{"id":42860,"date":"2017-11-10T10:22:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=42860"},"modified":"2017-11-12T21:26:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T03:26:17","slug":"parallels-desktop-13-a-quick-look-at-a-popular-virtualization-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/42860-parallels-desktop-13-a-quick-look-at-a-popular-virtualization-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Parallels Desktop 13: A Quick Look at a Popular Virtualization Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42863 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-for-Mac_Box_EN_300x400.jpg\" alt=\"Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-for-Mac_Box_EN_300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-for-Mac_Box_EN_300x400-90x120.png 90w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-for-Mac_Box_EN_300x400-242x323.png 242w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-for-Mac_Box_EN_300x400-143x190.png 143w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-for-Mac_Box_EN_300x400-90x120@2x.png 180w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-for-Mac_Box_EN_300x400-143x190@2x.png 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the past few months I\u2019ve had the pleasure of working with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/Parallels\/PPDFMSUB1Y\/\">Parallels Desktop 13<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/Parallels\/PPDFMSUB1Y\/\">&nbsp;for Mac<\/a><\/strong>, the latest in a line of virtualization tools from Parallels. With every release, Parallels seems to make it easier to run Windows and other operating systems (including older&nbsp;versions of macOS and Mac OS X) on a Mac. Let\u2019s take a look at Parallels Desktop 13.<\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s New?<\/b><br \/>\nParallels Desktop 13 is the first version of the app to provide a way to run Windows apps and provide some control from the MacBook Pro Touch Bar. The Touch Bar is integrated for Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera. Taskbar pinned elements are in the Touch Bar, along with buttons for Cortana, Task View and settings. It\u2019s also possible to customize Touch Bar actions for Windows apps that run in Parallels Desktop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='1170' height='659' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ba1V_h-IS0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is launching a new feature for Windows 10 called the People Bar that will let users pin contacts to the Taskbar. When it\u2019s available, Parallels Desktop users will be able to add favorite contacts to the Mac Dock.<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite features of Parallels Desktop 13 is the Picture-in-Picture view, which creates windows of active virtual machines that are always visible on top, even if a Mac app is in Full Screen mode. This is useful if you\u2019re running a time-consuming process in a VM; you can continue to work on the Mac yet see at a glance how far along the VM process is.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42861\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42861\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 10 in main window, with other operating systems in PIP mode\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view-192x120.png 192w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view-284x178.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view-190x119.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view-272x170.png 272w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view-192x120@2x.png 384w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view-284x178@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-with-Windows-8-Windows-XP-and-macOS-Lion-in-Picture-in-Picture-view-190x119@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>(Windows 10 in main window, with other operating systems in PIP mode.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Business Edition of Parallels Desktop for Mac has a Single Application mode, perfect for admins who want to deliver an invisible Windows VM with selected apps to a user\u2019s Mac Dock. For the user, they don\u2019t even have to know that the Windows application is running in a VM.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Parallels has drastically improved the performance of Desktop 13. External Thunderbolt SSD drives now respond at near native speeds, snapshots of VMs with a large amount of memory happens up to 50 percent faster, working with Windows files on a Mac is now up to 47 percent faster, and even USB devices perform up to 40 percent faster.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with a Retina display will also like that transitions and the sharpness of text and graphics in scaled mode are much improved over the previous versions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hands-On<\/strong><br \/>\nCreating a new VM of any sort is still fast and easy with Parallels Desktop 13. If you&#8217;re adding a Windows 10 VM, you don&#8217;t even need to own a license while setting up the VM; you can do that directly from Microsoft during setup. It&#8217;s also possible to install Windows from an image file or DVD, or even transfer it to a virtual machine from a PC that you&#8217;re replacing with a Mac.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42862\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42862\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-Control-Center.png\" alt=\"The Parallels Desktop 13 control center with a variety of operating systems\" width=\"320\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-Control-Center.png 320w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-Control-Center-85x120.png 85w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-Control-Center-230x323.png 230w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-Control-Center-135x190.png 135w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-Control-Center-85x120@2x.png 170w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Parallels-Desktop-13-Control-Center-135x190@2x.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>(The Parallels Desktop 13 control center with a variety of operating systems.)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parallels includes a number of free systems for quick setup, including the Windows 10 Development Environment, the Modern.IE Test Environment, your existing macOS installation (it installs from the Recover Partition), and Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Mint and Debian GNU Linux. Last, but certainly not least, you can even set up an Android VM!<\/p>\n<p>I find Parallels Desktop to be valuable in running beta versions of operating systems&#8230;once those versions are actually available. Trying to run early developer betas of macOS High Sierra prior to the release of Parallels Desktop 13 was impossible. Since it has been released, running a beta environment for newer versions of High Sierra has been stable and fast.<\/p>\n<p>While I am a big fan of both Parallels Desktop and the Parallels Access app (which allows remote access from any iOS device), I find the Parallels Toolbox &#8212; a collection of over 30 utilities for the Mac &#8212; to be somewhat redundant so I do not install it. Many of the functions of Parallels Toolbox are better done by other utilities.<\/p>\n<p>What I find refreshing about using Parallels Desktop for Mac 13 is that on today&#8217;s higher-powered Macs, virtual machines no longer seem to run slowly. It&#8217;s possible to run Windows apps as required&nbsp;at a snappy pace, even when those apps are graphics-intensive.<\/p>\n<p>One other feature that is really valuable is the ability to have Parallels Desktop optimize VM settings automatically for the fastest possible virtual environment. There are four settings &#8212; productivity, games, design, development &#8212; and Desktop tweaks memory, graphics and other settings in a VM to make it run at peak performance regardless of what you&#8217;re using that machine for.<\/p>\n<p>All-in-all, Parallels Desktop 13 is a solid upgrade and the best way to run apps from almost any operating system on a Mac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the past few months I\u2019ve had the pleasure of working with Parallels Desktop 13&nbsp;for Mac, the latest in a line of virtualization tools from Parallels. 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