Parallels Desktop ® App Store Edition has the same basic features as Parallels Desktop ® Standard Edition: it enables you to run Windows ®, Linux and their applications on your Mac without rebooting. However, as App Store applications run in sandbox, there are some differences between App Store and Standard editions. Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac Run Windows on Mac without rebooting. Whether you need to run Windows programs that don’t have Mac versions, or you are making the switch from PC to Mac and need to transfer your data, Parallels Desktop has you covered. Get up and running in minutes. Office on Mac and Windows within Parallels Desktop My laptop is a Mac with its own version of Office installed. I have to run a few programs in a Windows environment, so I have Parallels Desktop also installed with Windows 10. Parallels essentially runs a full Windows OS in a Mac 'window' or 'app'. Fires up really quickly, allows you to easily take snapshot backups of the full installation, allows a full screen or not view, and you can easily share files between the two OS systems. (create a file on the Mac and open it in Windows, or vice versa).

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Run Windows on Mac without rebooting.

Whether you need to run Windows programs that don’t have Mac versions, or you are making the switch from PC to Mac and need to transfer your data, Parallels Desktop has you covered. Parallels desktop 4 for mac. Get up and running in minutes. Download and install Windows 10 in one click. Create a virtual machine from your existing Windows, Linux, Ubuntu or Boot Camp® installation. Learn more. Save time and disk space with shared access to Mac files and folders in Windows applications. Optimized for macOS Big Sur (11.0). Get the most out of your Mac.

Version 1.6.1:

Optimized for macOS 11 Big Sur with a refreshed design, easier setup, and other improvements. Below is the list of the most important fixes:

Big Sur as a host operating system

• Resolves an issue with a Mac crashing after trying to start a virtual machine.
• Resolves an issue with a virtual machine crashing when a user logs in to Windows.
• Resolves an issue with the CPU menu in the virtual machine configuration showing only two menu items.
• Resolves an issue with the 'Unable to pause 'virtual machine name'.' message appearing while deleting a snapshot.
• Resolves an issue with the Parallels Desktop window moving up when switching between the tabs of the Parallels Desktop Preferences and virtual machine configuration dialog.
• Resolves an issue with multiple virtual machine icons in the Dock.

Big Sur in a virtual machine

• Resolves an issue with not being able to upgrade an existing macOS virtual machine to macOS 11 Big Sur.
• Resolves an issue with not being able to install macOS 11 Big Sur in a virtual machine from the Recovery partition.
• Resolves an issue with a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine showing a black screen after the Parallels Tools reinstallation.
• Resolves an issue with a macOS virtual machine showing a black screen after upgrading it to macOS 11 Big Sur.
• Resolves a rare issue with a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine rebooting when a user logs in.
• Resolves an issue with the default screen resolution set to 1024x768 in a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine created on a Mac with the macOS version other than Big Sur.
• Resolves an issue with Installation Assistant showing the macOS 11 Big Sur version incorrectly (as 10.16).

Other improvements

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• The Parallels Desktop user interface has been updated to meet the macOS 11 Big Sur style.
• Parallels Desktop meets the macOS 11 Big Sur privacy restrictions. For example, it is not allowed to use Bluetooth until a user gives consent.

Network

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• You can configure Bridged networking for your virtual machine.

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Graphics

• Support for DirectX 11.1 which brings better support for high-resolution monitors and support for more applications and games that require DirectX 11.
• Support for Metal graphics in macOS Big Sur 11 (and later) virtual machines. This allowed Parallels engineers to improve the guest version of macOS performance and fix a number of issues that were reported in 2018-2020:
• Selected text in a PDF document opened in Preview is blacked out.
• Blank interface in the FileSimple application.
• The clock in the macOS menu bar doesn’t look sharp sometimes.
• Multiple tabs in Safari are displayed with graphical artifacts.
• The Notes app crashes in macOS virtual machines.
• The Maps app shows a black screen.
• Black thumbnails in the Photos app installed in a macOS virtual machine.