Parallels Desktop - 11.0 User's Guide

Parallels Desktop® 11 for Mac

User's Guide

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Contents

Welcome to Parallels Desktop..................................................................................9

What You Can Do ............................................................................................................. 9

Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Programs.................................................................. 10

Other Operating Systems................................................................................................ 10

Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop ......................................................................11

What You Need .............................................................................................................. 11

Install Parallels Desktop................................................................................................... 12

Activate and Register Parallels Desktop .......................................................................... 12

Purchase Parallels Desktop.............................................................................................13

Upgrade Parallels Desktop.............................................................................................. 13

Install Software Updates........................................................................................................ 14

Set the Language............................................................................................................ 15

Install or Import Windows ....................................................................................... 17

Install Windows ............................................................................................................... 17

Import Your Data from a PC............................................................................................ 19

Overview of Methods for Importing........................................................................................ 19

Requirements for Importing Your Data .................................................................................. 19

Step 1: Install Parallels Transporter Agent on Your Windows PC........................................... 19

Step 2: Import Your Data....................................................................................................... 20

Solving Problems................................................................................................................... 24

Use Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop ........................................................................... 26

Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application...................... 27

Use Windows on Your Mac..................................................................................... 28

Get Started ..................................................................................................................... 28

Start Windows....................................................................................................................... 28

Open a Windows Program .................................................................................................... 29

Install Windows Programs ..................................................................................................... 33

Shut Down or Suspend Windows.......................................................................................... 33

Set How Windows Works with Mac OS X .......................................................................37

Merge Windows and Mac OS X............................................................................................. 38

Contents

Set Windows to Appear in a Single Window.......................................................................... 40

Set Windows to Take Up the Whole Screen.......................................................................... 41

About Using Windows 8 with Parallels Desktop..................................................................... 45

Set Windows 8 to Work Like Windows 7............................................................................... 48

Set a Program to Open When You Insert a CD or DVD ......................................................... 49

Share Items Between Mac OS X and Windows..................................................................... 49

Apply Mac OS X Parental Controls to Windows..................................................................... 61

Set Media Files to Open in Windows 8 Apps ................................................................... 62

Mouse, Trackpad, and Keyboard .................................................................................... 62

Set Your Mouse or Trackpad to Right-Click and Middle-Click ............................................... 62

Control Programs with Trackpad Gestures or the Apple Remote .......................................... 64

Use Keyboard Shortcuts ....................................................................................................... 66

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts............................................................................................. 67

Create New Keyboard Shortcuts........................................................................................... 70

See and Change Windows Input Language In OS X.............................................................. 71

Mouse & Keyboard Settings .................................................................................................. 72

Connect External Devices ...............................................................................................73

Adjust Devices Settings ......................................................................................................... 75

Connect Bluetooth Devices............................................................................................. 76

Print from Windows......................................................................................................... 77

Share a Printer Connected to Your Mac................................................................................ 77

Set Up a Printer Using Bonjour.............................................................................................. 79

Set Up a Network Printer....................................................................................................... 80

Set Up a USB Printer............................................................................................................. 83

Create a PDF File .................................................................................................................. 84

Use the Built-in iSight Camera or Another Webcam ........................................................84

Show a Presentation on an External Monitor or Projector ................................................ 85

Protect Your Data ...........................................................................................................86

Protect Your Data from Viruses ............................................................................................. 86

Isolate Windows from Mac .................................................................................................... 87

Work in Windows Without Saving Changes........................................................................... 87

Set Password Requirements ................................................................................................. 88

Encrypt Windows to Protect It from Unauthorized Use .......................................................... 88

Connect to the Internet or a Network .............................................................................. 89

Share Network Settings Between Mac OS X and Windows................................................... 89

Apply Separate Network Settings to Windows ...................................................................... 90

Use Host-Only Network Settings ........................................................................................... 92

Use Wi-Fi with Windows........................................................................................................ 92

Connect Windows to a VLAN ................................................................................................ 93

Optimize Performance..................................................................................................... 94

Set How Much Memory is Allocated to Windows .................................................................. 94

Optimization Settings............................................................................................................. 94

Optimize 3D Graphics Performance on a MacBook Pro........................................................ 96

Speed Up Games and Graphics Programs ........................................................................... 97

Pause Windows When No Programs Are Open..................................................................... 97

Optimize Virtual Machine for Games, Graphics, Productivity, or Development....................... 97

Work with Windows in Travel Mode....................................................................................... 98

Use Windows on Your iPad, iPhone or Android Device ...................................................99

Save a Picture of the Screen ......................................................................................... 100

Contents

Set the Appearance of Virtual Machine Dock Icons .......................................................101

Allow Windows Updates While Your Mac is Sleeping ....................................................101

Translate Words in Windows......................................................................................... 102

Advanced Topics................................................................................................... 103

Work with Virtual Machines ........................................................................................... 103

Supported Guest Operating Systems.................................................................................. 103

About Virtual Machines........................................................................................................ 105

Arrange Virtual Machines..................................................................................................... 107

Make Virtual Machines Distinctive........................................................................................ 108

Change the Virtual Machine Icon ......................................................................................... 108

Change the Virtual Machine Name ...................................................................................... 109

Clone a Virtual Machine....................................................................................................... 109

Back Up a Virtual Machine .................................................................................................. 110

Browse Virtual Hard Disks in Mac OS X............................................................................... 111

Create and Use Virtual Machine Templates ......................................................................... 113

Save Snapshots of a Virtual Machine................................................................................... 114

Change Virtual Machine Configuration at Runtime............................................................... 116

Use Mouse Wheel Horizontal Scrolling ................................................................................ 118

Remove a Virtual Machine ................................................................................................... 118

Download Pre-configured Virtual Appliances....................................................................... 118

Set the Guest OS Type and Version .................................................................................... 120

Contents

Set How Many Processors are Allocated to a Virtual Machine............................................. 120

Check Your Virtual Machine CPU and Memory Usage......................................................... 120

Enable Spoken Commands................................................................................................. 121

Get Acronis True Image....................................................................................................... 121

Use AppleScript with the Guest OS..................................................................................... 122

Quickly Free Up Disk Space ................................................................................................ 122

Use Other Operating Systems on Your Mac.................................................................. 122

Import Linux and Your Data from a PC................................................................................ 122

Use Linux in Coherence Mode............................................................................................. 123

Install Windows 98 .............................................................................................................. 124

Improve Graphics Performance in Windows NT/98/ME....................................................... 126

Customize the Keyboard for the Guest OS.......................................................................... 128

Use OS X as a Guest OS..................................................................................................... 130

Install or Update Parallels Tools..................................................................................... 132

Parallels Tools Overview ...................................................................................................... 132

Parallels Tools for Windows................................................................................................. 134

Parallels Tools for Linux ....................................................................................................... 135

Parallels Tools for Mac ........................................................................................................ 140

Install Sound Driver in OS/2 and eComStation .................................................................... 141

For Software Developers............................................................................................... 141

Optimize Remote Debugging............................................................................................... 141

Run Windows Phone Emulator............................................................................................ 142

Generate a Core Dump ....................................................................................................... 145

Start a Debugging Session.................................................................................................. 146

Integration With Chef/Ohai................................................................................................... 146

Integration With Docker ....................................................................................................... 146

Use Virtual Machine Names as DNS Names........................................................................ 147

Resolve Guest OS DNS Requests Using etc/hosts.............................................................. 147

Other Actions ...................................................................................................................... 148

Contents

Set File Type Associations............................................................................................. 148

Modality Mode .............................................................................................................. 149

Hide and Show Parallels Desktop.................................................................................. 150

Disable Automatically Suspending Windows ................................................................. 150

Remove Parallels Desktop............................................................................................. 151

Advanced Preferences .................................................................................................. 151

Shared Networking Settings.......................................................................................... 153

Host-Only Networking Settings ..................................................................................... 156

More Options ................................................................................................................ 156

Adding and Removing Devices...................................................................................... 158

Support for Virtual and Real Disks ....................................................................................... 160

Initialize a Newly Added Disk ............................................................................................... 162

Hardware Settings ........................................................................................................164

CPU and Memory................................................................................................................ 164

Boot Order .......................................................................................................................... 165

Graphics.............................................................................................................................. 167

Floppy Disk ......................................................................................................................... 169

CD/DVD-ROM..................................................................................................................... 170

Hard Disk ............................................................................................................................ 172

Network .............................................................................................................................. 175

Printer.................................................................................................................................. 176

Serial Port............................................................................................................................ 178

Sound ................................................................................................................................. 180

USB & Bluetooth ................................................................................................................. 181

Contents

Tips and Troubleshooting ..................................................................................... 183

Install Parallels Tools for Seamless Operation Between Windows and Mac OS X .......... 183

Find Settings................................................................................................................. 184

Restore Virtual Machine Default Settings ....................................................................... 184

I Can't Activate Parallels Desktop.................................................................................. 185

Memory Usage Problems.............................................................................................. 185

Windows Seems Slow .................................................................................................. 186

Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del .................................................................................................... 187

My Password Isn't Working........................................................................................... 187

My Virtual Machine Doesn't Boot ..................................................................................187

I'm Having Problems Connecting to the Internet............................................................ 188

Configure 5.1 or 7.1 Surround Sound in a Virtual Machine ............................................188

I'm Having Problems with Antivirus Software................................................................. 190

The F8 Key Isn't Working Correctly ............................................................................... 190

A Password is Required to Open the Virtual Machine Configuration ..............................190

Windows or Windows Programs Ask for Reactivation ................................................... 191

Manage Virtual Machines via Command Line Interface .................................................. 192

Change Password in Windows via Command Line Interface .........................................192

Configuring a Network in Linux...................................................................................... 192

Installing the GCC Package and Kernel Sources in Linux ..............................................193

Checking the Build Number ..........................................................................................193

Send Technical Data to Parallels ...................................................................................194

Request Support........................................................................................................... 194

More Resources ....................................................................................................196

Visit the Parallels Desktop Twitter and Facebook Pages................................................ 196

Visit the Parallels Convenience Store............................................................................. 197

Glossary.................................................................................................................198

Index ......................................................................................................................202

C HAPTER 1

Welcome to Parallels Desktop

Congratulations on purchasing Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac. You no longer have to choose between the Mac and the PC. Parallels Desktop lets you use Windows side-by-side with OS X on your Mac.

Use this guide to quickly set up and start using Parallels Desktop.

In This Chapter

What You Can Do .................................................................................................... 9

Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Programs ........................................................... 10

Other Operating Systems ......................................................................................... 10

What You Can Do

With Parallels Desktop, you can:

• Open Windows programs side-by-side with your Mac OS X applications, without having to

restart

• Copy and paste text and drag and drop objects between Mac and Windows applications

• Run Windows games and other 3D programs

• Transfer all your data from a PC and use it on your Mac

• Easily share files, devices, and other resources between Windows and the Mac

• Install other operating systems, such as trial versions of Windows, Linux, another copy of OS X,

and free virtual appliances; and use them together

• And much more

Welcome to Parallels Desktop

Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Programs

After just a few steps, you can begin using Windows programs on your Mac. Setting up your Mac to run Windows programs involves the following steps:

Step 1: Install Parallels Desktop (p. 11).

Step 2: Install Windows on your Mac (p. 17).

Step 3: Install your Windows programs (p. 33).

You only need to follow these steps once. Then you can open and use your Windows programs on your Mac anytime you like, just as you do with your Mac applications.

Other Operating Systems

Important: This guide is focused on using Parallels Desktop with Windows.

Using Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac you can run several other kinds of operating systems (p. 103) on your Mac, such as several flavors of Linux and Unix, Mac OS X Server, Windows 8, older versions of Windows, and more.

Finding Information On Running Other Operating Systems

You can find much more information and details on using Parallels Desktop to run other operating systems on your Mac by checking the resources listed in More Resources (p. 196).

Additionally, though not explicitly stated, many of the instructions presented in this guide also apply to supported operating systems other than Windows. And some important instructions relating to other operating systems are in the Advanced Topics (p. 103) section.

C HAPTER 2

Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop

Follow the instructions in this chapter to install or upgrade Parallels Desktop.

Note: You can either purchase a boxed version of Parallels Desktop 11 or purchase and download it from the Parallels website.

In This Chapter

What You Need ........................................................................................................ 11

Install Parallels Desktop ............................................................................................12

Activate and Register Parallels Desktop .................................................................... 12

Purchase Parallels Desktop ...................................................................................... 13

Upgrade Parallels Desktop........................................................................................ 13

Set the Language .....................................................................................................15

What You Need

To install and set up Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac, you need:

• A Mac computer with:

• An Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better.

Note: Parallels Desktop can only be installed on Intel-based Macs running the 64-bit kernel. Please see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3770 for more details.

• At least 2GB of RAM (4GB recommended)

Note: Your Mac must have enough RAM memory to use Mac OS X and its applications plus the memory required for each additional operating system (and its programs) that you want to use simultaneously.

• At least 850 MB of space available on the boot volume (the volume that has OS X) for

Parallels Desktop installation

• Enough free disk space for each virtual machine and its applications (at least 15 GB for each

installation of Windows)

• OS X Yosemite 10.10 or later, OS X Mavericks 10.9.4 or later

To identify your computer's processor, memory, and OS X version, choose Apple menu > About This Mac.

Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop

• Internet connection required for product activation, select features, and online updates

• One of the following:

• A Windows installation disc, or other installation media for the operating systems you want

to use alongside OS X

• An Internet connection to download and install freely available operating system such as

Ubuntu or Google Chrome.

• If you're using OS X Lion or later, you can set up a second copy of OS X to be used as a

guest operating system alongside your main system, without having to purchase or download another copy of OS X.

For a list of operating systems that Parallels Desktop supports for use with your Mac, see Supported Guest Operating Systems (p. 103) or go to http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/system-requirements/.

Install Parallels Desktop

You can be up and running with Parallels Desktop in a few easy steps:

1 Make sure you have the latest version of OS X. 2 Do one of the following:

• If you downloaded Parallels Desktop from the Parallels website, double-click the disk image

file, most likely in your Downloads folder (the file has the extension ".dmg" at the end).

• If you purchased a boxed copy of Parallels Desktop with a USB thumb drive, connect the

drive to your Mac, open it and double-click the disk image file.

• If you purchased a boxed copy with a link to the installation file, open the link in your web

browser, download Parallels Desktop and double-click the disk image file.

• If you purchased a boxed copy with an installation disc, insert the disc.

Note: If your Mac doesn't have a DVD-ROM, you can use the download link, available in the retail box, to download Parallels Desktop over the Internet.

3 Double-click the Install icon and follow the onscreen instructions to install Parallels Desktop.

Activate and Register Parallels Desktop

Once Parallels Desktop is installed, you need to activate it and register. Do the following:

1 First you need to sign in to your Parallels account:

• If you have an account, enter your email address, select I have a password, enter the

password and click Sign In.

Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop

• If you don't have a Parallels account, enter an email address that will be used to create the

account, select I'm a new user, click Sign In and follow the onscreen instructions.

2 In the next step, you must enter your Product Activation Key to activate Parallels Desktop.

Note: If you purchased Parallels Desktop from the Parallels Online Store, a key was sent to the email address you provided. If you bought a boxed copy, you can find your key printed on the installation disc sleeve.

If you already have a license available and associated with your account, just select the license and click Activate.

If You Don't Have A Product Activation Key

If you don't have a key already, you can get a free trial Product Activation Key so you can try out Parallels Desktop for a limited time, click Try Free for 14 days. Or to purchase a key that lets you use Parallels Desktop permanently, click Buy.

Purchase Parallels Desktop

If you're using a trial version of Parallels Desktop 11, you can easily purchase the full version right from the application interface. To do so:

1 Click Buy in the About Parallels Desktop window or when you see the promo. 2 Choose one of the following:

• Upgrade: Select this option to upgrade your current version of Parallels Desktop. Please

keep in mind that you will need the activation key for your previous version. If the Upgrade option is selected by default, Parallels Desktop has already automatically detected the key for the previous version. If not, please make sure you have it.

Note: Only Parallels Desktop 9 and 10 can be upgraded to Parallels Desktop 11.

• Buy Full Version: Select this option to purchase Parallels Desktop if you have never used it

before or your version cannot be upgraded.

3 Follow the onscreen instructions.You may need to scroll down to see all the information.

Upgrade Parallels Desktop

If you already have Parallels Desktop 9 or 10 follow these steps to upgrade to Parallels Desktop 11.

1 If you haven't already done so, purchase and download a "Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac

Upgrade," available from the Parallels Online Store at www.parallels.com/buyonline.

A Product Activation Key is sent to the email address you provide.

2 If Parallels Desktop is open, quit Parallels Desktop.

Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop

3 Follow the instructions to install Parallels Desktop 11. See Install Parallels Desktop (p. 12).

During installation, the previous version of Parallels Desktop is automatically removed from your computer.

4 Open Parallels Desktop and enter your upgrade Product Activation Key.

If you were using a trial version of Parallels Desktop or you purchased a previous version but haven't installed it on your computer, you will also be prompted to enter a full or upgrade key for that version.

Note: To upgrade from Parallels Desktop 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 you must purchase Parallels Desktop 11 at full retail price.

Troubleshooting

If you have any problems upgrading Parallels Desktop, you can find troubleshooting information at www.parallels.com/support/home or by opening Parallels Desktop and choosing Help > Solving Problems.

Install Software Updates

Periodically, Parallels provides free software updates to improve Parallels Desktop.

By default, Parallels Desktop is configured to automatically check for and download available software updates once a week. When an update is available, Parallels Desktop prompts you to install it. Simply follow the onscreen instructions.

Adjust Software Update Settings

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

Preferences. Then click General.

in the menu bar, press and hold the Option (Alt) key and choose

Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Parallels

Desktop > Preferences, and then click General.

2 Do one of the following:

• To adjust the frequency that Parallels checks for software updates, choose Never, Once a

Day, Once a Week, or Once a Month from the Check for Updates menu.

• To choose whether you want Parallels Desktop to download updates automatically, select

or deselect Download updates automatically.

If you choose not to download updates automatically, Parallels Desktop notifies you when an update is available and asks whether you want to download it.

Check for an Update Manually

• Follow the instructions in step 1 above and then click Check Now. You can also choose

Check for Updates from the Parallels Desktop application menu.

Note: To check for updates and download them, your Mac must be connected to the Internet.

Set the Language

You can set which language the Parallels Desktop interface uses by doing the following:

1 Quit Parallels Desktop. 2 Choose Apple menu > System Preferences > Language & Region. 3 Drag the language you want to the top of the list. If you don't see the language you want to use

in the list, click the Add button

Install or Upgrade Parallels Desktop

4 Open Parallels Desktop.

If the primary language you chose is supported by Parallels Desktop, the menus and interface text appear in that language. If the primary language you selected isn't supported, menus appear in the first language listed that Parallels Desktop supports.

C HAPTER 3

Install or Import Windows

There are a few ways to get Windows up and running on your Mac:

• Install Windows (p. 17)

• Import your data from a Windows PC (p. 19)

• Use Windows that you already have installed from a Boot Camp partition (p. 26)

• Import Windows from a previous version of Parallels Desktop or other virtualization software (p.

27)

In This Chapter

Install Windows.........................................................................................................17

Import Your Data from a PC .....................................................................................19

Use Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop..................................................................... 26

Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application................ 27

Install Windows

If you have a Windows installation source (a DVD disc, an image file, or a USB storage) and a valid Windows product key, you can install Windows on your Mac and use it with Parallels Desktop.

To install Windows:

1 Open Parallels Desktop (in the Applications folder) and choose File > New. 2 If you have a Windows installation disc, insert it into the DVD drive. If you have a USB storage

with Windows, connect the storage to the Mac.

3 Click Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file. 4 Parallels Desktop scans for and lists installable operating systems. If you see the version of

Windows you want to install, select it, click Continue and go to step 6.

5 If the Windows installation source didn't show up automatically in Step 4, click Locate

manually to browse for it manually. You can browse from the following sources:

• DVD: If you have a Windows DVD, insert it into the DVD drive. Once Windows is detected,

click Continue. If your Mac doesn't have a DVD drive, you can use an Apple SuperDrive, another Mac's DVD drive via Remote Disc, or make an image from the disc.

Install or Import Windows

• Image File: If you have a Windows image file, click Image File and drag the image to the

Parallels Wizard window. Once Windows is detected, click Continue.

• USB Drive: If you have a bootable USB installer with Windows, click USB Drive and

connect the drive to the Mac. Once Windows is detected, click Continue.

Note: Parallels Desktop may fail to detect some operating systems (for example, the latest Linux distributions). If this happens but you're sure that the operating system can be installed, click Continue, specify the OS type manually (if it's not listed, choose Other), and follow the onscreen instructions.

6 Be sure to leave Express installation selected.

Note: If you deselect Express installation, you'll need to install Parallels Tools (p. 183) after the installation to allow the most seamless operation between Windows and Mac OS X.

7 Choose what for you're going to primarily use Windows. Its settings will be tuned to best fit

your needs.

8 If you are installing Windows 8, select how you want it to work:

• Like Windows 8: Windows 8 boots to the Start screen and Windows 8 applications run in

full screen only.

• Like Windows 7: Windows 8 boots to the desktop, Windows 8 applications run in resizable

windows, and the Start menu is available.

9 Choose where you want to store Windows from the Location menu.

By default, Parallels Desktop stores Windows in your Documents > Parallels folder. To allow all users of your computer to have access to this installation of Windows, select Share with other users of this Mac.

10 If you want to pre-set things like how much memory Windows uses or whether it starts

automatically when you open Parallels Desktop, select Customize settings before installation. You can also adjust these settings after the operating system is installed.

11 Click Continue.

The assistant installs Windows.

Once Windows is installed, you can start it up by opening a Windows program (p. 29) or by clicking the power button in Parallels Desktop Control Center.

Important: The first time you start Windows, Parallels Tools are installed to allow seamless operation

between Windows and Mac OS X. Once Parallels Tools are installed, you're prompted to restart Windows.

If you didn't select Express installation in step 6 above, you must install Parallels Tools manually (p.

183).

When you install Windows, Parallels Desktop creates an administrator account with a blank password. Once the installation is complete, it is recommended that you change this password.

Install or Import Windows

Note: You can also install Windows from a disk image file (p. 160) of an installation disc. Simply choose the disk image file in step 4 above. Parallels Desktop supports ISO, DMG, CUE, and CCD disk images.

Import Your Data from a PC

You can import all your data from a Windows PC to Parallels Desktop on your Mac. Then you can continue to work with all your Windows programs, files, and data, side-by-side with Mac OS X.

Overview of Methods for Importing

You can import your data using one of the following:

• Network (p. 20): If both the Windows PC and your Mac are connected to a network, you can

import your data over the network.

• External storage device (p. 22): You can transfer the data from a Windows PC to an external

storage device, such as an external hard drive. Then, you can connect the device to your Mac and import your data into Parallels Desktop.

Requirements for Importing Your Data

To import your data to your Mac, you need a Windows computer with:

• Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later.

Note: You can also use a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit only), Windows Server 2008, or Windows 2000 Professional (32-bit only).

• An Intel or AMD (700 MHz or higher) x86 or x64 processor

• At least 256 MB of RAM

• At least 70 MB of hard disk space for installing Parallels Transporter Agent

• One of the following:

• An Ethernet port for transferring your data over network

• An external storage device, such as a USB hard disk

Note: Parallels Desktop does not support migrating Windows dynamic volumes. These are volumes which size is not fixed as in basic volumes. They are migrated as data disks only. You can later add them (p. 158) to an already existing virtual machine.

Step 1: Install Parallels Transporter Agent on Your Windows PC

To import your data you must first install the Parallels Transporter Agent software on the Windows PC.

Install or Import Windows

To install Parallels Transporter Agent:

12 Do one of the following:

• If you purchased a physical copy of Parallels Desktop, insert the Parallels Desktop

installation DVD into your Windows PC. If the installation doesn't start automatically, locate and double-click the Parallels Transporter Agent.exe file on the disc.

• Download Parallels Transporter Agent for Windows from the Parallels website at

http://www.parallels.com/download/desktop/ and double-click the installation file.

If your computer is connected to the Internet, Parallels Transporter Agent checks for available updates. If an update is available, click Download and Install New Version.

13 Follow the onscreen instructions to install Parallels Transporter Agent.

Step 2: Import Your Data

Follow one of the methods below to import your data from your PC to your Mac.

Over a Network

Important: After importing your data, you may need to reactivate some of your Windows programs

using the activation keys you received when you purchased the programs.

To import your data from a PC over a network:

1 Turn on your Mac and your Windows PC and log in. 2 Make sure that Windows Firewall (p. 25) is turned off. You can turn it on again after the import is

finished.

Install or Import Windows

3 On the Windows PC, open Parallels Transporter Agent by clicking the Start menu and choosing

All Programs > Parallels > Parallels Transporter Agent.

4 On your Mac, open Parallels Desktop and choose File > New. 5 Select Migrate Windows from a PC and click Continue. 6 Select Network and click Continue. 7 Find the passcode displayed in Parallels Wizard on your Mac and enter it in Parallels

Transporter Agent on your Windows PC.

If the remote PC and Mac are not connected to the same network, you can transfer the remote PC using its name or IP address. To do so, click Use IP address instead, select the Windows PC name from the list or type the IP address, and click Continue.

Install or Import Windows

8 If you have chosen to use the computer name or IP address, provide the Windows

administrator credentials. Parallels Desktop connects to Parallels Transporter Agent and starts collecting information about the source computer.

9 If you want to log in to Windows automatically whenever you start up Windows, select Enable

Automatic Logon. When ready, click Continue.

10 Choose whether you want to migrate all your files and data or only Windows applications.

When ready, click Continue.

11 Choose what for you're going to primarily use Windows. Its settings will be tuned to best fit

your needs.

12 Choose where you want to install your data. You can also click Customize and select which

Windows volumes to migrate.

When ready, click Continue.

13 In the next step there's a warning about Windows activation that might be required when you

start using it. To proceed, read this message, select I want to continue and click Continue.

14 Once the migration is complete, click Done. 15 Start Windows (p. 28). 16 When Windows boots up, choose Actions > Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen

instructions.

Note: To be able to install Parallels Tools, you must be logged in to Windows as an administrator.

Using an External Storage Device

Important: After importing your data, you may need to reactivate some of your Windows programs

using the activation keys you received when you purchased the programs.

Install or Import Windows

To import your data from a PC using an external storage device:

1 Connect an external storage device to your Windows PC. 2 On the Windows PC, open Parallels Transporter Agent by clicking the Start menu and choosing

All Programs > Parallels > Parallels Transporter Agent.

3 Click the external storage device icon.

4 Click Continue. Parallels Transporter Agent collects information about the Windows PC. 5 If you want to log in to Windows automatically whenever you start up Windows, select Enable

Automatic Logon and specify the Administrator's password When ready, click Continue.

6 Choose whether you want to migrate all your files and data or only Windows applications.

When ready, click Continue.

7 Choose where you want to store your data. You can also click Customize and select which

Windows volumes to migrate.

When ready, click Continue.

8 In the next step there's a warning about Windows activation that might be required when you

start using it. To proceed, read this message, select I want to continue and click Continue.

9 Once the migration is complete, click Done to quit Parallels Transporter Agent. 10 Disconnect the storage device from the Windows PC and connect it to your Mac. 11 On your Mac, open Parallels Desktop and choose File > New. 12 Select Migrate Windows from a PC and click Continue. 13 Select External storage device and click Continue.

Install or Import Windows

14 Click Choose and locate where you chose to store your data in step 7. Then click Continue. 15 Choose what for you're going to primarily use Windows. Its settings will be tuned to best fit

your needs.

16 Choose where you want to install Windows and your data, and then click Continue. 17 Once the migration is complete, click Done. 18 Start Windows (p. 28). 19 When Windows boots up, choose Actions > Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen

instructions.

Note: To be able to install Parallels Tools, you must be logged in to Windows as an administrator.

Solving Problems

Read this section if you have problems importing your data from a Windows PC.

General Tips

This section provides solutions to some errors that may occur during the import process.

Parallels Transporter Agent Doesn't Work Correctly

If you experience any problems while importing, make sure that the snapman.sys driver is installed in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\.

If the snapman.sys driver is not installed, follow these steps:

1 Uninstall Parallels Transporter Agent. 2 Restart your Windows PC. 3 Reinstall Parallels Transporter Agent. 4 Restart your Windows PC again. 5 Try to import Windows and your data again.

Import is Interrupted by an Error

If the import process is interrupted by an error, do the following:

1 From the Start menu, choose My Computer. 2 In the Hard Disk Drives pane, right-click the volume you want to import, and choose

Properties.

3 In the Properties pane, click the Tools tab, and in the Error Checking section, click the

Check Now button.

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4 In the Check Disk window, select Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and

attempt recovery of bad sectors, and then click Start.

5 Wait till the disk is scanned and errors are fixed.

Dynamic Volumes are not Imported

Only basic volumes can be imported. You can't import dynamic volumes using Parallels Desktop.

The only way to import the data stored on a dynamic disk is to copy the data to a basic disk on your Mac and then import the basic disk.

If Your Mac Fails to Connect with Parallels Transporter Agent

Firewall applications may block connections between your Mac and Parallels Transporter Agent on the Windows PC.

Firewall problems in Mac OS X

If your Mac fails to connect with Parallels Transporter Agent on your Windows PC, the reason may be that the built-in Mac firewall blocks the connection to Parallels Transporter Agent.

To enable connections between your Mac and Parallels Transporter Agent and prevent further blocking, you can configure the firewall settings in Mac OS X by doing the following:

1 From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences, and then click Security. 2 Click the Firewall tab. 3 Configure the necessary settings.

If you try to search for Parallels Transporter Agent by typing the Windows PC IP address manually, you may receive a message saying that Parallels Transporter Agent is blocked. Click the Unblock button.

Firewall problems in Windows

Microsoft Windows operating system has a built-in firewall that blocks connections to and from other computers. When starting Parallels Transporter Agent for the fist time, you may see a message saying that Windows Firewall has blocked some features of the program.

To enable the connection between your Mac and Parallels Transporter Agent, click Unblock.

To prevent this problem from happening again, add Parallels Desktop and/or Parallels Transporter Agent to the firewall exceptions (the list of applications allowed to communicate through the firewall):

1 From the Start menu, choose Control Panel > Network Connections. 2 In the Network Tasks pane, click Change Windows Firewall Settings.

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3 Add Parallels Desktop and/or Transporter Agent to the firewall exceptions list.

If Parallels Doesn't Detect Windows Correctly

If Parallels Desktop detects the source operating system (Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista computer) incorrectly, make sure that neither of your Windows programs are running in compatibility mode - a special mode of Windows allowing you to run applications that are incompatible with your version of Windows.

See Windows Help for more information.

Problems Using a Program After an Import

Programs that depend on specific hardware may not work in Parallels Desktop.

If you import from several source volumes, the disk drive letters are changed. Make sure that the program paths are set correctly. See Windows Help for more information.

Use Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop

Boot Camp is a feature of Mac OS X that lets you start up your Mac in Windows. If you have already installed Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP on your Mac using Boot Camp, you can set Parallels Desktop to work with Boot Camp using either of these two options:

• Set Parallels Desktop to run Windows from the Boot Camp partition: Changes you make in

Windows programs either while working in Mac OS X or when you start up your Mac in Windows using Boot Camp will be reflected in both places.

Windows running from Boot Camp has the following limitations:

• It can't be paused

• It can't be saved as a snapshot (p. 114)

• It can't run in Safe Mode

• It can't be compressed

• Import Windows and your data from Boot Camp into Parallels Desktop: Windows running

from Parallels Desktop doesn't have the above listed limitations. Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop are separate. Changes you make in Windows programs while working in Mac OS X are not reflected when you start up your Mac in Windows using Boot Camp.

Set Parallels Desktop to run Windows from the Boot Camp Partition

1 Open Parallels Desktop (in the Applications folder) and choose File > New. 2 Click Boot Camp, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

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Note: If you plan to start up in Windows using Boot Camp, it is recommended that you shut down Windows in Parallels Desktop rather than suspending Windows.

Import Windows and Your Data from Boot Camp into Parallels Desktop

1 Set Parallels Desktop to use Boot Camp, as described in the steps above. 2 Right-click (Control-click) the Boot Camp version of Windows in Parallels Desktop Control

Center and choose Import Boot Camp.

Note: Windows must be shut down.

3 Click Import. 4 Locate where you want to store Windows and your data, and then click Choose.

Windows and all your data are imported from Boot Camp. You can still use the original Boot Camp Windows installation, separately from Parallels Desktop.

Important: The first time you start Windows after setting Parallels Desktop to work with Boot Camp,

Parallels Tools are installed to allow seamless operation between Windows and Mac OS X. Once Parallels Tools are installed, you're prompted to restart Windows.

Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application

With Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac you can use Windows that you set up using earlier versions of Parallels Desktop, as well as VMware Fusion, Microsoft Virtual PC, and VirtualBox:

1 Open Parallels Desktop (in the Applications folder) and choose File > Open. 2 Select the Windows data file you want to import, then click Open and follow the onscreen

instructions.

• Parallels Desktop data files end with .pvm.

• VMware files end with .vmx.

• Virtual PC files end with .vmc.

• VirtualBox files end with .xml or .vbox.

You can also simply drag a Parallels .pvm file to Parallels Desktop Control Center to add it to Parallels Desktop.

3 Start Windows (p. 28). 4 Choose Actions > Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen instructions.

C HAPTER 4

Use Windows on Your Mac

Read this chapter to find out all about using Windows programs on your Mac. Learn how to get started using Windows programs, set how Windows programs work with Mac OS X, share applications, files, and folders between Mac OS X and Windows, connect devices, print, customize your keyboard, and more.

In This Chapter

Get Started .............................................................................................................. 28

Set How Windows Works with Mac OS X................................................................. 37

Set Media Files to Open in Windows 8 Apps ............................................................ 62

Mouse, Trackpad, and Keyboard ............................................................................. 62

Connect External Devices......................................................................................... 73

Connect Bluetooth Devices ...................................................................................... 76

Print from Windows .................................................................................................. 77

Use the Built-in iSight Camera or Another Webcam.................................................. 84

Show a Presentation on an External Monitor or Projector ......................................... 85

Protect Your Data..................................................................................................... 86

Connect to the Internet or a Network........................................................................ 89

Optimize Performance.............................................................................................. 94

Use Windows on Your iPad, iPhone or Android Device............................................. 99

Save a Picture of the Screen .................................................................................... 100

Set the Appearance of Virtual Machine Dock Icons................................................... 101

Allow Windows Updates While Your Mac is Sleeping................................................ 101

Translate Words in Windows .................................................................................... 102

Get Started

In this section, learn how to start Windows, open a Windows program, install more Windows programs, and shut down or suspend Windows.

Start Windows

To use Windows programs on your Mac, Windows must be running.

The simplest way to start Windows is to open a Windows program (p. 29). If Windows isn't already running when you open a Windows program, it starts automatically in Coherence mode (p. 38).

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Important: If Windows was previously shut down, you may need to enter your Windows password.

You can also start Windows by doing the following:

1 Open Parallels Desktop. 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center, click the Power Button below Windows.

3 Click anywhere in the Windows window that appears.

Windows starts and you can begin using Windows programs alongside Mac OS X.

Open a Windows Program

Opening a Windows program is as easy as opening a Mac application. Here are several ways to open Windows programs:

• From the Windows Applications folder in the Dock

• From the Windows Start menu

• From the Mac OS X Finder

• From the Dock

• Using Spotlight searching

• Using Launchpad (if you are using Mac OS X Lion or later)

Note: All Windows program icons can be easily identified by the Parallels Desktop symbol in the lower-right corner of the icon.

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Windows Applications Folder

This folder is available in the OS X Dock and contains all your Windows programs. As you install more programs, they are automatically added.

To open a Windows program using the Windows Applications folder:

• Click the folder, and then choose a program.

To add the Windows applications folder to the Dock:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Options and then click Applications. 3 Be sure Share Windows applications with Mac is selected, and then select Show Windows

applications folder in Dock.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

Windows Start Menu

To open a Windows program from the Start menu:

1 Do one of the following:

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• Click the Parallels icon

• If Windows is in Full Screen or Window mode, open the Start Menu as you normally would.

in the menu bar and choose Windows Start Menu.

Note: You can also Command-click or Right-click the Parallels icon.

2 Click the program you want.

Mac OS X Finder

You can also open a program by double-clicking its icon in the Finder.

To find Windows programs in the Finder:

• Double-click the Windows volume on the desktop, and then open the Program Files folder.

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Note: To show the Windows volume on the desktop, the Mac OS X Finder must be enabled to show connected servers. Click anywhere on the desktop and choose Finder > Preferences, and then select Connected servers.

You can make an alias for a Windows program on the Mac OS X desktop, then double-click it anytime to open the program.

To make an alias for a Windows program on the Mac OS X desktop:

• Select the program in the Finder and choose File > Make Alias. Then drag the alias icon to the

desktop.

Program Icon in the Dock

When you open a Windows program, its icon appears in the Mac OS X Dock at the bottom of the screen. By default when you close the program, the icon disappears from the Dock. Keeping a program's icon in the Dock provides a quick way to open the program anytime.

To keep a Windows program's icon in the Dock, do one of the following:

• Right-click or Control-click the Windows program icon in the Dock and choose Keep in Dock

from the shortcut menu.

• Drag the program's icon from the Finder to the Dock.

Now you can open the program again anytime by clicking the icon in the Dock.

Spotlight

You can search for and open Windows programs using Spotlight:

• Click the Spotlight icon in the upper-right corner of your screen, or press Command-Space bar

on your keyboard. Then type the name of the program and select it from the list.

Launchpad

If you're using Mac OS X Lion or later, you can see a full screen display of all your Windows programs and Mac applications using Launchpad. Just click the Launchpad icon (looks like a rocket) in the Dock. You can then click any Mac OS X application to open it. To open a Windows program, click the Windows folder and then click the program you want.

Note: The Windows folder is available in Launchpad only if sharing Windows programs (p. 55) is enabled.

To move a Windows program from the Windows folder to a main Launchpad page, do one of the following:

• From Launchpad, click the folder containing your Windows programs and drag a program to

the Launchpad icon in the Dock.

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• Start the Windows program you want, right-click its icon in the Dock, and choose Add to

Launchpad.

To remove a Windows program from Launchpad, start the program, right-click its icon in the Dock, and choose Remove from Launchpad.

Install Windows Programs

You install Windows programs on your Mac just as you would on a Windows PC. The two most common ways of installing programs are:

• Using a CD or DVD installation disc

• Downloading the program or installation file from the Internet or a network

Install a Program from a CD or DVD Installation Disc

1 Start Windows (p. 28). 2 Insert the installation disc. 3 In most cases, an AutoPlay dialog opens. Click the option to run a setup or install file, then

follow the onscreen instructions.

For more information about using CD and DVD discs with Parallels Desktop, see CD/DVD-ROM (p.

170).

Install a Program from the Internet or a Network

• Download the program or installation file and follow the instructions from the program's source.

In most cases, you can either run the installation file and follow the onscreen instructions, or simply open the downloaded program.

For more information about connecting to the Internet and networks, see Connect to the Internet or a Network (p. 89).

Shut Down or Suspend Windows

When you're finished using Windows programs, you can leave Windows running in the background as you work with your Mac applications. Or you may want to stop Windows from running so more of your computer's resources are available for your Mac applications. There are a few ways to stop Windows. You can:

• Suspend Windows

• Pause Windows

• Shut down Windows

• Stop Windows

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Suspend Windows

Suspending Windows conveniently freezes all running Windows programs and settings in their current state.

Do one of the following:

• If you are using OS X Lion or Mountain Lion, quit Parallels Desktop.

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar, press and hold the Option (Alt) key and choose

Actions > Suspend.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Suspend.

The next time you start Windows or open a Windows program, you resume your progress from exactly where you left off.

When Windows is suspended, you can safely quit Parallels Desktop and resume your progress later.

Note: If you are using Mac OS X Lion or later and you shut down or restart your computer, or quit Parallels Desktop, Windows is automatically suspended. The next time you start up Parallels Desktop, you can resume working with Windows from where you left off. If your Windows is encrypted (p. 88), you will have to resume it manually.

Pause Windows

You can temporarily pause from using Windows and free your computer's resources, such as RAM and processor cycles, to be used by your Mac applications by doing one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

Actions > Pause.

in the menu bar, press and hold the Option (Alt) key and choose

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Pause.

To resume using Windows after pausing it, do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar, press and hold the Option (Alt) key and choose

Actions > Resume.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Resume.

If you quit Parallels Desktop while Windows is paused, you're prompted to either Suspend or Stop Windows first.

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Shut Down Windows

Shutting down Windows in Parallels Desktop is just like shutting down Windows on a PC. All Windows programs close, giving you the opportunity to save your progress if necessary, and Windows stops running.

To shut down Windows, do one of the following.

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar, press and hold the Option (Alt) key and choose

Actions > Shut Down.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Shut

Down.

Stop Windows

To stop Windows and all open Windows programs immediately, do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar, press and hold the Option (Alt) key and choose

Actions > Stop.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Stop.

Important: When you stop Windows this way, none of your data or progress is saved.

Window Menu

If Windows is set to appear in a separate window, you can also choose any of the above options from the menu at the bottom of the window:

Startup and Shutdown Settings

Using Startup and Shutdown settings, you can:

• Set whether Windows starts automatically when you open Parallels Desktop

• Set which view mode (Coherence, Window, or Full Screen) Windows starts up in when you

open it from Parallels Desktop Control Center.

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• Set what happens when you shut down Windows

• Set what happens when you close the Parallels Desktop window

• Work in Windows Without Saving Changes (p. 87)

To access Startup and Shutdown settings:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Options and select Startup and Shutdown.

in the menu bar, press and hold the Option (Alt) key and choose

Set Whether Windows Starts Automatically

Choose one of the following from the Start Automatically menu:

Note: Windows starts when you open a Windows program (p. 29) regardless of this setting.

• Never: Windows never starts automatically.

• When window opens: Windows starts automatically when you open it from Parallels Desktop

Control Center.

• When Parallels Desktop starts: Windows starts automatically when you start Parallels

Desktop.

• When Mac starts: Windows starts automatically when you start the Mac. If you select this

option, you can also configure the virtual machine to delay the startup.

Note: This feature is available in Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition only.

Set the Startup View

This setting affects the Windows view mode only when you open Windows from Parallels Desktop Control Center. If you start Windows by opening a Windows program, it always starts in

Coherence view.

• From the Startup View menu, choose Coherence, Window, Full Screen, Modality,

Headless or Same as last time.

Note: Headless mode is available in Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition only.

Set What Happens When You Shut Down Windows

Choose one of the following from the On VM Shutdown menu:

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• Keep window open: If Windows is set to appear in a separate window, the window stays open

when you stop or shut down Windows.

• Close window: If Windows is set to appear in a separate window, the window closes when

you stop or shut down Windows.

• Quit Parallels Desktop: Parallels Desktop quits when you stop or shut down Windows.

Set What Happens When You Shut Down Your Mac

These settings affect what happens when you shut down the Mac.

From the On Mac Shutdown menu, choose Stop, Shut Down, or Suspend.

Set What Happens When You Close the Parallels Desktop Window

These settings affect what happens only when Windows is set to appear in a separate window.

From the On Window Close menu, choose Suspend, Shut Down, Force to stop, Keep running in background or Ask me what to do.

Set How Windows Works with Mac OS X

Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac allows you to work seamlessly between Windows and Mac OS X. For example, you can cut and paste text, and share files, between the two.

There are a number of ways that you can set the level of integration between Windows and Mac OS X. For example, you may want your Windows programs to behave just like Mac applications, appearing side-by-side with them on the Mac desktop. Or you may wish to keep the Windows desktop and programs in a separate window.

Read on to learn more about setting how Windows works together with Mac OS X.

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Merge Windows and Mac OS X

You can set Windows and Mac OS X to work seamlessly together, as if they were part of a single operating system. In this mode, called Coherence mode, Windows programs appear on the Mac desktop next to your Mac applications, and documents from Windows programs and Mac applications are stored in the same folders.

Switch to Coherence Mode

To switch from Window mode to Coherence mode, do one of the following:

• Click the Coherence icon

• Choose View > Enter Coherence.

• Press Control-Command-C.

To switch from Full Screen mode to Coherence mode, do one of the following:

• Press Control-Command-F to exit Full Screen. Then click View > Enter Coherence.

• Move the pointer to the top of the screen until the OS X menu bar appears and click View >

Exit Full Screen. Then open the View menu once again and click Enter Coherence. If you're using Mac OS X Snow Leopard or working in Parallels Full Screen mode (p. 42), press ControlOption (Alt) to display the Mac menu bar.

in the top right corner of the virtual machine window.

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• If the Parallels hot corners (p. 42) are active, move the pointer to the upper-left corner of the

screen until the corner peels back and click Exit Full Screen.

Then choose View > Enter Coherence.

Note: To enable the Coherence view mode, Parallels Tools must be installed (p. 183). In most cases, Parallels Tools are installed by default.

Parallels Menu

When in Coherence mode, the Parallels menu appears in the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Use the menu for these common functions:

• Click the Parallels icon

to open a basic menu that provides the following items:

• Windows Start Menu: Access the Windows Start menu.

• Devices: Manage hardware devices like printers and DVD drives.

• Exit Coherence: Switch to Window mode

• Request Support: Fill out a problem report and request support from Parallels Desktop.

• Parallels Desktop Help: Access onscreen help.

• Quit: Quit Parallels Desktop.

• Right-click the icon to open the Windows start menu.

• Click the Parallels icon

, and press and hold the Option (Alt) key to open an extended menu.

The extended menu includes additional options, including Report a Problem, Configure, Preferences, and many others.

Important: When in Coherence mode, to quit Parallels Desktop, click the Parallels icon in the menu

bar and choose Quit Parallels Desktop.

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Windows System Tray

When Parallels Desktop is in Coherence mode, the Windows system tray icons are in the Mac OS X menu bar at the top of the screen.

You can use the system tray icons just as you would from the Windows Desktop.

Move Windows Programs Between Desktops (Spaces)

When Windows is working in Coherence, you can easily move windows of guest OS programs between Mac OS X desktops (spaces).

• Click the title bar of the window you want to move and while holding down the mouse button,

press Control-# (# is the number of the desktop (space) you want to move the window to).

Set Windows to Appear in a Single Window

You can set the Windows and programs to appear together in their own window.

To switch to Window mode from Coherence mode, do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar, then choose View > Exit Coherence.

• If the Parallels Desktop menus are available in the Mac menu bar, click View > Exit

Coherence.

To switch to Window mode from Full Screen mode, do one of the following:

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• Press Command-Control-F.

• Move the pointer to the top of the screen until the OS X menu bar appears and click View >

Exit Full Screen. If you're using Mac OS X Snow Leopard or working in Parallels Full Screen mode (p. 42), press Control-Option (Alt) to display the Mac menu bar.

Adjust Window Mode Settings

You can customize how Parallels Desktop appears and behaves when in Window mode.

Set Whether Windows Programs Show in the Dock:

You can choose whether or not to show icons for Windows programs in the Mac OS X Dock when in Window mode. If you prefer to work with programs by manipulating them on the Windows desktop, you may not want to be distracted by seeing them in the Dock alongside your Mac OS X application icons.

3 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

4 Click Options and then click Applications. 5 To show Windows program icons in the Dock when in Window mode, deselect Show Dock

icons in Coherence only.

Monitoring Windows in a Scalable Window

You can set Windows to appear in a window that can be resized to any size so that the content scales in size with the window. This is called Modality mode. Modality mode can be useful if you want to monitor programs and other tasks running in Windows as you work in Mac OS X.

To switch to Modality mode:

• From Window mode, choose View > Enter Modality.

For more information on Modality mode, see the Modality mode settings topic (p. 149).

Set Windows to Take Up the Whole Screen

You can set Windows to occupy your entire screen, so it looks just like it would if you were using a Windows PC. In Full Screen mode, Mac OS X and all of the Parallels Desktop controls are hidden.

To switch to Full Screen mode, do one of the following:

• From Coherence mode, click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar, then choose View > Exit

Coherence. Then click the View menu and select Enter Full Screen.

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• From Window mode, choose View > Enter Full Screen or click the Full Screen icon

in the

top right corner of the virtual machine window.

To exit Full Screen mode, do one of the following:

• Press Command-Control-F.

• Move the pointer to the top of the screen until the OS X menu bar appears and click View >

Exit Full Screen. If you're using Mac OS X Snow Leopard or working in Parallels Full Screen mode (p. 42), press Control-Option (Alt) to display the Mac menu bar.

• If the Parallels hot corners (p. 42) are active, move the pointer to the upper-left corner of the

screen until the corner peels back and click Exit Full Screen.

If you are using Mac OS X Lion and one of the screen corners is set to show the menu bar (p. 42), move the pointer to that corner and then click the Full Screen button in the top-right corner of the menu.

Adjust Full Screen Settings

You can customize how Windows appears and behaves when in Full Screen mode.

To access Full Screen settings:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure, and then click Options.

in the menu bar and choose Configure > Options.

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2 Click Full Screen.

3 In this Full Screen pane, you can adjust any of the settings listed below.

Choose Which Full Screen Mode to Use

By default, when you switch Windows to Full Screen, Windows is set to operate in the OS X native Full Screen mode. This means that it becomes displayed on a separate space and when you move the mouse pointer to the top or bottom of the screen, the OS X menu bar or Dock appears correspondingly.

If you don't want the menu bar and Dock to appear (for example, when playing games or working with Windows applications in Full Screen), clear the Use Mac OS X Full Screen option. In this case, Windows will work in Full Screen designed by Parallels. In this mode, a separate space won't be allocated for Windows and the OS X menu bar or Dock won't appear when you move the mouse pointer to the top or bottom of the screen.

Set Actions for Screen Corners

Parallels active screen corners allow you to exit Full Screen, display the Mac OS X menu bar and Dock.

If you set Windows to operate in Full Screen designed by Parallels, Parallels active screen corners become enabled by default. If you prefer Windows to operate in the native OS X Full Screen but want to use Parallels active screen corners instead of Mac OS X hot corners, select Active Screen Corners.

To set which action is performed for a screen corner, select one of the following from the menu near that corner:

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• Exit Full Screen: Moving the pointer to the corner until it peels back and then clicking Exit Full

Screen switches the view to Window mode (p. 40).

• Show menu bar: Moving the pointer to the corner shows the Mac OS X menu bar.

• Show Dock: Moving the pointer to the corner shows the Mac OS X Dock.

Note: If you're using Mac OS X Snow Leopard and active screen corners such as Expose or Screen Saver are set in Mac OS X preferences, those settings take precedence over Full Screen mode active screen corner settings. You must deactivate Mac OS X active screen corners to enable Full Screen mode active screen corners. See Mac Help for more information.

Scale to fit screen

Using the Scale to fit screen menu, you can configure how Windows is displayed when working in Full Screen:

• Off. If Parallels Tools (p. 132) are installed, Windows resolution matches that of the Mac. If

Parallels Tools (p. 132) aren't installed, Windows resolution remains unchanged. If it is lower than that of the Mac, Windows is displayed on the black background. If higher, Windows has scroll bars.

• Auto. If Parallels Tools (p. 132) are installed, Windows resolution matches that of the Mac. If

Parallels Tools (p. 132) aren't installed, Windows resolution remains unchanged. If it is lower than that of the Mac, Windows is displayed on the black background. If higher, Windows is entirely displayed on the screen without any scroll bars.

• Keep ratio: No matter whether Parallels Tools (p. 132) are installed or not, Windows resolution

remains unchanged. If it is lower than that of the Mac, Windows is displayed on the black background. If higher, Windows is entirely displayed on the screen without any scroll bars.

• Stretch: No matter whether Parallels Tools (p. 132) are installed or not, Windows resolution

remains unchanged but Windows is stretched to occupy the whole screen.

Set What Shows on Displays Connected to Your Mac

If you have a second display connected to your Mac, by default when you switch to Full Screen mode, Windows is displayed on the primary display and Mac OS X on the secondary.

You can choose which display Windows is shown on by dragging its window to that display and

then clicking the Full Screen icon

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To extend Windows across all your displays, select Use all displays in full screen.

Allow Windows to set display gamma

If you're using Windows to play video games, Windows may need to temporarily change your Mac's display gamma setting to properly display different visual effects. To allow Windows to change gamma settings, select Allow Windows to set display gamma.

Note: To prevent unauthorized changes to Full Screen settings, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window. Once locked, an administrator's password is required to make further changes.

About Using Windows 8 with Parallels Desktop

As you probably know, Windows 8 features two environments; the new Metro interface; and the classic Windows desktop interface, accessible by clicking Windows Explorer on the Start screen or clicking Start in the Charm Bar.

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Metro Applications Run in Full Screen

On a Windows PC, Metro-style applications and the Start screen take up the full screen, rather than running in a separate window. So even when you're using Windows 8 in Coherence mode (p.

38), Metro applications still use most of the screen.

When Windows 8 is in Window mode (p. 40), the Metro interface takes up the full window.

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Using the Edges and Corners of the Screen

In Windows 8, you must click in the edges and corners of the screen to access various features. For example, to access the Charm Bar, which contains icons for accessing settings, searching, and more, you must move the pointer to the upper- or lower-right corner of the screen.

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And to see thumbnails of all your open Metro-style applications, you move the mouse pointer to the upper- or lower-left corner until you see a thumbnail, then slide up or down. Click an application to make it active.

When you're using Windows 8 in Window mode, it can be tricky to find the exact corner or edge of the screen with the mouse pointer. So Parallels Desktop 11 allows you to set the mouse pointer to "stick" to the edges of the screen (p. 156) when you move it slowly. To move past the edge, just move the mouse quickly. This feature, enabled by default, makes it easy to use Windows 8.

Set Windows 8 to Work Like Windows 7

As you might know, Windows 8 differs considerable from its previous versions: Windows 8 boots to a tiled "Start screen" rather than the traditional Windows desktop, modern Windows 8 apps are all full screen only, and the Windows 8 desktop has no Start menu.

If you prefer the classic Windows environment where Windows boots to the desktop, Windows applications run in resizable windows, and a fully functional Start menu is available from the desktop, you can easily apply this Windows classic style to Windows 8. To do so:

1 In Parallels Desktop, start Windows (p. 28). 2 If Windows is running in Coherence, click the Parallels icon

Exit Coherence.

3 Choose View > Use Windows 7 Look.

in the menu bar and click View >

To revert to Windows 8 experience, repeat the steps above and deselect Use Windows 7 Look.

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Set a Program to Open When You Insert a CD or DVD

You can set the Windows program of your choice to open when you insert a music CD, picture CD, video DVD, or a blank CD or DVD.

1 From the Mac OS X Finder, choose Apple menu > System Preferences. 2 Click CDs & DVDs. 3 From the disc type menu of your choice, choose Open other application. 4 Choose a Windows program from /username/Applications (Parallels)/Windows

Applications.

When you insert a disc of the type you selected, the Windows program you chose automatically opens.

Note: 1.If you're unable to set a Windows program to open when you insert a CD or DVD, be sure that sharing Mac OS X applications (p. 55) is enabled and that Mac OS X CD/DVD-ROM is not selected in CD/DVD Preferences (p. 170).

2. To enable a Windows program to open when you insert a CD or DVD, Parallels Tools must be installed (p. 183). In most cases, Parallels Tools are installed by default.

Share Items Between Mac OS X and Windows

Parallels Desktop allows you to easily access your Mac OS X files using Windows programs, and also to access Windows files using Mac OS X applications.

Read on to learn about all the ways you can share folders, files, and applications between Mac OS X and Windows.

Copy and Paste Between Mac OS X and Windows

Parallels Desktop allows you to copy and paste images and formatted text (italic, bold, underlined, and of various colors, fonts, and sizes) between Mac OS X and Windows applications.

To enable copying and pasting between Mac OS X and Windows:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

2 Click Options > Advanced. 3 Select Share Mac clipboard. 4 To preserve text formatting when copying and pasting text, select Preserve text formatting.

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Note: To enable copying and pasting between Mac OS X and Windows, Parallels Tools (p. 183) must be installed. In most cases, Parallels Tools are installed by default. Copying and pasting between Mac OS X and Windows is unavailable if you isolate Mac OS X from Windows.

Copy and Paste Files

You can easily copy and paste files between Windows and Mac OS X by doing the following:

1 Select a file (or multiple files) and press Command+C on your keyboard to copy it. 2 Open a folder or click the desktop in the other operating system and press Command-V to

paste the file.

Notes:

1. To enable copying and pasting files between Mac OS X and Windows, in Sharing settings (p. 50) All

disks or Home folder only must be chosen from the Share Folders menu, and Access Windows folders from Mac must be selected. In most cases all of these options selected by default.

2. If Home folder only is selected in the Share Folders menu (p. 50), you will be able to copy and paste files from the Mac to Windows only from the Mac home folder.

Share Files and Folders

Parallels Desktop allows you to share folders between the Mac OS X and Windows file systems, so you can easily open Mac OS X files from Windows applications and Windows files from Mac OS X applications.

Note: These instructions apply to sharing folders between OS X and Linux as well.

Access a Mac OS X Folder or File from a Windows Program

With folder sharing enabled, you can navigate to any shared Mac OS X folder from within a Windows program. When you open a file (for example, by choosing File > Open in many programs), your shared Mac OS X folders appear as network shared directories labeled "psf."

To enable Mac OS X folders for sharing with Windows programs:

1 Start Windows. (p. 28) 2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

3 Click Options and select Sharing > Share Mac.

4 Do one of the following:

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• To share just the folders in your Home folder, choose Home folder only from the Shared

Folders menu.

• To share all your Mac OS X folders, choose All disks from the Shared Folders menu.

• To share any folder you want, click Custom Folders and click the add (+) button, then

choose the folder you want to share. You can add more folders by clicking the add (+) button again.

Once you share a Mac OS X folder with Windows you can:

• Disable the folder sharing by deselecting On.

• Change the folder name that will be displayed in Windows by double-clicking the folder

name in the Name column and typing another name.

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• Restrict writing to this folder by clicking Read & Write in the Permissions folder and

choosing Read only. You will not be able to add items to the folder.

5 Click OK.

Note: 1. To enable folder sharing, the Isolate Windows from Mac option must be disabled on the Security tab of the Configuration dialog.

2. If you're running Linux, shared folders are mounted to the /media/psf or /mnt/psf directory.

Set Mac OS X and Windows to Use the Same Folders

You can set Mac OS X and Windows to use the same folders for things like music, documents, pictures, your desktop, and deleted files. So for example, if you save a file to the Documents folder, it will be in the Documents folder whether you're using a Mac OS X application or a Windows program.

1 Start Windows. (p. 28) 2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

3 Click Options and select Sharing. 4 Click the Share Mac tab and select Share Mac user folders with Windows.

Your Mac OS X Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music, Movies, and Downloads folders are merged with the corresponding Windows folders, and the Mac OS X Trash is merged with the Windows Recycle Bin.

5 If you only want to map some of the folders, click Configure and select the folders you want.

To map the Mac OS Trash to the Windows Recycle Bin, select Merge Recycle Bin with

Trash.

Show an Item from Windows in the Finder

If Windows is set to appear in a separate window or in full screen mode (p. 40), you can show an item from Windows in the Mac OS X Finder.

• In Windows, right-click (or Control-click) a file or folder and choose Show in Finder from the

shortcut menu.

From the Finder you could, for example, apply a color label to an item, or easily drag it to another location in the Finder.

Note: You can only perform these actions with files stored in shared folders (p. 50).

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Access a Windows Folder or File from a Mac OS X Application

By default, you can navigate to all your Windows folders and files from Mac OS X. Windows disks are mounted to /Volumes. At the same time, Windows appears as a hard disk mounted on the Mac OS X desktop.

• Double-click the icon to access Windows folders and files. You can also navigate to this disk

from within Mac OS X applications.

Note: If the Windows disk icon doesn't appear on the Mac OS X desktop, from the Finder choose Apple menu > Preferences and click General, and then make sure that Connected servers is selected.

To unmount Windows from the desktop:

1 Start Windows. (p. 28) 2 Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure. Then click Options and

select Sharing > Share Windows.

Note: If Windows is running in Window mode (p. 40), choose Configure from the Actions menu.

3 Deselect Shortcuts to virtual disks on Mac desktop.

Note: The Windows disk disappears from the desktop and the Finder, but you can still access all of the Windows files and folders via the Windows PVM file and Terminal (/Volumes). By default, the PVM file is either in /Users/<Username>/Documents/Parallels/ or /Users/Shared. You can also find the PVM file by right-clicking Windows in Parallels Desktop Control Center (or in the virtual machine window when Windows is shut down) and selecting Show in Finder. To access Windows files and folders, right-click the PVM file, select Show Package Contents from the context menu, and open the Windows Disks folder. To disable the ability to navigate to Windows files and folders, deselect Access Windows folders from Mac in step 3 above.

Share iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive Folders with Windows

If you're using iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive cloud storage in OS X, you can easily share their OS X folders with Windows. Once sharing is enabled, you can upload, download, and sync files from any of these services from within Windows without duplicating any of their files on your hard disk.

Notes:

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1. This functionality is also available for Linux virtual machines.

2. To be able to use this functionality, Parallels Tools (p. 132) must be installed.

To share OS X iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive folders with Windows, do the following:

Note: In Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition, you can also share your Dropbox for Business, Box and OneDrive for Business folders with Windows.

1 If you haven't already, set up iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive in OS X. 2 Start Windows (p. 28). 3 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

4 Click Options and select Sharing > Share Mac. 5 Select Share iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive. 6 Log in to Windows and open Computer. Folders for iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive are

available in the Favorites section. You can use them to upload and download files to and from the cloud.

Share Windows OneDrive Folders with Mac OS X

If you're using Microsoft OneDrive to store files in the cloud, you can easily share your OneDrive folders with Mac OS X. Then you can upload or download OneDrive files in Mac OS X without duplicating any of the files on your hard disk.

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Notes:

1. To share OneDrive folders with Mac OS X, the OneDrive desktop app must be installed in Windows. If you're using the preinstalled Windows 8 OneDrive app, OneDrive folders are not shared because this app doesn't create any local folders and works directly with the cloud storage.

2. This feature is available only when Parallels Tools are installed (p. 134) in Windows.

To share your Windows OneDrive folders with OS X, do the following:

1 If OneDrive isn't already set up in Windows, set it up. For more information, go to

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/skydrive/download.

2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

3 Click Options and select Sharing > Share Windows. 4 Select Access Windows folders from Mac and Share OneDrive with Mac. 5 In the Mac OS X Finder, choose Finder > Preferences and select Connected servers.

Once selected, Microsoft OneDrive folders appear as hard disks on the OS X desktop. You can use them to upload and download files to and from OneDrive.

Note: These shared folders are visible on the OS X desktop and you can use them to upload files from OS X only when Windows is running.

Share Applications and Programs

You can access Mac OS X applications from within Windows and you can access Windows programs from Mac OS X. For example, if you locate a file using the Open menu in a Windows program and decide you would rather open the file using a Mac OS X application, you can.

Note: Provided that Parallels Tools are installed in Linux (p. 135), you can also open Mac OS X files using Linux applications.

Enable Sharing Mac OS X Applications

When sharing Mac OS X applications is enabled, you can open Mac OS X Applications from within Windows or Windows programs.

If not, you can enable it at any time by doing the following:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

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• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Options and click Applications. 3 Select Share Mac applications with Windows.

Once sharing Mac OS X applications is enabled, you can do the tasks below.

Open a File from Windows in a Mac OS X Application

You can open a file in a Mac OS X application from Windows Explorer, from the Open dialog in most Windows programs, or from Windows Desktop if Windows is set to appear in a separate Window or at full screen (p. 40). You may want to do this if you don't have a Windows program that can open the file.

• In Windows, right-click (or Control-click) a file and do one of the following:

• Choose Open on Mac from the shortcut menu. The file opens in the default Mac OS X

application for that file type.

• Choose Open With from the shortcut menu, and then choose an application.

Note: You can only perform these actions with files stored in shared folders (p. 50).

Open a Mac Application from the Windows Start Menu

From the Windows Start menu, do one of the following:

• Choose All Programs > Parallels Shared Applications, and then choose an application.

• Type the name of the application you're looking for in the search field, then choose the

application from the list.

Enable Sharing Windows Programs

When sharing Windows programs is enabled, you can open Windows programs from the Mac OS X Finder. You can also choose to add a folder to the Dock containing all your Windows programs for easy access.

4 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

5 Click Options and click Applications.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

6 Select Share Windows applications with Mac.

Add a Windows Applications Folder to the Dock

1 Do one of the following:

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• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Options and then click Applications. 3 Be sure Share Windows applications with Mac is selected, and then select Show Windows

applications folder in Dock.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

Configure Whether Dock Icons Bounce to Alert

When a Windows application icon in the taskbar would normally flash to alert you to something, such as a new message in Skype or a notification in Microsoft Outlook, by default its icon also bounces repeatedly in the OS X Dock.

To enable or disable Windows application icons bouncing to alert:

1 Do one of the following:

Click the Parallels icon

If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Configure.

2 Click Options and click Applications.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

3 Select or deselect Dock icons bounce to alert.

Note: Icon bouncing is available for Windows with Parallels Tools installed (p. 183) provided that Share Windows applications with Mac is selected in the Applications pane.

Force Quit Windows Programs

If your running Windows guest OS program doesn't respond and freezes, you can easily force quit it as you can do with any Mac OS X application. To force quit a Windows program, do one of the following:

• Right-click the icon of the Windows program available in the Dock, press Option (Alt), and

choose Force Quit.

• Press Option + Command + Esc (Alt + Command + Esc), select the name of the Windows

program you want to quit, and click Force Quit.

Note: To be able to force quit Windows guest OS programs, Parallels Tools must be installed (p. 183).

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Add Applications to Launchpad

When you install any applications in Windows (except temporary apps), you can choose to automatically add their icons to Launchpad.

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Options and click Applications. 3 Select Add new applications to Launchpad.

Set Files to Open in the Application or Program of Your Choice

You can set files of a particular type that you open from the Mac OS X Finder to open in the Windows program of your choice. For example, you could set files ending in .txt to always open in Windows Notepad.

You can also set files opened from Windows to always open in the Mac OS X application of your choice.

Set Mac OS X Files of a Particular Type to Open in a Windows Program

To open a Mac OS X file once with a Windows program:

1 Right-click (or Control-click) the file in the Finder and choose Open With from the shortcut

menu.

2 Select a Windows program.

If you don't see the program you want, click Other and choose a Windows program from /username/Applications (Parallels)/Windows Applications.

You can also open a Mac OS X file in a Windows program by dragging it to the program's icon in the Dock.

To set files of a particular type to always open in a Windows program:

1 Right-click (or Control-click) a file and choose Get Info from the shortcut menu. 2 Click the triangle next to "Open with" to expand the section. 3 Choose a Windows program from the pop-up menu.

If you don't see the program you want, choose Other and choose a Windows program from /username/Applications (Parallels)/Windows Applications.

4 Click Change All.

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From this point on, double-clicking a file of this type (.txt in the example above) in the Mac OS X Finder opens the file in the Windows program. If Windows is shut down, suspended, or paused, double-clicking the file starts or resumes Windows in Coherence mode. When Windows starts up, the file opens in the Windows program.

Set Windows Files of a Particular Type to Open in a Mac OS X Application

To open a Windows file with a Mac OS X application only this time:

• Right-click (or Control-click) the file in Windows, choose Open With from the shortcut menu,

and choose an application.

To set all files of a particular file type to open in a Mac OS X application:

1. Right-click (or Control-click) a file in Windows, choose Open With from the shortcut menu,

and click Choose default program.

2. Select an application, choose Always use the selected program to open this kind of file,

and click OK.

Note: To set files to open in the application or program of your choice, Parallels Tools must be installed (p. 183). In most cases, Parallels Tools are installed by default. Also, the Isolate Mac from Windows (p.

87) option must be disabled, and Windows application sharing (p. 55) must be enabled.

Set Internet Links to Always Open in Mac OS X or Windows

By default, clicking a link (such as a web page URL) in Windows opens the default Windows program for that link type, and clicking a link in Mac OS X opens the default Mac OS X application.

You can set links of a particular type to always open in Mac OS X or in Windows. For example, you could set web pages to always open in Windows Internet Explorer, even if the link is clicked in a Mac OS X application.

Note: To set Internet links to open in Mac OS X or Windows, Parallels Tools must be installed (p. 183). In most cases, Parallels Tools are installed by default.

To set Internet links to open in Mac OS X or Windows:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Options and select Web & Email. 3 Click the menu for the type of link you want to set. If you don't see the link type you want, click

More Applications. The following types of links can be set:

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• Web Pages: Web pages accessible through the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

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• Email: Links in the mailto format that open a pre-addressed email.

• Newsgroups: Links in the news. format that typically open a newsreader program.

• FTP: File upload and download locations accessible through the FTP protocol.

• RSS: Episodic content, such as blogs and podcasts.

• Remote Access: Locations accessible through the Telnet and Secure Shell (SSH)

protocols.

4 Choose one of the following:

• Default: The link opens in the application or program set as default in the operating system

(Mac OS X or Windows) where you click the link.

• Open in Windows: Links clicked in Mac OS X or Windows open in the default Windows

program for that link type.

• Open in Mac: Links clicked in Mac OS X or Windows open in the default Mac OS X

application for that link type.

Open the Current Safari Page in Internet Explorer

Some webpages work best when viewed in Windows Internet Explorer. If you are browsing in Mac OS X using Safari, you can quickly open the current page in Internet Explorer by doing the following:

5 First you need to install the "Open in Internet Explorer" plugin. Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

6 Click Options and select Web & Email. 7 Click Install Plugin.

8 Once the plugin is installed, click the Open in IE button

in the toolbar.

If Windows isn't already open, it starts up and the page opens in Internet Explorer.

Share External Storage Devices and Volumes

When you connect an external storage device, such as a USB drive, to your Mac, you can access the contents from Mac OS X applications.

Using SmartMount, you can set Parallels Desktop to automatically mount storage devices and volumes to Windows. That way, you can access the contents from both Mac OS X and Windows.

With SmartMount enabled, these items are automatically mounted to Windows:

• Removable drives: External storage devices, such as USB hard disks and USB flash drives.

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• CD/DVD drives: CD and DVD drives or CD/DVD images (files most commonly ending in .dmg,

.iso, and .img.).

• Network folders: Folders shared over the network.

To enable SmartMount:

1 Start Windows. (p. 28) 2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

3 Click Options and select Sharing > Share Mac. 4 Select Map Mac volumes to Windows.

When you connect a storage device or volume, it is mounted as a network drive. For example, a USB flash drive plugged in to your Mac will be accessible from both the /Volumes folder in Mac OS X and My Computer in Windows.

Note: Permissions for accessing the mounted device from Windows are the same as permission settings for the device in Mac OS X. For example, if you can read from and write to a USB flash drive in Mac OS X, you can also read from and write to it in Windows. One exception: Mac OS X can't write to NTFS volumes, regardless of permissions.

Use a Disk Image with the Virtual DVD Drive

While working in Windows, you can select a disk image file to be used with the virtual Windows DVD drive, as if it was a DVD inside a real drive. To do so:

1 In Windows Explorer, open Computer or My Computer, right-click the DVD drive icon, and

choose Select disk image.

2 Locate the disk image you want to use and click Open.

Note: This functionality is available only for Windows with Parallels Tools installed (p. 183).

Apply Mac OS X Parental Controls to Windows

If you have administrator rights in Mac OS X, you can use parental controls to prevent others with accounts on your Mac from using certain Windows programs or accessing certain web sites.

To apply parental control settings:

1 In Mac OS X, choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Parental Controls. 2 Click the lock if it's not unlocked, and then enter an administrator name and password.

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3 Select the account that you want to restrict, click Enable Parental Controls, and set up the

controls. If you want the user to be able to use some Windows programs, be sure to select Parallels Desktop in the list of allowed applications.

For more information on using parental controls, see Mac Help.

Set Media Files to Open in Windows 8 Apps

When you install Windows 8, Parallels Desktop sets most types of media files (photos, pictures, music, and video) to open in classic Windows desktop applications.

To set media files to open in Windows 8 apps by default, do the following:

1 Start Windows 8. 2 From the Start screen, right-click or Control-click anywhere on the screen and click All Apps. 3 Open Control Panel. 4 Choose Programs > Default Programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a program. 5 In the list of file extensions, select the file extension for which you want to change the default

program, then select Change program and select the program you want to use with that type of file.

Mouse, Trackpad, and Keyboard

Parallels Desktop lets you configure your mouse or trackpad and your keyboard to work just the way you want them to.

You can also use trackpad gestures or the optional Apple Remote to control Windows programs just as you can with Mac OS X applications.

Read on to learn how to customize how your mouse, trackpad, and keyboard work with Windows programs.

Set Your Mouse or Trackpad to Right-Click and Middle-Click

Many tasks in Windows, such as bringing up shortcut menus, are accomplished by right-clicking.

By default, Parallels Desktop is set to mimic a right-click when you press Shift+Control and click the mouse. You can change which key combination triggers a right-click.

You can also set your trackpad to allow right-clicking, and if you have an Apple Mighty Mouse (included with Apple desktop computers from 2005-2009) or Magic Mouse (included with current Apple desktop computers), you can set the mouse to allow right-clicking.

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Most other mice are pre-configured for right-clicking.

Set the Trackpad for Right-Clicking.

1 Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Trackpad. 2 Select Secondary Tap.

Now you can tap the trackpad with two fingers to imitate a right-click.

Set an Apple Mighty Mouse for Right-Clicking

1 Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Mouse or Keyboard & Mouse. 2 Choose Secondary Button from the menu to the right of the mouse.

Now you can press the right side of the mouse to right-click.

Set an Apple Magic Mouse for Right-Clicking

1 Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Mouse or Keyboard & Mouse. 2 Select Secondary click.

Now you can press the right side of the mouse to right-click.

Set Which Key Combination Triggers a Right-Click or a Middle-Click

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Parallels

Desktop > Preferences.

2 Click Shortcuts. 3 If necessary, click the lock icon and enter an administrator password.

in the menu bar and choose Preferences.

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4 Select Mouse Shortcuts in the sidebar.

5 Select Secondary click (for right-click) or Middle click. 6 Click in the corresponding text field and press the key or combination of keys that you want to

use with a mouse click to trigger a right-click or middle-click.

You can use any combination of the Control, Option (Alt), Shift, and Command keys.

Control Programs with Trackpad Gestures or the Apple Remote

You can use the Apple Remote to control some Windows programs. If you have an Apple portable computer, such as a Macbook, or if you have an Apple Magic Trackpad, you can use gestures, such as swiping left or right across the trackpad, to control some Windows programs.

Note: You can control some Windows programs using three-finger swipes only if you're using Parallels Desktop with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. In OS X Lion and later, three-finger swipes are used by default to move between full-screen apps and spaces.

To use the Apple Remote, you must first enable it by doing the following:

1 Start Windows (p. 28). 2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

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• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

3 Click Options, and then click Advanced. 4 Select Enable next to Apple Remote.

The following table provides commands to control some of the more popular Windows programs.

Action

General

Scroll

Microsoft Power Point

Start slide show F5

End slide show Esc

Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide

Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide

Zoom in/zoom out Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down n/a Pinch open/pinch close

Microsoft Word/Excel

Zoom in/zoom out Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down n/a Pinch open/pinch close

Windows Media Player

Start/pause playback Space

Skip to the next song Ctrl+F

Keyboard and Mouse Combination

Up, down, left, or right arrow n/a

N, Enter, Page Down, Right Arrow, Down Arrow, Space (or click the mouse)

P, Page Up, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Backspace

Apple Remote

Touchpad Gesture

Swipe up, down, left, or right with two fingers

n/a

Swipe right with three fingers

Swipe left with three fingers

n/a

Swipe right with three fingers

Play the previous song Ctrl+B

Volume up F8, Up Arrow, wheel up

Volume down F9, Down Arrow, wheel down

Media Player Classic (k-lite)

Start playback/pause Space

Volume up F8, Up Arrow, wheel up

Volume down F9, Down Arrow, wheel down

Winamp

Swipe left with three fingers

n/a

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Start playback/pause X to start, C to pause

Volume up Up Arrow, wheel up

Volume down Down Arrow, wheel down

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Page back

Zoom in/zoom out Ctrl+wheel up/Ctrl+wheel down n/a Pinch open/pinch close

Mozilla Firefox

Page back

Page forward

Zoom in/zoom out

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer

Backspace, Option+Left Arrow (Alt+Left Arrow)

Option+Right Arrow (Alt+Right Arrow)

Backspace, Option+Left Arrow (Alt+Left Arow)

Option+Right Arrow (Alt+Right Arrow)

Ctrl-wheel up/Ctrl-wheel down or Ctrl-"+"/Ctrl-"-"

n/a or

n/a Pinch open/pinch close

n/a

Swipe right with three fingers

Swipe left with three fingers Page forward

Swipe right with three fingers

Swipe left with three fingers

Next image Right Arrow

Previous image Left Arrow Swipe left with three fingers

Rotate clockwise Ctrl+K n/a Rotate right with two fingers

Rotate counterclockwise Ctrl+L n/a Rotate left with two fingers

Swipe right with three fingers

Pinch open/pinch close Zoom in/zoom out "+"/"-"

Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Both Mac OS X and Windows provide extensive keyboard shortcuts. For example, in Mac OS X you can hold down the Command key and press Q (Command-Q) to quit the current application.

To enter a keyboard shortcut, simply press a key combination on your keyboard.

You can also enter keyboard shortcuts by doing one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

key combination.

in the menu bar, then choose Devices > Keyboard and choose a

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• Choose Devices > Keyboard and choose a key combination.

These methods are most useful for using keyboard shortcuts that include keys not included on a Mac keyboard, such as Alt + PrintScreen.

Note: To use the F1-F12 keys on a MacBook, press and hold the Fn key and then press an F key.

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

By default, Parallels Desktop maps common Mac OS X keyboard shortcut key combinations to the equivalent Windows key combinations. That way if you're used to, for example, pressing Command-C to copy text in Mac OS X, you don't have to switch to the Windows equivalent, Control-C.

You can also use and customize keyboard shortcuts for switching between Coherence, Full Screen, and Window view modes, and for showing and hiding Parallels Desktop.

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Preferences.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Parallels

Desktop > Preferences.

2 Click Shortcuts 3 Select Windows from the Virtual Machines list in the sidebar.

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Or if you're using another operating system with Parallels Desktop and you want to customize keyboard shortcuts for it, select it in the sidebar.

When you're using a Windows application, pressing a key combination in the From column above triggers the key combination in the To column.

4 If the lock icon is locked, click it and enter an administrator password. 5 Do one of the following:

• To edit an existing key combination, double-click the key combination or select it and click

the Edit button

. Click modifier keys to select or deselect them. If you wish, change the

character in the text field.

• To delete a key combination, select it and click the Remove button

• To add a new key combination, click the Add button

If you're using multiple operating systems with Parallels Desktop, you can create keyboard profiles for each OS (p. 128).

Note: 1. Some key combinations can't be edited or deleted.

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2. There are Mac shortcuts that do not have similar shortcuts in Windows For example, you can use the F11 key or Fn+F11 combination to see your Mac OS desktop with Expose, but in Windows there are no keys or key combinations that enable you to perform the same action, because there is no Expose in Windows.

Enable or Disable Mac OS X System Shortcuts

In Mac OS X the function keys on your keyboard (F1, F2, F3 and so on) control functions like activating Dashboard and Mission Control, adjusting screen brightness, and controlling the volume. By default, when a Windows application is active the function keys and other Mac system shortcut key combinations (such as pressing Cmd + Tab to switch between open applications) continue to activate Mac OS X functions.

To set whether function keys and OS X system shortcut key combinations activate functions in OS X or Windows:

6 Click OS X system shortcuts in the sidebar. 7 Select one of the following from the Send OS X system shortcuts menu:

• Always: When Windows or Windows applications are active, function keys and other

system shortcuts always trigger functions in Windows.

• Never: Function keys and other system shortcuts always trigger functions in OS X.

• Auto: If you're working with Windows, system shortcuts that don't function in Windows (for

example, Control-Up Arrow button to display Mission Control) trigger functions in OS X. If you're using OS X as a guest OS and a guest OS or its application is active, system shortcuts that are typical only to OS X trigger functions in the guest version of OS X.

Customize Keyboard Menu

In Window mode you can enter key combinations by choosing Devices > Keyboard and then choosing a key combination. To customize available key combinations, do the following:

8 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Parallels

Desktop > Preferences.

9 Click Shortcuts > Keyboard Menu. 10 If the lock icon is locked, click it and enter an administrator password. 11 Do one of the following:

in the menu bar and choose Preferences.

• To add a new key combination, click the Add button

• To remove a key combination from the Keyboard menu, select it and click the Remove

button

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• To edit an existing key combination, double-click the key combination or select it and click

the Edit button

. Click modifier keys to select or deselect them. If you wish, change the

character in the text field.

Create New Keyboard Shortcuts

You can press certain key combinations, called keyboard shortcuts, to quickly trigger various actions in Parallels Desktop. For example, you can press Command-Control-F to switch Windows to Full Screen mode. You can use existing keyboard shortcuts (you can see them in the Parallels Desktop > Preferences > Shortcuts > Application Shortcuts pane), and you can also create your own.

To create a new keyboard shortcut:

1 Make a note of the name for the command you want a shortcut for as it appears in a menu in

Parallels Desktop. For example, if you want to create a new shortcut for switching to Full Screen mode, you can see by opening the View menu in Parallels Desktop that the name of the menu item is Enter Full Screen:

2 In Mac OS X, choose Apple Menu > System Preferences. 3 In System Preferences, click Keyboard and click Keyboard Shortcuts.

4 Select Application Shortcuts in the sidebar and click the Add button

5 If you want a new shortcut to work only for Parallels Desktop, choose Parallels Desktop from

the Application menu. If you leave All Applications selected, the shortcut will work for any application that has the same command name and is currently active.

6 Enter the menu item name from Step 1.

Important: You must enter the command name exactly as it appears in the Parallels Desktop menu or

your new shortcut won't work.

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7 In the Keyboard Shortcut field, press the key combination that you want to trigger the action.

Notes:

1. You must create separate shortcuts for commands that change in the menu depending on the state of Parallels Desktop, such as Enter Full Screen and Exit Full Screen.

2. You can also create keyboard shortcuts to work with Windows (and other guest OS) applications running in Coherence mode (p. 38). To find out what a command for a Windows application is called, launch the application, switch Windows to Coherence mode, and check the application menus as described in Step 1 above.

See and Change Windows Input Language In OS X

While you're working with Windows or any Windows applications, Parallels Desktop shows the input language set in Windows in OS X menu bar. You may find it useful while working with Windows in Coherence (p. 38) when the guest OS desktop is hidden.

As soon as you switch to Mac, the input language in OS X menu bar changes back to the language that was set before you started working with Windows.

To make this feature work properly, Parallels Tools (p. 134) must be installed and the same input languages must be available in Windows and OS X. To learn how to add input languages, please refer to the help resources for these operating systems.

Change Windows Input Language From OS X Menu Bar

To change the Windows input language from the OS X menu bar:

1 Click Windows or your Windows application to make it active. 2 Choose the language you need from the Input menu available in the OS X menu bar.

Note: The language you're selecting from the Input menu must be also available in Windows. To learn how to add a language to the list of input sources in Windows, please refer to the Windows help resources.

If the Input menu isn't available in OS X menu bar, you can set it to show by doing the following:

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1 In Mac OS X, choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Language & Text. 2 Click Input Sources. 3 Select the language or languages you want to use from the sidebar. 4 Select Show input menu in menu bar.

Mouse & Keyboard Settings

Use Mouse & Keyboard settings, you can:

• Set whether the mouse pointer behavior is optimized for games.

• Set whether the mouse pointer sticks at the edges of the window in Window mode (p. 40).

• Set whether modifier keys are optimized for games.

To access Mouse & Keyboard settings:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Hardware and select Mouse & Keyboard in the sidebar.

Mouse

If you play games in a virtual machine, the Mouse menu allows you to set how to use a mouse:

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• Auto-detect for games. This is a recommended default setting. If you're working with a guest

OS application, the mouse moves freely between the guest operating system and Mac OS X. However, when you start a game, SmartMouse automatically captures the mouse input in the virtual machine so that you couldn't move the mouse to Mac OS X by mistake and automatically releases the mouse when you quit the game.

• Optimize for games. If your mouse accidentally moves to Mac OS X when you're playing a

game, select this option to make the mouse work in the virtual machine only.

• Don't optimize for games. In some rare cases, SmartMouse may detect an application as a

game and the mouse starts working incorrectly with the application. If you have this problem, choose Don't optimize for games.

Mouse Pointer Sticks at Edges

When working with a virtual machine in Window view mode (p. 40), you may often need to move the mouse pointer to the edges of the virtual machine window to display various guest OS items: for example, to display the Start menu in Windows 8, hidden taskbar in Windows XP, or OS X menu bar when any of the guest OS X applications is running in full screen.

The Mouse pointer sticks at window edges option makes the mouse pointer pause for a while at the edges of the virtual machine window and you won't move the mouse outside of the virtual machine window by mistake. To move past the edge, just move the mouse quickly.

Modifier Keys Optimization

Choose Optimize for games from the Keyboard menu if you actively use the modifier keys Option (Alt), Ctrl, and Shift in action games. If you choose this option, signals from these keys will be processed faster.

Note: You're not recommended to optimize keyboard for games when not playing games.

Connect External Devices

Parallels Desktop allows you to use USB, Thunderbolt, and FireWire devices with Windows.

Many external devices, such as mice and printers, are available by default to both Windows and Mac OS X when you connect them to your Mac.

Some external devices, such as an Apple iPhone, can only be used with either Mac OS X applications or Windows programs, but not both at the same time. When you connect such a device, you can choose whether you want to use it with Mac OS X or Windows.

To connect an external device:

1 Connect the device to your Mac.

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2 If Windows is running and the device can't be used with both Windows and Mac OS X at the

same time, you're prompted to choose which one you want to use it with. To use the device with Mac OS X applications, click the Mac icon. To use it with Windows programs, click the Windows screen.

You can connect up to 12 USB 3.0 (p. 181), 15 USB 2.0 and 32 USB 1.1 devices to your Mac and use them with Windows. You can connect and use up to 30 USB printers.

Important: To be able to use a USB device with Windows programs, you may need to install Windows

drivers for the device. Typically you can download drivers from the manufacturer's website.

You can also set what happens when any new external device is connected and set particular external devices to always be used with either Mac OS X or Windows (p. 75).

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Connect a Common Access Card reader

A Common Access Card (CAC) reader can work simultaneously in Mac OS X and Windows.

1 Connect the CAC reader to your Mac. 2 When you're prompted to choose Windows or the Mac, click the Windows screen. The CAC

reader becomes available to both Windows and Mac OS X.

Adjust Devices Settings

In the Devices pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can:

• Set what happens when you connect any new USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire device to your

Mac.

• Set a particular external device to always be used with either Mac OS X or Windows.

• Choose to mount Windows-connected external NTFS drives to Mac.

To access Devices Settings:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Preferences.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Parallels

Desktop > Preferences.

2 Click Devices.

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Set What Happens When You Connect a New External Device to Your Mac

Choose one of the following:

• Connect it to my Mac. New external devices are automatically available for use with Mac OS X

applications.

• Connect it to the active virtual machine. New external devices are automatically available for

use with Windows programs. If Windows isn't running, the external device is connected to Mac OS X.

• Ask me what to do. Each time you connect an external device, you're prompted to choose

whether you want to connect the device to Windows or the Mac.

Set a Particular External Device to Always Be Used With Mac OS X or Windows

If you know you always want a particular external device to be available to either Mac OS X or Windows, you can set it to do so by following the instructions below. The device must already have been connected to your Mac at least once.

1 Click the Add (+) button towards the bottom of the window. 2 Select the device from the list. 3 Double-click the word (either Computer or some form of Windows) in the Connect To

column. The word becomes a pop-up menu.

4 Do one of the following:

• To set the device to always be available to Mac OS X applications, choose Computer from

the menu.

• To set the device to always be available to Windows programs, choose Windows from the

menu.

To remove an existing assignment, so that the device no longer automatically connects to Mac OS X or Windows, select the device in the External Device column and click the Remove (-) button.

Important: To be able to use an external device with Windows programs, you may need to install

Windows drivers for the device. Typically you can download drivers from the manufacturer's website.

Mount Windows-connected external NTFS drives to Mac

If you connect an external NTFS drive to Windows, you can make it available in OS X as well. To do so, choose Mirror Windows-connected drives on Mac.

Connect Bluetooth Devices

Parallels Desktop lets you connect Bluetooth devices directly to Windows.

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Before connecting a Bluetooth device, Bluetooth must be enabled.

To enable Bluetooth:

5 If Bluetooth is turned off in Mac OS X, turn it on. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences

and click Bluetooth. Then select On.

6 In Parallels Desktop, start Windows (p. 28) if it isn't already started. 7 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

8 Click Hardware and click USB & Bluetooth in the sidebar. 9 Select Bluetooth devices.

Once you've enabled Bluetooth, you can pair Bluetooth devices with your computer and they'll work with both Windows and Mac OS X. For instructions on pairing a Bluetooth device with your computer, see the documentation that came with the device.

In Windows 7, you can send a file to a paired Bluetooth device that's capable of receiving files by right-clicking the file and choosing Send to > Bluetooth.

Besides Windows, you can connect Bluetooth devices to any guest operating systems (Linux or Mac OS X) that support USB Bluetooth adapters.

Print from Windows

By default, Windows is set to use the same printer that you use with Mac OS X. Simply print from a Windows program the way you normally would.

You can also set Windows to use a different printer. There are a few ways to set up printing in Windows:

• Share any of the printers connected to your Mac.

• Connect to a local printer using Apple Bonjour.

• Connect to a network printer.

• Connect a USB printer directly to Windows.

Share a Printer Connected to Your Mac

You can use any printer connected to your Mac with Windows programs.

Note: This functionality is also available for Linux with Parallels Tools installed (p. 135).

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To print a document from a Windows program:

• Open the document and simply print it the way you normally would (for example, choose File >

Print).

In the print window, you can choose any printer that's connected to your Mac.

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1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Hardware and select Shared Printers.

Note: The Shared Printers pane is available for Windows 2000 and newer versions of Windows.

3 Select Share Mac printers with Windows.

Set a New Default Printer

By default, Windows is set to use the same default printer as your Mac. To use a different default printer for Windows.

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Hardware and select Shared Printers. 3 Deselect Synchronize default printer.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

Now you can set a new default printer in Windows the way you normally would.

Add a printer in Linux

The procedure of adding a printer in a Linux guest operating system depends on the Linux distribution. In this example, we describe how to add a printer to a virtual machine running RHEL

5.4 Server. However, you can use these guidelines as general instructions on how to add a printer to a Linux virtual machine:

1 Start the Linux virtual machine and log in when the guest operating system boots up.

Note: You must log in as root or acquire root privileges after 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.

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2 Start the system-config-printer administration tool by doing one of the following:

• Click System > Administration > Printing; or

• Start the Terminal and enter the following command:

system-config-printer

3 In the displayed window, click New Printer. 4 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.

5 Now you have to specify how your Mac printer will be shared with the virtual machine. As the

printer is connected to the virtual machine printer port, select LPT #1 (or another port to which the printer is connected) and click Forward.

6 Then specify the printer manufacturer and model. No matter what printer you have, choose

either HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS or Apple Color LW 12/660 PS. When ready, click Forward.

7 Click Apply to finish setting up the printer.

Now the printer is properly configured and you can use it to print documents from your Linux virtual machine.

Set Up a Printer Using Bonjour

If you have more than one Mac connected to your home network, you can use Apple Bonjour for Windows to share any printer connected to any of them.

To see the list of all Windows operating systems supported by Bonjour, please refer to http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999.

Important: To share a Mac printer with Windows via Apple Bonjour, Windows must be configured to

work in the Bridged networking mode.

To set up a printer via Bonjour:

1 Be sure the printer you want to use is set to be shared on your Mac. To share a printer, in Mac

OS X choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Print & Fax. Then select the printer and select Share this printer.

2 Open Parallels Desktop and start Windows. 3 When Windows starts, go to http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999 and download the Bonjour for

Windows installation package.

4 In Windows, start the Bonjour installation by launching the BonjourPSSetup.exe file from

the folder in which it was downloaded.

5 Follow the onscreen instructions to install Bonjour for Windows. 6 Start the Bonjour Printer wizard either by double-clicking its icon on the desktop or by selecting

Start -> All Programs -> Bonjour Print Services -> Bonjour Printer Wizard.

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7 In the Browse for Bonjour Printers window, select the printer that you want to use and click

Next.

8 If the next window you see is Completing the Bonjour Printer Wizard, then the driver required

by this printer is available in the Windows driver library and the printer has been successfully configured. Click Finish and you can start using the newly added printer to print documents from Windows programs.

However, if the next window you see is Install Bonjour Printer, you must choose the printer manufacturer and model.

If the required printer model is not listed, you can do one of the following:

• Install the printer drivers in Windows. Then click Have Disk button in the Install Bonjour

Printer window and specify the path to the .inf file located in the folder where you

installed the printer drivers.

• In the Install Bonjour Printer window, select Generic in the Manufacturer list and

Generic/Postscript in the Model list.

Click Next.

9 In the Completing the Bonjour Printer Wizard window, click Finish. You can start using the

newly added printer to print documents from Windows programs.

Set Up a Network Printer

You can install a network printer directly into Windows.

Before installing a network printer in Windows, make sure that:

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• Your Mac can access the Internet.

• Windows is configured to work in either the Shared networking mode (p. 89) or Bridged

networking mode and can access the Internet too.

• The user account in Windows has permission to access the network printer.

• You know the printer IP address.

After that, you can log in to Windows and install a network printer.

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Before adding a network printer in Windows, download and install an appropriate printer driver. For detailed information on installing the printer driver, refer to the printer manufacturer documentation.

To add a network printer in Windows 7 or Windows Vista:

1 Open the Windows Start menu and select Control Panel. 2 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. 4 In the next window, click The printer that I want isn't listed. 5 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.

7 If prompted to specify additional port information, choose Standard, select Generic Network

Card from the list, and click Next.

8 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.

9 Continue with the printer configuration procedure. When the printer is added to Windows, you

can use it to print documents from Windows XP.

To add a network printer in Windows XP:

1 Open the Windows Start menu and select Control Panel.

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2 In the Control Panel window, double-click the Printers and Faxes item. 3 Click the Add a printer link to open the Add Printer wizard. 4 In the Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard window, click Next. 5 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.

6 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.

7 In the Welcome to the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard window, click Next. 8 In the Add Port window, specify the network printer IP address and click Next. 9 If prompted to specify additional port information, choose Standard, select Generic Network

Card from the list, and click Next.

10 In the Completing the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard window, click Finish. 11 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.

12 Continue with the printer configuration procedure. When the printer is added to Windows, you

can use it to print documents from Windows XP.

In Linux

The procedure of setting up a network printer in a Linux or FreeBSD guest operating system depends on the Linux or FreeBSD distribution and printer. In this example, we describe how to set up a network printer in a virtual machine running RHEL 5.4 Server. However, you can use these guidelines as general instructions on how to set up a network printer in a Linux or FreeBSD virtual machine.

Note: For more detailed information, refer to the CUPS documentation.

To set up a network printer:

1 Start the virtual machine. 2 Make sure the following components are installed in the guest operating system:

• Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). Installation instructions can be found at CUPS site;

• Samba service. Installation instructions can be found at Samba site; and

• A Web browser, since we consider controlling CUPS via web interface.

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Note: To set up a network printer, you should have root privileges.

3 Download and install an appropriate printer driver. For detailed information on installing the

printer driver, refer to the printer manufacturer's documentation.

4 Start Common UNIX Printing System. In the Terminal, type the command:

/etc/init.d/cups start

5 Start a web browser and type either the IP address of your virtual machine or

http://127.0.0.1:631.

6 Click the Add Printer button. 7 In the Add New Printer window, specify a printer name. Under this name the printer will be

displayed in the guest operating system. You can also enter the printer description and location. When ready, click Forward.

8 In the Device for <Printer Name> window, select AppSocket/HP JetDirect and click

Continue.

9 In the Device URI for <Printer Name> window, specify the printer IP address in the following

format: socket://<printer IP address>

When ready, click Continue.

10 In the Make/Manufacturer for <Printer Name> window, select the manufacturer of your

printer and click Continue.

11 In the Model/Driver for <Printer Name> window, select the model of your printer and click

Add Printer.

12 Enter the root password when prompted.

CUPS performs the installation. If the installation is successful, the "Printer <name> has been configured successfully" message is displayed. Now you can use this printer to print documents from the virtual machine.

Set Up a USB Printer

You can connect a USB printer directly to Windows. In this case, the printer isn't available to Mac OS X. If you want to use the printer to print both from Mac OS X and from Windows, see Share a Mac Printer (p. 77).

To connect a USB printer directly to Windows:

1 In Parallels Desktop, start Windows. 2 When Windows starts, install the printer driver. For detailed information on how to do that, refer

to the printer manufacturer's documentation. Typically you can find drivers on the manufacture's website.

3 Do one of the following:

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• If the USB printer is already connected to your Mac:

• If Windows is in Coherence, click the Parallels icon

USB and select this printer from the list.

• If Windows is working in a separate window, in the Mac menu bar click Devices > Printer >

Printer and select this printer from the list.

• If the USB printer is not connected to your Mac, connect it. In the New USB device detected

window, connect the printer to Windows.

4 In Windows, follow the Add New Hardware wizard instructions.

in the menu bar, choose Devices >

Create a PDF File

When working with a text document, web page, or other file, you may wish to create a Portable Document Format (PDF) file out of it. A PDF file preserves the format and layout of a document, so others can see it as if it were printed on the page.

To create a PDF file, select Parallels PDF to Mac Desktop when choosing a printer. A PDF file is saved on the Mac desktop.

Note: This functionality is available for Windows guest operating systems provided that Parallels Tools are installed (p. 132) and all Mac printers are shared (p. 77) with Windows.

Use the Built-in iSight Camera or Another Webcam

If your Mac or display has a built-in iSight camera, or if you connect a compatible external webcam, by default you can use it with Windows.

To use a built-in iSight or external camera with Windows:

• Simply open a Windows program that uses a camera, you should be able to select the iSight or

external camera for use with the program.

Note: If you are running a guest OS other than Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, be sure you have USB video device class (UVC) drivers installed.

Disable Camera Sharing

If you don't want Windows programs to be able use connected webcams or the built-in iSight camera, you can disable camera sharing by doing the following:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

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• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Hardware and click USB & Bluetooth. 3 Deselect Web cameras.

Show a Presentation on an External Monitor or Projector

You can easily connect your Mac to an external monitor or projector and show a presentation from a Windows application, with little configuration needed.

To do so:

1 Start Windows (p. 28) if it isn't already running. 2 Connect your Mac to the external monitor or projector as you normally would. A message

appears asking if you're going to show a presentation.

3 If you want to show the exact contents of your computer's display on the external display or

projector, select Use Mirroring.

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If you don't select Use Mirroring, certain applications, such as Microsoft Powerpoint, may show a presenter view on your computer while showing only the presentation on the external display or projector.

4 Click Yes. Windows switches to Presentation mode, displayed at full screen on both your

computer's display and external display or projector. After that, you can start showing your presentation.

Note: To learn how to choose on which display the presentation is shown, please refer to Help of the application you're using for presentations.

Important! While you're working in Presentation mode, changing display settings in Windows may

cause the presentation to malfunction.

Protect Your Data

You probably have important documents, photos, and more on your Mac. When running Windows on your Mac, it's especially important to protect your data from viruses and unauthorized use. Read this section to learn how.

In This Section

Protect Your Data from Viruses ................................................................................ 86

Isolate Windows from Mac ....................................................................................... 87

Work in Windows Without Saving Changes .............................................................. 87

Set Password Requirements .................................................................................... 88

Encrypt Windows to Protect It from Unauthorized Use ............................................. 88

Protect Your Data from Viruses

Parallels Desktop offers complementary trial subscription to Kaspersky antivirus software for both Mac OS X and Windows.

To take advantage of this offer, you download and install Kaspersky Internet Security for Windows and for the Mac. When the trial period expires, you can purchase a permanent activation key.

Download and Install Antivirus Protection for Windows

1 Open Parallels Desktop and start Windows. 2 Click the Parallels icon

follow the onscreen instructions.

in the menu bar and choose Actions > Install Internet Security and

Note: To install antivirus protection for Windows, Parallels Tools must be installed (p. 183). In most cases, Parallels Tools are installed by default.

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Remove Antivirus Protection from Windows

To remove Kaspersky Internet Security, remove it the same way you'd remove any other Windows application. See Windows Help and Support for more information.

Download and Install Antivirus Protection for Mac

1 If Parallels Desktop is set to Coherence mode, click the Parallels icon in the menu bar and

choose View > Exit Coherence.

2 Choose Parallels Desktop > Install Antivirus for Mac and follow the onscreen instructions.

Remove Antivirus Protection for Mac

Choose Uninstall Antivirus for Mac from the Parallels Desktop menu and enter your administrator name and password.

Isolate Windows from Mac

You can isolate Windows from OS X, so that they no longer share folders, profiles, and applications, connected external devices are no longer automatically accessible by Windows, Windows and Mac no longer synchronize volume, and you can no longer copy or move objects between Windows and OS X. Isolating Windows from OS X may provide a higher level of security by not allowing compromised items from one OS to come into contact with the other.

To isolate Windows from OS X

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Security. 3 Select Isolate Windows from Mac.

Work in Windows Without Saving Changes

If you don't want Windows to store the changes you make to it during the working session (for example, when testing some Windows programs that may damage Windows), you can start Windows in Rollback Mode:

Note: This feature is available in Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition only.

1 Open Parallels Desktop.

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2 From Parallels Desktop Control Center select Windows that you want to start in Rollback

Mode and click Actions > Rollback Mode.

Set Windows to Always Start in Rollback Mode

If you want Windows to always start in Rollback Mode:

1 Open Parallels Desktop. 2 From Parallels Desktop Control Center select Windows and click Actions > Configure >

Options > Startup and Shutdown.

3 Choose Ask me what to do from the Rollback Mode menu.

Note: If you have the automatic compression of virtual disks (p. 94) enabled, it will become disabled after you enable Rollback Mode.

Set Password Requirements

For added security, you can set Parallels Desktop to require an administrator password to perform certain functions.

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Security. 3 Select one or more of the following to require a Mac OS X administrator password to perform

the selected action:

• Exit full screen mode: A password is required to exit full screen mode (p. 40).

• Change virtual machine state: A password is required to start, stop, suspend, pause, or

shut down (p. 33) Windows.

• Manage snapshots: A password is required to create or delete a snapshot (p. 114), or

revert to a snapshot.

Encrypt Windows to Protect It from Unauthorized Use

If you store any important data using Windows programs, it is highly recommended that you encrypt Windows to protect your data from any unauthorized use.

Encrypt Windows

To encrypt Windows (it must be shut down):

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1 Select Windows and click Actions > Configure > Security. 2 On the Security tab, click Turn On, specify a password, and click OK.

Warning: The specified password is very important. You must record it. Without this password, you can't start Windows.

Change Your Password

To change the password for an encrypted Windows (it must be shut down):

1 Select Windows and click Actions > Configure > Security. 2 On the Security tab, click Change Password, specify a new password, and click OK.

Remove Encryption from Windows

To remove encryption from Windows (it must be shut down):

1 Select Windows and click Actions > Configure > Security. 2 On the Security tab, click Turn Off.

Connect to the Internet or a Network

Parallels Desktop allows you to use three types of networking with Windows:

• Shared Networking: Windows programs share a network connection with Mac OS X. This is

the default setting.

• Bridged Ethernet: Windows can use one of your Mac's network adapters. This makes

Windows appear as a separate computer on the network.

• Host-only networking: Windows can access only your Mac.

In most cases, you don't need to adjust network settings. If your Mac is set to connect to a network or to the Internet, Windows programs have access to the same network and the Internet.

The Bridged Ethernet networking mode is more complex and you may need to contact your system administrator to set it up properly.

Read on for detailed information on these types of networking and how to configure them.

Share Network Settings Between Mac OS X and Windows

By default, Windows is set to share network settings with Mac OS X. Windows programs can access other computers on your local network and the Internet by using the IP address of your Mac. Windows does not have its own IP address on the network.

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In most cases, you don't need to adjust network settings. If your Mac is set to connect to a network or to the Internet, Windows programs have access to the same network and the Internet.

You may wish to use Shared Network mode in the following cases:

• Your Mac accesses the Internet via a modem or another non-Ethernet device.

• You need to access the Internet from inside Windows but are concerned about security.

• You have problems with working in the Bridged Ethernet mode.

To configure Windows to use Shared Networking:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Hardware and then click Network. 3 In the Network pane, make sure that the Connected and Shared Network options are

selected.

Note: In the MAC address field, you can change the MAC address currently assigned to Windows. MAC addresses are automatically generated when you first set up Windows on your Mac. However, you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC address field or clicking the Generate button. When entering a new MAC address, make sure that it is unique within your network.

For the information about troubleshooting networking problems, refer to the Parallels knowledge base http://kb.parallels.com/ available at the Parallels website.

Apply Separate Network Settings to Windows

When operating in the Bridged Ethernet mode, Windows appears on the network as a stand-alone computer with its own IP address and network name.

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Note: The Bridged Ethernet networking mode is more complex than the Shared Networking mode and you may need to contact your system administrator to configure it properly.

To configure Windows to work in the Bridged Ethernet mode:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Hardware and then click Network. 3 In the Network pane, make sure that the Connected option is selected. 4 Select the appropriate network adapter from the list. To connect the virtual machine's adapter

to the active network adapter of your Mac, choose Default Adapter.

Note: In the MAC address field, you can change the MAC address currently assigned to Windows. MAC addresses are automatically generated when you first set up Windows. However, you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC address field or clicking the Generate button. When entering a new MAC address, make sure that it is unique within your network.

If you can't configure Windows to function in the Bridged Ethernet mode, consider using Shared Networking or Host-Only Networking.

For the information about troubleshooting networking problems, refer to the Parallels knowledge base http://kb.parallels.com/ available at the Parallels website.

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Use Host-Only Network Settings

Parallels Desktop provides a closed network that is accessible only to Mac OS X and Windows. Mac OS X is connected to this network via the Parallels Host-Only Networking adapter automatically created on your Mac during the Parallels Desktop installation. The addresses for Windows are provided by the Parallels DHCP server.

To configure Windows to use Host-Only Networking:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Hardware and then click Network. 3 In the Network pane, make sure that the Connected and Host-Only Network options are

selected.

For the information about troubleshooting networking problems, refer to the Parallels knowledge base http://kb.parallels.com/ available at the Parallels website.

Use Wi-Fi with Windows

If your Mac is already connected to the Internet wirelessly, by default Windows is also set to access the Internet wirelessly, with no setup required.

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If you change your network setup, you can reconfigure a Wi-Fi connection using the Bridged Ethernet mode, When operating in this mode, Windows appears on the network as a stand-alone computer with its own IP address and network name.

To configure Windows to access the Internet through Wi-Fi:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Hardware and then click Network. 3 In the Network pane, make sure that the Connected option is selected. 4 Choose AirPort from the list.

After you perform these steps, Windows is able to connect to the Internet through the AirPort adapter of your Mac.

If you can't configure your virtual machine to function in the Bridged Ethernet mode, consider using Shared Networking or Host-Only Networking.

For the information about troubleshooting networking problems, refer to the Parallels knowledge base http://kb.parallels.com/ available at the Parallels website.

Connect Windows to a VLAN

If your Mac is a VLAN (virtual local area network) member, Parallels Desktop allows you to bridge Windows to this VLAN.

To bridge Windows to the VLAN, do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

5 Click Hardware and then click Network. 6 Select Bridged Network > VLAN from the Type list and make sure the Connected option is

enabled.

Windows is bridged to the selected VLAN.

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Optimize Performance

If Windows isn't working as speedily as you'd like, there are several simple ways you can optimize its performance. This section contains many helpful instructions for doing just that.

Read this section to find out how you can tune Windows for speed.

Set How Much Memory is Allocated to Windows

Parallels Desktop is set to allocate a certain amount of your Mac's available RAM memory to Windows and the rest to Mac OS X. If too much memory is allocated to Windows, Mac OS X may slow down, which in turn can cause Windows programs to slow down because they're running on top of Mac OS X. If, on the other hand, too much memory is allocated to Mac OS X, then Mac OS X applications may run well but Windows programs might slow down.

To optimize the performance of both Windows and Mac OS X, set the memory allocated to Windows to be somewhere within the recommended range.

To set how much memory is allocated to Windows:

1 Shut down Windows (p. 33). 2 Choose Actions > Configure > Hardware > CPU & Memory. 3 Move the memory slider to somewhere within the recommended range, indicated by the

graphic under the slider (see above).

If you use Windows programs that require lots of memory, like 3D or video production programs, it's best to set the memory allocation towards the high end of the range (move the slider to the right). If not, it's usually best to set it closer to the middle.

Note: No matter how much memory (RAM) your Mac has, the maximum amount of memory that can be assigned to Windows is 8 GB. However, if you're using Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition, the maximum amount of memory that can be assigned to Windows is 64 GB.

If you change this setting and then you don't like how Windows is performing, then try a different setting.

Note: If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes, click the Lock

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.

Optimization Settings

Using Optimization settings, you can:

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• Optimize performance for either Mac OS X applications or Windows programs

• Tune Windows for speedier performance or more graphical features

• If you're using a MacBook or other portable computer, optimize your computer for better

battery life or higher performance

• Conserve disk space

To access Optimization settings:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Options and select Optimization.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

Optimize Performance for Mac OS X Applications or Windows Programs

Choose one of the following from the Performance menu:

• Faster virtual machine: More of your computer's resources are given to Windows. The

performance of Windows programs may be increased significantly, but Mac OS X applications may slow down.

• Faster Mac: More of your computer's resources are given to Mac OS X. The performance of

Mac OS X applications may be increased significantly, but Windows programs may slow down.

To set Parallels Desktop to automatically optimize performance for Mac OS X or Windows depending on which application or program you're working with at the moment:

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• Select Enable Adaptive Hypervisor. When you're using a Windows program, more resources

are given to Windows, and when you're using a Mac OS X application, more resources are given to Mac OS X.

Tune Windows for Speedier Performance

• Select Tune Windows for speed.

Some Windows features that tend to slow down performance, such as animations during startup, are disabled.

Optimize your MacBook for Longer Battery Life or Higher Performance

The Power menu contains the power and performance related options:

• Longer battery life: If you have a portable Mac that you often use unplugged, you can choose

this option to lower power consumption for longer battery life. This may slightly reduce Windows performance.

• Better performance: This option (selected by default) maximizes Windows performance, but

uses more power.

Note: If you change options in the Power menu when Windows is running, you must shut down Windows and start it again for the changes to take effect.

To show battery status in Windows:

• Select Show battery in Windows.

When your MacBook or other portable computer is running on battery power, the battery status is displayed in the menu bar.

Automatically Conserve Disk Space

In most cases, the space that Windows takes up on your hard disk expands as you add files and other data, but isn't reduced when you delete data. To set Parallels Desktop to automatically reduce disk space:

• Select Real time virtual disk optimization.

You can also quickly remove unnecessary files that have built up in the system (p. 122) to free up disk space.

Optimize 3D Graphics Performance on a MacBook Pro

Some new MacBook Pro computers have two video adapters. By default, the slower video adapter that saves energy is used.

To use the faster video adapter for better 3D graphics performance:

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1 In the Mac OS X Finder, select Apple menu > System Preferences and click Energy Saver. 2 Click Higher performance.

Setting graphics to higher performance uses battery life faster.

Speed Up Games and Graphics Programs

With Parallels Desktop, you can run games and programs that require video cards with DirectX or OpenGL support. To do so, you must enable 3D acceleration.

For information on whether a program requires DirectX or OpenGL support, see the materials that came with the game or program.

To enable 3D acceleration:

1 Shut down the virtual machine. (p. 33) 2 Choose Actions > Configure. 3 In the Video pane, select On or select a version of DirectX from the 3D acceleration menu.

Note: Parallels Tools must be installed (p. 183) before you can enable 3D acceleration. Parallels Tools are installed by default when you set up Windows.

Pause Windows When No Programs Are Open

You can conserve your computer's resources by setting Windows to pause automatically when no Windows programs are open. That way, more resources such as RAM and CPU can be used for Mac OS X applications.

To set Windows to pause when no programs are open:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

2 Click Options and select Applications. 3 Be sure Share Windows applications with Mac is selected, and then select Pause Windows

when possible.

Optimize Virtual Machine for Games, Graphics, Productivity, or Development

When creating a virtual machine, you can optimize it according to your needs. You can choose to configure the virtual machine for:

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• Productivity. Choose this profile if you're using the virtual machine for your everyday work with

text editors, email, web browsers, etc.

• Games only. Choose this profile if you're using the virtual machine to play PC games on your

Mac.

If you're using Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition, you can configure your virtual machine also for:

• Design. Choose this profile if you're using the virtual machine to work with graphics

applications.

• Software development. Choose this profile if you're using the virtual machine to develop and

test software.

• Software testing. Choose this profile if you're using the virtual machine to test software in an

isolated environment.

You can change this setting after the virtual machine is created:

1 Start Parallels Desktop. 2 In Parallels Desktop Control Center, right-click the virtual machine (it must be shut down) and

choose Configure.

3 On the General tab, click Change. 4 Select the profile that best fits your need.

Work with Windows in Travel Mode

If you often travel with your MacBook, you must have come across the situations when you had no power adapter at hand to charge the Mac's batteries or experienced some problems when connecting to pubic networks.

Travel Mode makes Windows use less energy to extend the Mac's battery life and adjusts settings to connect to public networks.

Enter Travel Mode

To switch Windows to Travel Mode, do the following:

1 Start your virtual machine (p. 28). 2 When Windows boots up, do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Enter

Travel Mode.

in the menu bar and choose Actions > Enter Travel Mode.

Quit Travel Mode

To quit Travel Mode, do one of the following:

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• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Quit

Travel Mode.

in the menu bar and choose Actions > Quit Travel Mode.

Enter and Quit Travel Mode Automatically

You can also configure your virtual machine to enter and quit Travel Mode automatically:

3 Do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions >

Configure.

4 Click Options and select Travel Mode. 5 To enter Travel Mode automatically, choose one of the following:

• Always when on battery power: The virtual machine enters Travel Mode when the Mac

starts working on battery power.

• When battery power is: Choose from the menu when you want your virtual machine to

enter Travel Mode.

• Never: The virtual machine never enters Travel Mode automatically.

in the menu bar and choose Configure.

6 To quit Travel Mode automatically, choose one of the following:

• When connected to power: The virtual machine quits Travel Mode when you connect your

Mac to power.

• Never: The virtual machine never quits Travel Mode automatically.

Use Windows on Your iPad, iPhone or Android Device

Parallels Access is a product created by Parallels that allows you to work with your Mac or Windows PC and their applications remotely from your iPad, iPhone or Android device. It also allows you to work with a remote computer via a web browser.

If you have Parallels Desktop installed on your Mac, you can use the Parallels Access app to access and control Windows.

Parallels Access lets you:

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• Use any of your Windows programs on your mobile device

• Remotely start, stop, and reset Windows

• Connect over Wi-Fi or 3G

• Access Windows from anywhere over the Internet

Get Started

Before you can use Parallels Access, you must do the following:

7 On your iPad, iPhone or Android device, download and install Parallels Access from the App

Store or Google play.

8 Be sure you have installed Windows on your Mac (p. 17). 9 In Parallels Desktop, do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon

• If Windows is running in Window mode (p. 40), choose Parallels Desktop > Preferences.

10 Click Access. 11 Install the Parallels Access agent on your Mac by clicking Install.

You only have to do these steps once.

in the menu bar and choose Preferences.

Access Windows from your iPad, iPhone or Android device

1 Turn on your Mac.

Your Mac must be on for Parallels Access to access and use Windows.

2 Open Parallels Access on your iPad, iPhone or Android device and log in to your account using

the same email and password you used to register Parallels Desktop.

3 Tap your Mac in the list of available Macs.

When you access Windows for the first time, you see tips about gestures you can use to control Windows. Tap Close to go to the Windows desktop.

For more information about using Parallels Access, see Parallels Access User's Guide, available online.

Save a Picture of the Screen

To save a picture of Windows in Window Mode:

• Choose View > Make Screenshot. A file named Parallels Picture.png is saved on the Mac OS X desktop.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Welcome to Parallels Desktop

What You Can Do

Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Programs

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 Program After an Import

Use Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop

Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application

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Get Started

Start Windows

Open a Windows Program

Install Windows Programs

Shut Down or Suspend Windows

Startup and Shutdown Settings

Set How Windows Works with Mac OS X

Merge Windows and Mac OS X

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

About Using Windows 8 with Parallels Desktop

Set Windows 8 to Work Like Windows 7

Set a Program to Open When You Insert a CD or DVD

Share Items Between Mac OS X and Windows

Copy and Paste Between Mac OS X and Windows

Share Files and Folders

Share iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive Folders with Windows

Share Windows OneDrive Folders with Mac OS X

Share Applications and Programs

Set Files to Open in the Application or Program of Your Choice

Set Internet Links to Always Open in Mac OS X or Windows

Open the Current Safari Page in Internet Explorer

Share External Storage Devices and Volumes

Use a Disk Image with the Virtual DVD Drive

Apply Mac OS X Parental Controls to Windows

Set Media Files to Open in Windows 8 Apps

Mouse, Trackpad, and Keyboard

Set Your Mouse or Trackpad to Right-Click and Middle-Click

Control Programs with Trackpad Gestures or the Apple Remote

Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

Create New Keyboard Shortcuts

See and Change Windows Input Language In OS X

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 Printer Using Bonjour

Set Up a Network Printer

Set Up a USB Printer

Create a PDF File

Use the Built-in iSight Camera or Another Webcam