root icon but it gets automatically deleted after you delete all the other snapshots Merging Snapshots Merging is performed automatically when you delete any snapshot except the last one in the branch When you delete an intermediate snapshot the information it contains is merged into the next snapshot of the same branch Working With Virtual Machines 140 If you delete the snapshot belonging to two branches the information is merged into the next snapshot of each branch Note If you delete the snapshot that comes after the root icon and that belongs to two branches the branches will start directly from the initial state icon Managing Virtual Machines Using Spoken Commands Parallels Desktop allows you to use spoken commands for managing the virtual machine behavior The following spoken commands are available Commands Start
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79. ESA 3 0 compatible Video Adapter Up to 256 MB of Video RAM 1 44 MB Floppy Disk Drive mapped to an image file or to a physical floppy drive Up to 4 IDE devices Hard Disk Drive mapped to an image file up to 2 TB each CD DVD ROM drive mapped to a physical drive or to an image file Up to 15 SCSI devices Hard Disk Drive mapped to an image file up to 2 TB each Generic SCSI device Up to 16 Network interfaces including Ethernet virtual network card compatible with RTL8029 Up to 4 Serial COM ports mapped to a socket or to an output file Up to 3 Parallel LPT ports mapped to output file to a real port or to a printer AC 97 compatible Sound Card sound recording support Generic PC keyboard Wheel mouse Each virtual machine is stored in Mac OS X as a bundle of files pvm that contains the virtual machine configuration file pvs the virtual hard disk file hdd and other files of the virtual machine A virtual machine may have the following files Extension pvm PVS File Description A bundle that contains the virtual machine files A virtual machine configuration file It defines hardware and resources configuration of a virtual machine The configuration file is generated when the virtual machine is created Sav mem hdd iso dmg fdd txt Virtual Machine Technology Basics 15 A file created when the virtual machine is suspended It contains the state of the virtual machine and
80. LLING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA DO NOT INSTALL COPY OR USE THE SOFTWARE AND YOU SHOULD Installation RETURN THE PACKAGE TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE WITHIN THIRTY 30 DAYS TO ARRANGE FOR A REFUND OF YOUR Validation PURCHASE Summary Software License Agreement End User License Agreement For Parallels Hardware Virtualization Products 0 THIS EULA IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE SOFTWARE BETWEEN YOU AS EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR A SINGLE BUSINESS ENTITY AND PARALLELS THIS AGREEMENT SUBERCENCS AND OCOI ACES AMY DOIN OOMOrye Ai Print Save GoBack Continue Installing Parallels Desktop 20 In the pop up dialog click Agree if you agree with the terms and conditions of the license agreement 5 In the Customer Experience Program window read about the Parallels Customer Experience Program and click Continue In the pop up dialog click Yes if you want to participate in the program If you don t want to participate click No Note If you choose not to participate you may join the program later using the Advanced pane p 53 of Parallels Desktop Preferences 6 In the Select a Destination window select the hard disk you would like to install Parallels Desktop You can install Parallels Desktop only on the boot volume that is the hard disk where Mac OS X is installed Other disks if any will be unavailable for selection Click Continue Note If you have only one volume
81. Mac OS X and Windows applications you need to disable the Isolate Mac from Windows option in the Security pane p 179 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Windows Applications Folder in the Dock If you selected the Show Windows applications folder in Dock option in the Applications pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog the folder with all applications installed in your Windows virtual machine will be displayed in the Dock You can use this folder to quickly access your Windows applications Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 147 Using Mac OS X Trash You can remove files and folders that you do not need any more by simply dragging them from your virtual machine to the Trash in Mac OS X After a file or folder is removed it is automatically placed to Windows Recycle Bin and can be viewed by choosing Windows Recycle Bin from the View menu You can then restore the file folder by right clicking it and selecting Restore If you wish to empty the Recycle Bin contents choose Empty Windows Recycle Bin from the File menu Using Application Switcher You can switch between any of the running Mac OS X and Windows applications by using Application Switcher 1 While holding down the Command key on the keyboard press Tab You will see the Application Switcher bar across the desktop with all applications running in both Windows and Mac OS X 2 Select the application by clicking its icon in the bar Using Expose Wit
82. Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine p 143 Provides information on how to enhance the integration between Mac OS X and your virtual machine Configuring a Virtual Machine p 170 Provides information on how to change the virtual machine configuration Troubleshooting and Limitations p 224 Provides the solutions for some of the known issues Documentation Conventions Before you start using this guide it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it The table below presents the existing formatting conventions Formatting convention Type of Information Example Items you must select such as Go to the Resources tab menu options command buttons or items in a list Special Bold Titles of chapters sections and Read the Basic Administration chapter subsections Italics Monospace Preformatted Monospace Bold Key Key Used to emphasize the importance of a point to introduce a term or to designate a command line placeholder which is to be replaced with a real name or value The names of commands files and directories On screen computer output in your command line sessions source code in XML C or other programming languages What you type as contrasted with on screen computer output Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another Introduction 11 These are the so called EZ templates To destroy a Container ty
83. Parallels gt Parallels Mounter from the shortcut menu You can mount the following virtual machines and hard disks Parallels bundle pvm or configuration file pvs or virtual hard disk file hdd VMware configuration file vmx vmwarevm or virtual hard disk file vmdk Virtual PC configuration 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 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 Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 168 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 amp next to the disk icon Note If a hard disk that has several volumes was mounted and you want to open it or the virtual machine using it in Pa
84. 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 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 http 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 speech commands select Enable spoken commands in the Advanced pane p 53 of Parallels Desktop Preferences and if necessary tune the speech settings on the corresponding tab of Mac OS X System Preferences Working With Virtual Machines 141 Man
85. VM 1 hdd Bi Size 64 0 G8 amp amp c8 32 GB 64 G8 128 GB 512 GB 278 Split the disk image into 2 GB files Expanding disk Cancel One 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 219 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 Virtual Machine 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 E in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Note If you accidentally click the Remove button i click Cancel in Virtual Machine Configuration Once you click OK the device will be removed Configuring the Virtual Machine 217 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 Supported Types of Hard Disks Parallels virtual ma
86. ace and decreasing the size of the disk partitions If you clear the Resize file system option 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 clearing the Expanding disk option If you want the virtual hard disk to be split select the Split the disk image into 2 GB files option option Note For more information about virtual hard disk types please refer to Support for Virtual and Real Disks p 217 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the i Lock 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 205 Compressing Virtual Hard Disks If you use an expanding p 217 virtual hard disk in 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 you can compress the virtual hard disk The hard disk image file size will be decreased and as a result there will be mo
87. ace 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 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 217 virtual hard disk in 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 p 134 and with the Undo disks option p
88. achine sName gt hdd and choose Open With gt Parallels Mounter Using Parallels Mounter browse the contents of your virtual machine s hard disk to find the files you need to restore For more information about Parallels Mounter refer to Using Parallels Mounter Using Third Party Backup Utilities Working With Virtual Machines 126 You can use any third party backup utilities you like Registered Parallels Desktop users can use Acronis True Image Home for free to back up their virtual machines You can download this application from Parallels Download Center http www parallels com download Cloning the Virtual Machine You can create a complete clone of the virtual machine using Clone Virtual Machine Assistant For details see Cloning a Virtual Machine p 129 Copying the Virtual Machine Files You can locate your virtual machine in Finder and create a backup copy of the virtual machine file PVM 1 In the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 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 Parallels Virtual Machine p 14 3 Copy the virtual machine s PVM file to a safe locati
89. aded update later by locating it in Finder and launching the installer B00 fz Parallels Update An updated version of Parallels Desktop is available If you are not ready to install now you can use the Parallels Update preferences to check for updates later Update Name Version Size E Parallels Desktop 6 0 2926 372 5 MB Download folder Library Preferences Parallels Choose p Download Install Cancel Installing Parallels Desktop 28 Specify your user name and password to start the installation and click OK Follow the instructions of the Parallels Desktop installer to install the update Note If the installer displays a list of conflicting applications quit these applications to be able to proceed with the installation 6 When the update is installed click Close to quit the installer Removing Parallels Desktop To remove Parallels Desktop 1 Locate and open the DMG installation image file that you used to install Parallels Desktop and double click Uninstall 2 Inthe Welcome dialog click Continue In the Select components to uninstall window select the components you want to remove and click Uninstall Selecting the Application Settings option removes the Parallels Desktop settings network settings and the list of registered virtual machines from your computer Note The operation of removing Parallels Desktop doesn t remove the virtual machines and their files from your Mac
90. aging Virtual Machines from Parallels Mobile Parallels Mobile allows you to remotely access your Parallels Desktop virtual machine and its applications from your iPad iPhone or iPod touch Parallels Mobile lets you access any virtual machine running in Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac use any Windows application in your virtual machine from Internet Explorer to Outlook remotely start stop and reset virtual machines stay connected via WiFi or 3G networks access your Windows applications from anywhere over the Internet optimize for either speed or graphics performance Configuration instructions Before installing Parallels Mobile make sure your copy of Parallels Desktop is registered and you have at least one virtual machine with an operating system and Parallels Tools installed 1 In Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac choose Parallels Desktop gt Preferences click Mobile and log in to your Parallels account using the email you provided when registering Parallels Desktop Leave your Mac powered on to be able to connect to it from Parallels Mobile Download Parallels Mobile from the App Store and install it on your iPad iPhone or iPod touch 4 Open Parallels Mobile and log in to your Parallels account using the email and password you used to register your copy of Parallels Desktop 5 Your Mac will appear in the list of available Macs Tap it to access your virtual machines Working with Your Virtual Machine 1 To begi
91. al machine 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 Configuration an administrator s password will be required Configuring the Virtual Machine 215 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 it virtual hard disk drive CD DVD drive floppy disk drive network adapter serial port 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 To be able to connect any virtual device to a real one you should have system privileges to access 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 Virtual Machine 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 Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and select the device to be adde
92. al 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 Troubleshooting and Limitations 234 If Your Virtual Machine Is Slow The most common reasons why a virtual machine becomes slow are as follows Reason 1 Not enough memory or CPU time on your Mac If you run a number of memory consuming applications on your Mac and a virtual machine simultaneously the virtual machine performance may become slow because your Mac does not have enough memory or CPU time In this case use Activity Monitor Mac OS X utility to view what applications consume your Mac s memory If you do not really need these applications for example you forgot to close them or you are going to use them later quit them Reason 2 Not enough memory set to the virtual machine The amount of memory set to a virtual machine by default p 66 is usually enough for the guest operating system and applications that do not consume much memory for example Microsoft Office However if you run memory consuming applications you need to increase the amount of memory set to the virtual machine You can do this on the General tab p 171 of the virtual machine configuration Reason 3 Antivirus software may slow down your virtual machine Your virtual machine may become slower after you install antivi
93. alled on your iPad iPhone or iPod touch Parallels Mobile lets you access any virtual machine running in Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac use any Windows application in your virtual machine from Internet Explorer to Outlook remotely start stop and reset virtual machines stay connected via WiFi or 3G networks access your Windows applications from anywhere over the Internet optimize for either speed or graphics performance You can download Parallels Mobile for free from the App Store Download Parallels Mobile for free to access your virtual machines from iPad iPhone or iPod touch J App Store To allow Parallels Mobile to access your virtual machines through the Internet log in to your Parallels account with the email you used to register Parallels Desktop Email parallels mobile gmail com Password Parallels Mobile Server Forgot Password Use these computer name and user name to connect to your Mac from Parallels Mobile Mac Name J Appleseed s Mac Mac User Name appleseed Direct connection _ Connect Parallels Mobile directly to my Mac Use appleseed as the User Name and appstore test parallels net of 195 214 235 107 as the IP Address to connect Parallels Mobile directly to your virtual machines Eh Click the lock to prevent further changes Parallels Desktop Preferences 52 There are two ways to connect Parallels Mobile to your Mac and virtual machines through th
94. alone computer with its own IP address and network name To configure your virtual machine to access the Internet via WiFi 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Select the Hardware tab and click Network Adapter Select Bridged Networking gt AirPort from the Type list and make sure the Connected option is enabled 4 Click OK After you perform these steps your virtual machine will be able to connect to the Internet through the AirPort adapter of your Mac Note If the WiFi bridging does not work in your virtual machine try to enable the Send the host s MAC address to DHCP server option in the Network Adapter pane to ensure that the virtual machine gets a valid IP address from the WiFi access point for accessing the Internet If you cannot configure your virtual machine to function in the Bridged Ethernet mode you can consider using another networking mode Shared Networking p 109 or Host Only Networking p 112 For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Bridging a Virtual Machine to VLAN If your Mac is a VLAN virtual local area network member Parallels Desktop allows you to bridge the virtual machines running on the Mac to this VLAN To bridge a virtual machine to the VLAN do the following 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine me
95. application to open this file using the Open With list accessible through the shortcut menu The SmartSelect File Associations After You Remove Parallels Desktop If some types of Mac OS X files are associated with certain Windows applications after you remove Parallels Desktop it will be impossible to open them in the Windows applications they are associated with When you try to open such a file after Parallels Desktop is removed you will have to choose a Mac application to open this file using the Open With list accessible through the shortcut menu To restore the SmartSelect file associations reinstall Parallels Desktop on your Mac and register the virtual machine that has the associated Windows applications installed Opening Files in Windows Guest OS With Mac OS X Applications To make the description of opening files in Windows guest OSs with Mac OS X applications more vivid let us assume that you have the doc txt file stored in the Windows guest OS and you want to open it with TextEdit If you want to open the doc txt file with TextEdit only once right click this file choose Open With from the shortcut menu and select TextEdit If you want to open all txt files stored in this Windows guest OS with TextEdit from now on 1 Right click the doc txt file choose Open With from the shortcut menu and click Choose Program 2 Select TextEdit choose Always use the selected program to open this kind of file and click OK to sa
96. are the hardware resources of the physical computer between the primary operating system the operating system installed on this physical computer and multiple virtual machines running on this computer The virtual machine technology can be successfully used on computers that support the Intel virtualization technology Intel WT x This technology allows Parallels Desktop to emulate virtual processors inside virtual machines Intel VT x implemented in the architecture of the new Intel processors is specially developed for platforms running multiple operating systems VT x processors allow more precise emulation of virtual processors To learn more about Intel virtualization technology visit the Intel website Virtual Machine Technology Basics 14 Parallels Virtual Machine Taking the best from the virtual machine and Intel virtualization technologies Parallels Desktop enables you to create virtual machines with a variety of virtual hardware devices A Parallels virtual machine works like a stand alone computer with the following hardware Device CPU Motherboard RAM Video Adapter Video RAM Floppy Disk Drive IDE Devices Hard Disk CD DVD ROM Drive SCSI Devices Hard Disk Generic Device SCSI Network Interfaces Serial COM Ports Printer LPT Ports Sound Card Keyboard Mouse Description Up to 8 core Intel Celeron CPU Intel 1965 chipset based motherboard Up to 8 GB of RAM VGA and SVGA with V
97. at 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 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 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 212 S
98. ate a virtual machine template and use it to create new virtual machines There are two ways of creating a virtual machine template Convert an existing virtual machine into a virtual machine template Clone an existing virtual machine to a virtual machine template If you choose to convert a virtual machine into a template this virtual machine will change its operating system icon to a template icon in the list of virtual machines and it will be available as a template only You will not be able to run it as a virtual machine If you do not want to convert a virtual machine into a template but need to make its copy with the same configuration you can make a clone of this virtual machine that will be used as a template To convert an existing virtual machine into a template 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 Choose the virtual machine you want to convert into a template from the list of Parallels virtual machines p 33 3 Choose Convert to Template from the File menu 4 The virtual machine will become a template and will have a different icon indicating that it is a template To clone a virtual machine to a template Launch Parallels Desktop 2 Choose the virtual machine you want to clone to a template from the list of Parallels virtual machines p 33 3 Start Clone to Template Virtual Machine Assistant by choosing Clone to Template from the File menu 4 In the Name and Location window specify the name and location fo
99. ation an administrator s password will be required Configuring the Virtual Machine 210 Serial Port Settings In the Serial Port pane you can configure the virtual machine serial port settings To edit the device settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose 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 p 215 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 virtual machine status bar p 39 If you want to connect two virtual machines with each other you need to create a serial po
100. ation fei Hard Disk 2 wv Enable vertical synchronization Serial Port 1 Network 1 Printer Port 1 Sound USS Controller D or ul Click the lock to prevent further changes Cancel ene Configuring the Virtual Machine 198 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 memory 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 the Enable 3D acceleration option For more information refer to Using 3D Graphics Applications p 106 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 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 Configurati
101. ation Tool Installation In OS 2 and eComStation you have to launch Clipboard Synchronization Tool manually This tool is an ordinary application and should be treated as such If you want Clipboard Synchronization Tool to start automatically when your guest operating system is started copy the Pr1Clip exe tool file to the virtual machine s hard disk and include it into the autostart group startup cmd file or another file used in the guest operating system for similar purposes Clipboard Synchronization Tool is located in the lt CD ROM drive gt ClipBrd 0S2 directory on the CD image containing Parallels Tools Sound Driver Installation Before installing Sound Driver make sure you have the multimedia support installed in the OS 2 guest OS To install Sound Driver 1 Click the System Setup icon on the system panel 2 Select Install Remove line and then select Multimedia Application Install 4 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 84 In the IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager 2 Installation window choose the CD DVD drive then the lt CD ROM drive gt Drivers Sound 0OS2 directory Select the ALC Codec feature and click the Install button Restart the OS 2 guest operating system Network Driver Installation To install Realtek RTL8029 driver inside the OS 2 Warp version 4 5 1 2 Click the System Setup icon on the system panel Click the MPTS Network Adapters and Protocol Services icon to open the Multi Protocol Transport S
102. ations running in the virtual machine spend much time on shutting the guest operating system down and then starting it again To suspend a virtual machine do one of the following I Click the virtual machine state menu in the status bar p 39 and choose Suspend or Choose Suspend from the Virtual Machine menu You can see the progress of saving the virtual machine state Note You can only view the configuration of a suspended virtual machine If you want to edit it you will have to stop the virtual machine I To resume a suspended virtual machine click the virtual machine state menu in the status bar p 39 and choose Resume or choose Resume from the Virtual Machine menu Pausing a Virtual Machine Pausing a virtual machine releases the resources such as RAM and CPU currently used by this virtual machine The released resources can then be used by the host computer and its applications or by other virtual machines running on the host computer To pause a virtual machine do one of the following 1 Yi Click the virtual machine state menu in the status bar p 39 and choose Pause or Choose Pause from the Virtual Machine menu When a virtual machine is paused its window is grayed out To continue running the virtual Or machine click the virtual machine state menu TJ in the status bar p 39 and choose Resume or choose Resume from the Virtual Machine menu Working With Virtual Machines 92 Parallels Desktop
103. by unauthorized users To encrypt the virtual machine click Turn On and specify a password To access the encrypted virtual machine you have to enter this password every time you open it Configuring the Virtual Machine 181 Warning The specified password is very important You must record it Without this password you will not be able to launch the virtual machine For more details about encrypting virtual machines refer to Encrypting a Virtual Machine p 127 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the M Lock 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 Sharing Settings Sharing settings can be configured for Windows Linux and Mac OS X guest operating systems To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar Note To be able to edit the Sharing settings you should have Parallels Tools p 75 installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows or Isolate Mac from Linux for Linux virtual machines option disabled in the Security pane p 179 You can also change the sharing settings at
104. chine 176 205 Files Drag amp Drop 168 sharing files 154 virtual machine files 14 Floppy disk drive 199 Folder 42 for virtual machines 42 sharing folders 154 181 Windows Applications folder 144 184 Full Screen mode 151 190 G Gaming 106 193 General preferences 42 Gestures 107 Getting support 224 225 Guest operating system 8 definition 236 installing 63 67 supported guest operating systems 61 67 H Hard disk Index 241 adding 215 218 compressing hard disk 205 configuring 202 formats and types 14 217 resizing 202 using Boot Camp as hard disk 71 202 viewing hard disk content 167 Hardware 195 215 HDD file 14 Hidden messages 42 53 Host computer definition 236 hardware requirements 17 software requirements 17 Host only network 59 112 236 Hot keys 45 99 236 Increasing hard disk capacity 202 218 Installing guest operating system 63 67 Parallels Desktop 16 18 Parallels Tools 74 Windows 98 227 Windows applications 99 Interface basics 30 Internet access 109 IP address 53 112 iPhone 51 141 iSight camera 114 Isolating virtual machine 69 179 K Key combinations 45 99 229 Keyboard and mouse capturing and releasing 98 F8 key in Windows guest OS 229 keyboard preferences 45 keyboard profiles 45 keyboard shortcuts 45 99 Keyboard shortcuts 45 99 L Linux creating new partition 222
105. chine the virtual machine window changes to the guest OS window that acts as the virtual machine s display You can resize the virtual machine window by dragging its right corner Its resolution changes automatically in Windows starting from Windows 2000 and in most Linux operating systems if Parallels Tools are installed p 74 al start 0 o gt e Fz edL iz Starting Parallels Desktop 37 The virtual machine window consists of three parts Status bar contains items for managing the virtual machine s devices and changing the view mode and state For more information see Status Bar p 39 Screen acts as the virtual machine s screen Toolbar comprises buttons that can be used to manage the virtual machine and its appearance When a guest operating system is running you can switch between several display modes of the guest OS window For detailed information on the view modes see Changing the View Mode p 93 Status Bar The status bar is the primary tool for managing virtual machines To start shut down suspend ce pause resume and stop the virtual machine use the virtual machine state menu I To 5 m change the virtual machine view mode use the view mode menu Lafe To open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click the Configure button Lx_ The status bar also displays the icons of the virtual machine devices You can easily connect or disconnect the devices using these icons right c
106. chines 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 plain the disk is created Plain disks can be created with the help of New Virtual Machine assistant the Custom mode An expanding virtual hard disk image file is small initially Its size grows as you expanding add 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 p 202 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 p 215 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 hdd 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 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
107. contact your system administrator to set it up properly Detailed information on these types of networking and the way to configure them is provided in the following subsections Shared Networking By default all newly created virtual machines are set to work in the Shared Networking mode In this mode your virtual machine can access other computers on your local network and the Internet by using the IP address of the physical computer The virtual machine itself does not have its own IP address on the network This mode allows you to specify port forwarding rules p 56 for the virtual machines running on your Mac which can be especially useful when running HTTP FTP or other types of servers in virtual machines Internet IP address of your Mac x rar Mar YOU WWiac Working With Virtual Machines 110 The Shared Networking mode does not require any additional configuration With this mode enabled your virtual machine will share whatever network connection your physical computer uses at the moment You may wish to use the Shared Network mode in the following cases Your computer accesses the Internet via a modem or another non Ethernet device You need to access the Internet from inside your virtual machine but are concerned about security You have problems with working in the Bridged Ethernet mode To configure your virtual machine to use Shared Networking 1 4 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to
108. convert a virtual machine template into a virtual machine 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 In the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 right click the virtual machine template you want to convert into a virtual machine and choose Convert to Virtual Machine from the shortcut menu 3 The virtual machine template will be processed into a virtual machine and will change its icon To deploy a virtual machine template to a new virtual machine 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 Inthe Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 click the virtual machine template you want to be deployed to a virtual machine and click Create or right click the template and choose Deploy to Virtual Machine from the shortcut menu Deploy Virtual Machine Template Assistant will start 3 In the Name and Location window specify the name and location for the virtual machine and click Deploy You can use the Choose button to change the location By default the virtual machine files will be placed to the following folder on your Mac Users UserName Documents Parallels lt Virtual Machine Template Name gt Working With Virtual Machines 134 A Deploy Virtual Machine Template Assistant Name and Location Specify the virtual machine s name and location Name Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1 Y More Options Place virtual machine files to the folder Users master Documents Parallels Choose Deploy 4 Inthe Deployment Finished window click Done
109. copy of a virtual machine can be created using Clone Virtual Machine Assistant The clone is a separate virtual machine that includes as many virtual hard disks as were connected to the original machine The assistant places the cloned virtual machine into a default folder but you can specify a different folder In the virtual machine clone the names of all the devices drivers and virtual hard disk images remain the same as they were in the original machine All connections between the devices in the cloned VM will be the same as in the original virtual machine If a device in the original machine was connected to an external resource this device in the clone will be connected to the same resource The only exception is serial printer port log files If such files are used by the original virtual machine Parallels Desktop creates a new set of empty log files for the clone If the original virtual machine has a snapshot tree the virtual machine clone will have the same structure of snapshots If a network adapter was enabled in the original configuration Parallels Desktop generates a new Mac address for the clone You can also make a clone of a clone and give it a unique name The resulting clone will have the same configuration and the same devices connected as the initial clone Unlike snapshots p 134 a virtual machine and its clones are used separately and there is no connection between them after the clones creation If you need to d
110. cuts for applications 159 Shutting down virtual machine 90 SmartGuard 125 179 186 SmartMount 167 181 SmartMouse 193 SmartSelect 144 162 Snapshot Manager 134 137 Snapshots 134 working with 134 135 137 Software license agreement 18 Software requirements 17 Sound device 212 Split disks 14 217 Starting Parallels Desktop 30 Parallels Transporter 72 virtual machine 33 90 Startup mode 174 Status bar connecting and disconnecting devices 39 102 Stopping virtual machine 90 Support 224 Supported file formats and systems 217 Supported guest operating systems 61 Suspending virtual machine 91 Switching between view modes 93 95 Switching from PC to Mac 72 Switching to Coherence 144 Switching to Full Screen 151 Synchronizing Palm OS device with guest OS 99 117 Screen vertical synchronization 197 System requirements 17 T Technical support 224 225 Third party virtual machines 70 Index 243 Time Machine backup 125 186 Time synchronization 193 Toolbar 36 Touchpad gestures 107 Trial activation key 23 Troubleshooting 224 Turning off virtual machine 90 Typical virtual machines 66 U U agga EGGE V V V V V V nallocated space creating a partition 218 nused space cleaning up 202 205 pdate check 25 pdating Parallels Desktop 25 automatically 26 manually 27 pdating Parallels Tools 86 pgrading from
111. d free of charge You can download it from the Parallels Download Center http www parallels com download desktop pdfm5 en_US page CHAPTER 10 Troubleshooting and Limitations This chapter describes how to troubleshoot known issues In This Chapter Getting Technical S pport i ore castor d6 Scar ainda deel ca Monel cto ete shan dagen Maree Seeded Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team ceccceescecsseceeseceeneeceeeeeaaeceeaeeceeeeeeeaeeneaeeeeaeeees Checking the Build Number saccsc 05 50 5084 sitees ce devescaneeiceglens asad etic A A T Installing Windows 98 as a Guest OS eee eeessecssecssecesecesecsseceeeeseeeeeeseneesaeeeaeesaaecaaeesaeens Using the F8 Key in Windows Virtual Machines 00 0 0 eeceeceseeeeeeeseeeeeeeeseeeseeeaeesnaeeseeees Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS eee Installing the GCC Package and Kernel Sources in Linux cee eeeeeceeseeseeeneeeneecnsecnaeenaeees Memory Usage Problems vav c sist ssctesceccteetecseitde ifosiebed otevt oceele ebony i a es Configuring Network ms Linux ois eeieivigee ths seth sev eas cade etl boasted E E Sia Mee bike If Y our Virtual Machine Is Slow aire ieee re pane Eee gba teaches Problems with Setting Up Network oo ice eecceseceseceseceseceseesseeesneseaeseaeeeseeeaaecaaeceaecnaeeaeees Problems with Antivirus Software ec cesecsecssecssecssecseceecsecsseeeseeeseeeseecsaecaecaeceaeenseeees Getting Technical Support
112. d 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 FAT32 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 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 Troubleshooting and Limitations 229 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 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 se
113. d its virtual machines from Terminal To access the guide go to the Online Documentation page on our website Parallels API References and the SDK Programmer s Guide These guides are written primarily for IT professionals and can be found on the Online Documentation page on our website Parallels website http www parallels com Explore the Support web page that includes product help files and the FAQ section Parallels Knowledge Base http kb parallels com This online resource provides troubleshooting for common problems and includes helpful articles about using Parallels Desktop and other Parallels products Feedback If you spot a typo in this guide or if you have an opinion about how to make this guide more helpful you can share your comments and suggestions with us by completing the Documentation Feedback form on our website http www parallels com en support usersdoc 13 CHAPTER 2 Virtual Machine Technology Basics This chapter provides a brief description of Parallels virtual machines their specifications and the underlying technologies In This Chapter Virtual Machine Technology Overview cscesssessecsseceseceseeeseeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeecaaecsaecsaecnaeenaeees 13 Parallels Virtual Machine 3 s c 3 20 sccecde ccsetdethene densi a ected aids eudevets east eel Set aes 14 Virtual Machine Technology Overview The Parallels Desktop software is based on the virtual machine technology that allows you to sh
114. d manually p 74 The newly created virtual machine will be accessible through the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 that allows you to easily manage your virtual machines When creating a Windows virtual machine Parallels Desktop creates an administrator account with a blank password When the guest OS installation is complete it is recommended that you change this password Setting Up a Virtual Machine 66 Default Configurations A typical virtual machine has the following basic virtual hardware CPU memory hard disk drive floppy disk drive sound device except FreeBSD and MS DOS virtual machines CD DVD drive network adapter USB controller serial port parallel 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 170 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 217 Video ae cuetopeaingsstens MEP amon yg py COBY Ko Sum r Mac OS X 1024 16 64 000 g W 0 Windows 7 512 16 64 000 y y3 w a Windows Server 2008 512 16 64 000 y y p Windows Vista 512 16 64 000 y yw y w Windows XP
115. d to your virtual machine Note The Add button is disabled when the virtual machine is running You need to stop the virtual machine before you can use this button H Floppy Disk 6A CD DVD fed Hard Disk Serial Port Printer Port Network Sound USB Controller Configuring the Virtual Machine 216 If 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 p 13 The hard disk size for the new hard disk image file 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 217 Type New image file B Location Windows 7
116. d winning hypervisor based virtualization technology Parallels Desktop allows you to create powerful and easy to use virtual machines use 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems inside your virtual machines use Windows and Linux applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications without restarting your Mac concurrently work with the files and applications from your Mac and your virtual machine create Parallels virtual machines from physical computers and third party virtual machines To enhance your experience of running more than one operating system on your Macintosh computer Parallels Desktop for Mac includes Parallels Transporter for transferring data from physical computers to Parallels virtual machines and Parallels Mounter for accessing your virtual machine s files and folders even when it is not running Introduction 9 About This Guide This guide is aimed at a wide range of users who want to use Parallels Desktop to create configure and run Parallels virtual machines on Mac computers Abbreviations Used in the Text The following abbreviations are used in the guide OS is used instead of operating system in long sentences where using it will not change the meaning of the sentence VM is used instead of virtual machine in long sentences where using it will not change the meaning of the sentence Definitions Primary operating system primary OS In this guide this term is used to refer to the
117. daptive Hypervisor Tune Windows for speed Longer battery life H _ Automatically compress virtual disks Configuring the Virtual Machine 177 Optimizing Performance The Performance option defines the priority of distributing the main physical computer memory resources Click the Performance field and select Faster virtual machine to allocate more physical computer memory resources to the virtual machine and its applications Selecting this option may significantly increase the virtual machine performance however it may slow down the productivity of your Mac OS X applications Click the Performance field and select Faster Mac OS to allocate more memory resources to the physical computer and its applications In this case the memory resources usage will be optimized to provide better performance of your Mac OS X applications Using Adaptive Hypervisor Select the Enable Adaptive Hypervisor option to automatically allocate the host computer CPU resources between the virtual machine and Mac OS X applications depending on what application you are working with at the moment If your virtual machine window is in focus the priority of this virtual machine processes will be set higher than the priority of the Mac processes As a result more CPU resources will be allocated to the virtual machine If you switch to the primary OS window the priority of its working applications will be set higher and the CPU resources will be relocat
118. deletes the oldest snapshot Configuring the Virtual Machine 188 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 Configuration an administrator s password will be required Coherence Settings Using the Coherence settings you can configure a number of options related to the Coherence view mode for your virtual machine This view mode is available only for Windows virtual machines that have Parallels Tools installed To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar Note For detailed information on the Coherence view mode see Working in Coherence p 144 Kaka Windows 7 VM Options 0 ar M Nf General Options Hardware W Startup and Shutdown fA Use Crystal mode m Show Windows notification area in menu bar M Disable Windows Aero vw Hide minimized windows Z Optimization j Security Backup QI Sharing Applications Full Screen Modality gt Advanced z a Click the lock to prevent further changes _ Cancel a Configuring the Virtual Machine 189 In this pane you can configure the
119. dows 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 the new virtual hard disk in a Linux guest OS comprises two steps allocating the virtual hard disk space and mounting this disk in the guest OS To allocate the space you will need to create a new partition on this virtual hard disk using the fdisk utility Note To use the fdisk utility you need the root privileges 1 Launch Terminal 2 To list 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 220 To get extensive 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 OO NUTU OSs Od RA Specify the first cylinder If you want to create a single partition on this hard disk us
120. e click Reboot in the Install Succeed window to close the wizard and restart the virtual machine Now you have a 90 day antivirus protection in your virtual machine The free trial period starts from the moment of the first installation and won t be restarted if you reinstall Kaspersky Internet Security later When the trial period expires you will need to purchase a permanent activation key or remove Kaspersky Internet Security To remove Kaspersky Internet Security remove it like any other Windows application Getting Acronis Applications As an additional benefit Parallels provides you for free with two more products allowing you to keep your guest operating systems safe and to have full control over your virtual disk drives Acronis True Image 11 Home This application allows you to easily back up and recover your guest operating systems applications settings and personal files Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 0 This application allows you to perform all the necessary operations on your virtual disks using the easiest and most convenient partition manager and hard disk toolkit To download these applications follow this link http www parallels com download desktop Working With Virtual Machines 106 Using 3D Graphics Applications Parallels Desktop allows you to run games and applications that require video cards with DirectX or OpenGL support in your virtual machines The DirectX9 0 and OpenGL2 1 support can be enabled
121. e Backup pane p 186 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Use third party backup utilities like Acronis True Image Clone the virtual machine with the help of Clone Virtual Machine Assistant p 129 Give a descriptive name to the clone and save it in a location specially designated for backups Copy the virtual machine files manually Configuring Regular Backups In the Backup pane p 186 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 p 134 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 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 If you want to restore some of your Windows files do the following 1 Locate the backup copy of your virtual machine s file PVM 2 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 VirtualM
122. e Internet using Parallels Mobile server or directly when your Mac and your iPad iPhone or iPod touch are within the same network It is recommended to use the first mode as it enables you to access your Mac from almost anywhere through the Internet or 3G networks Connecting through the Internet To connect to your virtual machines from iPad iPhone or iPod touch through the Internet do the following 1 Make sure you have a Parallels account You create this account when registering Parallels Desktop p 24 2 On your Mac open Parallels Desktop gt Preferences gt Mobile and log in to your Parallels account using the email and password you used to register your copy of Parallels Desktop Install Parallels Mobile on your iPad iPhone or iPod touch 4 On your iPad iPhone or iPod touch open Parallels Mobile and also log in to your Parallels account You will see your Mac registered and will be able to connect to your virtual machines Direct connection To connect to your virtual machines directly if your Apple mobile device and your Mac are within the same network do the following 1 Install Parallels Mobile on your iPad iPhone or iPod touch 2 Open the general Preferences of your iPad iPhone or iPod touch and enable direct connections for Parallels Mobile 3 On your Mac open Parallels Desktop gt Preferences gt Mobile and select Connect Parallels Mobile directly to my Mac 4 Use the user name and IP
123. e and log in as administrator Open the Windows Start menu and select Control Panel 3 In the 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 wizard window click Add a local printer In the Choose a printer port window choose LPT1 Printer Port or another port to which the printer is connected from the Use an existing port menu When ready click Next 6 In the Install the printer driver window 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 Next 7 Continue with the printer configuration procedure When the printer is added to the guest operating system you can use it to print documents from your Windows 7 or Windows Vista virtual machine To add a printer in a Windows XP guest operating system oa fF ON Working With Virtual Machines 119 Start the Windows virtual machine and log in as administrator 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 P
124. e guest operating system boots up Viewing Task Progress in the Dock If an application running in a Windows 7 virtual machine is performing a time consuming task like copying downloading etc the progress bar of this task appears in the application s Dock icon For example if you start copying some files from an external storage to your Windows 7 virtual machine the Windows Explorer icon with a progress bar appears in the Dock and you can view the copy progress Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 162 If you decide to work with Mac OS X or any other virtual machine when the application is still performing its task this progress bar allows you to monitor the task progress Note If you start an application in the guest operating system but the application s icon does not appear in the Dock make sure the Share Windows applications with Mac option is enabled and the Show Dock icons in Coherence only option is disabled in the Applications pane p 184 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Sharing Windows System Tray Icons With Mac OS X In the Crystal variation p 148 of the Coherence view mode the integration between Mac OS X and a Windows guest operating system installed in the virtual machine is extended In Crystal Windows system tray icons are shared with Mac OS X and become displayed in the Mac OS X menu bar You can use the system tray applications by clicking these icons Using SmartSelect SmartSelect allows y
125. e 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 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 operating 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 Glossary 239 Virtual machine template A virtual machine that can be cloned to multiple virtual machine
126. e 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 To create a partition with the specified settings enter WwW When you allocated the space on the newly added virtual hard disk you should format it by entering the following command in the terminal mkfs t lt FileSystem gt dev hdcl Note lt FileSystem gt stands for the file system you want to use on this disk It is recommended to use ext3 or ext2 When the added virtual hard disk is formatted you can mount it in the guest OS 1 To create a mount point for the new virtual hard disk enter mkdir mnt hdcl Note You can specify a different mount point 2 To mount the new virtual hard disk to the specified mount point enter mount dev hdel mnt hdcl When you mounted the virtual hard disk you can use its space in your virtual machine Configuring the Virtual Machine 221 Creating a New Partition in Windows To create a new partition from the unallocated space on your virtual hard disk you can use Disk Management a Windows built in utility for partitioning hard disks The steps below provide instructions for creating a new partition in Windows XP For other Windows operating systems the procedure is very similar For more details see the documentation for the respective Windows operating system To create a new partition in Windows XP 1 2 ON OD oO Fk W 9 Start t
127. eated you can submit the changes by clicking OK then return to the Keyboard pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences select this new profile in the Profile list and configure its shortcuts To remove one of the existing custom profiles select this profile and click the Remove button To duplicate or rename one of the existing profiles select this profile click the button and select the corresponding action from the menu Note You can rename or remove your custom profiles only In this window you can also assign profiles to your virtual machines To change a profile assigned to a virtual machine 1 In the Assign profiles to your virtual machines table select the virtual machine 2 In the Profile column click the corresponding profile field to open the list of available profiles and choose the profile you want to assign to this virtual machine 3 Click OK to submit the changes Restoring Default Settings The Restore Defaults button enables you to restore the default settings for all options available in this pane Locking Parallels Desktop Preferences If you want to prevent Parallels Desktop Preferences from further unauthorized changes click the Lock icon i 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 Parallels Desktop Preferences 49 USB Preferences In the USB pane of Parallels De
128. ed menu The extended menu includes additional options including Report a Problem Configure Preferences and many others Windows Start Menu Devices Exit Coherence Quit Parallels Desktop Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 149 Switching to the Crystal Mode Only a running Windows virtual machine with Parallels Tools p 74 installed can be switched to the Crystal view mode To switch your virtual machine to the Crystal view mode do one of the following If your virtual machine is shut down choose Use Crystal mode in the Coherence pane p 188 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Then start this virtual machine and when the guest operating system boots up switch it to the Coherence view mode p 144 The virtual machine will be switched to the Crystal variation of the Coherence view mode If your virtual machine is running choose Use Crystal mode in the Coherence pane p 188 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and click OK to save the changes Then switch the virtual machine to the Coherence view mode p 144 and it will be switched to the Crystal variation of the Coherence view mode If your virtual machine is already running in the Coherence view mode choose Use Crystal mode in the Coherence pane p 188 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and click OK to save the changes The virtual machine will be switched to the Crystal variation of the Coherence view mode If you want your virtual
129. ed to Mac OS X Tuning Windows for Speed You can make your Windows virtual machine work even faster by selecting Tune Windows for speed This option disables some of the additional Windows features that tend to slow down the Windows performance Optimizing Power Consumption The Power option allows you to control the virtual machine power consumption when Parallels Desktop is installed on a Mac laptop computer that is running on batteries for example MacBook Pro If you select Longer battery life in the Power field the virtual machine power consumption will be automatically reduced to provide a longer life for your Mac laptop battery If you select Better performance the virtual machine and its applications will operate at the maximum possible speed However enabling this option may significantly reduce your Mac laptop battery life If you select the Show battery in Windows option or Show battery in Linux for Linux virtual machines the battery status will be displayed in your virtual machine each time your Mac laptop computer runs on batteries This option is available only on laptop Macs Compressing the Disk Automatically Configuring the Virtual Machine 178 If you use an expanding p 217 virtual hard disk in 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 dis
130. ed 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 The process of transferring data from a physical computer or a third party virtual machine into a Parallels virtual machine or virtual disk OS An operating system Parallels Desktop for Mac An application that enables you to create manage and use virtual machines on your Mac Parallels Mounter An application that enables you to to browse the contents of your virtual machines and virtual 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 Glossary 238 Preboot Execution Environment PXE An environment to boot computers using a netw
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132. elete the initial virtual machine you can do it without any threat to its clones Before cloning a virtual machine make sure that The virtual machine is turned off If the virtual machine is running the Clone option in the File menu is disabled The virtual machine has a guest OS You cannot clone a virtual machine without a guest OS To make a clone of a virtual machine Open the virtual machine you want to clone From the File menu select Clone The Clone Virtual Machine Assistant window appears In the Name and Location window specify the name and folder for the virtual machine clone The name suggested by the assistant is made by adding Copy of to the original virtual machine name You can specify another name but it should not be longer than 50 characters To specify the location for the virtual machine clone click the More Options item and type the location in the Place virtual machine files to the folder field or use the Choose button to locate the virtual machine clone Working With Virtual Machines 130 A Clone Virtual Machine Assistant Name and Location Specify the virtual machine s name and location Name Copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux V More Options Place virtual machine files to the folder Users master Documents Parallels Choose _ Create icon on Desktop wv Open copy in new window automatically Clone If you want to provide quick access to the virtual machine clone
133. elow 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 floppy disc image in the Source menu Troubleshooting and Limitations 228 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 The Fdisk 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 the Create Primary DOS Partition option if you are going to have only one partition or less than four and enter 1 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 Alt keys to release the keyboar
134. els Desktop allows you to copy and paste pictures between Mac and Windows picture or graphic editors Dragging and Dropping Files Close integration of Mac and Windows based virtual machines allows you to drag and drop different files between them Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 169 Enabling Parental Control in a Virtual Machine If you are a user with administrator rights Parallels Desktop allows you to apply your parental control settings configured in Mac OS X for managed accounts to Windows virtual machines Restrictions for virtual machines include launching specific applications and viewing specific websites To apply parental control settings to your Windows virtual machines do the following 1 Install Parallels Tools p 74 in the virtual machines 2 Add Parallels Desktop to the list of allowed applications for the users to whom you apply parental control After that when such a user starts a Windows virtual machine the parental control settings configured for this user will take effect in the guest operating system This means the user will not be able to launch the restricted guest OS applications and view the restricted websites 170 CHAPTER 9 Configuring the Virtual Machine This chapter explains how you can edit your virtual machine configuration Configure general parameters the name amount of memory number of processors etc Edit different virtual machine options p 173 Optimization Secur
135. els Desktop and select a virtual machine 2 Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu Go to the Hardware tab and make sure the configuration includes a printer port If necessary add it See Adding and Removing Devices p 215 3 In the Printer Port pane select Connected if you want the printer to be automatically connected on the virtual machine startup Click the Source field and select the appropriate printer from the list You can use the Default printer option if you want to use the default printer set in the primary OS Click OK to close the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Start the virtual machine 6 Ina Windows guest OS if you have Parallels Tools installed p 77 the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS or Apple Color LW 12 660 PS printer is automatically connected to the virtual machine You can use it at once In a Linux guest OS or if you do not have Parallels Tools installed in your Windows guest OS no matter what type of printer you have install either the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS or Apple Color LW 12 660 PS printer driver Then follow the procedure of adding a printer in a guest OS described below Warning Do not install the driver from the installation CD supplied with your printer in the virtual machine Adding a printer in a Windows guest operating system To add a printer in a Windows 7 or Windows Vista guest operating system 1 Start the Windows virtual machin
136. els Virtual Machines list p 33 with these virtual machines If you have no virtual machines registered in Parallels Desktop this option launches New Virtual Machine Assistant You can open and view the Parallels Desktop brief tutorials on the Parallels website by clicking the Watch video tutorials button You can open virtual machines that are not registered in Parallels Desktop by clicking the Open button If you open a Parallels virtual machine it will be registered in Parallels Desktop and added to the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 You can also open third party VMware Microsoft Virtual PC VirtualBox virtual machines If you open a third party virtual machine it will be converted into the Parallels Desktop format and added to the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 Starting Parallels Desktop 33 Parallels Virtual Machines List The Parallels Virtual Machines list shows the virtual machines and virtual machines templates currently registered in Parallels Desktop Note If you have no virtual machines and no virtual machines templates registered in Parallels Desktop the Parallels Virtual Machines list will not open To open the Parallels Virtual Machines list do one of the following Choose Virtual Machines List from the Window menu Right click the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock and choose Virtual Machines List from the shortcut menu Start Parallels Desktop and close the Welcome window p 31 If yo
137. ent Window mode In this mode the virtual machine screen is displayed as a separate window This is the default view mode Working With Virtual Machines 96 Full Screen mode In this mode the virtual machine screen is expanded to occupy the whole of your physical computer screen The Full Screen related settings can be configured in the Full Screen pane p 190 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Coherence mode In this mode the virtual machine desktop is invisible You can see only the windows of running guest OS applications and work with them side by side with your Mac OS X applications Note The Coherence view mode is available only for Windows virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed p 74 O O ab Pma jrn O C D BAS osen aam amoa en _ Bme O gU esa gt HO TRAILERS CLIPS on Teanee Inception Trailer 3 Coen cut Pa Dard Pane te Weapon MOST POPULAR eee Pelelelol Se Working With Virtual Machines 97 In the picture above you can see a virtual machine running in the Coherence view mode The virtual machine itself is hidden however if you launch any guest OS application for example Internet Explorer its window will be visible You will be able to work with Internet Explorer side by side with your Mac OS X applications for example with Chess The Coherence related settings can be configured in the Coherence pane p 188 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dial
138. erences 46 Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts To configure the shortcuts used to perform certain actions use the Double click a shortcut to edit it list Using this list you can remap the Mac OS X shortcuts to Windows shortcuts that perform similar actions in Parallels Desktop virtual machines The shortcuts are divided into two groups shortcuts for managing the Parallels Desktop software and shortcuts for working in virtual machines Shortcuts for Parallels Desktop cannot be added or removed while the shortcuts for virtual machines can be added using the Add button and removed using the Remove button l To add a shortcut click the Add button and specify the rule for translating the key combination Jn the From field use the buttons to add modifier keys to the Mac keyboard shortcut and enter the required key into the empty field Jn the To field specify the PC keyboard shortcut you would like to translate the Mac shortcut to You can use the buttons for modifier keys and type the key into the empty field or select the necessary PC keyboard key using the arrow button From Shift Cmd To d Shift Cert Ca Win Alt Clear Cancel Parallels Desktop Preferences 47 To configure a shortcut remapping rule double click it and edit by entering the new key combination Important There are Mac shortcuts that do not have similar shortcuts in Windows for example you can use the F11 key or Fn F11 combinatio
139. ervices window Click Configure In the window that appears click Configure again In the Adapter and Protocol Configuration window click the Other adapters button below the Network Adapters section In the Copy Additional Network Adapter Drivers window specify the path to the Parallels driver on the CD disc image The path will be like the one below lt CD ROM drive gt Drivers Network RTL8029 NDIS20S2 Click OK The Parallels network adapter driver will be copied After this you can see the name RTL8029 PCI Ethernet Adapter included in the Network Adapters list Select this name Click Change in the Network Adapters section of the window to replace the current network adapter by the selected one Click OK when the message Are you sure you want to change this network adapter is displayed After you click OK the RTL8029 PCI Ethernet Adapter appears in the appropriate field of the Current Configuration section of the window Now if you click Edit in the Current Configuration section of the window you will see that you do not need to configure any properties for this driver because it is self configurable 10 Click OK when finished 11 Close both the Configure and Multi Protocol Transport Services windows 12 Click Exit in the Update CONFIG SYS window 13 Exit the configuration program and restart the guest OS Setting Up a Virtual Machine 85 Parallels Tools for Windows 98 A video driver for Windows 98 guest OS should
140. f the guest operating ce i system installed in it or click the virtual machine state menu in the status bar p 39 and choose Shut Down If the guest operating system cannot be shut down for some reason you can forcibly stop the virtual machine by doing one of the following Click the virtual machine state menu in the status bar p 39 and choose Stop or Choose Stop from the Virtual Machine menu Warning If you forcibly stop a virtual machine all unsaved data will be lost Working With Virtual Machines 91 Suspending and Pausing a Virtual Machine Starting and shutting down virtual machines may take a considerable amount of time Instead of performing these operations you can suspend or pause a virtual machine for the required time and quickly resume it later Note Close the Virtual Machine Configuration p 170 dialog before changing the virtual machine state Suspending a Virtual Machine Suspending a virtual machine is similar to putting a real computer into the sleep mode When you suspend a virtual machine you save its current state including the state of all applications and processes running in the virtual machine to a special file on your Mac When the suspended virtual machine is resumed it continues operating at the same point the virtual machine was at the time of its suspension Suspending your virtual machine may prove efficient if you need to restart your Mac but do not want to quit the applic
141. following options Use Crystal mode With this option selected the virtual machine switched to the Coherence view mode will be switched to the Crystal mode p 148 The Crystal mode is very similar to Coherence however it provides a higher level of integration between the host and guest operating systems Show Windows notification area in menu bar If you select this option the Windows system tray icons will be available from both the Windows taskbar and the Mac OS X menu bar Disable Windows Aero This option is available for Windows 7 and Windows Vista guest operating systems If you select this option you will not be able to use the Aero theme in the Coherence p 144 and Crystal p 148 view modes In other view modes p 93 the Aero theme will be available Hide minimized windows Select this option to make minimized Windows applications appear on the taskbar only With this option disabled all minimized Windows applications will appear both on the taskbar and in the Dock Note If you use several displays you can arrange how you will see applications when moving them from one display to another To this effect select System Preferences gt Displays gt Arrangement on the Mac OS X menu and arrange the available displays in the Displays dialog If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the d Lock icon a at the bottom of the window The next time someone wants to change the set
142. for available updates manually at any time you want by clicking the Check Now button If any updates are available for you version of Parallels Desktop you will see them in the Download dialog Choose the updates you want to install and click the Download button If your version of Parallels Desktop is up to date you will see the corresponding message Locking Parallels Desktop Preferences If you want to prevent Parallels Desktop Preferences from further unauthorized changes click m 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 Parallels Desktop Preferences 45 Keyboard Preferences In the Keyboard pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can set keyboard shortcuts for certain commands Note The keyboard shortcuts can be configured individually for each user of your Mac ann Keyboard fil Be General USB Mobile Advanced Double click a shortcut to edit From To Y v Parallels Desktop Shortcuts v Ctri Cmd Return Coherence Toggle v Alt Cmd Return Full Screen Toggle v Ctris Ahe Cmd Return Modality Toggle v Ctri Ak Release Input V 6 Show Hide Application v w Virtual Machine Shortcuts wv Cmd Win MH curtsateinsert Cul Alt Delere mM Enable Mac OS X system shortcuts ul Click the lock to prevent further changes _ Restore Defaults _ Parallels Desktop Pref
143. from unauthorized changes click the f Lock 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 Advanced Settings In the Advanced pane you can configure the Parallels Desktop additional settings To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar an Windows 7 VM Options 5 a General Options Hardware aP sed Startup and Shutdown Soatianncer Gases B Optimization 4 Security _ Optimize modifier keys for games Backup GB Sharing Apple Remote _ Enable Applications Coherence Time _ Synchronize with Mac ZE Full Screen Modality Th Click the lock to prevent further changes x Cancel _ OK Configuring the Virtual Machine 194 SmartMouse The SmartMouse option allows the mouse to move smoothly between the virtual machine and your Mac With this option enabled Parallels Desktop automatically grabs the mouse input when you move the pointer to the virtual machine and releases it when you move it back to Mac OS If you select On the mouse input will be automatically captured in the vir
144. g Mac OS and Virtual Machine 144 Working in Coherence Coherence is a visual mode of working with Windows virtual machines This mode provides the highest level of integration between Mac OS X and the guest operating systems You may find Coherence especially useful when you want to work with the virtual machine applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications The point is that if you switch a virtual machine with one or more running applications to Coherence the virtual machine will disappear and you will see only the windows of these applications on the background of your Mac OS X desktop Now if you start one or more Mac OS X applications you will be able to switch between the windows of Mac OS X applications and windows of the guest OS applications as if the later were also Mac OS X applications Parallels Desktap File view virtual Machine Devices Window AM ang Help BBD t Ss eee 5 16M a i stant B mrkt ona i wncring ec ne 1 Mirar A Wir era SOL H z 9a 500 Ua WR Al Reterence Libearine TE BLA a Q mok C Dictiunery Thessure Appie Wtipeia I oos opret 3D lal Poh v D P hie D Di Db E mail gt nelework newark SBD Sark hows A ee gt iow wun QD Odis Dous Intas Lao anagiaeii ol uenee tng hoisontal aud veta al lines P a t uza Mak ss lt a Complex sperm of roads Boars or pier wanporaition mutes a siit rakosi henikra ina W dmials verde TIE ane vt out atts and wage
145. g the Virtual Machine 223 5 Restart the virtual machine reboot 6 When restarted create a file system on the new partition We recommend that you use the same file system as on your other partitions In most cases it will be either the ext3 or ReiserFS file system For example to create the ext3 file system run the following command sbin mkfs t ext3 dev hda3 7 Create a directory that will be a mount point for the new partition For example to create a new directory and assign the name data to it enter mkdir data 8 Mount the new partition to the directory you have just created mount dev hda3 data 9 Edit the etc fstab file to specify the information on the new partition For example you can add the following string to this file dev hda3 data ext3 defaults 0 0 In this string dev hda3 is the partition you have just created data is a mount point for the new partition ext3 is the file type of the new partition For the exact meaning of other items in this string consult the Linux documentation for the mount and fstab commands Expanding an Existing Partition If you want to add the unallocated space to a partition that is not the last one on the given virtual hard disk you can use third party applications e g Acronis Disk Director Suite designed to easily reorganize the hard disk drive without losing the data on it Note For registered users of Parallels Desktop for Mac Acronis Disk Director Suite is provide
146. h Your Windows Applications When working in Coherence you can use Expose to navigate between the windows of the Mac OS X and guest OS applications opened on your desktop To activate Expose press the F9 key on portable Macintosh computers use the Fn F9 key combination instead If the F9 key does not activate Expose refer to Mac Help for information about changing the Mac OS X shortcuts Sharing Windows System Tray Icons With Mac OS X When you are working with a Windows virtual machine in the Coherence view mode or its variation Crystal p 148 you may need to manage the guest operating system or its applications using the icons from the Windows notification area Parallels Desktop 6 allows you to display these icons in the Mac menu bar which makes it easier to access them To make the icons available in the Windows notification area also available in the Mac menu bar select Show Windows notification area in menu bar in the Coherence pane p 188 For Windows 7 virtual machines with this option enabled and working in Coherence Windows notification area icons are available in the following menu Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 148 To open this menu click the down pointing white triangle If you click Customize in the menu or click the white triangle when there are no notification area icons in the Windows 7 guest OS you will be able to specify what icons you want to be displayed and how they will be displayed Usi
147. he Mac OS X desktop where they will appear as connected volumes Windows network shares cannot be mounted Note If the virtual machine s volumes are not mounted on Mac OS X desktop go to Finder gt Preferences gt General and make sure that the Connected servers option is selected For more information about accessing the virtual machine disks from Mac OS see Browsing Virtual Hard Disks In Finder p 167 Working With Shared Files and Folders Parallels Desktop allows you to open some files located in the virtual machine shared folders in Mac OS X applications It may become useful if for example you cannot open a file in the virtual machine applications Just right click the file in the virtual machine and choose Open on Mac from the context menu For example if you right click a txt file and select this command the file will be opened in the TextEdit application Parallels Desktop also allows you to show the files and folders located in the virtual machine shared folders in Finder It may become useful if you want to perform various actions on the object for example to apply color to it To display a file or folder in Finder right click it and choose Show in Finder from the context menu Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 158 Using Shared Profile Parallels Desktop provides close integration between your Mac OS and Windows guest OS Now you can access certain Mac Home folders directly from Windows and vice versa T
148. he shortcut menu In Finder the virtual machine pvm bundle will be marked with the same color If the virtual machine files are stored on a remote USB device or network server you will see the corresponding icon to the right of the virtual machine name If you right click a virtual machine template p 130 the set of commands will differ slightly dy The Start button is not available because you cannot start a template but you can choose the Convert to Virtual Machine p 133 or Deploy to Virtual Machine p 133 options Third party Virtual Machines When you start Parallels Desktop it finds all third party virtual machines VMware Microsoft Virtual PC Virtual Box stored on your Mac using the Spotlight search and adds them to the Parallels Virtual Machine list Before using these machines you need to covert them into the Parallels Desktop format Open a third party virtual machine and conversion will begin If you do not want to convert a third party virtual machine into the Parallels Desktop format simply remove it from the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 142 Parallels Desktop will not add it to the list any more The Menu This menu is situated in the lower left corner of the Parallels Virtual Machines list Starting Parallels Desktop 35 E33 New Open Import Download from Website Download Chrome OS Install Kaspersky for Mac With the help of this menu you can Create a new virt
149. he virtual machine that uses the virtual disk with unallocated space To start the Disk Management utility a Choose Control Panel from the Start menu b Double click Administrative Tools and then double click Computer Management c In the Storage section select Disk Management In the Disk Management window right click Unallocated Capacity and choose New Partition In the New Partition wizard Introduction window click Next In the Select Partition Type window select Primary partition and click Next Specify the partition size and click Next Assign a drive letter to the new partition and click Next In the Format partition window select Format partition with the following settings Set File system to NTFS and Allocation unit size to Default Type the volume name in the Volume label field and click Next Carefully review the settings and click Finish to start formatting Once the operation is complete the new volume appears in the Computer Management window and in My Computer Configuring the Virtual Machine 222 Creating a New Partition in Linux In most Linux systems you can use the fdisk utility to create a new partition and perform other disk management operations Note To perform disk management operations using fdisk you must have the root privileges As a tool with a text interface fdisk requires typing the commands in the fdisk command line The main fdisk commands are listed below Options Descriptio
150. hey have been installed In Windows Parallels Desktop automatically checks for new Parallels Tools updates when you start your virtual machine If a newer version of Parallels Tools is available you will see the corresponding message offering you to download and update the tools Click Yes to download Parallels Tools from the Parallels Update server and install them into your virtual machine Updating will start right after the download finishes and will prompt you to restart the virtual machine when it is complete If you do not want to update Parallels Tools or want to do it later click No You will be able to update them later by using the Update Parallels Tools option from the Virtual Machine menu Note If you revert to a snapshot that was made when you had an earlier version of Parallels Tools in your virtual machine you will also be offered to update them If Parallels Tools are up to date but you want to reinstall them select the Reinstall Parallels Tools option from the Virtual Machine menu In Linux Before updating Parallels Tools you should perform the following actions Close all applications in the guest operating system Disable the 3D accelerated window manager if you have any In Linux guest operating systems you should check for Parallels Tools updates manually from time to time To update Parallels Tools 1 Start the virtual machine 2 Choose Update Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu and fol
151. his 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 Note 2 The SCSI 7 0 location is not available for selecting since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the nl Lock 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 202 Hard Disk Settings 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 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click O
152. ial version of the antivirus software powered by Kaspersky You will be able to use it for free for 90 days When the trial period expires you will need to purchase a permanent activation key or uninstall the antivirus software To uninstall the antivirus software choose Uninstall Kaspersky for Mac from the File menu enter your administrator credentials and wait until uninstall is complete Installing Antivirus Software in a Virtual Machine After Parallels Tools installation you will be asked if you want to install the antivirus software powered by Kaspersky To install it click Install and follow the wizard instructions To install the antivirus software manually follow these steps 1 Launch Parallels Desktop and start your Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 virtual machine from the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 When the virtual machine boots up make sure that Parallels Tools p 74 are installed If they are not installed install Parallels Tools p 74 in your virtual machine 2 If Parallels Tools are installed in your virtual machine or if you have just installed them choose Install Kaspersky Internet Security from the Virtual Machine menu Kaspersky Internet Security Installer will launch The installation is performed in the unattended mode and the software is activated automatically You can view the operation progress in the progress bar Working With Virtual Machines 105 3 When the installation is complet
153. ications 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 Glossary 237 Host computer The 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 network 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 assign
154. in Parallels Desktop close the Welcome window and the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 will open Note Later on if you do not want to see the Welcome window again just deselect the Show at startup option at the left bottom corner of the window aw Welcome to Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac New Windows installation Create a virtual machine with Windows or any other OS and run it in parallel with Mac OS X Migrate Windows from PC Transfer the whole of your PC to a Parallels virtual machine and use it on your Mac Use your Virtual Machines Choose any of your virtual machines and work coherently in Windows and Mac applications Open Watch Video Tutorials j Starting Parallels Desktop 32 From the Welcome window you can navigate between the following options New Windows installation This option allows you to launch New Virtual Machine Assistant to create a virtual machine with a Windows Linux Mac OS X or any other supported guest operating system p 61 Migrate Windows from PC This option allows you to transfer an entire physical Windows computer to a Parallels virtual machine running on your Mac The source computer data will be transferred using Parallels Transporter To learn more about this utility refer to Parallels Transporter User s Guide Use your Virtual Machines If you have any virtual machines registered in Parallels Desktop this option opens the Parall
155. irtual 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 by your guest OS are installed in your virtual machine as a single package when you install Parallels Tools Utility Mouse Synchronization Tool Time Synchronization Tool Drag and Drop Tool Clipboard Synchronization Tool Dynamic Resolution Tool Shared Folders Tool Available for Windows Linux Mac OS X OS 2 Windows Linux Mac OS X Windows Windows Linux OS 2 Windows Linux Mac OS X Windows Linux Mac OS X Description Mouse Synchronization Tool captures the mouse input in the virtual machine each time the pointer moves over its window and automatically releases the input when the pointer moves outside the window Time Synchronization Tool enables you to customize your virtual machine time settings You can Automatically synchronize the time settings of your virtual machine with your Mac time settings Set up and maintain the time difference between your Mac and your virtual machine
156. ity Sharing preferences etc Configure the virtual hardware devices p 195 currently available inside the virtual machine and add new devices In this chapter you can also find detailed information about networking in a virtual machine p 109 The configuration of an existing virtual machine can be changed in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog You can open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by doing one of the following Click the Configure button on the toolbar of the virtual machine main window Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu In the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 right click the virtual machine and choose Configure In This Chapter General Settings oi insist herent seaddas aeenel a agenda ied at 171 OPON Sys erae Slee seas id E EE T E E E eeel elle ee detian ast elat a bee 173 Hardware Sctein S oiec nereis ataccteitscatested sceatbes iacetbet aaebestesageestsaaces but EE tes lecatuetaecoaets 195 Configuring the Virtual Machine 171 General Settings You can view and change the virtual machine name processors number amount of memory and add description to the virtual machine To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click General Note Some of these settings can be changed only
157. k but the amount of space your virtual machine occupies on the hard disk of your Mac does not reduce To regularly free the unused space back to Mac use the Automatically compress virtual disks option The virtual hard disk in an expanding format will be reviewed twice a day and if the unused space occupies more than 50 percent of the hard disk image size it 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 p 134 and with the Undo disks option p 179 disabled In the Hard Disk pane p 202 you can compress the disk manually whenever you want If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock icon af 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 179 Security Settings You can set restrictions for performing some actions and make your virtual machine isolated from your Mac using the Security settings To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the setti
158. king in the Coherence p 144 view mode If you select the Use Start button icon in Coherence option Parallels Desktop will display the Start button icon in the Dock when the virtual machine is working in the Coherence p 144 view mode If you click this icon the Windows Start menu will open o_o E _ Es Parallels Desktop Preferences 44 Using Animations If you select the Use animations option the virtual machine window will become animated when the virtual machine is paused suspended or shut down Check for Updates The Check for updates section defines the policy for updating the Parallels Desktop software By default Parallels Desktop is set to automatically check for available updates once a day provided that Parallels Desktop is launched and your Mac is connected to the Internet You can specify another interval for checking for updates by selecting the necessary value in the Check for updates list The following options are available Once a day Select this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every day Once a week Select this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every week Once a month Select this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every month Select the Download updates automatically option if you want all new available updates to be downloaded at once without showing you the Download dialog You can also check
159. l Machine If you have a Boot Camp partition you can create a virtual machine that will use Boot Camp partition as its hard disk or import Windows from this Boot Camp partition to a new virtual machine or use this partition as a data disk in virtual machines Creating a Boot Camp Virtual Machine To create a new virtual machine for using the Boot Camp Windows partition do the following Boot into Mac OS X 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Assistant by clicking New in the File menu 2 Inthe Create New Virtual Machine window choose Boot Camp partition from the Install from menu click Continue and follow the instructions Note If your Boot Camp is divided into several partitions only the bootable partition will be added to the virtual machine configuration If you want to add the other partitions you should add them as separate virtual hard disks p 215 in the Virtual Machine Configuration 3 Your Boot Camp virtual machine will be accessible through the Parallels Virtual Machine list p 33 that allows you to easily manage your virtual machines When you boot into Boot Camp Windows through Parallels Desktop for the first time Parallels Desktop will install Parallels Tools p 74 p 16 After that you will be able to boot into your Boot Camp partition from Parallels virtual machine or use it as usual by booting into the Windows partition Note This version of Parallels Desktop allows you to suspend you
160. l machine guest operating system and the applications installed in it At least 500 MB of disk space on the boot volume Macintosh HD for Parallels Desktop installation About 15 GB of disk space for each virtual machine Software Requirements Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10 6 3 or later Mac OS X Leopard 10 5 8 Leopard or later Note Mac OS X Tiger v10 4 x is not supported in this version of Parallels Desktop To get information about your Mac OS X version type of processor and amount of memory choose About This Mac from the Apple menu Installing Parallels Desktop 18 Installing Parallels Desktop Before installing Parallels Desktop make sure that your computer meets the hardware and software requirements p 17 If you purchased Parallels Desktop from the Parallels online store download the latest build from Parallels Download Center http www parallels com download When the download is complete open the Parallels Desktop DMG package file To start the installation double click Install If you purchased a boxed copy of Parallels Desktop insert the Parallels Desktop installation disk into the optical drive of your Mac Open the Parallels Desktop DMG package and double click Install 1 Parallels Desktop will connect to the Parallels update server and check for available updates If there is a newer version of Parallels Desktop available you will be given the option to install the most recent version of Parallels Desk
161. le to Mac OS X Note If you want the USB printer to be available both to your Mac and the virtual machine you should connect the printer to the virtual machine using a printer port For detailed information see Sharing a Mac Printer p 118 To connect a USB printer directly to a virtual machine 1 Launch Parallels Desktop and choose the virtual machine 2 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Make sure the configuration includes a USB controller and it is connected If necessary add it See the Adding and Removing Devices section p 215 3 Start the virtual machine and install the native driver for the printer in the guest operating system For detailed information on installing the printer driver refer to the printer s manufacturer documentation Then do one of the following Ifthe USB printer is already connected to your Mac click the USB controller icon in the virtual machine status bar and select this printer in the list If the USB printer is not connected to your computer connect it to your Mac The New USB device detected dialog will appear Choose to connect the printer to the virtual machine In the Windows guest operating system follow the Add New Hardware wizard instructions In the Linux guest operating system follow the procedure for adding a USB printer specific for this Linux distribution Connecting Common Access Card reader The Common Acces
162. lick the device icon and choose the necessary option from the shortcut menu 1 00PM For more information on the status bar functions refer to the Status Bar section p 39 Toolbar You can also manage your virtual machine using the Parallels Desktop toolbar The toolbar is hidden by default to show it click the button in the upper right corner of the virtual machine window If the toolbar does not contain the necessary buttons you can easily add them to the toolbar right click the toolbar choose Customize Toolbar p 41 from the shortcut menu and drag the items you need to the toolbar Starting Parallels Desktop 38 Menus The Parallels Desktop menus contain all of the controls available for Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines The menus are displayed on the Mac OS X menu bar The menus are The Parallels Desktop menu displays the About Parallels Desktop dialog lets you activate and register the product check for updates set the Parallels Desktop Preferences p 42 as well as quit Parallels Desktop The File menu allows you to create a new virtual machine or remove one of the already existing virtual machines p 142 The Open command allows you to open virtual machines that are not registered in Parallels Desktop If you open a Parallels virtual machine it will be registered in Parallels Desktop and added to the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 You can also open third party VMware Mic
163. low the instructions 3 When the update is complete restart your virtual machine In Mac OS X Server In Mac OS X guest operating systems you should check for Parallels Tools updates manually from time to time To install Parallels Tools 1 Start the virtual machine 2 When the guest OS boots up choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu of Parallels Desktop Setting Up a Virtual Machine 87 This will connect the prl1 tools mac iso image to your virtual machine s CD DVD ROM Open the Parallels Tools CD ROM mounted on the virtual machine s desktop and double click the Install icon In the Welcome window click Continue and follow the instructions When the updating is complete click Restart to quit the installer and restart your virtual machine Setting Up a Virtual Machine 88 Removing Parallels Tools Parallels Tools can be removed through a general procedure of removing applications from the operating system installed in your virtual machine Removing from a Windows guest OS 1 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest OS 2 From the Windows Start menu choose Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs In Windows Vista choose Control Panel gt Programs and Features Select Parallels Tools in the list and click Remove 4 When Parallels Tools are removed restart the guest operating system Removing from a Linux guest OS Perform the following actions before removing Parallels Tools
164. lug and Play printer option if it is also selected When ready click Next In the Select a Printer Port window choose LPT1 Recommended Printer Port or another port to which the printer is connected from the Use the following port menu When ready click Next In the Install Printer Software window 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 Next Continue with the printer configuration procedure When the printer is added to the guest operating system you can use it to print documents from your Windows XP virtual machine Adding a printer in a Linux guest operating system 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 successful 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 Start the system config printer administration tool by doing one of the following Click System gt Administration
165. milar types of hyperlinks from both Mac OS X and Windows applications in Mac OS X or in Windows You can specify where you want to open the following types of hyperlinks Web pages Web pages accessible through the HTTP and HTTPS protocols Email Links in the mailto format If you click More Applications you will also be able to specify where you want to open Newsgroups Links in the news format FTP Locations accessible through the FTP protocol RSS RSS feeds Remote access Locations accessible through the Telnet and Secure Shell SSH protocols For more information on sharing web applications refer to Sharing Web Applications p 165 Backup Settings Configuring the Virtual Machine 186 Using the Backup settings you can automate snapshots creation You can find detailed information on snapshots and how to work with them in Working with snapshots p 134 To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select these settings name in the sidebar Note When your virtual machine is paused snapshots cannot be created W Startup and Shutdown Optimization Time Machine Security SmartGuard Sharing Applications Coherence Full Screen Modality Advanced Snapshots to Keep Take a Snap
166. ming the same action as F8 does To release the keyboard and mouse input back to Mac OS X press Ctrl Allt For more information refer to Keyboard Preferences p 45 and Capturing Keyboard and Mouse p 98 Installing from the network 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open Virtual Machine Configuration 2 Click the Add button in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to launch Add Hardware Assistant Note The Add button is disabled when the virtual machine is running You need to shut down the virtual machine before you can use this button Add a network adapter to your virtual machine configuration 4 Open the Boot Order pane in Virtual Machine Configuration and change the boot sequence to make the virtual network adapter the first device in the sequence To this effect select Network Adapter in the list and use the arrow buttons to move it to the top of the list 5 Click OK to apply the changes 6 Start the virtual machine by clicking Start roj Soon after your virtual machine is started a list of available PXE servers appears During the installation when the guest OS reboots for the first time or after the installation return the boot sequence to booting from the hard disk Installing from a floppy disk image 1 Select the virtual machine and make sure that it is stopped 2 To connect the installation medium open Virtual Machine Configuration by right clicking the machine and cho
167. ms with Parallels Tools p 75 installed Setting up a shared folder requires three steps 1 Make sure that Parallels Tools are installed in your guest OS See Installing Parallels Tools p 74 for detailed descriptions on how to install Parallels Tools in a particular guest OS 2 Make sure that the Isolate Mac from Windows or Isolate Mac from Linux for Linux virtual machines option is disabled in the Security pane p 179 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 3 Add a shared folder s to your virtual machine configuration Adding a Shared Folder 1 Start Parallels Desktop and open a virtual machine 2 Open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog by doing one of the following Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu or a i VA 3 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click the Options tab and select Sharing Click the Configure button on the toolbar of the virtual machine window In the Sharing pane click the Edit button The User defined Mac folders window will appear 5 In this window click the Add button then choose the folder you want to share with the virtual machine and click Choose 6 The selected folder will appear in the User defined Mac folders window Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 155 User defined Mac folders Permissions Gane GHD Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 156 After you shared a Mac OS X folder with your virtual machine and this folder appea
168. n m Displays all available commands for fdisk Displays the list of existing partitions on your hda drive Unpartitioned P space is not listed n Creates a new partition q Exits fdisk without saving your changes Lists partition types w Writes changes to the partition table To create a new partition 1 Start a terminal 2 Start fdisk sbin fdisk dev hda dev hda stands for the hard drive you want to partition In fdisk to create a new partition type the following command n When prompted to specify the Partition type type p to create a primary partition or e to create an extended one There may be up to four primary partitions If you want to create more than four partitions extend the last partition and it will become a container for other logical partitions When prompted for the Number in most cases type 3 because a typical Linux virtual machine has two partitions by default When prompted for the Start cylinder type a starting cylinder number or press Return to use the first cylinder available When prompted for the Last cylinder press Return to allocate all the available space or specify the size of a new partition in cylinders if you do not want to use all the available space By default fdisk creates a partition with a System ID of 83 If you are unsure of the partition s System ID use the 1 command to check it 4 Use the w command to write the changes to the partition table Configurin
169. n resolution each time the virtual machine is switched to the Full Screen mode Using All Displays in Full Screen If you have multiple displays connected to your Mac the guest operating system can use all these displays in the Full Screen mode To enable this feature for the virtual machine select Use all displays in full screen Now if you change the view mode to Full Screen your guest operating system will occupy all available displays 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 Configuration an administrator s password will be required Configuring the Virtual Machine 192 Modality Settings 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 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window
170. n a remote virtual machine session select a Mac where the virtual machine is located and then tap the virtual machine name This will open the virtual machine screen 2 When you open the virtual machine for the first time you will see the Tips screen that provides a basic information about gestures that can be used during the remote session Tap the Close button to close the Tips screen and go to the virtual machine screen 3 Depending on whether the virtual machine is running or stopped you will see one of the following If the virtual machine is running on your Mac its desktop will be shown in the virtual machine and you can start working with it immediately The screen may stay black for a few seconds before the virtual machine desktop is displayed This is needed to properly synchronize the virtual machine and the Parallels Mobile application If the virtual machine is not running you will see a large icon in the middle that looks like the play pictogram Once you see the virtual machine desktop all the changes that happen to it will be displayed on your mobile device screen in real time You can control the virtual machine using the virtual keyboard and gestures Working With Virtual Machines 142 For more information about using Parallels Mobile please refer to the Parallels Mobile User s Guide available on our website Removing a Virtual Machine Removing a Virtual Machine from the List If you do not need one of your
171. n every 24 hours Time Machine when backing up your Mac will 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 Custom If you select this option you will be able to 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 enable the Notify me before snapshot creation option Setting the Snapshots Frequency Set how often snapshots should be made in 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 manage the snapshots and restore any of them use Snapshot Manager p 137 Restricting the Snapshots Number 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
172. n to create a new snapshot for the present state of your virtual machine The Go To button Select the snapshot you want to go to in the snapshots tree and click this button to move from the present state of your virtual machine to the state saved in this snapshot Note Before you go to a specific snapshot decide what you want to do with the current state of the virtual machine by default it will not be saved To retain the changes made since the last snapshot make a new snapshot The Delete button Select the snapshot you want to delete and click this button If you delete an intermediate snapshot the information it contains will be merged into the subsequent snapshot Note You cannot delete the root icon It disappears only when you delete all snapshots in the tree You can also manage snapshots by right clicking them in the tree If you right click the icon that shows the present state of the virtual machine you can create a new snapshot for this state If you right click any other intermediate snapshot you can choose to go to it to delete it alone or with all the subsequent snapshots or to edit its name and description Going to a Snapshot Working With Virtual Machines 139 1 Launch Parallels Desktop and open a virtual machine 2 Open Snapshot Manager by Choosing Manage Snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu or Clicking the Manage Snapshots button in the toolbar of the virtual machine main window
173. n 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 The Enable Mac OS X system shortcuts checkbox which is selected by default allows you to use the default F9 F10 F11 F12 and custom shortcuts for Mac OS X during your work with virtual machines in Parallels Desktop Using profiles By default Parallels Desktop contains four profiles that represent 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 will be assigned to the machine by default You can create your own profile and assign it to your virtual machines To create your custom keyboard profile or edit the existing profiles click the Edit profiles button The dialog for editing profiles will appear Add or remove keyboard and mouse profiles Profiles Generic Linux Mac OSX l Assign profiles to your virtual machines Virtual Machine Profile Microsoft Windows XP SP2 4Gb Windows 0 Windows 7 VM Windows Windows XP BC Windows _ i lt Parallels Desktop Preferences 48 To add a new profile click the Add button In the Choose base profile window specify the new profile name and select the base profile from the list After the profile is cr
174. napshots j aaa Correct worki The latest state th Working With Virtual Machines 138 The Virtual Machine Snapshots window consists of the following areas The snapshots tree pane The snapshots management pane Snapshots Tree Pane Snapshot icons appear as screen shots of the guest OS window if the virtual machine was running at the time you created a snapshot The left icon with a flag is the root of the snapshots tree it is the initial state of the virtual machine used as the reference point You cannot delete the root icon The root icon is visible if at least one snapshot exists If you want to delete a snapshot which is parental for some other snapshots you can decide whether to delete only this snapshot or delete it with all the subsequent snapshots All snapshots in the snapshots tree are descendants of the root state of the virtual machine The first snapshot contains differences with respect to the root state The second successive snapshot contains differences with respect to the first snapshot You may want to return to one of the previous snapshots and work with it If you then create a new snapshot a new snapshots branch will be created When the pointer is hovered over an item you will see a tooltip message with a short description Snapshots Management Pane The snapshots management pane includes the buttons necessary for managing the snapshots The New button Click this butto
175. ne in the Full Screen view mode To make a clip Open the virtual machine Choose Make Clip from the View menu Using the left mouse button select the area you want to capture bk WO N When you release the mouse button the resulting clip will appear on top of all open windows It will remain visible even if you switch your virtual machine to Full Screen 099 Microsoft Windows XP 1 Parallels Desktop am QOO x gt 9 3 Stop Suspend Configure Full Screen Coherence Restart Snapshot Manager e gt Ozo O Refresh Q Home Music Movies TY Celebs Radio Games Site Index BY WirsowsMedia com 22 Choose a template for your webpage All rs o A 9 amp H Z 5 Gazette Working With Virtual Machines 101 After the clip has been successfully created you can manage it as follows Save the clip on your Mac OS X desktop by right clicking it and choosing Save on Desktop Close the clip by clicking the close button in the clip window If the clip was not saved before it will be completely removed from your Mac Copy the clip to the clipboard by right clicking it and choosing Copy to Clipboard Change the clip size by dragging the lower right corner of the clip window Allow the clip to be overlaid by applications and windows that you open in your Mac by right clicking this clip and disabling the Always on Top option Making Screenshots If you want to make a screenshot of the guest
176. ne that has the necessary application installed select this application and click Choose 5 Close the CDs amp DVDs window Now if you insert the selected CD DVD type blank music picture or video into your Mac the selected guest OS application will launch and open the disc Note If you insert the selected CD DVD type but the virtual machine storing the necessary application is shut down this virtual machine will start in the Coherence view mode p 93 Launching Windows Applications From Spotlight You can launch guest OS applications installed in your Windows virtual machines from Mac OS X Spotlight You can do this provided that These Windows virtual machines have Parallels Tools installed p 74 The Share Windows applications with Mac option is enabled in the Applications pane p 184 and These virtual machines were started for at least one time after you enabled the Share Windows applications with Mac option To launch a Windows application from Spotlight open Spotlight and start typing the application s name Spotlight will display the list of items containing these letters In this list find the application you need and click it The application will start in the Windows guest operating system if the virtual machine with this application installed is running If the virtual machine is shut down clicking the application in the Spotlight list will start the virtual machine and the application will open when th
177. neeseenaeeeesaecateseenees 235 Problems with Antivirus Software cscsssccscsescssesecsseceeeecssecsessecseesecneesecsaeceessecaeeseeneeseeeaseeeaesaeeeeenees 235 Glossary 236 Index 240 CHAPTER 1 Introduction Parallels Desktop for Mac lets you seamlessly run Windows and Mac OS X side by side drag and drop your files between operating systems and run Windows software on your Apple computer without rebooting This chapter provides general information about Parallels Desktop for Mac and this User Guide In This Chapter About Parallels Desktop ncr e tis anihiiiv aSa aE E E aiid 8 About THIS Grd de oeeie e aa e N a ae aa aiae eaa Ne 9 Getting Help i ci erene e e R a E E E A E ne 12 Feed OTA EEEE AEN AEE A EAE AEEA A EEE AE 12 Introduction 8 About Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop is a virtualization solution that allows you to create virtual machines on Macintosh computers with Intel processors 1 66 GHz and faster You can install a Windows Linux Mac OS X or any other supported guest operating system in each of your virtual machines and work with them and their applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications Applications Applications Applications Mac OS X Windows E Q 2 2 2 a To Q Q lt lt Parallels Desktop Mac OS X operating system Physical Computer You can install only the server versions of Mac OS X in virtual machines Built on Parallels awar
178. net FECO 0 0 FEAA 0 0 0 0 Prefix Length 64 Restore Defaults Cancel Cx 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 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 Host Only Networking p 112 60 CHAPTER 6 Setting Up a Virtual Machine Generally the process of creating a virtual machine includes two steps 1 Creating a virtual machine configuration and installing an operating system in it This step is performed with the help of New Virtual Machine Assistant that creates the virtual machine hardware configuration and installs an operating system on it The operating system can be installed automatically from a CD DVD disc or an image of such a disc Installing Parallels Tools in the virtual machine When you installed the operating system it is recommended to install Parallels Tools that will help you work simultaneously in Mac OS and your virtual machine Parallels Tools are available for most of the popular Windows and Linux operating systems as well as Mac OS X Server and can be easily installed on your virtual machine Once your have completed these steps your virtual
179. nformation about the Shared Profile functionality see Using Shared Profile p 158 Mapping Mac Volumes to Guest OS Configuring the Virtual Machine 183 The SmartMount feature allows you to automate the detection and mounting of removable devices in your virtual machines You can automate the detection and mounting of Removable drives External storage devices such as USB hard disks and USB flash drives will be mounted to your guest OS CD DVD drives CD and DVD drives or CD DVD images DMG ISO and so on will be mounted to your guest OS Network folders Network shares connected to Mac OS X will be mounted to your guest OS If the SmartMount functionality is enabled and you connect any of these devices to Mac OS X this device is also automatically mounted to your guest operating system 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 X and My Computer in the Windows virtual machine The permissions you will have for managing the mounted device from inside the virtual machine will coincide with those you have for this device in Mac OS X So if you can read from and write to a USB flash drive in Mac OS X you will have the same permissions for this drive from inside the virtual machine At the same time if you are connecting a USB flash drive that is formatted with NTFS you will have read only access to it because Mac OS X cannot write to NTFS v
180. ng Google Chrome Virtual Appliance To download the Google Chrome virtual appliance select Download Chrome OS from the File menu Parallels Desktop will download the Google Chrome operating system from the Internet and add a Google Chrome virtual machine to the Parallels Virtual Machines list To log in to Chrome OS you will need an Internet connection as well as your Google account name and password Setting Up a Virtual Machine 74 Installing Parallels Tools Parallels Desktop includes a set of specially developed utilities that help you use your virtual machines in the most convenient and efficient way 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 Server Leopard These disc images can be found in the following location on your Mac Library Parallels Tools Parallels Tools Overview Setting Up a Virtual Machine 75 Parallels Tools are a suite of special utilities that help you use your virtual machines in the most comfortable and efficient way With Parallels Tools you can move the mouse seamlessly between the v
181. ng Windows 7 J ump Lists in Coherence When you are working with a Windows 7 virtual machine in the Coherence view mode or its variation Crystal p 148 you can view the Jump List for an application that is currently running in Windows 7 by right clicking this application s icon in the Dock and choosing Show J ump List To open an item on the Jump List click the specific item Note If an application is running in the guest operating system but the application s icon does not appear in the Dock make sure the Share Windows applications with Mac option is enabled in the Applications pane p 184 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Crystal Mode The Crystal view mode is a variation of the Coherence mode p 144 Crystal provides even higher level of integration between the host and the guest operating systems In this mode all Parallels Desktop controls icons and menus are hidden except for the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar Parallels Menu Bar Icon This icon is used to control your virtual machine and Parallels Desktop while in the Crystal view mode Click this icon to open a basic menu It allows you to access the Windows Start menu manage the virtual machine devices return to the Window view mode by choosing Exit Coherence quit Parallels Desktop and to switch between the running virtual machines Right click this icon to open the Windows start menu Alt click or Option click this icon to open an extend
182. nging the Default Folder for Virtual Machines The Virtual Machines Folder field displays the default location where Parallels Desktop stores the files and folders of all virtual machines you create on your Mac You can change the default location To do this click the Virtual Machines Folder field and either choose a new folder from the list of available folders or click Choose a folder and navigate to the necessary folder After changing the default location all newly created virtual machines will be saved in the folder specified in the Virtual Machines Folder field However this does not affect the files of virtual machines that already exist their files will remain in the original default folder Dock Icon This option defines what type of icon will appear in the Dock when Parallels Desktop is open The following types of icons are available Parallels Desktop The standard Parallels Desktop icon appears in the Dock Live Screenshot If you choose this type the Dock icon will appear as a live screenshot of the virtual machine window Note 1 No matter what type of the Dock icon you choose if you click this icon when you virtual machine is working in the Coherence p 144 mode the Windows Start menu will open Note 2 If the Do not show Parallels icon in Dock option is selected in the Coherence pane p 188 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog the Parallels icon will not be shown in the Dock when the virtual machine is wor
183. ngs name in the sidebar W startup and Shutdown 2 gt Optimization Require Password to Exit full screen mode _ Change virtual machine state _ Manage snapshots Backup Q Sharing Integration C isolate Mac from Windows Applications Coherence ae Screen Undo Disks Disable W SS Modality Advanced Encryption Change Password rh Click the lock to prevent further changes Configuring the Virtual Machine 180 Setting Restrictions You can set restrictions on the following operations for non administrator users Exit full screen mode An administrator s password will be required to exit the Full Screen p 151 view mode Change virtual machine state An administrator s password will be required to start stop p 90 suspend or otherwise change the virtual machine state Manage snapshots An administrator s password will be required to create or delete a virtual machine snapshot p 134 or revert to a snapshot Isolating the Virtual Machine from Mac If you want to isolate your virtual machine from Mac OS X select the Isolate Mac from Windows option or Isolate Mac from Linux for Linux virtual machines This option disables all integration features including Shared Folders p 181 Shared Profile p 181 Shared Applications p 184 SmartMount p 181 etc You will also not be able to copy or move objects between the virtual machine and your Mac Using Undo Disks The Enable Undo Disks
184. nloads folder in your Windows guest OS for Windows Vista 7 only Warning If you delete any Mac OS X file from the Windows desktop when the Mac OS X desktop sharing is enabled you will not be able to find this file in Mac OS X Trash or Windows Recycle Bin The file will be deleted from your computer permanently When Shared Profile is enabled the virtual machine desktop will display the icons present on Mac OS X Desktop the My Documents folder will contain items stored in the Documents folder on your Mac The other folders will behave in a similar way To enable and configure Shared Profile use the Sharing pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Disabling Shared Profile You can disable Shared Profile either by clearing the Redirect Windows user folders to Mac option in the Sharing pane p 181 or by disabling Mac folders sharing at runtime p 102 or in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 159 Using Shared Applications You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows guest OS and vice versa Note To share your Mac OS X and Windows applications you need to disable the Isolate Mac from Windows option in the Security pane p 179 of the virtual machine configuration Using Mac OS X Applications in Windows Guest OS The list of Parallels Shared Applications is created during the Parallels Tools installation The list includes your Mac OS X applications and i
185. nstalled you do not need to press any key to release the mouse and keyboard they are released automatically Setting Up a Virtual Machine 83 Parallels Tools for OS 2 and eComStation Guest OSs All of the OS 2 and eComStation tools can be installed from the prl tools other iso CD image Network drivers can also be installed from the pr1 tools os2 fdd floppy disk image file during the operating system installation The latter is easier in most cases Before starting the installation you should connect the CD image with Parallels Tools to your virtual machine s CD DVD drive Choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu Mouse Synchronization Tool Installation Mouse Synchronization Tool consists of the mouse driver and video filter Note To install Mouse Synchronization Tool you should have a VESA video driver installed e g SDD or GENGRADD For instructions on how to install this video driver refer to the OS 2 documentation To install Mouse Synchronization Tool 1 Click the Drives icon on the system panel Select the CD DVD drive and locate the lt CD ROM drive gt Drivers Mouse 0S2 directory Note When installing the driver on eComStation 1 2 go to the lt CD ROM drive gt Drivers Mouse ECS12 directory 2 Launch the INSTALL CMD batch file INSTALL CMD copies files and makes necessary modifications to the CONFIG SYS file 3 Restart the guest OS 2 operating system Clipboard Synchroniz
186. nstalled 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 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 http kb parallels com or refer to the Parallels support team http www parallels com en support desktop Troubleshooting and Limitations 232 Memory Usage Problems The amount of the host computer 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 OS You can configure the guest OS memory amount in 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 197 of Virtual Machine Configuration Virtual Machine Monitor is the module responsible for the guest operating sys
187. ntain this time difference by selecting the Allow a different time than on Mac option 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 This functionality is available only for virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed p 74 Configuring the Virtual Machine 195 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock icon T 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 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 Boot Order Settings 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 These settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running To edit the Boot Order settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual
188. nu is available only when the virtual machine is running It allows you to configure certain devices and sharing settings at runtime Using the Sharing menu you can share folders p 154 between Mac OS X and your guest operating system Using the Keyboard menu you can emulate keyboard shortcuts in the guest operating system The Window menu allows you to open the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 and navigate between the running virtual machines The Help menu lets you access Parallels Desktop Help Welcome window the troubleshooting guide Parallels Support and the problem report form You are also welcome to send us feedback about using Parallels Desktop Choose Send Feedback from the Help menu and provide it in the displayed window We will use your feedback to make the product better fit your needs Starting Parallels Desktop 39 Dock icon shortcut menu Parallels Desktop Dock icon has a shortcut menu with a number of useful commands Just right click the Parallels Desktop icon to open this menu Status Bar The status bar consists of three parts I The virtual machine state menu b na The view mode menu Laf and The virtual machine devices The Virtual Machine State Menu You can start shut down pause suspend resume and stop the virtual machine using the Virtual co 1 Machine State menu on the status bar Click the Virtual Machine State button and select the desired command from the menu The
189. nu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Select the Hardware tab and click Network Adapter Select Bridged Networking gt VLAN from the Type list and make sure the Connected option is enabled 4 Click OK The virtual machine will be bridged to the selected VLAN Working With Virtual Machines 114 Connecting USB Devices to a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop allows you to connect up to eight USB 2 0 and five USB 1 1 devices to a single virtual machine This means that you can plug up to eight USB 2 0 devices and five USB 1 1 devices into your Mac and connect them to your virtual machine To use this feature you must add a USB controller p 215 to the virtual machine configuration If the USB controller is already present make sure it is connected p 214 By default when you plug a USB device into your Mac with one or more virtual machines running the New USB device detected dialog appears Working With Virtual Machines 115 In this dialog you need to specify where the detected USB device will be connected Point to Mac and click it if you want to use this USB device in Mac OS X Point to the virtual machine and click it if you want to use this USB device in the virtual machine you are currently working with Note If you select to connect the detected USB device to the virtual machine and then reboot this virtual machine the New USB Device dialog will not appear again after the reboot The USB device
190. o share a printer go to Mac OS X System Preferences gt Print amp Fax select this printer and enable the Share this printer option The virtual machine must be configured to work in the Bridged networking mode p 111 To set up a printer via Bonjour follow these steps 1 10 11 Launch Parallels Desktop and start the Windows virtual machine in which you want to set up the printer When the guest operating system boots up download the Bonjour for Windows installation package Note You can download Apple Bonjour for Windows at http support apple com kb d1999 In your Windows guest operating system start the Bonjour installation by launching the BonjourPSSetup exe file from the folder to which it was downloaded In the Welcome to the Bonjour Print Services Installer window click Next In the License Agreement window carefully read the license agreement If you agree with its terms select accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next In the next window read the important information about Bonjour and click Next In the Installation Options window choose where Bonjour will be installed specify additional settings and click Install When the installation is complete click Finish 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 In the Browse for Bonjour Printe
191. o use this functionality you should have Parallels Tools p 74 installed in the virtual machine and the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane p 179 Note To enable the Shared Profile functionality you must share all Mac disks or at least your Mac Home folder You can configure the necessary sharing settings in the Sharing pane p 181 If neither Mac disks nor Mac Home folder is shared with the virtual machine select Redirect Windows user folders to Mac in the Sharing pane p 181 click OK and then Continue Mac OS X Home folder will be automatically shared with the virtual machine and Shared Profile enabled If you activate the Shared Profile functionality by selecting Redirect Windows user folders to Mac in the Sharing pane p 181 you can click Configure below this option and specify the following options Select Desktop to use the Mac desktop as the desktop in your Windows guest OS Select Documents to use the Documents folder on your Mac as the My Documents folder in your Windows guest OS Select Pictures to use the Pictures folder on your Mac as the My Pictures folder in your Windows guest OS Select Music to use the Music folder on your Mac as the My Music folder in your Windows guest OS Select Movies to use the Movies folder on your Mac as the My Videos folder in your Windows guest OS for Windows XP Vista 7 only Select Downloads to use the Downloads folder on your Mac as the Dow
192. oan Connect to MATSHITA CD RW CW 8124 IS CD DVD H gt fd Hard Disk 1 Location SATA 0 1 r fed Hard Disk 2 Serial Port 1 Network 1 Printer Port 1 Sound USB Controller LA A _ _ EN Click the lock to prevent further changes lt Cancel b je OK Configuring the Virtual Machine 201 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 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 t
193. oard shortcuts in MacBook and MacBook Pro To use the F1 F12 keys in your virtual machine press the Fn F1 F12 key combination instead For additional information see also Keyboard Preferences p 45 Installing Applications in a Virtual Machine You can install software inside your virtual machine in the same way as you would do on any other real computer using a CD DVD disc or image file containing the application installation files using a USB drive containing the application installation files downloading the necessary application from the network If you want to install an application from a real CD DVD drive on your Mac connect it first to the virtual machine and then insert the disc into this drive For detailed information on how to connect CD DVD drives to your virtual machine refer to CD DVD Settings p 200 If you want to install an application from an existing CD or DVD image file specify the path to the image file in the CD DVD pane p 200 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog For detailed information on connecting image files to your virtual machine refer to CD DVD Settings p 200 If you want to install an application from a USB device you should first add a USB controller to the virtual machine using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog For detailed information on how you can do it refer to Adding and Removing Devices p 215 Then connect the USB device to your virtual machine p 114
194. og Modality mode In this mode you can view the virtual machine and the programs running inside it in a transparent scaled window while working in Mac OS X By default this window appears on top of all opened windows so you can supervise your virtual machine during your work in Mac OS X You may find this view mode useful when your virtual machine is performing a time consuming task that does not require your interaction For example if you start copying some files from an external storage to your virtual machine you can switch it to Modality The virtual machine window will become transparent and scalable and you will be able to view the file copy progress in it In the meantime you can start or continue working with Mac OS X The Modality related settings can be configured in the Modality pane p 192 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog For switching between these modes you can use the View menu commands or toolbar buttons Note You can change the virtual machine view mode only when the virtual machine is running Working With Virtual Machines 98 Capturing Keyboard and Mouse To start working in a virtual machine you need first to capture the keyboard and mouse input in the virtual machine To do this 1 Move the mouse pointer over the virtual machine window 2 Click in the window When the keyboard and mouse input is captured in the virtual machine you cannot move the pointer out of the virtual machine wind
195. olumes To enable the SmartMount feature select Map Mac volumes to Windows or Map Mac volumes to Linux for Linux virtual machines Sharing Windows disks to Mac OS X Note This option is not available for Linux and Mac OS X guest operating systems Select the Access Windows folders from Mac option to enable access to all virtual disks and partitions available in the virtual machine from the physical computer You will be able to find the virtual machine disks in the virtual machine PVM bundle Locate the virtual machine bundle in Finder right click its name select Show Package Contents from the context menu and open the Windows Disks folder You can also select Mount virtual disks to Mac desktop to mount the shared virtual hard disks to your Mac OS X desktop After you enable this option the virtual machine volumes will be accessible from the Mac OS X desktop where they will appear as connected volumes Windows network shares cannot be mounted Note If the virtual machine volumes are not mounted on the Mac OS X Desktop go to Finder gt Preferences gt General and make sure that the Connected servers option is selected If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the Lock icon wl 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 184
196. om your Windows XP virtual machine In a Linux or FreeBSD Guest Operating System 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 4 Working With Virtual Machines 124 Start the virtual machine 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 via web interface Note To set up a network printer you should have root privileges Download and install an appropriate printer driver For detailed information on installing the printer driver refer to the printer manufacturer s documentation Start Common UNIX Printing System In the Terminal type the command etc init d cups start 5 10 11 12 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 P
197. on Working With Virtual Machines 127 Encrypting the Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop allows you to protect your virtual machines from unauthorized use If you store any important data in a virtual machine you are highly recommended to encrypt the virtual machine and unauthorized users will have access neither to the virtual machine nor to its data Encrypting a Virtual Machine To encrypt a virtual machine follow these steps 1 Make sure the virtual machine is shut down 2 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Go to the Options tab and click Security In the Security pane p 179 click Turn On specify a password and click OK Warning The specified password is very important You must record it Without this password you will not be able to launch the virtual machine After that the virtual machine will be encrypted To start the encrypted virtual machine you will always have to enter the specified password Changing Password for an Encrypted Virtual Machine To change password for an encrypted virtual machine follow these steps 1 Select the virtual machine but do not start it and choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Goto the Options tab and click Security 3 In the Security pane p 179 click Change Password specify a new password and click OK Removing Encryption from a Virtual Machine To
198. on an administrator s password will be required Configuring the Virtual Machine 199 Floppy Settings 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 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose 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 p 215 an Windows 7 VM Hardware as RR General Options Hardware Boot Order F Video i S Floppy Disk Source 4 unattended fdd CD DVD 1 Se Hard Disk 1 Hard Disk 2 Serial Port 1 Network 1 vw Connected 2 Printer Port 1 Sound USB Controller 1exr enpb aii H Click the lock to prevent further changes _Cancel 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
199. on how to configure the Parallels Desktop settings using the Preferences dialog To open this dialog choose Preferences from the Parallels Desktop menu In This Chapter General Preferem CES rrei A E ves evans lgaads cosdesiecsesbicdevesisacbdssiadsstadiactesetes 42 Keyboard Preterencesiss sciscsssccasisdh fez seevioes eote ata NE r ER AE E ENE Eea iEn EEE 45 USB Pre fe ren Ce Serai eE e E a E a e aae 49 Mobile PreferenCES ieirareiiassiisneooria iiia E NIERE E AOE E EENE E aS 51 Advanced Preference isiss6sissassnesoovosendssniesaboveno vans EE E EEEE EE EEOSE NEPE EEES a 53 General Preferences In the General pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences you can change the default location for storing the folders with the virtual machine files choose the appearance of the Parallels Desktop icon select whether you want to use animations for some actions in Parallels Desktop set preferences for the frequency of the update checks Note The settings available in this pane can be configured individually for each user of your Mac an General Lu i wia G Ceneral Keyboard USB Mobile Advanced Virtual Machines Folder C Parallels re Dock Icon Live Screenshot ry v Use Start button icon in Coherence Appearance _ Use animations Check for Updates Once a week a Download updates automatically _ Check Now rT hy Click the lock to prevent further changes 7 Parallels Desktop Preferences 43 Cha
200. on your Mac this step is omitted Click Install to start the Parallels Desktop installation 8 Enter your password when prompted and click OK The installation progress is shown in the Installing Parallels Desktop window 10 The Installer informs you that the installation was successful To complete the installation click Close After the installation you can launch Parallels Desktop from the Applications folder on your Mac Installing Parallels Desktop 21 Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 6 To upgrade Parallels Desktop 3 4 or 5 to version 6 you will need to purchase an upgrade from the Parallels Online Store http www parallels com buyonline The upgrade activation key will be sent immediately to the e mail address you provided Note Parallels Desktop 2 cannot be upgraded to Parallels Desktop 6 You can upgrade Parallels Desktop 3 4 or 5 to any language version of Parallels Desktop 6 This means if you have an English version of Parallels Desktop 4 and want to upgrade it to a German version of Parallels Desktop 6 you can simply purchase the German upgrade install it on your Mac and activate it with the upgrade activation key Before the upgrade you must shut down any virtual machines running on your Mac and quit Parallels Desktop The upgrade takes three steps 1 installing Parallels Desktop 6 2 activating it using the upgrade key 3 and upgrading your virtual machines Installing Parallels Desktop 6 Generally the
201. oose another folder where the files will be installed When finished click Next Once the installation is complete select Run Stardock MyColors now and click Finish Now the MacLook theme is enabled and it will automatically be applied to all view modes p 93 If you want to disable MacLook click the View menu and clear the Use MacLook option If you disable MacLook and then want to enable it again choose Use MacLook from the View menu Already installed it will be easily applied to your virtual machine Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 154 Sharing Applications and Files Sharing Folders and Disks A shared folder is a folder on your Mac that can be accessed from your virtual machine Such folders can be used for exchanging files between the primary OS Mac OS X and the virtual machine or between several virtual machines You can also share the Windows virtual machine disk volumes with Mac OS X they will be mounted on the Mac OS X Desktop In the operating system where a shared folder resides it appears as a usual folder while in the virtual machine with which it is shared it appears as a network shared folder A shared folder or volume resides on the computer host computer or a virtual machine from which it initially belonged This means a shared folder or volume occupies space on the hard disk of the computer or virtual machine it originally belonged to Using shared folders is possible in the guest operating syste
202. open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click Hardware and select Network Adapter in the list In the Network Adapter pane select Shared Networking from the Type list and make sure the Connected option is enabled Note 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 Click OK For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Working With Virtual Machines 111 Bridged Ethernet Networking When operating in the Bridged Ethernet mode your virtual machine 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 p 109 and you may need to contact your system administrator to configure it properly Internet IP of virtual machine A Virtual Machine A WA IP of virtual machine B Virtual Machine B IP address of your Mac your Mac To configure your virtual machine to work in the Bridged Ethernet mode 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine
203. operating system that controls the I O devices of the computer and that is loaded when the physical computer is turned on that is Mac OS X Guest operating system guest OS The term is used to refer to an operating system that is installed in a virtual machine Help Usage Tips Use the icons in the upper part of the help window to go to the online documentation page watch the online video tutorial contact the Parallels support team To print a help page click on the Print icon Tf this doesn t work right click the Print icon and choose Print Frame Introduction 10 Organization of This Guide This guide consists of the following chapters introduction p 7 you are reading it now Provides basic information about the product and this guide Virtual Machine Technology Basics p 13 Provides information on the specification and technologies of virtual machines installing Parallels Desktop p 16 Provides instructions on product installation Starting Parallels Desktop p 30 Provides basic information on how to work with Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop Preferences p 42 Provides information on how to configure the Parallels Desktop preferences Setting Up a Virtual Machine p 60 Provides instructions on creating a new virtual machine and adding an existing one Working With Virtual Machines p 89 Provides basic information on how to work with virtual machines integrating
204. operating system a A OO N 10 11 12 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 information 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 the guest operating system you can use it to print documents fr
205. ork 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 that 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 hav
206. osing Configure from the shortcut menu or choosing Configure from the Virtual Machine menu 3 Open the Floppy Disk pane and specify the path to the floppy image disk file in the Image File field 4 Click OK to apply the changes 1 SA 5 Start the virtual machine by clicking Start lox The installation will launch soon after the virtual machine is started Reinstalling the guest OS The procedure for reinstalling the guest OS is the same as the procedure of installing the guest OS provide the installation media or its image connect it to the virtual machine and start the virtual machine The reinstallation will launch soon after the virtual machine is started Setting Up a Virtual Machine 69 Note You can reinstall the guest OS of the same type only However you are free to choose the guest OS version Keep in mind that in some cases it is easier just to create a new virtual machine install the guest OS and delete the old machine after moving all the necessary data to the new one Like a Mac or like a PC When you create a new Windows virtual machine starting from Windows 2000 you are offered to choose the level of integration between the Windows guest operating system and Mac OS X A New Virtual Machine Assistant Integration with Mac How do you want to work with your Windows applications Like a Mac Make my Windows applications work like Mac applications and make my documents pictures and music available
207. ot have the CD DVD drive mount point In this case you should create the mount point directory manually Setting Up a Virtual Machine 81 6 When the installation disc image is mounted change the directory to the CD DVD drive directory using cd media cdrom 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 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 p 230 To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine use the Options tab in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Reinstalling Parallels Tools To reinstall Parallels Tools remove them p 88 first and then install them again 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 automa
208. ote to control some Windows applications 107 Touchpad gestures are supported by default while the support for Apple Remote needs to be enabled in the virtual machine configuration To enable Apple Remote open the virtual machine configuration by choosing Virtual Machine gt Configure click Options gt Advanced and select Enable next to Apple Remote Note This feature is available for the following guest operating systems Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 The following table provides commands to control some of the popular Windows applications Action Microsoft Power Point Start slide show End slide show Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide Zoom in zoom out Microsoft Word Excel Zoom in zoom out Windows Media Player Start pause playback Skip to the next song Play the previous song Volume up Volume down Media Player Classic k lite Start playback pause Volume up Volume down Keyboard and Mouse Combination F5 Esc N Enter Page Down Right Arrow Down Arrow Space or click the mouse P Page Up Left Arrow Up Arrow Backspace Ctrl wheel up Ctrl wheel down Ctrl wheel up Ctrl wheel down Space Ctrl F Ctrl B F8 Up Arrow wheel up F9 Down Arrow wheel down Space F8 Up Arrow wheel up F9 Down Arrow wheel down A
209. ou to open files of particular types stored in Mac OS X in Windows guest OS applications Moreover you can also open files of particular types stored in Windows guest OSs in Mac OS X applications Note To use SmartSelect you should install Parallels Tools p 74 in the virtual machine and disable the Isolate Mac from Windows option in the Security pane p 179 of the virtual machine configuration SmartSelect is available for the following guest OSs Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Windows 7 Opening Files in Mac OS X With Windows Applications To make the description of opening files in Mac OS X with Windows applications more vivid let us assume that you have the doc txt file stored in Mac OS X and you want to open it with Notepad If you want to open the doc txt file with Notepad only once right click this file choose Open With from the shortcut menu and select Notepad If there is no Notepad in the context menu click Other and select Windows Applications for Windows gt Notepad in Finder If you want to open all txt files stored in Mac OS X with Notepad from now on 1 Right click the doc txt file choose Open With from the shortcut menu and select Notepad 2 Right click the Notepad icon in the Dock and choose SmartSelect from the shortcut menu Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 163 3 A list of SmartSelect file associations will open You
210. ou 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 Null device Select this option if you want to mute the output device Use the Channels list to choose the type of sound reproduction You can choose one of the following types Auto If you select this option Parallels Desktop will check the sound card connected to your Mac and to the virtual machine If this sound card is 5 1 surround capable the virtual machine output device will reproduce 5 1 surround sound If the sound card does not support 5 1 surround sound the virtual machine output device will reproduce stereo 2 0 sound Stereo Sound Select this option if you want the output device to reproduce stereo 2 0 sound Sound Surround 5 1 If you have a 5 1 surround capable sound card connected to your Mac via USB or FireWire and you want to use it in your virtual machine select this option Note 1 If you want to use a 5 1 surround capable sound card in your virtual machine make sure this card is selected in the Output list Note 2 If you choose to use a 5 1 surround capable sound card in your virtual machine you may need to set up this sound card in the guest operating system For the information on how
211. ou will find the Devices menu in the context menu Connecting iSight camera to a Windows virtual machine If you have a built in iSight camera you can use it in your Windows XP or later virtual machine Before connecting the camera you should install the iSight driver for Windows in your virtual machine There are several ways to install the driver For example you can install the iSight driver together with the Boot Camp drivers in your virtual machine 1 Insert the Mac OS X Leopard disc or Mac OS X Install Disc 1 into your computer 2 Start your Windows virtual machine 3 Click the CD DVD icon in the virtual machine status bar select Real CD DVD and connect the Mac OS X installation disc Working With Virtual Machines 116 4 The Boot Camp drivers installer starts If the installer does not start automatically browse the Mac OS X disc using Windows Explorer and double click the setup exe file in the Boot Camp folder 5 Follow the installer instructions When the installation is finished restart your virtual machine Note The iSight driver for Windows is suitable for built in cameras only External cameras are not supported To connect the iSight camera click the USB controller icon 4 in the virtual machine status bar and select the iSight camera in the list Connecting a USB printer to a virtual machine You can connect a USB printer directly to your virtual machine In this case the printer will not be availab
212. ouble click Setup exe to launch the installer Setting Up a Virtual Machine 78 5 Follow the wizard s instructions to complete the installation To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine use the Options tab in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Reinstalling Parallels Tools To reinstall Parallels Tools start your virtual machine and select 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 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 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 79 Parallels Tools for Linux Parallels Tools can be installed in Linux guest operating systems that comply with the following requirements glibc 2 3 4 and later libstdc 3 4 6 and later libstdc so 6 gcc 3 4 6 and later including C support make 3 80 X Window System X11R6 7 X11R6 8 X11R6 8 99 X11R7 0 X11R7 1
213. ound Settings 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 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose 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 p 215 aAA Windows 7 VM Hardware Boot Order F Video kel Floppy Disk CD OVO 1 Hard Disk 1 ue fed Hard Disk 2 Serial Port 1 Channels Auto A _ Connected Input Default EZ Output Default 2 8 Network 1 Printer Port 1 USB Controller 1 a Th Click the lock to prevent further changes _ Cancel ox Configuring the Virtual Machine 213 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 one of the following devices Default Select this option if you want to use the input device set as default in Mac OS Built in Input Select this option if you want to use one of the input devices from your Mac Null device Select this option if y
214. our favorite Windows applications on Mac OS Desktop and add their icons to the Dock To create an alias for the application and add its icon to the Dock 1 Start your Windows virtual machine 2 Start any of your favorite Windows applications in the virtual machine When the application is started its icon will appear in the Dock 3 To create an alias for your favorite Windows application right click the application icon in the Dock and select Keep in Dock from its shortcut menu The application alias appears on the Mac OS desktop It will be available from the Dock even when the virtual machine is stopped If you double click this alias when the virtual machine is turned off the virtual machine and the corresponding application in it will start automatically If you have several instances of one application opened in a Windows virtual machine that is running only one icon of this application will be displayed in the Dock Clicking this icon will bring the application to focus If you right click this icon the shortcut menu will open You can use this menu to Switch between the opened instances of this application Specify the SmartSelect associations Manage the application s options Hide show the application and Quitit Note If you launch an application in a Windows guest OS and the application s icon does not appear in the Dock most probably the Show Dock icons in Coherence only option is enabled in the Applica
215. ow Leopard Server 10 6 x PrI Mac OS X Leopard Server 10 5 x KACA Cone os oo ss aca Feso ta raram O82 was na Please note that Parallels Desktop does not include operating system installation discs or their images You should purchase them separately Setting Up a Virtual Machine Creating a New Virtual Machine 63 If you have no virtual machines you can start your work in Parallels Desktop by creating a new virtual machine using New Virtual Machine Assistant To create a new virtual machine 1 Open Parallels Desktop and click New Windows Installation in the Welcome window p 31 or the Add button in the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 or choose New from the File menu Insert the operating system installation disc or connect the installation source to your Mac In the Create New Virtual Machine window specify the source of the installation files and click Continue You can create a virtual machine using an operating system installation CD or DVD disc an image of such an installation disc ora Boot Camp partition If you want to specify the installation source later choose Continue without disc A New Virtual Machine Assistant Create New Virtual Machine Insert the operating system installation disc into your Mac or choose another installation source Install from MATSHITA CD RW CW 8124 ES 3 4 5 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 64 Your operating
216. ow and all keystrokes and button clicks go to the virtual machine To release the keyboard and mouse back press the hot key combination Ctrl Alt by default The keyboard and mouse will be released immediately Note The default hot key combinations can be configured in the Keyboard pane p 45 of the Preferences dialog If you want to automatically capture and release the keyboard and mouse input you should install Parallels Tools p 74 in your virtual machine After the Parallels Tools installation you can capture and release the mouse and keyboard input more easily Click anywhere in the virtual machine window to capture the input and Click anywhere outside the virtual machine window to release the input Using SmartMouse If you install Parallels Tools p 74 in your virtual machine you will also be able to use the SmartMouse feature to capture and release the keyboard and mouse input This feature can be configured or disabled in the Advanced pane p 193 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog If you select On the mouse input will be automatically captured in the virtual machine window when the mouse pointer hovers over it and then released when it moves back to Mac OS This will make the mouse move seamlessly between your Mac and the virtual machine If you select Off you will need to click inside the virtual machine window to capture the mouse input and press the hot key combination Ctrl Alt by default to
217. p 109 However if you meet any difficulties with setting up the desired mode or just unable to access the Internet you can refer to the Parallels support team http www parallels com en support desktop for a qualified assistance Problems with Antivirus Software Because of the close integration with the host operating system some actions performed by the Parallels Desktop processes may be detected as malicious by the antivirus software installed on your Mac However such actions are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of Parallels Desktop That is why you should prevent the antivirus software from blocking them If you do not want the alerts to appear in future perform a full system scan using the antivirus software and add these processes to the list of trusted ones if no viruses are detected To find out how to do this refer to your antivirus software Help Note The names of Parallels Desktop processes usually start with pr1 or parallels Glossary 236 Glossary This glossary defines terms and spells out abbreviations used in Parallels Desktop documentation References to terms defined elsewhere in the glossary appear in italics Administrator A user with administrative privileges Activation key A unique set of symbols that activates the Parallels Desktop application on your Mac and lets you use the Parallels Desktop functionality to its full extent Active operating system The operating system where Parallels T
218. partition Note 2 If a virtual machine has one or more snapshots you can neither compress p 202 nor resize p 202 its virtual hard disk Working With Virtual Machines 135 Making Snapshots Snapshots can be created manually or automatically using SmartGuard p 186 Note You cannot create a snapshot manually or automatically or revert to a snapshot when your virtual machine is paused To make a snapshot manually 1 Make sure that you completed all operations of installing downloading or writing to external devices before taking a snapshot Note You can create a snapshot at any time But it is recommended to complete all operations of installing downloading or writing to external devices before taking a snapshot You should also complete or cancel any transactions performed via the virtual machine in external data bases Choose Take Snapshot from the Virtual Machine menu or use the Take Snapshot button on the toolbar of your virtual machine s window If the toolbar does not contain this button you can add it to the toolbar For more information refer to the Customizing Toolbar section p 41 Note To make a snapshot you can also use Snapshot Manager Just open the manager by choosing Manage Snapshots from the Virtual Machine menu and click the New button A new snapshot will be created In the Snapshot Parameters window you can provide a name and a short description for the snapshot This information
219. pe vzct1 destroy ctid Use vzctl start to start a Container Saved parameters for Container TOL rpm V virtuozzo release Ctrl P Alt F4 Besides the formatting conventions you should also know about the document organization convention applied to Parallels documents chapters in all guides are divided into sections which in their turn are subdivided into subsections For example About This Guide is a section and Documentation Conventions is a subsection Introduction 12 Getting Help Parallels Desktop provides several ways to access the necessary information Search Field You can use this field available from the Parallels Desktop Help menu to perform a keyword search in both Parallels Desktop Help and the Knowledge Base In this field type a keyword and click Show All Help Topics the related topics will be displayed Parallels Desktop Help Contains extensive information about the product and its uses To open Parallels Desktop Help choose Help gt Parallels Desktop Help from the menu Help Buttons In most windows you will find a help button 7 opening the corresponding help page Online Documentation PDF documentation for Parallels Desktop and Parallels Transporter To open the online documentation page choose Online Documentation from the Help menu Parallels Command Line Reference Guide This guide contains information on how to use the prictl command line utility designed to manage Parallels Desktop an
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221. pple Remote Pil MENU n a IPEE PREZ Touchpad Gesture n a n a Swipe right Swipe left Pinch open pinch close Pinch open pinch close n a Swipe right Swipe left n a n a n a n a n a Working With Virtual Machines 108 n a or Page back Backspace Alt Left Arrow Swipe right Page forward Alt Right Arrow d Swipe left A or Page back Backspace Alt Left Arrow Swipe right a or Page forward Alt Right Arrow Swipe left Ctrl wheel up Ctrl wheel down or Ctrl Ctrl ma O E 7 Pinch open pinch close Working With Virtual Machines 109 Configuring Network in Virtual Machines Parallels Desktop allows you to use three types of networking in your virtual machines Shared Networking p 109 This type of networking allows the virtual machine to use the current network connections of the physical computer Bridged Ethernet p This type of networking allows the virtual machine to use one of the physical computer network adapters This makes it appear as a separate computer on the network to which the physical computer belongs Host only networking p 112 This type of networking allows the virtual machine to access only the physical computer and other virtual machines residing on it By default the virtual machine uses Shared Networking because configuring it requires minimal effort from the users The Bridged Ethernet networking mode is more complex and you may need to
222. ption the corresponding type of hyperlinks will open in the web application set as default in that operating system where you open this type of hyperlinks For example if you click a hyperlink in the Windows guest OS it will open in the web browser set as default in Windows If you click a hyperlink in Mac OS X it will open in the web browser set as default in Mac OS X Open in Windows If you select this option no matter where you open the corresponding type of hyperlinks in Windows or in Mac OS X it will open in the web application set as default in the Windows guest OS Open in Mac If you select this option no matter where you open the corresponding type of hyperlinks in Windows or in Mac OS X it will open in the web application set as default in Mac OS X For more information about setting up shared applications refer to Applications Settings Usage Tip Sharing the web applications can be useful in software development and web site building to check the compatibility with different Internet browsers Create several virtual machines and install the necessary Internet browsers in each of them Right click the file you want to check and specify the browser to use through Open With Note The Open With list displays only the Internet browsers available through the virtual machines that are currently running Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 166 Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 167 Browsing Virtual Hard Disks
223. ption click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose 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 p 215 an Windows 7 VM Hardware Boot Order Video v ue kel Floppy Disk GA CD DVO 1 Source M Windows 7 VM 0 hdd E Expanding disk 64 0 G8 Edit Hard Disk 2 a Serial Port i Location IDE 1 0 i Network 1 Printer Port 1 Compress Sound USB Controller 1 1 CB of disk space will be freed re a Eh Click the lock to prevent further changes Cancel OK Configuring the Virtual Machine 203 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 interf
224. r Boot Camp virtual machines If a Boot Camp virtual machine is suspended it is highly recommended that you do not use the Boot Camp partition Otherwise when you resume the virtual machine it will store all the changes you made to the Boot Camp partition when the virtual machine was suspended Limitations There is a number of limitations for a Parallels virtual machine that uses the Boot Camp Windows partition either as a bootable volume or as a data disk it cannot be paused it cannot have snapshots and run in Safe Mode p 128 it cannot be compressed Note There are no limitations on types of users who can access the Boot Camp Windows partition from a virtual machine You can log into Windows even if you don t have administrator rights Setting Up a Virtual Machine 72 Importing Data from Boot Camp to a New Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop allows you to import the Boot Camp data to Parallels virtual machines In such virtual machines the Boot Camp data becomes available on hdd images As a result such a virtual machine is in no way connected to the Boot Camp partition and it can be paused compressed and have snapshots To create such a virtual machine follow these steps 1 Select a Boot Camp based virtual machine and choose Import Boot Camp from the File menu Or you can right click this virtual machine in the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 and choose Import Boot Camp from the context menu Note This virt
225. r the virtual machine template and click Clone You can use the Choose button to change the location By default the virtual machine template files will be placed to the following folder on your Mac Users UserName Documents Parallels lt Virtual Machine Template Name gt Working With Virtual Machines 132 Name and Location Specify the template s name and location Name Template of Red Hat Enterprise Linux V More Options Place virtual machine files to the folder Users master Documents Parallels Choose 5 Inthe Creation Finished window click Done to quit the assistant Working With Virtual Machines 133 Deploying a Virtual Machine Template A virtual machine template cannot be run as a virtual machine To be able to run it as a virtual machine you should create a virtual machine that will have the same configuration as the template has There are two ways of creating a virtual machine from a template Convert a template into a virtual machine Deploy a template to a new virtual machine If you convert a virtual machine template into a virtual machine its icon will be moved from the virtual machines list and you will be able to use it as a virtual machine If you deploy a virtual machine template to a virtual machine the Deploy Virtual Machine Template assistant will create a new virtual machine but the template will not be removed from the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 To
226. rallels Desktop you should disconnect its volumes one by one by clicking the Eject button Copying and Pasting Between Mac and Windows For closer integration between Mac OS X and your Windows guest OS Parallels Desktop provides the possibility to copy and paste formatted text and pictures and drag and drop files between Mac OS X and the virtual machine operating system Note To use these functionalities you should have Parallels Tools p 74 installed in the virtual machine the Isolate Mac from Windows option disabled in the Security pane p 179 and the Share Mac clipboard and Preserve text formatting options enabled in the Advanced pane p 193 Copying and Pasting Formatted Text When you work with your Mac and Windows based virtual machines side by side you may need to copy and paste text between them Parallels Desktop allows you to copy and paste text of any size between Mac and Windows applications This text can be italic bold underlined it can be of various colors fonts sizes and contain spaces You can copy and paste text from Mac OS X applications to the virtual machine applications Word Excel Outlook Notepad Wordpad etc the virtual machine applications to Mac OS X applications TextEdit Safari Mozilla Firefox MS Office for Mac etc Copying and Pasting Pictures When you work with your Mac and virtual machines side by side you may need to copy and paste different pictures between them Parall
227. rallels Desktop toolbar Choose Coherence from the View menu Use the appropriate hot key combination Ctrl Cmd Return by default or Note The default hot key combinations can be configured in the Keyboard pane p 45 of the Preferences dialog Click the Coherence button a in the virtual machine status bar To switch the virtual machine from Coherence to another view mode Working With Virtual Machines 94 Click the View menu and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine Use the appropriate hot key combination Ctrl Cmd Return by default or Right click the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock point to the View item and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine Switching to the Modality Mode When you switch your virtual machine to the Modality view mode p 95 you can resize the virtual machine window and place it side by side with your Mac applications The virtual machine window can be scaled to any size and its contents will still be active This allows you to monitor the tasks running inside the virtual machine while you are working on the Mac side In the Modality mode you can Simply resize the virtual machine window by dragging its right corner Resize the virtual machine window and change the ratio of its sides by pressing and holding Alt and dragging the window right corner Resize the virtual machine window and dynamically adjust the sc
228. rallels Tools ISO image by choosing Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu 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 Parallels Tools Overview in Parallels Desktop Help available through the Help menu In the Welcome window click Install The wizard will start the automatic installation When the installation is complete click Reboot to exit the wizard and restart the virtual machine You can also install Parallels Tools manually Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest OS Connect the Parallels Tools ISO image by right clicking the CD DVD drive icon in the virtual machine s window status bar and choosing 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 win iso file and click Open to connect it to the virtual machine Note If you cannot find the Library Parallels Tools folder make sure that you selected the Library folder at the highest level of Macintosh HD not in your user home folder In the virtual machine open My Computer and double click the Parallels Tools disc icon to start the installation If the installation wizard does not launch automatically right click the disc choose Open from the shortcut menu and d
229. ransporter 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 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 Disks 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 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 appl
230. re closing Action on Closing the Virtual Machine Window The On window close option defines the operation to be performed when you close the virtual machine window Select Suspend if you want the virtual machine to be suspended when you close its window Select Force to stop if you want the virtual machine to be shut down when you close its window If you select Ask me what to do you will be prompted to choose the operation to perform with the virtual machine each time you close its window If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the i Lock 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 Optimization Settings Configuring the Virtual Machine 176 Using the Optimization settings you can optimize your virtual machine performance To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure In the Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar Startup and Shutdown J Security Backup Qi Sharing Applications Sy Coherence Full Screen T Modality Advanced a Click the lock to prevent further changes Faster virtual machine 34 _ Enable A
231. re free space on your Mac s hard disk You can compress virtual hard disks either manually or automatically To compress the virtual hard disk manually at any time select Configure from the Virtual Machine menu click Hardware open the hard disk setting p 202 and click the Compress button To regularly free the unused space back to Mac use the Automatically compress virtual disks option The virtual hard disk in an expanding format will be reviewed twice a day and if the unused space occupies more than 50 percent of the hard disk image size it will be compressed and the hard disk image file size will be decreased The Automatically compress virtual disks option can be enabled for all hard disks of a virtual machine in the Optimization pane p 176 of Virtual Machine Configuration Note Compressing of virtual hard disks can be performed for virtual machines without snapshots p 134 and with the Enable Undo disks option p 179 disabled Configuring the Virtual Machine 206 Network Settings Using the Network settings you can change the network type used in your virtual machine To edit the device settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose 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 i
232. red in the User defined Mac folders window you can Disable this folder sharing by clearing the On option Change the folder name that will be displayed in your guest OS by double clicking the folder name in the Name column and specifying another name See what Mac OS X folder is shared with your virtual machine in the Path column Restrict writing to this folder by clicking Read amp Write in the Permissions folder and choosing Read only 7 Click OK in the User defined Mac folders window and then click OK in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to save the changes and quit 8 Now you can start your virtual machine and view the shared folders in the guest OS Viewing Shared Folders in Windows Guest OS 1 After you have shared a Mac OS X folder with your Windows virtual machine start the virtual machine When the guest OS boots up you will see the Parallels Shared Folders shortcut on the Windows desktop 2 Double click this shortcut The psf directory will open where all your shared folders are stored Note To be able to save files to a shared folder from inside the virtual machine make sure this folder writing permissions are not set to Read only Viewing Shared Folders in Linux Guest OS 1 After you have shared a Mac OS X folder with your Linux virtual machine start the virtual machine 2 Shared folders will be automatically mounted to the nedia psf or mnt psf directory upon the virtual machine start
233. reen mode do one of the following Click the Full Screen button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar Choose Full Screen from the View menu Use the appropriate hot key combination AlttCmd Return by default or Note The default hot key combinations can be configured in the Keyboard pane p 45 of the Preferences dialog Click the down arrow button near the Coherence button La in the virtual machine status bar and choose Full Screen from the menu To switch the virtual machine from Full Screen to another view mode Press the appropriate hot key combination Alt Cmd Return by default Press Ctrl Alt to display the Parallels Desktop menus click the View menu and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine or Press Ctrl Alt to display the Dock right click the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock point to the View item and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine Switching to the Coherence Mode The Coherence mode p 95 provides high level of integration between Mac OS X and your Windows guest operating system In this mode you can have the Mac OS X Dock Windows taskbar and any applications running under these operating systems on one desktop For more information on the Coherence mode see Working in the Coherence Mode p 144 To switch a running virtual machine to the Coherence view mode do one of the following Click the Coherence button in the Pa
234. reen resolution by pressing and holding Shift and dragging the window right corner To switch a running virtual machine to the Modality mode do one of the following _ Click the Modality button G5 in the Parallels Desktop toolbar Choose Modality from the View menu Use the appropriate hot key combination Ctrl Alt Cmd Return by default Note The default hot key combinations can be configured in the Keyboard pane p 45 of the Preferences dialog Click the down arrow button near the Coherence button La in the virtual machine status bar and choose Modality from the menu To switch the virtual machine from Modality to another view mode Click the View menu and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine Use the appropriate hot key combination Ctrl Alt Cmd Return by default or Right click the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock point to the View item and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine When you switch back from Modality to the Window view mode the toolbar is hidden If you want to add it back to the virtual machine window choose Show Toolbar from the View menu To customize the Modality settings refer to the Modality pane p 192 of Virtual Machine Configuration Working With Virtual Machines 95 Virtual Machine View Modes Parallels Desktop provides a number of view modes to make your work with virtual machines more comfortable and effici
235. ridged Network option See Bridged Ethernet Network p 111 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 112 to learn how to configure this network 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 WiFi 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 WiFi and the WiFi 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
236. rinter 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 In the Device for lt Printer Name gt window select AppSocket HP J etDirect and click Continue In the 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 In the Make Manufacturer for lt Printer Name gt window select the manufacturer of your printer and click Continue In the Model Driver for lt Printer Name gt window select the model of your printer and click Add Printer Enter the root password when prompted 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 to print documents from the virtual machine Working With Virtual Machines 125 Managing Virtual Machines Backing 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 Configure the regular backup settings in th
237. rk are provided by the Parallels DHCP server Internet Virtual Virtual Virtual Machine Machine amp Machine ALZ Your Mac IP address of your Mac To configure your virtual machine to use Host Only Networking 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click Hardware and select Network Adapter on the list In the Network Adapter pane select Host Only Networking from the Type list and make sure the Connected option is enabled Note 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 4 ClickOK For the information about troubleshooting networking problems refer to the Parallels knowledge base http kb parallels com available at the Parallels website Working With Virtual Machines 113 Using WiFi in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides you with an opportunity to connect your virtual machine to a wireless network Using the Bridged Ethernet mode p 111 you can set up a WiFi connection and access the Internet wirelessly When operating in this mode your virtual machine appears on the network as a stand
238. rosoft Virtual PC VirtualBox virtual machines If you open a third party virtual machine it will be converted into the Parallels Desktop format and added to the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 The Import command allows you to migrate a physical computer to a Parallels virtual machine on your Mac with the help of Parallels Transporter The Download from Website command allows you to download virtual appliances p 73 from the Internet The Download Chrome OS command allows you to download the Google Chrome operating system from the Internet and add a virtual machine with installed Chrome OS to the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 The Empty Windows Recycle Bin command allows you to empty the Windows guest OS recycle bin You can also clone the virtual machine or convert it to a template p 130 The View menu includes commands for switching between different view modes the Full Screen Coherence Modality or Window mode You can also show and hide the Windows guest OS toolbar and desktop display the Windows guest OS recycle bin and Start menu enable the MacLook theme p 152 and make clips and screen shots of the virtual machine screen The Virtual Machine menu allows you to manage the virtual machine edit the virtual machine configuration create and manage snapshots install Parallels Tools and Parallels Internet Security in the virtual machine and compress the virtual machine s hard disk The Devices me
239. rs window you will see all printers that you can set up in your virtual machine Select the printer that you want to configure in the virtual machine and click Next If the next window you see is Completing the Bonjour Printer Wizard it means that the driver required by this printer is available in the Windows driver library and the printer has been successfully configured Click Finish and you can start using the newly added printer to print documents from your virtual machine However if the next window you see is Install Bonjour Printer you have to specify the printer manufacturer and model in the corresponding lists Working With Virtual Machines 121 Install Bonjour Printer S The manufacturer and model determine which printer software to use J a HP Deskjet D2300 series e u The Bonjour Printer Wizard has auto selected the folowing printer settings Click Next to continue installing this printer Manufacturer Model ei Fuji Xerox i 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 TAM T LHP Ricinece Inkiat 2200 2260 PS il Use this printer as the default printer Have Disk If the required printer model is not listed you can do one of the following Install the printer drivers in the guest operating system Then click Have Disk button in the Install Bonjour Printer
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241. rt 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 p 215 Note You can connect up to four serial ports to a virtual machine Configuring the Virtual Machine 211 4 General Options Windows 7 VM Hardware n m S Hardware ios BDDeDs Boot Order Video Floppy Disk CD DvD 1 Hard Disk 1 Hard Disk 2 v Connected Source S dev cu Bluetooth PDA Sync re Network 1 Printer Port 1 Sound USB Controller a Click the lock to prevent further changes Cancel GORD 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 th
242. runtime To learn how to do it refer to the Changing the Configuration at Runtime section p 102 an Windows 7 VM Options xs fil Ex General Options Hardware W Startup and Shutdown Share Mac ee Share Folders Home folder only 3 J Security Backup _ Custom Folders t Applications Shared Profile i Share Mac user folders with Windows f Coherence Configure Full Screen Say TG f2 Modality SmartMount Map Mac volumes to Windows J Advanced Share Windows Mi Access Windows folders from Mac M Mount virtual disks to Mac desktop J X a Click the lock to prevent further changes _ Cancel OK Configuring the Virtual Machine 182 Sharing Mac OS X Folders to the Guest OS To configure access to the disks and folders on the physical computer from inside the virtual machine click the Share Mac folders menu and select one of the following Select All disks to provide the virtual machine with access to all disks and folders of your Mac Select Home folder only to provide the virtual machine with access to the Home folder of your Mac Select None to disable the Mac folders sharing Note When you share the Mac disks or folders with a virtual machine they still reside and occupy space on the hard disk of your Mac Defining physical computer folders to be shared To specify one or more folders on your Mac to be shared with the virtual machine click Custom folders and
243. rus software in it To be protected you have to sacrifice performance Note Do not install more than one antivirus application in a virtual machine Reason 4 The virtual machine is running from an external storage If you start a virtual machine stored on an external storage connected to your Mac for example an external USB disk drive its performance will be lower than of the same virtual machine stored on your Mac Reason 5 The virtual machine is not tuned for speed To speed up a Windows virtual machine select Tune Windows for speed in the Optimization pane p 176 Reason 6 Parallels Desktop creates detailed log messages If you select Use detailed log messages in the Advanced pane p 53 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 Troubleshooting and Limitations 235 Problems with Setting Up Network If you create a new virtual machine and your Mac is connected to the Internet the newly created virtual machine automatically becomes connected to the Internet By default this virtual machine is configured to work in the Shared Networking mode You can set up another networking mode in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog p 170 For more details on how to set up another networking mode refer to the Networking in a Virtual Machine section
244. s and make my documents pictures and music available to both Windows and Mac applications Like a PC Keep my Windows applications in one window just like it was a PC only allow to drag and drop objects as well as copy and paste text between Windows and Mac Tona Setting Up a Virtual Machine 65 6 Before your start review your virtual machine name and location If you want other users of your Mac to access your virtual machine choose Share with other users of this Mac and your virtual machine will be saved in the Users Shared folder that is accessible to all users If you want to edit your virtual machine hardware configuration before proceeding to operating system installation select Customize settings before installation A New Virtual Machine Assistant Name and Location Name Windows 7 Share with other users of this Mac Location O Users master Documents Parallels ey __ Customize settings before installation Go Back Create a PS j 7 When finished click Create 8 The assistant will create a virtual machine based on your settings and install the operating system and Parallels Tools in it or if you chose to customize the settings before installation the assistant will open the virtual machine configuration dialog Note Parallels Tools are installed automatically in most of the popular Windows and Linux operating systems In other operating systems they should be installe
245. s Card CAC reader can work simultaneously in Mac OS X and in one virtual machine 1 Connect the CAC reader to your Mac 2 Inthe New USB device detected window connect this reader to the virtual machine Parallels Desktop will create a virtual copy of the CAC reader device in the virtual machine This will make the CAC reader work in both Mac OS and the virtual machine Working With Virtual Machines 117 Synchronizing a USB Palm OS Device With the Guest OS The process of connecting a USB Palm device to a virtual machine is similar to the process of connecting other USB devices but for some minor details 1 When you plug a USB Palm OS device into your Mac you should click the Synchronize button on the Palm device screen to make it visible to your Mac Your Mac will recognize the Palm device and display a message asking where you want to connect it to Mac OS X or to the virtual machine To be able to work with the Palm device in the virtual machine click the virtual machine to which you want to connect it If you want Parallels Desktop to remember your choice press the Alt button on the keyboard and keep holding it when choosing where to connect the USB device The next time you plug this USB device into your Mac it will be automatically connected to the destination you specified in this dialog To change the destination use USB Preferences p 49 in the Preferences dialog available from the Parallels Desktop menu Note Before
246. s available when you choose All Programs gt Parallels Shared Applications from the Windows Start menu You can select any application from the list and start it To use this functionality enable the Share Mac applications with Windows option in the Applications pane To open a Windows file with the Mac OS X application you prefer right click the file and choose the application from the Open With list Using Windows Applications in Mac OS X You can create a list of Windows applications in Mac OS X and run them even when the virtual machine is stopped If you start a Windows application when the virtual machine is stopped the virtual machine will automatically start and switch to Coherence p 144 To open a file with the application you prefer disregarding which operating system this file or application belongs right click the file and choose the application from the Open With list To open a Mac OS X file in a virtual machine application you can drag this file to this application icon on the Windows desktop If you selected the Show Windows applications folder in Dock option in the Applications pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog the folder with all applications installed in your Windows virtual machine will be displayed in the Dock You can use this folder to quickly access the needed Windows application Microsoft Windows XP Applications Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 160 You can also create aliases for y
247. s 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 Index 3 3D acceleration 106 197 A About Parallels Desktop 8 Accessing shared folders 154 157 Acronis applications 105 Activating Parallels Desktop 22 23 Active corners 151 190 Active volume 236 Adaptive hypervisor 176 Adding devices 215 Adding virtual machine 60 Address IP address 53 206 MAC address 206 MAC address in a clone 129 Administrator 236 Administrator password 53 Aero theme 188 AirPort using in virtual machine 113 Aliases for applications 159 Antivirus for Mac 104 Antivirus for Windows 104 Apple Remote 107 193 Automatic snapshots 186 Automatic update check 26 B Backing up virtual machines 125 134 186 SmartGuard and Time Machine 125 186 Battery life 176 Bonjour Printer 120 208 setting up a Bonjour printer 120 Boot Camp partition Boot Camp virtual machine 71 Importing Boot Camp 71 Boot order 67 195 Bootable hard disk 236 Bridged Ethernet networking 109 111 206 236 Browsing virtual disks in Finder 167 Browsing virtual machines and disks using Finder 33 167 using Parallels Mounter 167 Build number 226 240 C CAC reader 114 CD DVD ROM drive adding removing 215 connecting disconnecting 39 102 setting up 2
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250. select the Create icon on Desktop option located under the Place virtual machine files to the folder field To test the newly created virtual machine clone immediately after its creation select the Open copy in new window automatically option Click Clone to start cloning the virtual machine 4 The Cloning Finished window informs you that cloning has been completed successfully and that the new virtual machine is ready Click Done to close the assistant Working With Virtual Machine Templates Parallels Desktop makes your work with virtual machines even more convenient by enabling you to create templates of Parallels virtual machines A template like a virtual machine has hardware and can have operating system and software installed The only difference is that it cannot be started A template can be easily converted to an ordinary virtual machine and vice versa Using one template you can create as many virtual machines as you need and the disk space of your Mac allows These virtual machines will have the same hardware configuration operating system and software that the initial template has You can convert an existing virtual machine into a template or make a clone of the virtual machine that will be used as a template and continue using the original virtual machine Working With Virtual Machines 131 Creating a Virtual Machine Template If you need to create a number of virtual machines with the same configuration you can cre
251. shot Every u na T You Can Restore Th Click the lock to prevent further changes ann Windows 7 VM Options a a General Hardware __ Do not back up virtual machine Disabled You will need at beast 7 8 GB of free space to enable this feature 24 hours 10 4 latest daily snapshots 3 latest weekly snapshots 3 latest monthly snapshots Cancel OK Configuring the Virtual Machine 187 Setting the Time Interval Backing up with Time Machine If you are using Time Machine for backing up your Mac you may exclude the virtual machine from the Time Machine backups by selecting the Do not back up virtual machine option Time Machine backups may decrease the performance of your virtual machine when it is running in parallel with the Time Machine backup When your virtual machine is not running when it is stopped or suspended the Time Machine backups do not affect it in any way For more information about backing up your virtual machines refer to Backing Up a Virtual Machine p 125 Automating Snapshots Creation 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 p 128 To enable SmartGuard click the SmartGuard menu and choose one of the following Optimize for Time Machine If you select this option a snapshot will be take
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253. sktop Preferences you can specify how to handle USB devices that are plugged into your Mac eAn USB 2 a jo E When a new USB device is detected Connect it to my Mac Connect it to the active virtual machine Ask me what to do Permanent Assignments USB Device Connect To Optical USB Mouse Computer af Click the lock to prevent further changes Parallels Desktop Preferences 50 General Behavior You can choose a general action to perform when a new USB device is plugged into your Mac by choosing one of these options Connect it to my Mac If you select this option the USB device plugged into your Mac will be connected to your Mac Connect it to the active virtual machine If you select this option the USB device plugged into your Mac will be automatically connected to the virtual machine that is currently running on your Mac When no virtual machine is running the USB device will be connected to the primary OS Ask me what to do If you select this option you will be prompted to choose how to connect the USB device each time a new USB device is plugged into your Mac Permanent Assignments You can also set permanent assignments for certain USB devices These assignments are displayed in the Permanent assignments list To add a new assignment 1 Click the Add button below the Permanent assignments list Click the device field in the USB Device column to choose a USB device from the list
254. sktop from the Parallels Desktop menu The About Parallels Desktop dialog will open See your version and the build number in the upper part of this dialog Note The About Parallels Desktop dialog also provides you with the useful information about your copy of Parallels Desktop including the licensing information and a link to the Parallels support web page Troubleshooting and Limitations 227 Installing Windows 98 as a Guest OS 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 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 Preparing 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 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration dialog click Hardware gt Boot Order and configure the floppy disk to be the first boot device 3 B
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257. stalling Parallels Desktop 22 Note In Linux virtual machines X Server may fail to start after the upgrade which means that you may need to upgrade Parallels Tools manually in text mode p 230 If you encounter any problems during the upgrade visit the upgrade troubleshooting page or use the online Troubleshooting guide available through Help gt Troubleshooting Guide Activating Parallels Desktop To fully run Parallels Desktop you should activate it with an activation key If you purchased a boxed version of the program you can find the activation key printed on the installation CD sleeve If you purchased the program online the activation key was sent to you by email If you downloaded a copy of Parallels Desktop to evaluate it before buying you can get a trial activation key valid for a certain period of time After you activate your copy of Parallels Desktop you can run virtual machines install operating systems and various applications in them If you upgraded Parallels Desktop to version 6 from the previous version you need an upgrade activation key to activate Parallels Desktop 6 For detailed information see the Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 6 p 21 section of Parallels Desktop User s Guide Activating Your Copy of Parallels Desktop To activate Parallels Desktop 1 Choose Activate Product from the Parallels Desktop menu 2 In the activation dialog type your product activation key into the Activation Key field and
258. stomize Toolbar p 41 w 2 Drag the Safe Mode button to the toolbar and click Done m After you have added the Safe Mode button to the toolbar you can use this button for starting the virtual machine in Safe Mode If you shut down a virtual machine operating in Safe Mode you will be asked whether you want to discard the changes made to the virtual machine hard disk or to apply them If you choose to discard the changes the virtual machine hard disk will be left intact and no changes made to it during your work in Safe Mode will be saved If you choose to apply the changes the virtual hard disk will keep all the changes made to it during your work in Safe Mode After applying the changes the virtual machine will not be able to return to the state it had before you started this virtual machine in Safe Mode If you want the virtual machine to permanently work in Safe Mode you can enable the Undo Disks option in the Security pane p 179 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Click the Options tab Select the Security pane In this pane select the Enable Undo Disk option and click OK Usage Tip Running the virtual machine in Safe Mode can be useful when testing the behavior of some applications to make sure that they cannot damage your computer Working With Virtual Machines 129 Cloning a Virtual Machine An exact
259. t menu and choose the appropriate command Connecting a Printer Port To connect or disconnect a printer port or to connect a printer or an output file to a printer port do the following Click the Devices menu select the corresponding printer port and choose the appropriate command in the displayed menu Right click the printer port icon in the status bar p 39 to display the shortcut menu and choose the appropriate command Working With Virtual Machines 104 Working With Virtual Machine s Applications Setting Up Virus Protection Parallels Desktop allows you to install the antivirus software powered by Kaspersky on your Mac and in Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed p 74 This antivirus software is provided with a free activation key for 90 days When the trial period expires you can purchase a permanent activation key Note You need the Internet connection to download the antivirus software from the Parallels website You can install any other antivirus software you like in your virtual machine Use the standard installation procedure for this software Installing Antivirus Software on Your Mac To install the antivirus software powered by Kaspersky on your Mac follow these steps Choose Install Kaspersky for Mac from the File menu When prompted enter your administrator credentials Wait until the installation is complete kh O N a Activate the tr
260. t to Virtual Machine Configuration For detailed information on how to add a device refer to Adding and Removing Devices p 215 Windows 7 VM Hardware Boot Order Video Floppy Disk CD OVO 1 gt on M Connected tal fed Hard Disk 1 MAC address 00 1C 42 57 BF E2 Generate Type Shared Network re Hard Disk 2 Serial Port 1 Printer Port 1 Sound USB Controller uw Click the lock to prevent further changes Configuring the Virtual Machine 207 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 p 109 to learn how to configure this network type 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 B
261. ted 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 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 Working With Virtual Machines 103 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 anew shared folder Connecting a Serial Port To connect or disconnect a serial port do the following Click the Devices menu select the corresponding serial port and choose the appropriate command in the displayed menu Right click the serial port icon in the status bar p 39 to display the shortcu
262. tem 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 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 The application will inform 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 Troubleshooting and Limitations 233 Configuring 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 virtu
263. 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 p 109 or Host Only Network mode p 112 Configuring the Virtual Machine 208 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 Configuration an administrator s password will be required Printer Port Settings 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 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose 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 p 215 an Windows 7 VM Hardware 1 General Options Hardware Boot Order Video Floppy Disk CD DVD 1 Hard Disk 1 Hard Disk
264. tically Troubleshooting Parallels Tools installer can be blocked by SELinux To solve this problem 1 Start a terminal and determine your version of kernel by entering uname r 2 Gro ABI SL 2 6 18 8 el5 is the version of your kernel 2 Open the boot grub grub conf file or boot grub menu 1st 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 e15 GOCE Anas 0 kernel vmlinuz 2 6 18 8 e15 ro root dev VolGroup00 LogVol00 rhgb quiet LIMITE fotoi ere A Gy LIS SIL Wimag 3 Type the following text at the end of the entry selinux 0 and the whole entry will be kernel vmlinuz 2 6 18 8 e15 ro root dev VolGroup00 LogVol00 rhgb quiet selinux 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 Setting Up a Virtual Machine Parallels Tools for Mac Parallels Tools can be installed in the following Mac OS X guest operating systems Mac OS X Server v10 5 Leopard Mac OS X Server v10 6 Snow Leopard To install Parallels Tools in Mac OS X Server 1 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest OS 82 2 When the guest OS boots up connect the Parallels Tools ISO image file by choosing Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu Note If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out make
265. tings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration an administrator s password will be required Configuring the Virtual Machine 190 Full Screen Settings Using the Full Screen settings you can configure the virtual machine appearance and behavior when it is running in the Full Screen view mode In the Full Screen mode the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen and all Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar You can configure the Full Screen settings even when the virtual machine is running Windows 7 VM Options Startup and Shutdown Active Screen Corners Optimization ality E Security Backup Q Sharing i Show menu bar E5 Applications Show menu bar 3 Coherence rA Coherence __ Adjust Mac resolution in full screen Use all displays in full screen Modality J Advanced wW Click the lock to prevent further changes Cancel Secale Configuring the Virtual Machine 191 Active Screen Corners You can set actions for screen corners in the Full Screen mode Once you ve set an active corner move the mouse to the corresponding corner of your screen in
266. tion If you have no account in this step enter your name email and password in the corresponding fields specify your personal information and where you are going to use Parallels Desktop If you choose At work or At school from the For use list you will be asked to specify some additional information Parallels needs this information in order to provide our customers with the best software and service Parallels Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac Name Password Email Confirm Password M Get news from Parallels Address Use for EJ City For use At home E Zip Postal Code Country United States B State E J Register When ready click Register to register Parallels Desktop Updating Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop includes an updating feature that helps you keep your Parallels Desktop installation up to date You can use the update feature only if your computer is connected to the Internet Update checks can be performed either automatically or manually We recommend that you turn on automatic updating to be notified when an update is available Parallels Desktop will regularly check for available updates and inform you about them In addition to automatic updating you can start the updating manually at any time Note Before updating you will be asked to quit Parallels Desktop If you have any virtual machines running or paused suspend or shut them down When you start or resume
267. tions in the Keyboard pane p 45 of Parallels Desktop Preferences Using the MacLook Theme in Windows Parallels Desktop allows you to apply the MacLook theme to your Windows virtual machines This theme is a predefined set of icons fonts colors and other elements that makes the Windows guest OS look like Mac OS X s Internet Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 153 You can apply MacLook to your virtual machine provided that The virtual machine is running either the Windows XP 32 bit or Windows Vista 32 64 bit or Windows 7 32 64 bit guest operating system You are logged in to the guest operating system as an administrator Up to date Parallels Tools p 74 are installed in the virtual machine Parallels Desktop is activated with a permanent activation key Applying MacLook to a Virtual Machine If you did not use MacLook in your Windows virtual machine before first you need to install it To install MacLook in a virtual machine do the following 1 5 Choose Use MacLook from the View menu The MacLook installation will start Note The virtual machine must be connected to the Internet In the first window click Next In the License Agreement window carefully read the license agreement Select accept the terms of the license agreement if you agree with its terms and conditions When finished click Next In the Destination Folder window you can accept the default location or click Change and ch
268. tions pane p 184 With this option enabled the icons of the running applications will be displayed in the Dock only when the virtual machine is working in the Coherence view mode p 144 Setting Guest OS Applications to Work with Mac CD DVD Discs Parallels Desktop allows you to set Windows guest OS applications to open CD DVD discs with music video pictures inserted in your Mac For example if you want to play music video or view pictures using Windows Media Player you can set it to open such discs You can also set a guest OS application to work with blank CD DVD discs Note This feature is available only for Windows virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed p 74 These virtual machines must have the Share Windows applications with Mac option enabled in the Applications pane p 184 and Mac OS X CD DVD ROM must not be selected in the Connect to menu of the CD DVD pane p 200 To set a guest OS application to work with Mac CD DVD discs follow these steps 1 Goto Mac OS X System Preferences gt CDs amp DVDs 2 Select the necessary CD DVD type blank music picture or video click its menu and choose Open other application Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 161 3 In the displayed window go to the lt your username gt Applications directory You will see the folders with your virtual machines applications Each folder corresponds to a specific virtual machine 4 Click the folder of the virtual machi
269. to both Windows and Mac applications Like a PC Keep my Windows applications in one window just like it was a PC only allow to drag and drop objects as well as copy and paste text between Windows and Mac Help me choose CES You can choose one of the following integration levels Like a Mac If you choose this integration level Shared Profile p 181 will be enabled and your Mac OS X desktop documents pictures music videos and downloads folders shared with the Windows guest operating system Besides the virtual machine will be configured to work in the Coherence view mode p 144 In this mode the virtual machine window will be hidden and you will see only the windows of the guest OS applications that are running Like a PC If you choose this integration level the virtual machine will be configured to work in the Window view mode p 93 In this mode it will be displayed in a separate window Your Mac OS X files will not be shared with Windows however you will be able to drag and drop files between the host and guest operating systems as well as copy text Note You can change the integration level between Windows and Mac OS X after the virtual machine creation in the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog p 170 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 70 Opening an Existing Virtual Machine If you already have a virtual machine but it doesn t appear on the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33
270. to do that please refer to this operating system documentation If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes click the tl Lock icon nd 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 Configuring the Virtual Machine 214 USB Settings A virtual machine can emulate only one USB controller which provides you with the possibility to connect up to eight USB 2 0 and five USB 1 1 devices to the virtual machine To edit the device settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and choose 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 p 215 an Microsoft Windows XP SP2 4Gb Hardware a atte General Options Hardware Boot Order F Video tel Floppy Disk Devices 1 CD DVD 1 CA Hard Disk 1 External HDD fed Hard Disk 2 amp Network 1 Printer Port 1 oz Th Click the lock to prevent further changes _ Cancel gt EC In the USB Controller pane you can see the USB devices currently connected to your virtu
271. to which you want to switch your virtual machine Use the appropriate hot key combination Ctrl Cmd Return by default or Right click the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock point to the View item and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine When you work in Coherence you can use the following features to make your work more efficient Use the Dock to open Windows guest OS applications Leave the Windows taskbar visible on the Mac OS X desktop when the virtual machine window disappears Use Mac OS X applications to open your Windows guest OS files and vice versa Use the Windows applications folder available in the Dock to start the applications installed in the Windows guest OS Use the Trash in Mac OS X to remove your Windows guest OS files Use Mac OS X Application Switcher to switch between your running Mac OS X and Windows guest OS applications Use Mac OS X Expose to navigate between the windows of the Mac OS X and Windows guest OS applications and Move the windows of your Windows guest OS applications from one display to another if you have more than one display Using the Dock in Coherence You can open Windows guest OS applications directly from the Dock by clicking their icons As you start a Windows application its icon appears in the Dock When you close the application or shut down the virtual machine the application icon disappears from the Dock To keep
272. top If you do not want to install the most recent version you can choose to install the version from the installation media Parallels Installer A new version is available It is recommended to install the new version of Parallels 3 Desktop 6 Do you want to install it now pee install current ownload and install new version Installing Parallels Desktop 19 If you click Install current Parallels Desktop will be installed from the installation media Ifyou click Download and install new version the latest version of Parallels Desktop will be downloaded and installed on your Mac If there is no update available or your Mac is not connected to the internet Parallels Desktop will be installed from the current installation source In the Welcome window click Continue In the Important Information window read the product Read Me file Click Print to print the document or Save to save it for future reading When finished click Continue Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac Read Me 0 Introduction Aeara en oor eer Read Me Welcome to Parallels Desktop tor Mac build 6 0 11800 This document contains the information you should know to successfully License install Parallels Desktop for Mac and set up virtual machines Feedback TABLE OF CONTENTS Detection 1 About Paraleis Desktop for Mac Preparatio 2 What s New gt n 3 System Requrements Destination Select 4 Supporied Guest Operating Systems 5 Instaling
273. ts appearance right click the toolbar and choose Customize Toolbar from the shortcut menu The toolbar settings pane will open You can use this pane to add new buttons to the toolbar by dragging them from the settings pane to the toolbar remove buttons from the toolbar by dragging them from the toolbar to the settings pane add separators to the toolbar by dragging them from the settings pane to the toolbar add spaces to the toolbar by dragging them from the settings pane to the toolbar change the current toolbar buttons set to the default one by dragging it to the toolbar select the toolbar buttons view mode in the Show list To apply the changes you have made to the toolbar settings pane click Done Hiding and Showing Parallels Desktop When you are working with Parallels Desktop you can hide and show it and all its windows by pressing the F6 shortcut If Parallels Desktop is visible but running in the background pressing F6 will bring Parallels Desktop and all its windows to focus Note 1 To be able to use the F6 shortcut make sure the Enable Mac OS X system shortcuts option is enabled in the Keyboard pane p 45 of Parallels Desktop Preferences Note 2 F6 is the default shortcut for hiding showing Parallels Desktop You can set another shortcut for these actions in the Keyboard pane p 45 of Parallels Desktop Preferences 42 CHAPTER 5 Parallels Desktop Preferences This section provides the information
274. tual machine window when the mouse pointer hovers over it and then released when it moves back to Mac OS which will make the mouse move seamlessly between your Mac and the virtual machine If you select Off you will need to click inside the virtual machine window to capture the mouse input and press Ctrl Alt to release it back to your Mac Note Ctrl Alt is the default key combination You can define another key combination for releasing the mouse in the Keyboard p 45 pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences Ifyou select Auto the option will automatically become disabled Off each time you use a game graphic application or any other program that uses its own mouse pointer instead of using the operating system pointer The option will be automatically enabled On after you quit the application Modifier Keys Optimization Select the Optimize modifier keys for games option if you actively use modifier keys Alt Ctrl Shift in action games If you select this option signals from these keys will be processed faster 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 Using Apple Remote p 107 Time Synchronization Select the Synchronize with Mac option to synchronize the time settings of your virtual machine with those of your Mac If the time zone set in your virtual machine differs from that of your Mac you can mai
275. tup exe oN OA 9 10 11 12 and press Return Enter The installation starts and the files are copied from the CD to the virtual hard disk 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 only for Windows 98 If you are going to use networking select the network card when prompted Turn off the virtual machine Eject the installation CD or disconnect the ISO image 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 the configuration Restart the virtual machine This time it will boot from the hard disk Using the F8 Key in Windows Virtual Machines You may face some difficulties when trying to use the F8 key or Ctrlt Arrow keys combinations in a Windows virtual machine It happens because in Mac OS X the F8 key and Ctrl arrow key combinations are reserved for the Spaces utility Possible solutions Click the Keyboard icon on the virtual machine s status bar p 39 and choose F8 Change the Spaces utility hotkeys settings To learn how to do it refer to Mac OS X documentation Troubleshooting and Limitations 230 Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools
276. u can configure a number of options related to the Coherence view mode Full Screen p 190 In this pane you can configure a number of options related to the Full Screen view mode Modality p 192 In this pane you can configure a number of Modality related options for your virtual machine Advanced p 193 In this pane you can configure the Parallels Desktop additional settings Configuring the Virtual Machine 174 Startup and Shutdown Settings Using the Startup and Shutdown settings you can define a number of parameters related to the procedures of starting and shutting down your virtual machine To edit these settings do the following 1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt click Option click the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar in the Crystal view mode and click Configure 2 Inthe Virtual Machine Configuration window click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar Windows 7 VM Options Start Automatically Never Optimization j Security Startup View Same as last time Backup On Shutdown Keep window open Q Sharing oes we On Window Close Ask me what to do Applications Coherence Full Screen Modality Advanced X Th Click the lock to prevent further changes Cancel Co Configuring the Virtual Machine 175 Starting the Virtual Machine Automatically The Start automatically option defines the cases in which the virtual machine can
277. u click the arrow button in the virtual machines list 4 Follow the assistant that will help you choose the most convenient migration scenario and will guide you through the migration process For detailed instructions please refer to Parallels Transporter Help Setting Up a Virtual Machine 73 Downloading Virtual Appliances If you don t have enough time to create a new virtual machine with the required configuration you can download a ready to use virtual machine with a predefined configuration Besides the basic configuration prebuilt virtual machines may have a set of applications installed so that you can do without spending time on installing and setting up the required software Downloading Parallels Virtual Appliances Parallels Virtual Appliances are prebuilt Linux virtual machines with preinstalled services and applications that were created either by Parallels or by Parallels partners and are available for free on the Parallels Technology Network website To download such an appliance from Parallels Desktop 1 Choose Download from website from the File menu 2 Find the necessary appliance on the Parallels Technology Network page and click its title to view the configuration details and the administrative credentials 3 To download the selected appliance click GET APP and choose DMG as the download format 4 When the download is complete double click the downloaded dmg file to start the installation Downloadi
278. u have at least one registered virtual machine or virtual machine template the Parallels Virtual Machines list will appear Start Parallels Desktop with the Welcome window disabled Provided that you have at least one registered virtual machine or virtual machine template the Parallels Virtual Machines list will appear Note To disable the Welcome window p 31 deselect the Show at startup option in this window ANA Parallels Virtual Machines Starting Parallels Desktop 34 The Parallels Virtual Machines list allows you to manage the registered Parallels virtual machines as follows Open virtual machines Click the virtual machine name in the list to open the virtual machine window p 36 s Start virtual machines Click the Start button or right click a virtual machine and choose Start from the shortcut menu Edit the virtual machine configuration p 170 Right click a virtual machine and select Configure from the shortcut menu Locate the virtual machine files on your Mac Right click a virtual machine and choose Show in Finder from the shortcut menu Rearrange the virtual machines Drag a virtual machine to the desired position Remove any virtual machine p 142 Drag a virtual machine from the list or right click it and select Remove from the context menu You can add it back to the list later Assign colors to your virtual machines Right click a virtual machine and select the desired color from t
279. u want to switch your virtual machine To set active screen corners or change other Full Screen options go to the Full Screen pane p 190 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog Setting a Restriction on Switching From Full Screen In the Security pane p 179 of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog you can set a restriction on switching from the Full Screen mode If you select the Exit full screen mode option in this pane you will have to provide your administrator password each time you want to exit Full Screen To edit the security settings of your virtual machine 1 Select Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog 2 Select the Options tab and go to the Security pane Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 152 Hiding Parallels Desktop and all its windows in Full Screen When you are working with a virtual machine in the Full Screen mode and any Mac OS X application simultaneously the easiest way to switch between the guest and host operating systems is to use the F6 shortcut Pressing F6 hides Parallels Desktop and all its windows You can use the same shortcut to make them visible again Note 1 To be able to use the F6 shortcut make sure the Enable Mac OS X system shortcuts option is enabled in the Keyboard pane p 45 of Parallels Desktop Preferences Note 2 F6 is the default shortcut for hiding showing Parallels Desktop You can set another shortcut for these ac
280. ual machine Click the button to start New Virtual Machine Assistant You can also click the button and select New from the menu Add an existing virtual machine to the list Click the button and select Open from the menu to add an existing virtual machine stored on your Mac on an external USB storage or on the network Import a physical computer or virtual machine Click the button and select Import from the menu to migrate a physical or virtual computer VMware Microsoft Virtual PC or VirtualBox to a Parallels virtual machine on your Mac with the help of Parallels Transporter Download a virtual appliance Click the button and select Download from website from the menu The Parallels Virtual Appliances Directory http ptn parallels com en ptn dir page will open Choose a virtual appliance and download it Download the Google Chrome virtual appliance Click the button and select Download Chrome OS from the menu Parallels Desktop will download the Google Chrome operating system from the Internet and add a virtual machine with installed Chrome OS to the Parallels Virtual Machines list To log in to Chrome OS your computer should be connected to the Internet and you should provide your Google account name and password Starting Parallels Desktop 36 Virtual Machine Window When you choose a virtual machine from the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 33 the virtual machine window appears If you start this virtual ma
281. ual machine must be shut down Click Import In the next step locate where you want to store your new virtual machine and click Choose 4 Wait while the Boot Camp data is being imported to the virtual machine After that you will be able to use the newly created virtual machine in Parallels Desktop Note You will be able to work with the original Boot Camp virtual machine as well Using Boot Camp as Data Disk To use the Boot Camp Windows partition as a data disk add it as a hard disk to an existing Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 virtual machine The Windows operating system will automatically recognize it as a new disk For detailed information on adding hard disks to Virtual Machine Configuration see Adding and Removing Devices p 215 Moving Data from PC to a Virtual Machine With the help of Parallels Transporter that is included in the Parallels Desktop software you can transfer the whole of your PC to a Parallels virtual machine on your Mac using a network connection an external storage device or a Parallels USB cable To transfer your PC to a virtual machine 1 Install Parallels Transporter Agent on your source PC The installation files for Parallels Transporter Agent can be found on the Parallels Desktop disc or at the Parallels website Open Parallels Transporter Agent on the source PC Go to your Mac and open Parallels Transporter by choosing Import from the File menu or from the menu that appears when yo
282. ual 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 Open System Preferences To view the list of all spoken commands available to manage your virtual machines please refer to Managing Virtual Machines Using Spoken Commands p 140 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 help 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 Parallels Desktop Preferences 55 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 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 Experience 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
283. uest operating system window occupies the whole screen and all Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden Note You can change the virtual machine view mode only when the virtual machine is running To switch to the Full Screen mode do one of the following Click the Full Screen button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar Choose Full Screen from the View menu Use the appropriate hot key combination AlttCmd Return by default or Note The default hot key combinations can be configured on the Keyboard pane p 45 of the Preferences dialog Click the down arrow button near the Coherence button a in the virtual machine status bar and choose Full Screen from the menu If you want your virtual machine to use all available displays in the Full Screen mode select Use All Displays in Full Screen from the View menu Note All Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden when your virtual machine is working in the Full Screen view mode If you want them to appear press Ctrl Alt To switch the virtual machine from Full Screen to another view mode Press the appropriate hot key combination Alt Cmd Return by default Press Ctrl Alt to display the Parallels Desktop menus click the View menu and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine or Press Ctrl Alt to display the Dock right click the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock point to the View item and choose the view mode to which yo
284. unt the disc using the following command and then proceed to the next step umount dev cdrom 6 To 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 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 Troubleshooting and Limitations 231 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 in a Linux Guest OS p 79 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 i
285. vation key you will be asked to register it We strongly recommend you to register your copy of Parallels Desktop With registration you will be able to 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 All these services including the product key backup are free of charge for the registered users of Parallels Desktop The registration procedure 1 To register Parallels Desktop after its activation enter your email and password and click Log In If you have no account click Create New Account ANT Parallels Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac Parallels Registering with Parallels gives you access to support allows you to get free updates and use Parallels Mobile application Log in to existing account if you have ever registered with Parallels please log in using that email Email Password Forgot Password Log In if you have never registered with Parallels create new account now Create New Account Installing Parallels Desktop 25 Note If you didn t register Parallels Desktop after its activation you can register it later by choosing Register Product from the Parallels Desktop menu If you already have the account in this step you can change your personal informa
286. ve the association From now on all txt files stored in this Windows guest OS will open in TextEdit Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 165 Sharing Web Applications When you work with Mac OS X and Windows applications simultaneously you may notice that clicking a hyperlink in a Windows application opens the corresponding web page in the browser set as default in the Windows guest OS In the meantime clicking a hyperlink in a Mac OS X application opens the corresponding web page in the Mac OS X default browser Parallels Desktop allows you to specify where you want to open similar types of hyperlinks from both Mac OS X and Windows applications in Mac OS X or in Windows Note This functionality is available only for Windows virtual machines with Parallels Tools installed p 74 In the Applications pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog you can specify where you want to open the following types of hyperlinks Web pages Web pages accessible through the HTTP and HTTPS protocols E mail Links in the mailto format If you click More Applications you will also be able to specify where you want to open Newsgroups Links in the news format FTP Locations accessible through the FTP protocol RSS RSS feeds Remote access Locations accessible through the Telnet and Secure Shell SSH protocols For each type of these hyperlinks you can specify the following options Default If you select this o
287. wing options If you select Show Windows Applications folder in Dock the folder with all applications installed in your Windows virtual machine will always be displayed in the Dock When you launch a virtual machine application its icon appears in the Dock If you want the icons of the virtual machine applications to be displayed in the Dock only when the virtual machine is running in the Coherence view mode select Show Dock icons in Coherence only Select the Pause Windows when no applications are open option to save your Mac resources Pausing a virtual machine releases the resources such as RAM and CPU currently used by this virtual machine The released resources can then be used by the host computer and its applications or by other virtual machines running on the host computer If you select this option the virtual machine will be automatically paused provided that the virtual machine is running but the virtual machine window is not active over 30 seconds there are no applications running in the guest operating system no icons of the guest OS applications are present in the Dock For more information on working with shared applications refer to the Using Shared Applications section p 159 Mac OS X Applications To be able to open Windows files with Mac OS X applications select Share Mac applications with Windows Internet Applications In the Applications pane you can also specify where you want to open si
288. work 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 p 112 and shared p 109 networking modes For details on configuring the host only networking settings refer to Host Only Networking p 59 For details on configuring the shared networking settings refer to Shared Networking p 56 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 the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 70 Remove a virtual machine You will have to provide your administrator password to remove your virtual machines from the Parallels Virtual Machines list p 142 Clone or convert a virtual machine or template You will have to provide your administrator password to clone a virtual machine p 129 to create a template to convert a template into a virtual machine and to deploy a template into a new virtual machine p 130 Speech Parallels Desktop allows you to operate your virtual machine by using the speech commands If you want to do that select Enable spoken commands and make sure that the virt
289. your virtual machines after the update reinstall Parallels Tools Installing Parallels Desktop 26 Automatic Updating To use the automatic updating feature your Mac computer should have a stable Internet connection Parallels Desktop enables you to set up an automatic check for updates and determine the frequency for this checking Note To set up an automatic check for updates you must register your copy of Parallels Desktop p 24 first To set up automatic update checking 1 Launch Parallels Desktop 2 Inthe Parallels Desktop menu select Preferences and go to the General pane 3 In the General pane you can define the necessary settings To set up automatic searches for new versions define the search frequency in the Check for updates list The system can search for new updates once a day once a week or once a month With these options set Parallels Desktop will access the Parallels update server and notify you when an update is available If you do not want automatic search for updates select Never in the Check for updates list Select Download updates automatically if you want all new available updates to be downloaded at once without showing you the Download dialog In the General pane you can also perform a manual instant search for updates To do that click Check Now The updates available for your version of Parallels Desktop will be displayed in the Download dialog Choose the update s you want to install

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