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• Welcome to Parallels Desktop
  • What You Can Do
  • Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Applications
  • Other Operating Systems
• Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop
  • What You Need
  • Install Parallels Desktop
  • Activate and Register Parallels Desktop
  • Purchase Parallels Desktop
  Upgrade Parallels Desktop
  • Install Software Updates
• Set the Language

Install or Import Windows

• Install Windows

Import Your Data from a PC

• Overview of Methods for Importing
• Requirements for Importing Your Data
• Step 1: Install Parallels Transporter Agent on Your Windows PC

Step 2: Import Your Data

• Over a Network
• Using an External Storage Device

Solving Problems

• General Tips
• If Your Mac Fails to Connect with Parallels Transporter Agent
• If Parallels Doesn't Detect Windows Correctly
• Problems Using a Application After an Import

Use Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop

Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application

Download and Install Windows From Microsoft

Get Windows from IT

Use Windows on Your Mac

Get Started

• Start Windows
• Open a Windows Application
• Install Windows Applications

Shut Down or Suspend Windows

• Startup and Shutdown Settings

Set How Windows Works with macOS

• Merge Windows and macOS

Set Windows to Appear in a Single Window

• Adjust Window Mode Settings
• Monitoring Windows in a Scalable Window

Set Windows to Take Up the Whole Screen

• Adjust Full Screen Settings

Set an Application to Open When You Insert a CD or DVD

Share Items Between macOS and Windows

• Copy and Paste Between macOS and Windows
• Share Files and Folders
• Share iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive Folders with Windows
• Share Windows OneDrive Folders with macOS
• Share Applications
• Set Files to Open in the Application or Application of Your Choice
• Set Internet Links or Emails to Always Open in macOS or Windows
• Open the Current Safari Page in Internet Explorer
• Send macOS Files with Windows Email Application
• Share External Storage Devices and Volumes
• Share Windows External and Network Drives with Mac
• Use a Disk Image with the Virtual DVD Drive
• Add Windows Disks to the Finder

Apply macOS Parental Controls to Windows

Mouse, Trackpad, and Keyboard

• Set Your Mouse or Trackpad to Right-Click and Middle-Click
• Use Keyboard Shortcuts
• Customize Keyboard Shortcuts
• Create New Keyboard Shortcuts
• See and Change Windows Input Language In macOS
• Mouse & Keyboard Settings

Connect External Devices

• Adjust Devices Settings

Connect Bluetooth Devices

Print from Windows

• Share a Printer Connected to Your Mac
• Set Up a Network Printer
• Set Up a USB Printer
• Create a PDF File

Use the Built-in or External Webcam

Show a Presentation on an External Monitor or Projector

Protect Your Data

• Isolate Windows from Mac
• Work in Windows Without Saving Changes
• Set Password Requirements
• Encrypt Windows to Protect It from Unauthorized Use

Connect to the Internet or a Network

• Share Network Access Between macOS and Windows
• Apply Separate Network Settings to Windows
• Use Host-Only Network Settings
• Use Wi-Fi with Windows
• Connect Windows to a VLAN

Optimize Performance

• Set How Much Memory is Allocated to Windows
• Optimization Settings
• Pause Windows When No Applications Are Open
• Optimize Virtual Machine for Games, Graphics, Productivity, or Development
• Work with Windows in Travel Mode
• Schedule Windows Maintenance

Use Windows on Your iPad, iPhone, or Android Device

Save Time With Parallels Toolbox

Save a Picture of the Screen

Set the Appearance of Virtual Machine Dock Icons

Allow Windows Updates While Your Mac is Sleeping

Translate Words in Windows

Use the Touch Bar with Windows

Advanced & Developer Topics

Work with Virtual Machines

• Supported Guest Operating Systems

About Virtual Machines

• Set Where New Virtual Machines Are Stored

Arrange Virtual Machines

Make Virtual Machines Distinctive

Change the Virtual Machine Icon

Change the Virtual Machine Name

Clone a Virtual Machine

Back Up a Virtual Machine

Create and Use Virtual Machine Templates

Save Snapshots of a Virtual Machine

Change Virtual Machine Configuration at Runtime

Use Mouse Wheel Horizontal Scrolling

Remove a Virtual Machine

Download Pre-configured Virtual Machines

Set the Guest OS Type and Version

Set How Many Processors are Allocated to a Virtual Machine

Check Your Virtual Machine CPU and Memory Usage

Get Acronis True Image

Use AppleScript with the Guest OS

Quickly Free Up Disk Space

Archive and Unarchive Virtual Machines

Prepare a Virtual Machine for Transfer

Use Other Operating Systems on Your Mac

• Use Linux in Coherence Mode
• Customize the Keyboard for the Guest OS
• Use macOS as a Guest OS

Install or Update Parallels Tools

• Parallels Tools Overview
• Parallels Tools for Windows

Parallels Tools for Linux

• Installing and Upgrading Parallels Tools in Text Mode in Linux

Parallels Tools for Mac

For Software Developers

• Optimize Remote Debugging
• Generate a Core Dump
• Start a Debugging Session
• Integration With Chef/Ohai
• Integration With Docker
• Use Virtual Machine Names as DNS Names
• Resolve Guest OS DNS Requests Using etc/hosts
• Quickly Change the Screen Resolution
• Other Actions

Set File Type Associations

Picture in Picture Mode

Hide and Show Parallels Desktop

Remove Parallels Desktop

Advanced Preferences

Shared Networking Settings

Host-Only Networking Settings

Create a Custom Host-Only Network

Parallels Desktop Preferences and Virtual Machine Settings

Parallels Desktop Preferences

• General Preferences
• Shortcuts Preferences
• Devices Preferences
• Security Preferences
• Network Preferences
• Advanced Preferences
• Parallels Toolbox
• Parallels Access

Virtual Machine Settings

• General Settings

Options

• Startup and Shutdown Settings
• Optimization Settings
• Sharing Settings
• Applications Settings
• Full Screen Settings
• Picture in Picture Settings
• Web & Email Settings
• Maintenance Settings
• Travel Mode Settings
• More Options

Hardware Settings

• CPU & Memory Settings
• Graphics Settings
• Mouse & Keyboard Settings
• Shared Printers Settings
• Network Settings
• Sound & Camera Settings
• USB & Bluetooth Settings
• Hard Disk Settings
• CD/DVD Settings
• Boot Order Settings
• TPM Chip
• Printer Settings
• Floppy Disk Settings
• Serial Port Settings

Security Settings

Backup Settings

Adding and Removing Devices

• Support for Virtual and Real Disks
• Initialize a Newly Added Disk
• Connect Physical Disk to Virtual Machine as Internal

Troubleshooting

• Install Parallels Tools for Seamless Operation Between Windows and macOS
• Find Settings
• Restore Virtual Machine Default Settings
• Memory Usage Problems
• Windows Seems Slow
• Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del
• My Password Isn't Working
• Boot Windows Securely
• My Virtual Machine Doesn't Boot
• I'm Having Problems Connecting to the Internet
• I'm Having Problems with Antivirus Software
• A Password is Required to Open the Virtual Machine Configuration
• Windows or Windows Applications Ask for Reactivation
• Manage Virtual Machines via Command Line Interface
• Change Password in Windows via Command Line Interface
• Checking the Build Number
• Send Technical Data to Parallels
• Understanding Shared Folders

More Resources

• Visit the Parallels Desktop Social Media pages

Glossary

Parallels Desktop allows you to run and manage Docker containers as if they were running directly on your Mac. You just need a Linux-based virtual machine (Boot2Docker) that will host your containers.

For more details, please refer to the Docker Machine official documentation: https://docs.docker.com/machine/