Parallels for Mac has a new version, but no huge reason to upgrade. Provides 500GB of online storage and an incremental backup system that uses less disk space than Parallels or Time Machine.

Watch demo videos: “How to Capture Lengthy Webpages – “Snagit 2018 vs. Parallels Toolbox” and “How to Capture a Full Webpage Screenshot with a Safari Extension” • Free Memory – Reclaim RAM memory and optimize its consumption on your Mac. Add this Free Memory tool to the macOS menu bar to easily check how much RAM is available with just a click and reclaim available memory.

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.

This will delete all the files you sent to the trash from the Finder. IPhoto, iMovie, and Mail all have their own trash cans.

It is far more convenient to use than installing Windows or Linux on a disk partition and rebooting to use, at least if intense processing power and maximum speed are not needed. Certain OS's can be easily installed as a pre-configured VM. Very good integration between the guest OS and the native Mac OS. Cons: Biggest con is that, by definition, the guest OS will not run as quickly as if it were running natively. That's to be expected, of course, and any apps that really require maximum use of your computer's hardware should be run in a native OS instead of a guest OS.

With a simple click from the utility, all junk files (System Caches, User Caches, System Logs, User Logs, User Downloads, Trash, Safari Internet Cache and more) will be removed in just a matter of seconds. Monitor disk space: It will show you the disk space available and will alert you in advance if the disk space is already running low. You can clean or move files to free up disk space to ensure that your Mac is running smoothly. Disk ejector: Using this one will allow you to eject the mounted drives, such as external storage disks, CD and DVD disks, SuperDrive, network storage and disk images. Mac Uninstaller: 'Uninstall Applications' safely and completely remove applications and their components, preferences, log files, etc. Select an application, just one click, the application and its additional components will be removed. Duplicates Finder: Duplicate files have the identical contents and waste the precious disk space.

You can fix this by the 'Repair Disk Permissions' in the Disk Utility. Navigate to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Select your Macintosh HD and select Verify Disk Permissions. If needed you can then Repair Disk Permissions. But in most cases, this issue is caused by too many junk files on the startup disk. After using the Mac for years, you may save many photos, videos, documents and applications to the disk.

When you find Archive Utility, double-click the app to open it. Archive Utility will open without presenting a window; instead, there's just a set of menus that contain three important items. In the File menu, you'll find the Create Archive and Expand Archive options. Archive utility windows.

Cons: * The price they charge for upgrading older versions. * Version 13 was promised to be much quicker than 12 but in fact, it made my virtual Windows run a lot slower than before. * Improvements from version to version are insignificant but they present them as they are breakthroughs.

I've been running the Anniversary Update in Parallels 11, and it hasn't broken Coherence Mode. By contrast, the upgrade from Windows 8.1 to in Parallels 10 last year, and Parallels decided not to update the then-year-old version of its software to fix it. So why pay for an upgrade to Parallels 12?

This update for Parallels Desktop Lite 1.3.0 addresses overall stability and performance issues, and includes the following fixes and improvements: - Now when you resize the virtual machine window or switch between view modes, the virtual machine screen resolution changes faster and more smoothly. - The way Windows is displayed when the Retina Resolution > Scaled option is selected has been improved: the text became crisper and graphics sharper. Improved support for Zorin OS, Elementary OS, Kali Linux, and Manjaro Linux guest operating systems. - Change the Parallels Desktop interface color—you can choose between the light gray and dark color schemes.

Additionally, the lawsuit claimed that Parallels Desktop 2.5's compatibility with “twoOStwo” showed that the two software products are run by essentially the same functional core. When Netsys lost its initial urgency proceeding, it filed a new suit, in which it requested a temporary injunction from the Landgericht district court of Berlin. Version 3.0 [ ] On June 7, 2007 build 4124 was released as the first publicly available version of Desktop 3.0. Version 3.0 retained all of the functionality from previous versions and added new features and tools. Support for 8.1 and was added, allowing Mac users to play some Windows games without the need to boot into Windows with Boot Camp.

Share this story • • • Like clockwork, Parallels releases a new version of its desktop virtualization software for Mac computers every year. The new versions often coincide with major new Windows and Mac operating systems, requiring major software changes to bring new Windows features to Apple computers or to make sure everything keeps working properly. Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is thus being announced today, but there isn't much to be excited about.

I only upgrade whenever the older version absolutely won’t support the new Mac OSX (and it actually crashes, as opposed to “may have performance problems”). Parallels upgrades are a joke. If I absolutely didn’t need Windows (and if Parallels wasn’t a whole lot better than other solutions) I wouldn’t bother upgrading at all — they’re $49.95 “pseudo-subscription” cost is a bit high (on the plus side, unlike a true subscription I can continue using the older version as long as I don’t upgrade Mac OS too many times). I usually upgrade every other year. I’ll be skipping this one. On my MacBook Pro 13″ Mid-2012 2.5 GHz i5 w/16 GB RAM and 512 SSD running latest beta of Mojave- Parallels 14 opened in 5 seconds and Windows 7 was open by 30 seconds (overall including Parallels boot time) On my iMac 27″ Late-2013 3.5 GHz i7 w/24 GB RAM and 3 TB Fusion drive running latest release of High Sierra- Parallels 14 opened at 6 seconds and Windows 10 was open by 42 seconds (again overall). I was really surprised how fast Win-7 was up and running on my laptop and a little disappointed it took longer for Win-10 to load on my desktop.