With the new Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac and Parallels Access, you can seamlessly use Windows on your Mac. With great new features, the Parallels bundle lets you access all your files from any computer or mobile device. Just $39.99 USD/year for students, faculty and staff in select countries. Whether you got a new Mac today, or perhaps got an App Store gift card that’s burning a hole in your pocket, or just happen to have some holiday downtime and would like to try out some new apps, here’s the very best app reviews, op-eds, and more from Mac.AppStorm this year. Mar 02, 2018 If you only need intermittent access to Windows, only have one Mac, and the 8GB and 4 core limitation aren't an issue, the regular non-Pro Parallels Desktop is available for a one-time non-subscription purchase of $79. Office 365 customers will get Office for Mac 2014 upon the software’s release, but details about the availability and pricing of non-subscription editions remain unknown.
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If you love running macOS, but find yourself needing to virtualize other operating systems (Windows, Linux, or even multiple copies of macOS), you’ll want to take note of this article. Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac was released a few hours ago. Since version 1 in 2006, Parallels Desktop has been a staple on many Mac users’ computers. Year after year, it’s been back with upgrades to enhance the experience for those that need to live in a dual OS world. So what’s new in version 14? Well, a lot actually…
First and foremost, it is now compatible with macOS Mojave and the latest version of Windows 10. Mojave can be run as a host and a guest OS (host OS compatibility will be final when Mojave ships). In recent years, Parallels has continued to make using Windows easier on a Mac by adding support for Microsoft Ink on the Mac and being able to use the Touch Bar on Windows applications. Dark Mode, Quick Look, and Camera continuity with iOS will also be supported when Mojave is released.
In version 14, Parallels Desktop is focusing on a few key areas: optimizing storage of your guest virtual machines, support for more Windows applications, pro features for IT departments, and simplifying everyday tasks that users do between Windows and Mac.
One of the features I am most excited to try is optimizing storage of the virtual machines. If you have 256 GB of storage or lower on your computer, running a couple of virtual machines can tax your free space very quickly. According to internal testing, a Windows 10 VM that was using 45.13 GB in Parallels Desktop 13 shrunk down to 17.77 GB in version 14. While your mileage may vary depending on how many different OS’ you have installed, you should expect to save something on storage. Snapshots will also use 15% less space than previously.
Next, version 14 will also now support 4K cameras in virtual machines. This feature will be great if you have to use Windows to host WebEx demos or meet with clients via Windows-only applications. I also mentioned Microsoft Ink. While it is supported it in version 13, version 14 is enhancing it even further. Microsoft has announced that pressure sensitivity is coming in Office 2019, and version 14 will support that as well. It works in all Windows applications that use pressure data from a stylus. Pressure sensitivity will also work in Photoshop and Illustrator.
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While Parallels Desktop 13 supported over 200,000 Windows applications, version 14 has continued to add more. Release 14 changes the way video memory is allocated and also improved Open GL support. As a result, some applications did not work correctly in version 13, but now do in version 14.
I mentioned improved Touch Bar support was added in version 13. Version 14 brings support for even more applications. SketchUp, AutoCAD, OneNote, Quickbooks, Visual Studio, Quicken, and Revit have all been added. If your favorite application isn’t supported, you can add them using the Touch Bar Wizard or by customizing an XML document.
For IT departments who deploy Parallels, the overhauled design Licensing Portal is a great way to simplify management of your users who need to virtualize an OS. You can invite users via e-mail to set up an account. You can deploy the application using Jamf Pro, and you can replace existing virtual machines.
Finally, there are a host (no pun intended) of items that are new that I didn’t have time to include a full write up on. They are: better multi-monitor support, improved Windows 10 boot times, improved performance for suspending an OS, decreased memory usage, and enhanced express installation of Windows.
Version 14 is a paid upgrade if you are a perpetual license holder. If you have version 12 or 13, you can upgrade for $49.99. It’s $99.99 for a new license, but you can also sign up for a subscription if you plan on upgrading every year. The subscription for the standard edition is $79.99 per year. If you need the pro or business edition, it is $99.99 per year.
You can buy Parallels 14 by visiting their website. A free trial is available.
System Requirements
- A Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M, or Xeon processor
- Minimum 4 GB of memory—8 GB is recommended
- 600 MB of disk space on the boot volume (Macintosh HD) for Parallels Desktop application installation
- Additional disk space for virtual machines (varies on OS and applications installed, e.g., at least 16 GB is required for Windows 10)
- SSD drive is recommended for better performance
I've looked at Parallels (only does Windows?), VMware Fusion & VirtualBox & they all want to create a new partition to install a new virtual OS onto, BUT.
I already have a perfectly good install of 10.6 & I don't want to have to go through re-installing it all again. It took me a long time to get this install of 10.6 the way I want it, with a ton of Logic Plug-ins, samples, reverb convolution files & plug-in presets that I need for older sessions. (Also GoLive, don't hate) Is it possible to get any of there (or perhaps another) virtualization program to recognize the install of 10.6 that I have on disk 2 so that I can run it virtually inside of OS 10.11?
Or is that just not how this works? Tired of re-booting once or twice a month just to run a few legacy apps that didn't make it past 10.6, and also, I don't really have room on the disk I'm using for 10.11 to install a whole nuther OS on it.
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I run VMware Fusion and it copied existing installs of both Windows and Ubuntu and virutalized them so I can run them on my Mac. You then run these VMs in your existing partition - no rebooting required.
Not sure if this answers your question.
posted by Zedcaster at 9:20 PM on March 25, 2017
Not sure if this answers your question.
posted by Zedcaster at 9:20 PM on March 25, 2017
Parallels runs multiple operating systems OK, as does VMWare Fusion. I've also run VirtualBox on my Macs, but I don't have much experience with it.
I'm pretty sure Parallels and VMWare can both run MacOS as a guest under MacOS. Their default wizards assume you're going to install a new guest OS on a new virtual disk, but both have a way to point the VM at an existing virtual disk or a raw disk partition. And it sounds like you want to point whichever you use at a raw disk partition.
Which one are you going to use? (The installs are slightly different.) I think Parallels is a little more Mac-style, but I've been buying VMware recently because Parallels switched to a subscription model, and I only purchase fully-paid-up, perpetual licenses. I'll have nothing to do with a program I have to pay for monthly, that gets taken away from me if I stop paying.
posted by spacewrench at 9:23 PM on March 25, 2017
I'm pretty sure Parallels and VMWare can both run MacOS as a guest under MacOS. Their default wizards assume you're going to install a new guest OS on a new virtual disk, but both have a way to point the VM at an existing virtual disk or a raw disk partition. And it sounds like you want to point whichever you use at a raw disk partition.
Which one are you going to use? (The installs are slightly different.) I think Parallels is a little more Mac-style, but I've been buying VMware recently because Parallels switched to a subscription model, and I only purchase fully-paid-up, perpetual licenses. I'll have nothing to do with a program I have to pay for monthly, that gets taken away from me if I stop paying.
posted by spacewrench at 9:23 PM on March 25, 2017
From the VMware manual;
'Migrating an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine
After you install the VMware Fusion PC Migration Agent on your PC, the Migration Assistant can make a network connection and convert the Windows PC to a VMware Fusion virtual machine.'
posted by Zedcaster at 9:25 PM on March 25, 2017
'Migrating an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine
After you install the VMware Fusion PC Migration Agent on your PC, the Migration Assistant can make a network connection and convert the Windows PC to a VMware Fusion virtual machine.'
posted by Zedcaster at 9:25 PM on March 25, 2017
I've got 10.6.8 installed as a guest in Virtualbox on my 10.11.x Mac mini no probs, but as a file.
I previously had a 10.6.x partition working in Virtualbox on my laptop, and have a vague memory that there was something minorly tricky about getting it set up. I don't remember what though, so it can't have been too much of a problem.
posted by Pinback at 9:43 PM on March 25, 2017
I previously had a 10.6.x partition working in Virtualbox on my laptop, and have a vague memory that there was something minorly tricky about getting it set up. I don't remember what though, so it can't have been too much of a problem.
posted by Pinback at 9:43 PM on March 25, 2017
I want to install (let's say VM ware because of the price) on my OS 10.11 disk & point it at the install of OS 10.6 as the guest OS. I tried the migrating from an existing PC option, but it seems to be specifically seeking out a different piece of hardware on the network with a Win install on it. Also, I might need an older version of VMware ware to run 10.6 is a guest? I downloaded Fusion 8.5 & it deosn't list 10.6 as an option - just 10.6 server.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:47 PM on March 25, 2017
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:47 PM on March 25, 2017
In Parallels, and I assume VMWare also, you can select devices to boot a VM from, in the order of preference.
To do this, in Parallels, create a new VM. There's a wizard thing that takes you through the steps:
1. In Parallels, select menu File->New.
2. In the wizard, select 'Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file' then click 'Continue'.
3. Next step, at the bottom of the dialog there's a checkbox: 'Continue without a source'. Select this, and then click 'Continue'.
4. It'll ask what the type of the OS will be, select whichever you want, and click 'OK'.
5. Next step, give your VM a name, and select the checkbox 'Customize settings before installation'.
6. It'll whir away for a while, creating the VM, and then show you settings dialog.
7. Select the 'Hardware' tab, and then select 'Hard Disk 1' from the list on the left.
8. On the left of the dialog, there's a dropdown labeled 'Source', if your disk containing the OS install that you want to use is plugged in and bootable it will be in the dropdown list, so select it.
9. Close the settings dialog.
10. Click 'Continue' in the wizard.
11. The VM should boot from your install.
Assuming that all is well you can, at some point, delete the HDD file that was automatically created for you when you created the VM. It won't be needed for booting your VM, so you may as well free up the space.
posted by veedubya at 4:52 AM on March 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
To do this, in Parallels, create a new VM. There's a wizard thing that takes you through the steps:
1. In Parallels, select menu File->New.
2. In the wizard, select 'Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file' then click 'Continue'.
3. Next step, at the bottom of the dialog there's a checkbox: 'Continue without a source'. Select this, and then click 'Continue'.
4. It'll ask what the type of the OS will be, select whichever you want, and click 'OK'.
5. Next step, give your VM a name, and select the checkbox 'Customize settings before installation'.
6. It'll whir away for a while, creating the VM, and then show you settings dialog.
7. Select the 'Hardware' tab, and then select 'Hard Disk 1' from the list on the left.
8. On the left of the dialog, there's a dropdown labeled 'Source', if your disk containing the OS install that you want to use is plugged in and bootable it will be in the dropdown list, so select it.
9. Close the settings dialog.
10. Click 'Continue' in the wizard.
11. The VM should boot from your install.
Assuming that all is well you can, at some point, delete the HDD file that was automatically created for you when you created the VM. It won't be needed for booting your VM, so you may as well free up the space.
posted by veedubya at 4:52 AM on March 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
Also, I should mention that the subscription for Parallels that spacewrench mentioned isn't the same model as, for example, a subscription for Office 365 or Adobe Creative Suite. And you don't have to go the subscription route anyway. You can still still choose a 1-time purchase.
A Parallels subscription just means that you'll be billed automatically once a year. It's exactly the same price as the non-subscription option, which is still available. The only difference is that, with the subscription, they throw in some remote access utility. If you cancel the subscription the software is still yours and fully usable.
posted by veedubya at 5:05 AM on March 26, 2017
A Parallels subscription just means that you'll be billed automatically once a year. It's exactly the same price as the non-subscription option, which is still available. The only difference is that, with the subscription, they throw in some remote access utility. If you cancel the subscription the software is still yours and fully usable.
posted by veedubya at 5:05 AM on March 26, 2017
You definitely can run OS X from a partition in VMware Fusion/Workstation, I've done it. The general procedure is to create a new custom VM, without installation media, and then add a virtual hard disk that points to your partition.
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There are three hard(ish) parts:
- Creating the custom VM. This isn't that difficult, it's all doable from the user interface—but the UI generally tries to point people towards the much more common options such as installing from a CD.
- Generating the virtual disk that points to your partition. There might be a way to do this from the UI, I'm not sure. But I've found it easier to use the command-line tool that comes with VMware, located at
/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-rawdiskCreator
. I've also written an open-source utility for this which provides some more advanced options. - Finally, it may be problematic that you want to run version 10.6 in a VM. Apple only started explicitly allowing normal OS X VMs in 10.7; for earlier versions, only Mac OS X Server was licensed for this. Some VM software will attempt to detect the client version of 10.6 and lower, and give you an error—there are ways around this, but they can be complicated.
posted by vasi at 7:01 AM on March 26, 2017
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8. On the left of the dialog, there's a dropdown labeled 'Source', if your disk containing the OS install that you want to use is plugged in and bootable it will be in the dropdown list, so select it.
I get a failure a this point... Failed to configure the Boot Camp partition's hard disk. Details... Error: PRL_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED (0x80000008)
Path: '/Users/chrisvreeland/Parallels/macOS 2.pvm/ST1000DM003-1CH162 (disk1).hdd'
This is beginning to look like more trouble than just rebooting every once in a while. I'm guessing it's because its 10.6 & not 10.6 server.
posted by Devils Rancher at 2:53 PM on March 26, 2017
I get a failure a this point... Failed to configure the Boot Camp partition's hard disk. Details... Error: PRL_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED (0x80000008)
Path: '/Users/chrisvreeland/Parallels/macOS 2.pvm/ST1000DM003-1CH162 (disk1).hdd'
This is beginning to look like more trouble than just rebooting every once in a while. I'm guessing it's because its 10.6 & not 10.6 server.
posted by Devils Rancher at 2:53 PM on March 26, 2017
If they're old apps you might be able to just set up another low end Mac. Some of the older ones are crazy cheap.
posted by bongo_x at 8:42 PM on March 26, 2017
posted by bongo_x at 8:42 PM on March 26, 2017
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