![]() Those who already have an active subscription to Parallels Desktop (or who purchased Parallels Desktop after 1 August 2016) get the new version for free. Pricing and Availability - Anyone with Parallels Desktop 10 or 11 can upgrade to version 12 now. Lets you vary resource usage settings (including CPU and disk I/O) and enable or disable Real Time Virtual Disk Optimization individually for each virtual machineĮnables you to save your virtual machine’s state when restoring a snapshot Lets you schedule daily maintenance tasks (such as running Windows Update) at convenient timesĪutomatically pauses Windows virtual machines when they’re in the background and idle Uses the OS X Keychain for storing passwords from Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge.( The offer takes effect on 23 August 2016.)Īmong many other smaller changes, Parallels Desktop 12 also does the following: In case you don’t already have a backup app you’re happy with (and that can handle gigantic virtual machine files gracefully), you can install Acronis True Image from within Parallels Desktop 12 and take advantage of a free, one-year subscription, which includes 500 GB of online storage. Parallels plans to add more tools to the collection Among the 20 tools offered initially are apps for screenshots and screen recording (in both cases, by area, window, or full screen), archiving and unarchiving, a timer and stopwatch, video conversion for iOS devices, a video downloader (for YouTube and the like), and an audio recorder. You can access these tools either in a system-wide menu or in the /Applications/Parallels Toolbox Tools folder. Parallels Desktop 12 includes a set of utilities called Parallels Toolbox - a bunch of handy, single-purpose Mac utilities, most of which can be used either in your virtual machine or in OS X (even if Parallels Desktop itself is not running). In addition, for Macs with Retina displays, a new Native (or “Best for External Displays”) mode lets Windows manage each display’s pixel density. If you have multiple displays, Parallels Desktop 12 can now use a different resolution for each one. For example, virtual machines can now use Split View in 10.11 El Capitan and later, Parallels added a gaming-specific full-screen option, and virtual machines running OS X as a guest operating system now support Retina resolutions. Although Parallels Desktop can run versions of OS X as old as 10.5 Leopard Server in a virtual machine, the Mac you use to run Parallels Desktop itself must now have 10.10 Yosemite or later installed version 12 drops support for 10.9 Mavericks as a host operating system.Ī number of the changes in the new version involve display support. The new version has been optimized for macOS 10.12 Sierra as both host and guest (with full, official support planned for an update soon after Sierra ships). Parallels Desktop 12 improves performance in several specific areas, including access to shared folders, suspending virtual machines, and taking snapshots, all while extending battery life on notebook Macs. The new version has something else going for it, too: my new book, “ Take Control of Parallels Desktop ![]() ![]() Version 12 has just been released, with improved performance and unique new features. Although earlier (and much slower) emulation apps existed, including Virtual PC, Parallels Desktop was the first true virtualization app for OS X, and it’s still going strong. Ten years ago, Apple began putting Intel processors in Macs, making it possible to run Windows on a Mac using either Boot Camp (which requires rebooting to switch operating systems) or a virtualization app (which lets Windows run side by side with OS X). #1668: Updated Rapid Security Responses, OS public betas, screen saver bug fixed, “Red Team Blues” book review.#1669: OS security updates, ambiguity of emoji, small business payments with Melio, Twitter now X.#1670: Arc Web browser hits 1.0 release, “Do You Use It?” polls about Apple features.#1671: Apple Q3 2023 earnings, new Beats headphones and earbuds, Stage Manager adoption rate, do you use Spotlight?.1672: The hidden power of Google Sheets, Launchpad usage levels, Emergency SOS via satellite in the Maui fires, do you use proxy icons?. ![]()
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