Parallels Desktop 12.2.1
Parallels allows you to run Windows and Mac applications side by side. Choose your view to make Windows invisible while still using its applications, or keep the familiar Windows background and controls on your Mac.
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is fully optimized and ready for macOS Sierraas a host or guest OS. With new retina display support, enjoy smart resizing and independent screen resolutions for separate displays. Seamless Office 365 Integration now allows Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents in Safari to open in their native Windows Office app.
- Parallels Inc., a global leader in cross-platform solutions, makes it simple for customers to use and access the applications and files they need on any device or operating system. We help businesses and individuals securely and productively use their favorite devices and preferred technology, whether it’s Windows®, Mac®, iOS, AndroidTM, Chromebook, Linux, Raspberry Pi or the Cloud.
- Parallels Desktop 12 is a major new version, released in August 2016. It works in the same way as its predecessors; and apart from perfor- mance improvements, bug fixes, and minor tweaks, its feature list and interface are quite similar to version 11. However, it does incorporate the following significant changes.
Now Supporting Windows 10 and ready for El Capitan
- Run Windows 10 and OS X® El Capitan with ease. Use Microsoft Cortana®, your virtual assistant, on your Mac. Switch from your PC to your Mac
- We make it easy to get all of your files, applications, browser bookmarks, and more from your PC to your Mac; just follow the setup assistant.
Works with Boot Camp®
Reuse your existing Boot Camp installation. Converting a virtual machine from Boot Camp is now much easier and more intuitive than ever.
Not just for Windows
- Run a wide array of operating systems including OS X, Windows 10, 8.1 & 7, Linux, and Google ChromeTM. You can run just about anything on your Mac!
One-click tuning
- Select productivity, games, design, or development, and Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac will optimize your virtual machine settings and performance for you.
Robust Performance
- Parallels Desktop Pro Edition gives your virtual machines more processing power. Up to 64 GB vRAM and 16 vCPUs per virtual machine lets you run even the most demanding applications with ease.
Business Class Software
- Keep IT in control of end user licenses and Windows virtual machines with a Unified Volume License Key, centralized license management, and advanced security features available in Parallels Desktop Business Edition.
Version 12.2.1:
- Resolves an issue with Windows and other shared applications crashing after starting from the Dock or Finder
- Resolves an issue with the Windows and other virtual machine icons disappearing from the Dock after starting Windows from the Dock or Finder
- Resolves an issue with Visual Studio freezing after the Mac wakes up
- Resolves an issue with files appearing on the macOS Desktop and then, after a long delay, on the Windows desktop
- Title: Parallels Desktop Business Edition 12.2.1.41615
- Developer: Parallels Holdings, Ltd
- Compatibility: OS X 10.10.5 or later, 64-bit processor
- Language: Multilangual
- Includes: K'ed by TNT
- Size: 347.23 MB
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Parallels Desktop is a hypervisor for macOS which allows users to install a variety of operating systems as 'virtual machines' (guests) on the host system, reducing the need for managing multiple physical machines. A more complete description on virtualization can be found at Wikipedia.
Installation of Arch as a guest
Parallels Desktop supports Linux guests out of the box, but only offers support for a few Linux distributions - excluding Arch Linux. This means the installation of Parallels tools have not been tested by the vendor, and requires some manual intervention to work under Arch. If you do not wish to use Parallels tools, installation is as simple as choosing 'other linux' when creating a new virtual machine and proceeding as you would on any real machine.
In addition to the instructions below, there is an installation guide for Arch Linux in Parallels Knowledgebase [1].
Parallels Tools
Overview
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To improve interoperability between the host and the guest operating systems, Parallels provides a package called 'Parallels tools' which contains kernel modules and userspace utilities. See Parallels Tools Overview for a list of its features.
This article assumes users want to make full use of the tools, including Xorg configuration. If you are running a headless server, you can skip over the sections relating to X.
When referring to the version of parallel tools the form is <Parallels.Version>.<Tools Version>. For example: 9.0.24237.1028877 corresponds to Parallels version 9.0.24237 with tools version 1028877
Required Kernel & Xorg versions
The tools installer uses binaries which can sometimes be incompatible with the latest version of Xorg or kernels in the Arch repository.
Different versions have different software requirements:
- 9.0.24229.991745 needs 3.13.8 (or possibly a later 3.13.y) (3.14 is known to show a black screen and freeze the system) and Xorg 1.15.y or earlier
- 9.0.24237.1028877 works on Arch 3.14.15-1-lts (newer versions may work) and Xorg 1.15.y or earlier
- 11.0.0.31193 works on Arch 4.1.6-1 and Xorg 1.17.2-4
- 12.1.0.41489 works on Arch 4.8.7-1 and Xorg 1.18.4, after removing the PATH statement in the install script (cdrom//Parallels Tools//install), and adding 'iomem=relaxed' to kernel boot parameters.
- 14.1.3.45485 works on Arch 5.1.16-1 and Xorg 1.20.5 when following this guide
- 15.0.0.46967 works on Arch 5.3.1-1 and Xorg 1.20.5 (Parallels 15)
And there are different ways to obtain them:
- linux 3.13.8 can be obtained from the Arch Linux Archive
- linux 3.14.15 is the current linux-lts, so just install that and regenerate your grub config.
- xorg 1.15.y can be obtained using the instructions & repo from AMD Catalyst.
See also Downgrading packages#Downgrading the kernel.
Configuring Xorg
The Parallels tools installer will take care of configuring Xorg, so just follow the instructions at Xorg to install the relevant packages on your system. Install the xf86-video-vesa package to use the vesa driver.
Preparing dependencies
The installation script expects to find your init-scripts in /etc/init.d/ and will fail if it's not present. Since Arch uses systemd, create a symlink to the systemd scripts directory and set the def_sysconfdir variable:
The installation script also expects the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. We can just create an empty file, as it will automatically be configured by the installer:
Then, you need to install standard build utilities, python2, and kernel headers: {{Pkg|base-devel python2linux-headers
depends on your Parallels version, you may have to install linux-lts-headers instead of linux-headers.
Finally, create a temporary symbolic link to python 2. Remove this link after the installation process.
Installing Parallels tools
Choose 'install Parallels Tools' from the 'Virtual Machine' menu. Parallels Tools are located on a cd-image, which will be connected to your virtual machine. You have to mount it first:
Now you can proceed to install Parallels tools using the installation script as follows:
Systemd Configuration
The Parallels tools daemon should be started at boot, so create a service file like the following:
Enable the parallels-tools.service service. Reboot the system and Parallels tools should now be installed and working.
Using the Tools
Sharing Folders
You can specify which folders on your hosts system you would like to share with your guests under 'virtual machine > configuration > sharing'.Then you mount a shared folder like this:
Dynamic Display Resolution
A very helpful tool is prlcc. It changes the resolution of the display (in the guest - not the host) automatically when your resize your window. If this tool is not running, the contents of the window gets stretched or shrunken.prlcc is usually started automatically and runs in the background. If not, run the following (or place it in a configuration file like /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/90-prlcc):
Future work
In general, updating system packages like the linux kernel or Xorg can break Parallels tools and you will need to re-install them. In some cases, new packages will be incompatible with the tools and they will stop working - in that case you will need to roll back the newly installed packages and wait until Parallels releases a new product build before updating your guest (in the hope they have resolved any previous incompatibilities).
See also
- Wikipedia:Parallels Desktop for Mac – Parallels Desktop for Mac page in Wikipedia
- Parallels Desktop User Guide per version:
- In pdf: v15, v14, v13, v12, v11, v10
- In html: v6
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