Parallels Desktop Changelog

What's new in Parallels Desktop 19.3.1

May 2, 2024

Addresses overall stability and performance issues

New in Parallels Desktop 19.3.0 (Mar 8, 2024)

General:
Fixes the issue with Parallels Desktop failing to launch on Apple Silicon Macs with a Virtual Machine Monitor error.
Enables Parallels Desktop Pro users and Parallels Desktop for Business administrators to control the direction of copy/paste clipboard sharing between macOS and virtual machines, allowing clipboard data to be shared not only in both directions, but also only from the Mac to the virtual machine, or only in reverse.
Fixes the issue of Parallels Desktop for Business mass deploy package returning an error when installing with specific authentication options.
Fixes the issue where users could not initiate the Parallels Toolbox installation process from the Settings panel.
Windows 11:
Fixes the issue where Windows would get stuck at booting after a Parallels Tools update.
Fixes a graphic rendering issue in Dark Souls 2.
Fixes a graphic rendering issue in Rise of Kingdoms.
Fixes various graphic rendering issues in Genshin Impact.
Fixes various graphic rendering issues in Edificus 3D modelling software.
Linux:
Adds support for express installation of Arm versions of Ubuntu Desktop 21 & 22.
Fixes the issue of Parallels Tools failing to install on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS for amd64 architecture.
Fixes the vector type 28 error occurring when creating a Kali Linux 2023.3 machine and enabling Rosetta.
Improves the trackpad scrolling sensitivity and enables manual scrolling speed adjustments. To adjust sensitivity, execute the following command in macOS Terminal: $ defaults write "com.parallels.Parallels Desktop" "HID Host Hook.Scroll Sensitivity" X Where X < 120 (20 = the default value, 120 = the lowest sensitivity)
macOS (virtual machines on Macs with Apple silicon):
Enables macOS virtual machine parameters (e.g., CPU cores, RAM size, disk size, etc.) to be configured graphically, just like with Windows and Linux virtual machines.
The default virtual disk size is now set to 128GB.
Enables Cmd+Tab, Cmd+Space system shortcuts and Fn button to be sent to a macOS virtual machine.
Fixes the issue where an active OpenVPN connection on your Mac would prevent a macOS virtual machine from maintaining an internet connection while in Shared network mode.
Fixes the issue where a macOS virtual machine could not access the Internet when zScaler VPN software was being run on the Mac.
Fixes the issue where a virtual machine with a public beta version of macOS Sonoma 14.4 (23E5191e) installed from a recovery partition or .app would not respond to the keyboard.
What Will Be Deprecated or Removed from Parallels Desktop Soon:
According to the statistics from the users who participate in the Parallels Customer Experience program, some product features are used very seldom or not at all. We have decided to either stop supporting them or completely remove them from Parallels Desktop and focus on frequently used features and further enhancements.
Below is the list of features that are no longer supported and will be removed – not in version 19.3.0, but in the next major version of Parallels Desktop for Mac. None of the features mentioned below are business-critical, so these changes will have little to no effect on your workflow.
On all Mac computers, the following things are no longer supported:
Travel Mode
The option to launch a virtual machine when your Mac starts
Parallels Virtualization SDK (see details here)
The 32-bit version of Parallels Tools for Windows and Linux
The resource usage slider in the virtual machine’s Optimization settings tab
The option to download Parallels Access from the Parallels Desktop preferences panel
On Mac computers with Intel processors, the following things are no longer supported:
The "Extended memory limit” option in the virtual machine’s CPU & Memory > Advanced settings tab
Resource Monitor
Support for macOS 10.5 to 10.8 virtual machines
Support for the Visual Studio plugin for remote debugging
Network boot for macOS virtual machines

New in Parallels Desktop 19.2.1 (Dec 27, 2023)

New in Parallels Desktop 19.2.0 (Dec 14, 2023)

New in Parallels Desktop 19.1.1 (Nov 10, 2023)

New in Parallels Desktop 19.1.0 (Oct 19, 2023)

New in Parallels Desktop 19.0.0 (Aug 22, 2023)

Ready for macOS Sonoma 14:
Parallels Desktop 19 fully supports macOS Sonoma 14 both as a primary OS on Mac as well as running in a virtual machine, so you can upgrade your Mac computers when the new operating system is available. You will see more details about specific improvements for macOS Sonoma below.
Look and Feel:
Adds a new application icon that reflects the latest design guidelines;
Adds redesigned dialogs and alerts for easier interaction with the application;
Adds confirmation dialogs before opening archived and packed virtual machines;
Adds a "Do not show again" checkbox to the warning dialog when reverting to a snapshot.
Windows on Mac:
Integration with Mac: Enables using your Mac’s Touch ID to log into your Windows 10 or Windows 11 virtual machine. Your Windows account credentials are securely stored in macOS Keychain, protected with Touch ID, and available only on this Mac.
Graphics: Adds support for OpenGL up to version 4.1 in Windows, enabling you to run ArcGIS CityEngine 2023, Vectorworks Vision 2023, VariCAD, and more. This version also improves performance for ArcGIS Pro software.
Printing: On macOS Sonoma, Parallels Desktop 19 now uses an Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) for printing from Windows that provides better compatibility with hardware-supported features.
Keyboard: In Microsoft Edge, Command+W now closes a tab instead of quitting the application.
Linux:
Adds support for several newest Linux distributions, including Ubuntu 22.04.2, Fedora 38, Debian 12, CentOS 9, and more;
Enables installing and running the Arm version of CentOS 9 Stream on Mac computers with Apple Silicon.
macOS (as a virtual machine):
Adds the ability to pause and resume macOS virtual machine on Apple silicon;
On macOS Ventura 13 and newer, adds the ability to install macOS virtual machines on Apple silicon Macs from an IPSW image using the “Create New” dialog;
On macOS Ventura 13 and newer, adds support for “Scroll & Zoom” multi-touch gestures;
On macOS Sonoma 14 and newer, enables support for dynamic virtual machine resolution adjustment based on the virtual machine window size.
Parallels Desktop 19 for Mac Pro Edition only:
Improved compatibility with HashiCorp Packer:
Parallels SDK and Python are no longer required for Parallels Packer Plugin and Parallels Desktop;
Adds the ability to use Packer with a macOS virtual machine on Apple Silicon;
Includes a set of sample Packer templates to be used with Parallels virtual machines: https://github.com/Parallels/packer-examples/
Linux on Apple silicon: x86_64 emulation:
Adds a ready-to-download Ubuntu appliance to the “Create New” dialog, configured specifically for running x86_64 containers or applications. Note: Ubuntu snap applications are not supported;
Adds the option in the CPU & Memory settings to enable x86_64 emulation in Linux virtual machines on Apple Silicon machines. This option is enabled by Apple Rosetta 2 and allows developers to run x86 Docker containers and MS SQL Server. Note: Additional configuration is required within Linux. To get started quickly, download a pre-configured Ubuntu Linux virtual machine via the Installation Assistant menu.
Visual Studio Code extension for Parallels Desktop:
Adds a new Parallels Desktop extension for Visual Studio Code to create, group, create and manage Parallels virtual machines and Vagrant boxes in a more flexible way than ever before;
Allows you to quickly manage your containers from within the Visual Studio Code extension, you can start/stop/restart a container without the need to log into the machine as long as it is running.
Network:
Adds the ability to use port forwarding with a macOS virtual machine on Apple silicon (requires a macOS Sonoma 14 as the host OS). Configure port forwarding rules in the Parallels Desktop preferences -> Network.
Command Line:
Adds the ability to send keyboard key events (press/release) using the prlctl command-line tool (e.g., $ prlctl send-key-event -k,--key | -s,--scancode [-e,--event ] [-d,--delay ]);
Software developers and IT pros using Parallels Desktop are welcome to share their feedback about these improvements, discuss feature suggestions, and have fun with like-minded people at Parallels Desktop Discord channel.
Parallels Desktop 19 for Mac Business Edition only
Adds support for enrolling Windows virtual machines in Windows management solutions (e.g., Intune):
Using Parallels Deployment package (improved);
Using Parallels My Account configuration profiles to provision Windows virtual machine (support added);
Using a prepackaged Windows virtual machine and sharing it as a file (support added).
Adds support for deploying Parallels Desktop with a macOS virtual machine for Mac computers with Apple silicon.

New in Parallels Desktop 18.3.2 (Jul 7, 2023)

New in Parallels Desktop 18.3.1 (Jun 8, 2023)

New in Parallels Desktop 18.3.0 (May 17, 2023)

New in Parallels Desktop 18.2.0 (Feb 14, 2023)

New in Parallels Desktop 18.1.1 (Dec 13, 2022)

New in Parallels Desktop 18.1.0 (Nov 8, 2022)

New in Parallels Desktop 18.0.0 (Aug 9, 2022)

Ready for macOS Ventura 13
As a main operating system:
Parallels Desktop 18 fully supports macOS Ventura 13, so you can upgrade your Mac computers (Apple M series chips or Intel processors) when the new operating system is available.
On Mac computers with Apple M series chips, added the ability to boot macOS Ventura VM to Recovery Mode and disable System Integrity Protection.
As a virtual machine:
Run macOS Ventura 13 in a virtual machine.
Graphics:
For Apple M series chip Mac computers:
On Mac computers with a ProMotion display, Windows will now adopt display refresh rate changes automatically if it has been changed in macOS.
Improved default resolution in macOS virtual machines.
Usability:
For all supported Mac computers:
Parallels Tools update will be installed upon Windows restart to prevent unwanted interruptions.
Safari will now use Parallels account credentials previously created in Parallels Desktop.
Editing Parallels Desktop network preferences is now much easier and protected from both human errors and conflicts with the macOS network.
Redesigned virtual machine Sharing options for better usability.
For Intel-based Mac computers:
Download and install Windows 11 via the in-product offer.
When using the Parallels hypervisor, Parallels Desktop now displays a notification informing you about system memory issues if they occur.
Compatibility:
For Apple M series chip Mac computers:
Parallels Tools driver responsible for Shared Folders functionality has been re-built to ARM architecture to provide better compatibility with Intel applications in Windows running on Apple M series Mac.
On Mac computers with a ProMotion display, the macOS menu bar remains visible for virtual machines in full-screen mode when configured accordingly.
Devices:
For all supported Mac computers:
A new virtual controller device is automatically created in Windows when a Bluetooth controller is connected to the Mac, allowing users to play Windows games with Xbox, DualSense, and other game controllers.
The Virtio network driver used in Windows and Linux by default now supports jumbo Ethernet frames.
Improved USB 3.0 support: Works with live data streaming devices (webcams, game capture devices, and a range of other video and audio streaming devices, including Elgato HD60 S, SOCT Copernicus REVO, and more).
Improved mouse precision in Windows when the mouse is in gaming mode.
For Apple M series chip Mac computers:
Added the ability to use network boot with Linux ARM virtual machines.
Design:
For all supported Mac computers:
Updated the Parallels Desktop menu bar icon design.
Virtual machine and Shared Applications icons in the Dock don't have the Parallels logo anymore. To distinguish Windows apps from macOS apps, tag the virtual machine with color in Finder or via the Control Center context menu.
New navigation, search functionality, and feedback forms have been introduced to Parallels online documentation.
Other:
For all supported Mac computers:
Downloadable Linux virtual machines have been updated with the latest OS versions (also known as virtual appliances or free systems).
For Apple M series chip Mac computers:
Added the ability to select Windows 11 edition before installing via the in-product offer.
Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac Pro Edition only:
For all supported Mac computers:
Parallels plug-in for Visual Studio has been updated with functionality that allows C++ developers to profile their applications in separate virtual machines.
For Apple M series chip Mac computers:
On Mac Studio with Apple M1 Ultra chip, assign up to 62 GB RAM and up to 18 CPU cores to Windows and get up to 96% faster Windows 11 on your Mac.*
Added the ability to add/remove, start/stop, and clone macOS virtual machines using Parallels Desktop CLI tools.
Added the Network Conditioner feature for configuring various network conditions in the virtual machine.
Added the option in Parallels Desktop Network preferences to connect or isolate macOS from virtual networks.
Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac Business Edition only:
For all supported Mac computers:
Added SSO/SAML support that allows employees to activate Parallels Desktop with their corporate account.
Added support for Windows 11 mass deployment and provisioning.
Added the ability to manage Parallels Customer Experience Program participation centrally in Parallels My Account.
What was Deprecated or Removed from Parallels Desktop 18:
According to the statistics from the users who participate in the Parallels Customer Experience program, some product features are used very seldom or not at all. We have decided to either stop supporting them or completely remove them from Parallels Desktop and focus on frequently used features and further enhancements.
Please see below which features were removed and which were deprecated. If a feature is removed, it is no longer available in Parallels Desktop 18. Deprecated features will continue to work, but are no longer supported and will be removed in the next product version.
All the features mentioned below are not business-critical, so these changes will have little to no impact on your work.
Removed features:
Support for End-of-Life Linux distributions.
* Performance measurements conducted by Parallels by collecting the PassMark9 score in Windows 11 (22000) in macOS 12 on Mac13,2. Measured with a pre-release version of Parallels Desktop 18 versus the released version of Parallels Desktop 17. The performance will vary based on usage, system configuration, and other factors.

New in Parallels Desktop 17.1.4 (Jun 3, 2022)

New in Parallels Desktop 17.1.3 (May 26, 2022)

New in Parallels Desktop 17.1.2 (Mar 22, 2022)

New in Parallels Desktop 17.1.1 (Mar 22, 2022)

New in Parallels Desktop 17.1.0 (Oct 14, 2021)

New in Parallels Desktop 17.0.1 (Sep 7, 2021)

New in Parallels Desktop 17.0.0 (Aug 10, 2021)

Performance:
For all supported Mac computers:
Automatic CPU and memory allocation. Parallels Desktop evaluates your Mac's hardware and automatically allocates as many resources to your virtual machine as needed to provide the best possible experience with Windows. If you then transfer this virtual machine to another Mac, Parallels Desktop will allocate CPU and memory based on the new hardware configuration.
Virtual machines resume up to 38% faster now.
For Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip only:
Windows 10 and Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview start up to 33% faster.
Up to 20% faster disk performance for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview.
For Mac computers with an Intel processor only:
Up to 60% faster network performance in virtual machines with macOS 11 Big Sur or later.
Graphics:
For all supported Mac computers:
Improved display driver delivers much smoother Windows UI responsiveness and synchronized video playback experience. The new driver boosts frame rate in many Windows games for a greater gaming experience and provides better synchronization with the Mac's display.
Up to 6 times faster OpenGL graphics performance.
Up to 25% faster graphics performance in Windows virtual machines.
For Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip only:
Added support for the dynamic resolution in Linux virtual machines, so it becomes much more convenient to use them in the Window view mode. When you resize the virtual machine window, Linux adjusts the screen resolution automatically.
Up to 28% faster DirectX 11 graphics performance.
Ready for macOS 12 Monterey:
As a main operating system:
When macOS 12 Monterey is officially released, you can upgrade your Mac computers both with the Apple M1 chip and an Intel processor. Parallels Desktop 17 fully supports this new operating system.
As a virtual machine:
In collaboration with Apple, Parallels engineers created the World's first prototype of a macOS 12 Monterey virtual machine running on a Mac with the Apple M1 chip. To use this virtual machine, you need a Mac with macOS 12 Monterey or later. Since it is an experimental support for Monterey virtual machines on M1 Macs, please note that productivity and integration features are not available yet.
If you have a Mac with an Intel processor, create and use macOS 12 Monterey virtual machines without any limitations.
Ready for Windows 11:
When Windows 11 is officially released, install and use Windows 11 in Parallels virtual machines on Mac computers both with the Apple M1 chip and an Intel processor. If you want to try it earlier, you can already install and work with Windows 11 Insider Preview.
Usability:
The improved Devices menu now shows the same devices' names as in macOS:
for USB drives - the same name as in the Finder;
for printers and scanners - the same name as in the macOS System Preferences;
additional numbering (#2, #3, etc.) is used only if there are two identical devices connected to the Mac.
The Free Up Disk Space assistant shows how much space is taken by the virtual machine snapshots allowing you to manage your disk space better.
Integration:
Drag and drop text and images from macOS to any Windows application and vice versa. If you're using a Mac with macOS 12 Monterey, you can drag and drop any content from Windows applications to Quick Note the same way as from macOS apps.
Copy formatted text in macOS and paste it as plain (without formatting) in virtual machine applications using the "Command + Shift + Option + V" keyboard shortcut.
Improved experience in the Coherence view mode. Various system windows (e.g., when you sign in to Windows, Windows is installing updates, restarts or shuts down, etc.) that were displayed full screen now appear minimized and no longer distract your attention from important tasks.
Improvements for the keyboard layout. You can now remap AltGr to the Mac's Option key and use the left Option button for entering accented language characters and special symbols.
Devices:
For all supported Mac computers:
Support for USB 3.1. Connect even more USB devices to your virtual machines, including Samsung T7 Touch and Pro Elite portable SSDs, and more.
Multimonitor support for Linux. You can now use Linux virtual machines in the Full Screen view mode on multiple displays.
For Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip only:
Support for the battery device in Windows 10 and Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview virtual machines. Now Windows detects when your Mac is running out of battery and enables the power saving mode automatically.
Support for a virtual Trusted Platform Module chip (vTPM) and Secure Boot in Windows 10 and Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview virtual machines.
Support for the serial port device both in Windows 10 and Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview and Linux virtual machines. You can add up to 4 serial ports in each virtual machine.
Support for the sound device in Linux virtual machines.
For Mac computers with an Intel processor only:
Support for a new VirtIO network driver in macOS 11 Big Sur and later virtual machines. It provides a more stable network connection and up to 60% faster Internet speed.
Other:
Updated the operating systems installed in free of charge and available to download virtual machines (also known as virtual appliances or free systems) to the latest versions.
Updated and refreshed the Virtual Machine Configuration and Parallels Desktop Preferences dialogs to match the new macOS design.
Parallels Desktop 17 for Mac Pro Edition only:
For all supported Mac computers:
Create an independent and fully identical virtual machine based on a linked clone.
Updated Parallels Desktop plugin for Visual Studio to debug code in a standalone virtual machine. The new plugin can be used on Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip and is much easier to install in Visual Studio 2019 or later.
For Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip only:
Now you can set a custom serial number or BIOS version in virtual machines.
Parallels Desktop 17 for Mac Business Edition only:
Universal binary for Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip or an Intel processor allows IT administrators to create one package for both platforms and use configuration profiles to provide a proper Windows virtual machine image.
IT administrators can now create a configuration profile in Parallels My Account to provision an ARM-based version of Windows to Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip.
What was Deprecated or Removed from Parallels Desktop 17:
According to the statistics from the users who participate in the Parallels Customer Experience program, some of the product features are used very seldom or not used at all. We have decided to either stop supporting them or completely remove from Parallels Desktop and focus on more important features and further enhancements.
Please see below which features were removed and which deprecated. Removed features are no longer available in Parallels Desktop 17 while deprecated ones continue working though they are not supported anymore and will be removed in the next product versions.
All the features mentioned below are not business-critical, so these changes will have no impact (or very little) on your work.
Removed features:
Converting a virtual disk to plain format. The "Expanding disk" checkbox (enabled by default) was removed from the virtual machine configuration because of very low usage. Though, it is still possible to convert a virtual disk to a plain disk using the Parallels command-line tool prl_disk_tool in the Terminal.
Splitting a virtual disk into 2 GB files. The "Split the disk image into 2 GB files" checkbox was removed from the virtual machine configuration because of very low usage. But it is still possible to split the disk image using the Parallels command-line tool prl_disk_tool in the Terminal.
Deprecated features:
Graphics memory selector for Windows 8 and later. It was removed from the virtual machine configuration for the operating systems that support automatic graphics memory allocation. Pre-allocating graphics memory is not efficient because Parallels Desktop has no access to physical vRAM and uses the Mac's system memory (RAM) instead. For more details, please read KB 124575.

New in Parallels Desktop 16.5.1 (Jul 8, 2021)

New in Parallels Desktop 16.5.0.49183 (Apr 15, 2021)

This update for Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac 16.5.0 brings full native support for Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip, addresses overall stability and security issues, and includes the following fixes and improvements.
Parallels Desktop for Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip:
Issues reported by Parallels Desktop users:
Resolves an issue with virtual machines having no Internet connection when they are configured to use the Shared Network setting.
Resolves an issue with the mouse pointer moving slowly in virtual machines configured for games.
Resolves an issue with the mouse pointer becoming sluggish.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools sometimes hanging during the installation.
Resolves an issue with color noise sometimes appearing on the screen after the Parallels Tools installation.
Resolves an issue with green boxes in the HiP2P IP camera software.
Resolves an issue with an Ubuntu 21.04 virtual machine not booting after updating the kernel to 5.11.0.
Resolves an issue with the Installation Assistant not being able to detect an operating system when creating a Kali Linux 2020.2 or 2020.4 virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with Fedora Rawhide hanging during the installation.
Other:
On a Mac with the Apple M1 chip, download and use pre-configured virtual machines with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Debian 10.7, Fedora Workstation 33-1.2, and Kali Linux 2021.1.
The 3D acceleration menu was temporarily concealed in the Graphics pane of Linux virtual machine configuration because this feature is not yet supported in Parallels Desktop for Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip.
The following settings were removed from the virtual machine configuration in Parallels Desktop for Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip:
The Enable nested virtualization checkbox in the CPU & Memory pane.
The hypervisor selection in the CPU & Memory pane. All virtual machines are set to use the Apple hypervisor.
The Floppy Disk pane.
Parallels Desktop for Mac computers with an Intel processor:
Support for Linux kernel version 5.11.
Resolves an issue with failing to start a Boot Camp-based virtual machine and showing the "A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed." error message.
Resolves an issue with incorrect identification of a virtual machine operating in the Bridged Networking mode.
Resolves an issue with the Internet Information Services application showing an error when used in Parallels Desktop 16.
Resolves an issue with no Internet connection in virtual machines when the MTU (maximum transmission unit) is changed to 9000 in the macOS network preferences.
Resolves an issue with the Parallels file system returning unknown d_type.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition asking to allow system extensions on start.
Resolves an issue with not being able to deploy Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition via JAMF and showing the "launch path not accessible" error message.

New in Parallels Desktop 16.1.3.49160 (Feb 11, 2021)

New in Parallels Desktop 16.1.2.49151 (Feb 11, 2021)

New in Parallels Desktop 16.1.1.49141 (Feb 11, 2021)

New in Parallels Desktop 16.1.0.48950 (Feb 11, 2021)

This update for Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac 16.1.0 (48950) is focused on improving the product stability and security, and includes the following features, fixes and improvements:
Support for macOS 11 Big Sur:
Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac has been optimized for macOS 11 Big Sur (when released) 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 a suspended virtual machine not resuming after updating to Parallels Desktop 16.
Resolves an issue with graphics artifacts appearing in the background when a virtual machine is running in Coherence.
Resolves an issue with the Parallels kernel extension not loading after being approved and restarting the Mac.
Resolves an issue with newly created Boot Camp virtual machines not starting in Big Sur.
Resolves a rare issue with Parallels Desktop asking to restart the Mac to complete the installation and then showing the same message again after restart.
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:
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.
Additional information:
According to the new requirements, all virtual machines created in macOS 11 Big Sur are set to use the Apple hypervisor by default. If you’re using a virtual machine with the Parallels hypervisor, you will be prompted to allow the Parallels kernel extension and restart the Mac for the changes to take effect. If you need nested virtualization, configure your virtual machine to use the Parallels hypervisor.
The Network Conditioner feature is currently not available on Macs with macOS 11 Big Sur.
Graphics:
Support for DirectX 11.1. This improvement provides you with the following benefits - better support for high-resolution monitors and support for more applications and games that require DirectX 11.
Support for Metal graphics in macOS 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.
A 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.
Devices:
Create virtual hard disks on the basis of .dmg files and use them in a virtual machine.
Issues reported by Parallels Desktop customers:
This Parallels Desktop build includes the following improvements:
Applications:
Resolves an issue with graphics artifacts in BricsCAD, Creo 6.0, Creo Parametric 7.0.1.0, iRidium Studio, iCam 3D, FreeCAD 0.18.4, CATIA, Solid Edge
2020, Namirial Termo 5, Winner Design 12, Minitab 19, Olex² Crystallography Software, Mercury, ANSYS 17.2, TRASSIR (DSSL), FEFLOW (DHI), MySQL Workbench, Gradework 4D, pCon.planner, and Abaqus.
Resolves an issue with incorrect rendering in the 3D viewer of the AmiBroker app, LDView, SoundPLAN.
Resolves an issue with slow performance and graphics artifacts in Insignia Approver, TopSolid 2020 v6.21, Citrix.
Resolves an issue with graphics artifacts appearing when selecting or highlighting objects in Condacam 3.1.
Resolves an issue with PRO100 v5.20 showing an error message about a problem with the graphics adapter.
Resolves an issue with the dark screen in Pro100 v6.15 when moving the camera.
Resolves an issue with the Citrix Receiver screen flickering, minimizing and maximizing when Windows is running in Coherence.
Resolves an issue with not being able to install PROFIS Detection in a Windows virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with Bosch Video Security not working when Parallels Tools are installed.
Resolves an issue with Visual Studio not opening a project located on a network drive after upgrading to Parallels Desktop 16.
Resolves an issue with AutoCad opening the projects located in a shared folder as “read-only”.
Resolves an issue with PaletteCAD v10 and ParaVIEW not starting in a virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with a virtual machine freezing when using “Polycom Real Presence”.
Resolves an issue with the Siemens NX 12 application showing the “Internal error: Memory access violation.” error message.
Resolves an issue with MS Outlook notifications not working correctly in Coherence.
Windows:
Resolves an issue with the Windows 7 screen moving down after connecting to a remote server via RDP in Coherence.
Resolves an issue with starting a Windows 10 virtual machine on a Mac with macOS 10.15 Catalina and sometimes blocking the Mac.
Resolves a rare issue with a Windows 8.1 virtual machine getting stuck on booting Windows.
Resolves an issue with not being able to install Windows 10 Insider Preview build 20175 in a virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with a Windows 10 virtual machine periodically freezing when being used with Sidecar.
Resolves an issue with graphics artifacts appearing when connecting to a virtual machine via RDP.
Resolves an issue with a Windows virtual machine periodically locking up when TRIM is enabled.
Resolves an issue with Windows having no Internet connection and showing the previous network adapter after changing the network adapter type in the
virtual machine configuration.
Resolves an issue with a Windows virtual machine sometimes not shutting down after changing a network adapter in the virtual machine configuration.
Resolves a rare issue with Parallels Tools failing to update in a Windows 8.1 virtual machine after upgrading to Parallels Desktop 16.
Linux:
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools for Linux causing dracut issues in CentOS 7.
Resolves an issue with Ubuntu virtual machines crashing when using Zoom with NDI camera.
Resolves an issue with a Linux virtual machine getting stuck when copying large files from/to an external hard disk.
Resolves an issue with not being able to copy a file from an external disk to a Linux virtual machine and receiving the “cp: skipping file , as it was replaced while being copied” error message.
macOS:
Resolves an issue with low-quality sound in macOS virtual machines.
Resolves a rare issue with not being able to install Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server and Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan in a virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with not being able to create a macOS installation disk on an external disk with plenty of disk space provided that there is not enough space on the Mac’s internal disk.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools for macOS not updating automatically in an OS X 10.7 Lion virtual machine.
Printing:
Resolves an issue with bad letter spacing when printing a document from a virtual machine using “Print to PDF (Mac Desktop)”.
Resolves an issue with printing cropped documents from the AutoCad and Visma apps after upgrading to Parallels Desktop 16.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools not updating the printer driver after upgrading to Parallels Desktop 16.
Devices:
Resolves an issue with a microphone sometimes not working in Windows 10.
Resolves an issue with not being able to use iLock USB keys in Windows.
Resolves an issue with the "§" and "

New in Parallels Desktop 16.0.1.48919 (Oct 5, 2020)

Incredibly fast:
This version of Parallels Desktop is THE fastest version ever released. It starts up twice as fast as previous versions. Plus, Windows resumes and quits up to 20% faster. 
Improved graphics:
Parallels Desktop 16 users can now run even more graphic-heavy, resource-hungry Windows apps with ease. Version 16 delivers up to 20% faster DirectX 11 and improved OpenGL graphics support for both Windows and Linux so you can run more Windows applications and games, including DIALux evo 9, ProPresenter 6, Samson Connect and more. Plus, the new version includes the world’s first support for applications with 3D capabilities running in a macOS Big Sur VM.
Parallels Desktop users collectively run more than 200,000 Windows applications and with Parallels Desktop 16 can run even more applications.
Ready for macOS Big Sur and other OSes:
Parallels invested more than 25-person-years of engineer programming to take full advantage of the new architecture in macOS Big Sur. We also revamped kernel extensions to deliver our best Windows-on-Mac performance ever. That’s why we’re proud to say that version 16 is optimized for macOS Big Sur 11.0 (when released) with a refreshed design, easier setup, and much more. Plus, our developers continue to update Parallels Desktop for future releases of Windows, macOS and Linux.
Better productivity:
Wouldn’t it be nice to get extra screen time while traveling? Windows in Travel Mode now uses less energy and extends battery life by up to 15%.
10% of Parallels Desktop users are short on available disk space. We’ve included a feature that will help you better manage disk space, with the option to reclaim available disk space to Mac automatically.
Set “Do Not Disturb” on your Mac and Parallels Desktop will make sure that Windows 10 doesn’t disturb you either. This is especially useful when you’re in an important presentation.
Do you usually work with a Trackpad instead of a mouse? Now you can zoom and rotate objects smoothly in Windows applications with Trackpad gesture support.
Enhanced integration:
Every year we develop new features to perfectly integrate Mac and Windows with each other. In Parallels Desktop 16, we’ve added some powerful new features that make it even smoother to run Windows apps as if they were native on the Mac.
Do you want to use duplex printing from Windows applications, with paper sizes ranging from A0 to envelope? Good news—you now can with new print options.
Now you can confidently work on Mac files in Windows by engaging the “safe removal check” to ensure files in shared folders aren’t accidentally deleted.
Linux and Mac VMs:
Everyone who is passionate about using Linux virtual machines (VMs) has reason to cheer. With version 16, you can be more productive when working with Git repositories in Linux Shared Folders with up to 75% faster “git status” execution. In just one click, you can use and download the latest Linux distributions including Ubuntu 20.04, CentOS 8, Fedora 32 and Debian 10. Plus, Linux OpenGL improvements now let you run Steam.
Do you want to achieve picture-perfect quality and performance using macOS Big Sur in a VM? You can now, thanks to the first-in-the-world Metal graphics acceleration in a VM with macOS Big Sur.
Parallels Desktop and Apple Silicon:
We’re all very excited about this demo shown at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which depicts a prototype of a forthcoming version of Parallels Desktop running on Mac with Apple Silicon. Parallels and Apple work closely to bring virtualization capabilities to Mac with Apple Silicon. Learn more.
New features in Pro Edition and Business Edition:
For our professional and business customers, we recommend Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition and Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition. Of course, all new features of Parallels Desktop 16 are included in these editions. Pro Edition and Business Edition now offer improved virtual machine deployment, including export capabilities to reduce the network load when deploying to many Mac devices on a corporate network. For developers, Parallels Desktop 16 enables users to name their custom networks for more organized testing.
Check out all new features that are exclusive to Pro Edition and Business Edition.
Special gift for Parallels Desktop users:
In all subscriptions of Parallels Desktop 16, users get more than 30+ single-click utilities from Parallels Toolbox for Windows and Mac, plus Parallels Access to remotely access your PC or Mac from your iOS or Android device or any web browser.
Check out all the recently released features in Parallels Toolbox and Parallels Access.
There are lots more new features to discover! Check it out yourself and let us know which feature you like most in the comments, or on Facebook or Twitter.

New in Parallels Desktop 15.1.5.47309 (Oct 2, 2020)

New in Parallels Desktop 15.1.4.47270 (Apr 21, 2020)

New in Parallels Desktop 15.1.3.47255 (Mar 11, 2020)

New in Parallels Desktop 15.1.2.47123 (Dec 4, 2019)

New in Parallels Desktop 15.1.1.47117 (Dec 4, 2019)

New in Parallels Desktop 15.1.0.47107 (Dec 4, 2019)

This update for Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac 15.1.0 (47107) has been created specially for the macOS 10.15 Catalina release. We have fixed the known issues that may happen when using Parallels Desktop and virtual machines in the latest version of macOS.
Parallels engineers made Parallels Desktop more stable, secure and comfortable to use. This update includes the following new features, fixes and improvements:
macOS 10.15 Catalina:
New Features:
You can now use “Sign in with Apple” to create a Parallels account.
Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac fully supports all macOS 10.15 Catalina security requirements. After you install Parallels Desktop, it asks your permission to access some of your folders and explains why access is required.
Resolved Issues:
Resolves an issue with frame rate always locked to 60 fps.
Resolves an issue with the Sidecar onscreen keyboard typing “aaaa” instead of correct symbols.
Resolves an issue with not being able to open Windows applications’ menus with Apple Pencil.
Resolves an issue with not being able to share Windows files with Mac services.
Resolves an issue with not being able to open Windows files with macOS system applications (e.g. TextEdit, Photos, Music, etc.).
Resolves UI performance and font issues in Parallels Desktop.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop not showing alert notifications.
Resolves an issue with the Parallels Desktop user interface displayed half-light or half-dark when the macOS appearance is set to “Auto”.
Resolves an issue with low resolution icons in the virtual machine status bar.
Resolves an issue with the “Install” button displayed for Parallels Toolbox and Parallels Access though they are both already installed.
Resolves an issue with not being able to create a macOS 10.15 Catalina virtual machine using the Recovery partition.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools trying to reinstall every time after suspending and resuming a macOS 10.15 Catalina virtual machine.
Issues with Windows applications:
Resolves an issue with Luminar 2018, Photocentric Studio, Autodesk Recap 2015/2016, Expresii and Pix4Dmapper working incorrectly or not working at all.
Resolves an issue with Altium Designer performance becoming slow.
Resolves an issue with incorrect rendering of layers in Altium Designer 19.
Resolves an issue with Autodesk Recap Photo showing an error message on startup.
Resolves an issue with black screen displayed in MegaCAD 3D 2018.
Resolves an issue with slow response in Microsoft Office 365 documents.
Resolves an issue with slow scrolling in Microsoft Office applications.
Resolves an issue with Vectorworks not refreshing its screen in 3D.
Resolves an issue with NTi XL2 Data Explorer not showing any content in its window.
Resolves an issue with Nox (Android emulator) showing black screen in a virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with Metrolog X4 crashing when opened in a virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with the “Run” and “Open folder” buttons not working in Microsoft Edge.
Resolves an issue with virtual machines crashing when a user worked with virtual camera applications such as CamTwist, Snap Camera, etc.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools making the ERP software slow and unstable in virtual machines.
Resolves an issue with mouse cursor not working in VMware vSphere Client installed in a virtual machine.
Games:
We’re happy that instead of buying another computer, you can save the money and planet by using Parallels Desktop to play games on your Mac.
Resolves an issue with low performance of World of Tanks.
Resolves an issue with Total War: Warhammer 2, X-Plane 11, Assassin’s Creed: Origins and Call of Duty: Black Ops III crashing on startup.
Resolves an issue with graphics artifacts in Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV, Rome: Total War v1.5, Hearts of Iron IV, EVE Online, Gang Beasts, Wolfpack and ManiaPlanet.
Resolves an issue with Titanfall failing to start.
Resolves an issue with crashes of Dovetail Games Train Sim World.
Resolves an issue with a virtual machine crashing on Warface startup.
Resolves an issue with Division 2 not working and showing the “Render Initialization Error” message.
Resolves an issue with not being able to log in to City of Heroes.
Resolves an issue with graphics artifacts and performance in Tomb Raider 2013.
Resolves an issue with performance in Anno 1404.
Resolves an issue with time lags in Need For Speed Most Wanted 2012.
Integration:
Resolves an issue with virtual machines periodically showing wrong time.
Resolves an issue with Windows applications not starting in a virtual machine after double-clicking their shortcuts on the macOS Desktop.
Resolves an issue with periodical crashes of virtual machines after opening and resuming the Mac from sleep.
Resolves an issue with the Start menu displayed incorrectly when opened in Coherence using the Windows Dock icon.
Resolves an issue with the Windows Start menu opened in Coherence using the Parallels menu icon and freezing the virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with a macOS virtual machine informing the user that the Mac is not connected to power though it actually is.
Devices:
Resolves an issue with a Bluetooth SteelSeries Stratus XL controller not pairing to a virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with the Mac’s screen becoming partially black after connecting additional displays to a virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with letter keystrokes getting dropped when typing in Windows applications.
Resolves an issue with not being able to create a new virtual hard disk in some directory other than the virtual machine .pvm bundle.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac crashing when trying to resume a virtual machine with multiple monitors that was suspended in Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac.
For Parallels Desktop 15 Business Edition only:
Resolves an issue with not being able to deploy Parallels Desktop in Single Application Mode using JAMF.
Resolves an issue with not being able to deploy Parallels Desktop using a mass deployment package.
Resolves an issue with additional mDNS record appearing and multicasting after each virtual machine restart.
Other:
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop crashing after trying to mount a virtual machine with Parallels Mounter.
Resolves an issue with a virtual machine not starting and showing the “Operation failed - you must enter the host OS administrator credentials” error message.
Resolves an issue with Windows XP screen becoming black for a few seconds after switching to this virtual machine running in Full Screen.
Shows a new error message informing the user that he/she cannot resume a virtual machine provided that this user has no permission to access some of the virtual machine files (in cases when the virtual machine was suspended by another user).
Shows a new message explaining the user that a suspended virtual machine was restarted because the file responsible for the virtual machine state had been damaged.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop Help not displayed correctly.

New in Parallels Desktop 15.0.0.46967 (Dec 4, 2019)

Graphics:
Graphics in Parallels Desktop 15 have been significantly improved compared to previous product versions.
With the help of Apple Metal, Parallels introduces support for DirectX 11. Now you can run Autodesk 3ds Max 2020, Lumion, ArcGIS Pro 2.3, products from MasterSeries and more. You can also play many favorite games, including Madden NFL 19, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Anno 2205, Railway Empire, Space Engineers, Frostpunk, Risk of Rain 2 and many more.
DirectX 3D graphics are now accelerated by the Apple Metal engine.
Enhanced compatibility with new Linux distributions due to Virtio GPU that supports sliding mouse (when Parallels Desktop captures the guest OS mouse cursor), dynamic resolution (when the screen resolution changes dynamically if you resize the virtual machine window) and multimonitor support—even without Parallels Tools.
Support for DRM-based graphics required by recent versions of major Linux distributions.
Performance:
Despite continuous performance improvements every year and almost native performance in many scenarios, we managed to make the product even faster and efficient.
Some applications can use DirectX 11 and thus are much faster, compared to being unusably slow in previous versions.
3D graphics are up to 15% faster.
Microsoft Office applications are up to 80% faster.
User interface is more responsive.
Getting ready for macOS 10.15 Catalina:
Get even more graphics power with the release of macOS® 10.15 Catalina. Play more DirectX 11 games including FIFA 19, Fallout 4, Elite Dangerous, Prey (2017), Crysis 3, Anno 1800 and more.
Improved support for Apple Pencil® drawing capabilities when you work with Windows applications on iPad® using Sidecar:
Tilt support for Apple Pencil.
Double-tap Apple Pencil to get new Touch Bar options:
Toggle between Pen, Eraser and Mouse modes.
Easily take a snip, enable Windows Tablet mode or open the Windows onscreen keyboard from Touch Bar.
Hardware:
Support for non-volatile memory express (NVMe) disk controller—the next generation of storage controllers. NVMe is more virtualization friendly and effective than AHCI. NVMe leverages not just solid-state storage but also modern multicore CPUs.
Support for Intel HDA audio card:
Supports up to 8/2 channels (out/in), 192kHz sample rate and 32-bit samples.
Improved sound quality of VoIP phones.
Support for “jack sense.”:
Automatic detection when the microphone is muted. If access to the Mac® microphone is not allowed by the user or macOS preferences, Windows shows the microphone as muted.
Automatic detection when sound output is disabled. If it is disabled in the virtual machine settings, Windows also shows sound output as disabled.
Support for Bluetooth Low Energy. This allows you to use more devices, including Logitech Craft, IrisPEN and some IoT devices (such as smart home appliances and smart bands).
Version of the Bluetooth driver is 4.0.
Convenience:
Boot Camp–based virtual machine improvements:
Windows became more stable on startup.
Resolved the issue with Boot Camp–based virtual machines becoming broken due to hard disk reconfiguration.
Improved support for major Windows updates. When Windows installs a major update in a virtual machine, Parallels Desktop offers to complete update installation in Boot Camp natively.
New Boot Camp icon is used instead of the Windows 10 icon for Boot Camp–based virtual machines.
When reverting to a snapshot, Parallels Desktop offers to save current VM state as a new snapshot.
Though dragging and dropping images has been supported from the very beginning, some of the latest macOS screenshots cannot be simply dragged to Windows because of the new format. We have enhanced drag-and-drop functionality—now you can drag screenshot previews, images from Safari, Photos and other macOS applications and drop them to your Windows applications.
Completely redesigned keyboard layouts support improving several aspects, including:
Excel shortcuts “Ctrl” + “+” and “Ctrl” + “-“ are now supported.
Improved support for JIS keyboard.
Fixed input with CAPS LOCK on for most of non-English layouts.
Now you can send files from macOS as attachments using the default email application in Windows. Right-click a macOS file, point to Share > More > Send with Windows Email App.
The default email application can be changed in Windows settings.
Improved USB automatic connection. Prior to Parallels Desktop 15, when a USB device connected to a virtual machine for a repeated time, Windows might treat this device as new and initiate driver installation. Now Parallels Desktop stores history for USB devices and connects a device to the same USB port every time, so users are not bothered with driver installation on repeated device connection.
Parallels Desktop saves your Parallels account credentials to Mac Keychain. Next time you need to sign in, your account credentials will be autofilled from Keychain.
Similar to the CD/DVD icon in the virtual machine title bar, other devices like camera, microphone and speakers now have indication when they are disabled.
Upgrade to Windows 10 Adviser. In January 2020, Windows 7 will reach the end of extended support (no more security patches). A new menu item for Windows 7 users opens an assistant with the details on how to upgrade to Windows 10.
New Parallels Desktop users might have issues understanding Coherence mode. We have created a dialog that appears with animation to explain how a virtual machine works in this view mode.
Installing Windows updates is a resource-consuming operation. To improve the user experience with the product, new Windows 10 virtual machines will have Windows Updates paused for 7 days.
If required, you can resume updates in Windows settings.
If a user updates or upgrades Parallels Desktop manually while a previous version is running, installer now offers a button to quit Parallels Desktop in one click, instead of making the user do it manually.
Improved Download Windows 10 dialog. It was not obvious what to do if you wanted to cancel the download. In this version, we added the “Cancel” button.
Look and Feel:
Improved Boot Camp import process.
If you do not boot to Boot Camp natively for one month, Parallels Desktop recommends that you should import Boot Camp to a standalone virtual machine. If all required Windows applications work correctly in this virtual machine, you can remove the Boot Camp partition to save disk space on the Mac hard disk.
New dialogs were created.
Added “Import” button to the Free Up Disk Space dialog.
Windows switches to Coherence more seamlessly. Login, Shutdown, Black (on slow virtual machines) and some other Windows screens are now hidden behind the Parallels Desktop dialog.
The icons for Windows 10 Modern applications used by Parallels Shared Applications were improved and are now easier to recognize.
For Parallels Desktop 15 Pro Edition and Business Edition Only:
Connect external physical disks to a virtual machine as internal disks. This functionality allows you to:
Install Windows or another OS to this disk.
Boot to the OS installed on that disk.
Use non-native Boot Camp installations (e.g. restore using WinClone).
Limitations: if the disk has an Apple partition scheme or Apple File System (HFS+ or APFS), the disk cannot be connected to a Windows virtual machine to prevent data loss.
Support for virtual trusted platform module (vTPM). Now you can add TPM to your virtual machine configuration. It can be used by some Windows security features such as BitLocker or Windows Hello.
Support for Python 3.0 in the Parallels Virtualization SDK.
For Parallels Desktop 15 Business Edition Only:
Added the ability to restrict users to change the virtual machine view mode with a macOS administrator (or custom) password.
Now the virtual machine configuration (config.pvs file) can be protected from being changed with an administrator or custom password.
Support for DNS requests over TCP in the Shared Networking mode.
Now you can save time and network load by deploying virtual machines in the archived (.pvmz) format.
Users working in the Single Application mode are no longer bothered with Parallels Desktop notifications.
More control over support tickets for administrators of a business account:
By default, all account administrators can see all support tickets.
License administrators can create support tickets.
Account administrators or ticket creators can add watchers to a particular ticket.
Watchers will receive email notifications about the ticket updates.
What's Deprecated or Removed from Parallels Desktop 15:
More than 5 million users rely on Parallels Desktop around the world. That’s why our goal is to ensure that our engineering teams are focused on providing the greatest benefit to the largest number of users. In addition to expanding Parallels Desktop functionality, we must ensure that an extensive list of existing features continues to work flawlessly in the ever-changing environment of Mac and Windows. For this reason, we must prioritize our engineering efforts.
This year we decided to deprecate or remove little-used or not-used features from Parallels Desktop. The Parallels Team uses statistics collected from those who agreed to participate in the Customer Experience Program. If you care about usage scenarios being counted, please make sure you have it enabled in the Parallels Desktop Preferences.
Below you can find two lists: one is for deprecated features and the other for removed.
Deprecated features continue working in Parallels Desktop 15 but will no longer be supported and will be removed in the next versions of Parallels Desktop.
Removed features are no longer available in Parallels Desktop 15. They were removed either because they are no longer supported in the latest operating systems or not used at all (

New in Parallels Desktop 14.1.3.45485 (Mar 22, 2019)

New in Parallels Desktop 14.1.2.45479 (Feb 15, 2019)

New in Parallels Desktop 14.1.1.45476 (Feb 6, 2019)

New in Parallels Desktop 14.1.0.45387 (Nov 20, 2018)

This update for Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac 14.1.0 (45387) addresses overall stability and performance issues, and includes the following fixes and improvements:
Resolves an issue with Vasco Da Gama 11.
Resolves an issue with SketchUp LayOut 2018.
Resolves an issue with SketchUp Style Builder 2018.
Resolves an issue with graphics artifacts in SketchUp Pro 2018.
Resolves an issue with not being able to activate FusionPro VDP Creator 9.
Resolves an issue with not being able to activate MATLAB.
Resolves an issue with the Apple DEP (Device Enrollment Program) not working in a macOS virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with GUI problems in Ableton Live.
Resolves an issue with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Resolves an issue with the Shadows: Awakening game showing a purple screen instead of the main menu.
Resolves an issue with the blurry icon in Microsoft Teams.
General enhancements:
We have simplified the way of sharing the Mac’s camera with Windows. Now you can do this either on the Sound & Camera tab of the virtual machine configuration, in the title bar of the virtual machine window, or from the Devices menu in the macOS menu bar.
Easier way to get help from Parallels - click Help > Support Center to access the webpage where you can find the most popular knowledgeable articles, links to the Parallels forums, social media and technical documentation, get personalized support and much more.
Integration:
Resolves an issue with not being able to start a Boot Camp virtual machine if the Mac’s hard disk is larger than 2 TB.
Resolves an issue with links redirection after installing a Windows 10 update - links set to open in Mac started opening in Windows.
Resolves a seldom issue with not being able to start Parallels Desktop restored from a Time Machine backup.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop not appearing in the macOS 10.14 Mojave Privacy settings to get access to the camera and microphone.
Resolves an issue with the mouse cursor remaining Windows-like after switching to macOS from Windows running in game mode.
Devices:
Resolves an issue with not being able to transfer data to the two-way radio USB dongle.
Resolves an issue with the Lodestar X2 USB camera not detected by the PhD2 application.
Resolves an issue with a virtual machine freezing on shutdown or resume if the virtual machine configuration contains 2 or more SATA disks.
Resolves an issue with the HP LaserJet P2035 printer printing to a wrong tray.
For Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition only:
Resolves an issue with the Parallels auto-deploy package not working to install or upgrade to Parallels Desktop 14 using Casper Suite v.9.101.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop freezing on start if the Active Directory responses are slow.
Other improvements:
Resolves an issue with two identical Recovery Partitions available in the Free Systems section of the Installation Assistant.
Resolves an issue when a Mac has two Recovery Partitions with different versions of macOS, a user chooses to install macOS from one partition but Parallels Desktop installs it from the other.
Resolves an issue when two GUI messages are displayed at a time and the top message doesn’t respond to mouse clicks.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop not starting after reinstallation if the previous copy was corrupted and didn’t work.
Resolves a seldom issue with Parallels Desktop periodically asking a user to re- enter the user’s credentials.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop trying to reinstall when the user’s home directory is located in any place other than /Users.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools for Mac not installing in a virtual machine using the command-line interface.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Transporter Agent crashing periodically on a remote computer because of conflicts with OpenGL.
Resolves an issue with the Japanese hieroglyphs hardly visible on the Download Windows screen.

New in Parallels Desktop 14.0.1.45154 (Oct 15, 2018)

New in Parallels Desktop 14.0.0.45124 (Aug 21, 2018)

PERFORMANCE:
When developing Parallels Desktop 14, we paid much attention to performance:
Up to 200 percent performance improvement on the iMac Pro® (audio and video encoding, AI, 3D modelling, cryptography and other complex math calculations workloads) thanks to AVX512 processor instructions set support.
Up to 80 percent faster application launch.
Up to 10 percent faster boot time.
Up to 30 percent faster suspend operation on APFS partition.
Up to 130 percent more frames per second in Shared Camera.
Up to 17 percent more frames per second in Coherence view mode.
The Mac’s camera shared with Windows consumes up to 3x less CPU resources.
GRAPHICS:
A lot of efforts were focused on graphics improvements - how a virtual machine is displayed on multiple monitors, how it switches between view modes, how much graphics memory is consumed, and much more:
The new “Auto” mode for graphics allows Windows 8 and later to use more than 2 GB of Mac system memory for graphics, while allowing Windows applications to use it when possible. To use this feature, you must update Parallels Tools first.
Not all amount of assigned graphics memory is locked by the virtual machine - the amount which is not used is returned to Mac.
Parallels Desktop 14 now features improved OpenGL support for enhanced graphics, with notable improvements in SketchUp 2017/2018, CTVox, DIALux 8 and OriginLab.
Improved the way Windows is displayed on an external non-Retina monitor when the “Best for external displays” option is selected.
Improved the way a virtual machine is displayed in Coherence on a Retina monitor.
Reduced the number of graphical artifacts when switching a virtual machine between view modes.
Improved the way a virtual machine is displayed on multiple monitors when the macOS “Displays have separate Spaces” option is turned off. Instead of the black screen on one of the monitors, now the virtual machine is displayed on all screens.
To avoid black screen and slow functioning, Parallels Desktop doesn’t allow a virtual machine to switch to Coherence or Full Screen if there’s not enough graphics memory. Instead, there appears a message prompting how to increase the virtual machine graphics memory.
Resoled an issue with virtual machine windows flashing black during resize when the 3D acceleration is turned off.
Improved the way a virtual machine is displayed in Coherence:
reduced system memory consumption;
reduced power consumption;
increased performance;
improved response time - app windows appear faster and move more smoothly.
Improved the way a virtual machine is displayed on 4K+ monitors:
reduced the system and graphics memory consumption;
reduced the response time;
increased the speed of resizing the virtual machine window;
increased performance when 3D acceleration is turned off.
GETTING READY FOR MACOS 10.14 MOJAVE:
Parallels Desktop 14 supports Dark Mode. Support for additional Mojave features, which are currently in development, will be tested, finalised and introduced around the forthcoming public release of Mojave.
Use the macOS Continuity Camera feature in Windows (insert pictures from your iPhone or iPad into Windows applications).
Quick Look in Windows got the same quick actions as in macOS.
When you take a screenshot from the Edit menu, Parallels Desktop uses the Mojave technology to take screenshots.
INTEGRATION WITH MAC:
The border between your Mac and virtual machine becomes thinner:
Use the camera (connected to Mac) that supports up to 4K resolutions in a virtual machine
Use the Touch Bar to work with more Windows applications: OneNote, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Visual Studio, AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Quicken, Quickbooks Desktop, SketchUp.
Support for pressure sensitivity in Windows. You can draw in Windows apps like Microsoft PowerPoint, Leonardo or Photoshop depending on the pressure you apply to the trackpad or using a Wacom tablet connected to Mac or using apps like Astropad.
The size of the virtual machine hard disk (.hdd file) is optimized automatically in the background by means of native Windows defragmentation. This feature works in Windows 8 or later.
A paused virtual machine resumes automatically when you drag a file to its window.
You get notified when a USB device you’re trying to connect is being used by some macOS application or process.
Improved the dialogs appearing when you connect a new USB device or external monitor - you can remember your choice and see where to change it later.
The Start menu closes automatically when you start a Windows application from the Touch Bar.
Improved the way virtual machine files are associated with Mac’s applications.
SECURITY:
To avoid data loss, please don’t forget to back up your virtual machine:
Backing up a virtual machine with Time Machine has been simplified. Now if you want to add a virtual machine to the backup list or exclude it from this list, just do what you need in the Time Machine preferences.
Backing up a virtual machine with Acronis True Image has been improved.
Some virtual machine controls are greyed out when Parallels Tools are being updated. This is done to prevent Windows from damage.
USABILITY:
We continue working to make Parallels Desktop more easy-to use, more understandable and more user-friendly:
The “Free Up Disk Space” dialog has been redesigned and simplified. Now you can use it to reduce the amount of disk space occupied by all your virtual machines.
Parallels Desktop offers to increase the virtual disk size when Windows is running out of disk space.
Parallels Desktop prompts you to save disk space by importing the Boot Camp partition (i.e. creating a Boot Camp virtual machine) and then deleting the partition.All its contents will remain in a virtual machine and Parallels Desktop will optimize the amount of disk space being used.
Parallels Desktop Help is no longer stored on your Mac. Instead, it’s displayed from the web. This allowed us to make Parallels Desktop occupy up to 200 MB less disk space and update the user’s guide in real time.
For new virtual machines, the SmartGuard backup functionality now keeps 3 snapshots by default (not to occupy additional disk space).
The Resource Monitor has been redesigned. Use it to check how much CPU and memory is consumed by your Mac and all virtual machines.
Monitor the virtual machine CPU usage in the virtual machine status bar.
Optimized the “Productivity” and “Games only” virtual machine profiles.
Use the “Show and hide spaces on all displays simultaneously” option to switch to the virtual machine or non-virtual machine Spaces on all displays simultaneously.
When inactive, Windows doesn’t pause automatically for some time after start. This prevents Windows from being paused when the boot process hasn’t finished yet.
Increased the size of the progress bar on Dock icons for users to comfortably see how the progress is going on.
New splash screens inform the user when a virtual machine is starting, shutting down, switching to Coherence or Full Screen, etc.
A notification informs the user when archiving or unarchiving a virtual machine is finished.
When you click a macOS notification that a technical data report has been sent, the report ID is automatically copied to the clipboard.
The “Sign In” screen has been redesigned and simplified.
The “Special characters” menu item in the virtual machine’s “Edit” menu has been renamed to “Emoji & Symbols” for consistency with Mac.
Many minor improvements in the graphical user interface. For example:
Many UI messages and warnings have been rephrased. In order not to bother users with the term “virtual machine”, we’ve decided to use the virtual machine name instead.
As most of Windows customers have switched from Windows 8 to Windows 10, the “Enable swipe from edges” option is disabled by default in order not to confuse users.
Windows Maintenance feature has been improved:
users are notified in 5 minutes before the maintenance starts;
users are notified if Windows didn’t perform maintenance for 30 days;
users can start maintenance manually.
LINUX SUPPORT:
Install Ubuntu 18.04, Fedora 28, and Linux Mint 19 in virtual machines right from Parallels Desktop.
Support for mmap() in Linux Shared Folders.
SUPPORT FOR KEYBOARD LAYOUTS:
To make your experience of working with Parallels Desktop more comfortable, we have:
Improved support for the German keyboard layout.
Improved support for the Japanese keyboard layout.
Added support for the Brazilian Portuguese keyboard layout.
GAMES:
Auto-detect keyboard for games. When you start a game, the Mac’s keyboard activates Game Mode.
When a game is launched in Full Screen, a notification informs that you should press Control + Option to access the macOS menu bar.
FOR PARALLELS DESKTOP FOR MAC BUSINESS EDITION ONLY:
Adapted the Mass Deployment package to Parallels Desktop 14.
Use your Mac’s smart card readers in Windows.
PRESENT FOR PARALLELS DESKTOP USERS:
Simplify your everyday tasks with more tools using Parallels Toolbox® for Mac and for Windows. (Both versions are completely free for Parallels Desktop customers.)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
OS X Yosemite 10.10 is no longer supported as a host operating system (Parallels Desktop cannot be installed in it).

New in Parallels Desktop 13.3.2.43368 (Jun 22, 2018)

New in Parallels Desktop 13.3.1.43365 (May 24, 2018)

General enhancements:
Attach screenshots and other files to technical data reports.
Resolves an issue with sound not playing in virtual machines after closing and then opening the MacBook’s lid.
Resolves an issue with screen refresh rate becoming low when a virtual machine is started with the “Always ready in background” option selected.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop Control Center appearing after launching a guest OS application from the Dock.
Windows support:
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools not installing in a Boot Camp virtual machine with Windows 10.
Resolves an issue with app-related folders not visible in iCloud shared with Windows.
Resolves an issue when the icons of applications started from Visual Studio 2013 didn’t appear in the Dock.
Resolves an issue with MS Word 2011 for Mac saving doc/docx files to the C: drive only in the Read-Only mode.
Resolves an issue with not being able to add the Boot Camp partition as a second disk to a virtual machine.
Resolves a rare issue with Windows freezing when accessing a shared folder from the guest OS.
Resolves an issue with Windows 10 crashing sometimes when searching for a particular address in Google Chrome > Google Maps.
Resolves an issue with Windows crashing when starting TwinCAT 3 in Visual Studio.
Linux support:
Support for Ubuntu 18.04.
Resolves an issue with Ubuntu 14.04 not starting after the Parallels Tools installation.
Resolves an issue with the prl_eth driver not compiling for Linux kernel 4.15.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools not installing in Kali Linux 2018.1.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools not installing in Red Hat 7.5.
macOS support:
Resolves an issue with iTunes quitting unexpectedly in macOS 10.8 and 10.9 virtual machines.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools not installing in macOS 10.13.3 virtual machines.
Resolves an issue with macOS 10.13.4 virtual machines freezing on waking from sleep.
Resolves an issue with not being able to upgrade macOS 10.13.3 virtual machines to macOS 10.13.4.

New in Parallels Desktop 13.3.0.43321 (Feb 20, 2018)

New in Parallels Desktop 13.2.0.43213 (Nov 20, 2017)

WINDOWS SUPPORT:
Resolves an issue with delayed mouse response when switching to a virtual machine running in Full Screen on a second 5K monitor.
Resolves an issue with slow video playback in Microsoft Edge and “Movies & TV” app.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools updating incompletely and showing the “Windows cannot access MacHomeDesktop” message after upgrading to Parallels Desktop 13.
Resolves an issue with launching Internet Explorer 11 after upgrading to Parallels Desktop 13.
Resolves an issue with Caps Lock not working with Windows 10 native apps when a Parallels keyboard layout is selected.
Resolves an issue with not being able to complete the installation of Windows Server 2016 Standard.
INTEGRATION:
Resolves an issue with the camera not working in FaceTime after Parallels Desktop has been started.
Resolves an issue with sound input not working in Windows after waking the Mac from sleep.
Resolves an issue with a virtual machine not resuming from paused state after the Mac wakes up.
Resolves an issue with the mouse not working in the guest version of macOS 10.13 after suspending and resuming the virtual machine.
BOOT CAMP SUPPORT:
Resolves an issue with the “There is no operating system installed in this virtual machine” message appearing when launching a newly created Boot Camp virtual machine.
Resolves an issue with Boot Camp virtual machines not booting and stuck on “Trying to boot from SATA drive 1”.
Resolves an issue with not being able to create a Boot Vamp virtual machine on Macs with High Sierra.
Resolves an issue with not being able to create a Boot Camp virtual machine on 2010 or earlier Macs.
Resolves an issue with not being able to create a Boot Camp virtual machine on Macs with Fusion Drive.
SUPPORT FOR THE ENGLISH AND NON-ENGLISH KEYBOARD LAYOUTS:
UK and US keyboard layouts:
Resolves an issue with the §± and `~ keys mixed up in the UK English keyboard layout.
Resolves an issue with not being able to type the §± keys using a physical keyboard when the US - International layout is selected.
Resolves an issue with the Dvorak layout in Windows differing from that in macOS.
European keyboard layouts:
Resolves an issue with “>” typed instead of “§” in the Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Swiss German, and Swiss French keyboard layouts.
Resolves an issue with ctrl + '-' not working in the French and Dutch layouts.
Resolves an issue with the §± and `~ keys mixed up in the Dutch keyboard layout.
Resolves an issue with incorrect results for the §£ and `~ keys in the Polish Pro layout.
Brazilian Portuguese keyboard layout:
Resolves an issue with the §± and keys mixed up in the Brazilian Portuguese keyboard layout.
Resolves an issue with ctrl+' ` ' working instead of ctrl+'-'.
Arabic keyboard layout:
Resolves an issue with the § and ± symbols not typed when the Arabic layout is selected.
Resolves an issue with () typed instead of (ذ).

New in Parallels Desktop 13.1.1.43120 (Oct 21, 2017)

New in Parallels Desktop 13.1.0.43108 (Oct 5, 2017)

New in Parallels Desktop 13.0.1.42947 (Sep 2, 2017)

New in Parallels Desktop 13.0.0.42936 (Aug 24, 2017)

Performance:
Working with Windows files from macOS® is up to 20% faster if the virtual machine is on a solid-state drive (SSD) and up to 40% faster if on a rotational hard drive (HDD).
Working with Windows files from Windows is up to 50% faster if the virtual machine is on a rotational hard drive (HDD).
Working with files on a Thunderbolt™ SSD storage connected to Windows is up to 100% faster.
Working with files on a USB 3.0 storage connected to Windows is up to 40% faster.
Creating a virtual machine snapshot is up to 50% faster.
General Enhancements:
If you don't have Windows, Parallels Desktop can help you download and install Windows 10.
If you want to try Parallels Desktop, the trial period begins only after you start your virtual machine for the first time — so you have more time to work with it.
During the trial period, all options available only in Parallels Desktop® for Mac Pro Edition are marked with a special "PRO" sign, making it easier for you to choose which edition you need.
Parallels Desktop shows a confirmation message when you try to stop or reset Windows while Windows is installing updates.
Parallels Desktop informs you when some actions (for example, downloading and installing virtual appliances) become unavailable because of no Internet connection.
Distinguish the virtual machines that have snapshots by the new snapshots icon, and use it to open the snapshots manager with a single click.
Work with your virtual machine in a new view mode: Picture-in-Picture:
The virtual machine is displayed in a small window that becomes transparent when you switch to another window.
You can choose to show the virtual machine window on all Spaces and on top of other windows.
The Close button switches the virtual machine back to the Window view mode.
New context-sensitive help for all Parallels Desktop options. Just click the “?” icon and read a description of each option on the screen.
Transferring a Windows PC to a virtual machine on your Mac has been improved.
Converting third-party virtual machines to the Parallels format has been improved.
Working with a Boot Camp® virtual machine has been significantly improved.
Graphics:
Now when you resize the virtual machine window or switch between view modes, the virtual machine screen resolution changes faster and more smoothly.
We continue working on OpenGL 3.0 support. The first results could already be seen in an update for Parallels Desktop 12, where we added support for such games as Rage, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. Now we’ve added support for DIALux evo and Northgard.
The way Windows is displayed when the Retina Resolution > Scaled option is selected has been improved: the text became crisper and graphics sharper.
Integration with Mac:
Initial support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra as both the host and guest operating systems. Once this system is officially released, you may need to update Parallels Desktop.
Use the Touch Bar™ on your MacBook® to work with Parallels Desktop, Windows, and Windows applications.
Customize the Touch Bar for Windows applications.
Protect the Parallels Desktop preferences and virtual machine configuration from editing with Touch ID®.
Support for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update:
Initial support for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Once this operating system is officially released, you may need to update Parallels Desktop.
Extended support for the People Bar feature:
Communicate with people from the macOS Dock, Finder®, and Spotlight®.
Pin as many persons to the Dock as you wish.
When Windows is running in Coherence, manage the People Bar from the macOS menu bar.
New Design:
The Parallels Desktop interface has been improved and redesigned to make it even more clear and user-friendly.
The sign-in and license-related dialogs have been redesigned to make them more clear and simple.
Editing the virtual machine hard disk properties has been improved and slightly redesigned. By default, virtual hard disks now provide up to 256 GB, so you have less reasons to edit the disk properties.
Change the Parallels Desktop interface color — you can choose between the light gray and dark color schemes.
The Parallels Desktop icon has been updated with Windows 10.
Present for Parallels Desktop Users:
Download and install Parallels® Toolbox for both Mac and Windows to simplify your everyday tasks. (Parallels Toolbox is completely free for Parallels Desktop 13 customers.)
For Parallels Desktop Pro Edition and Business Edition Only:
Assign up to 32 CPUs and 128 GB of RAM to a virtual machine.
Use a new Extended memory limit option to allocate even more memory to your virtual machine than your Mac has. This functionality is designed for developers and testing purposes.
Use Intel® VTune Amplifier, Linux “perf”, and Mozilla “rr” to improve your applications performance. To use this feature, enable PMU virtualization on the Hardware > CPU & Memory tab of the virtual machine configuration.
Quickly change the virtual machine screen resolution from the View > Set Resolution menu. To use this feature, enable Show developer tools on the Options > More Options tab of the virtual machine configuration.
Now you don’t have to spend time looking for your virtual machine IP address. Find and copy it from the Devices > Network menu. To use this feature, enable Show developer tools on the Options > More Options tab of the virtual machine configuration.
For Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition Only:
Don’t bother inexperienced users with the Parallels Desktop interface, Windows installations, and virtualization — allow them to work with selected Windows applications in the all-new Single Application mode. For more information, please read the Parallels Desktop Business Edition Administrator’s Guide.
Improved structure of the Parallels Desktop Mass Deployment package.
Add selected Windows applications to the macOS Dock while deploying the Parallels Desktop Mass Deployment package.
Improved and redesigned security-related settings.
Use Touch ID to approve various password-protected actions on your virtual machines (for example, changing the virtual machine state, editing the virtual machine configuration, and more).

New in Parallels Desktop 12.2.1.41615 (Jul 1, 2017)

New in Parallels Desktop 12.2.0.41591 (Apr 12, 2017)

New in Parallels Desktop 12.1.3.41532 (Jan 24, 2017)

New in Parallels Desktop 12.1.2.41525 (Jan 9, 2017)

New in Parallels Desktop 12.1.1.41491 (Nov 17, 2016)

New in Parallels Desktop 12.1.0.41489 (Nov 11, 2016)

New features:
Tabs support in macOS Sierra. Organize virtual machine windows into tabs. Also available in full screen on multiple displays.
Draw and annotate in Microsoft Office 2016 applications on Windows 10. Use a built-in MacBook touchpad, an external mouse, or a pen device to draw in Excel, PowerPoint, or Word.
"Parallels VMs" plugin for macOS Sierra storage manager displays storage taken by Parallels Desktop virtual machines. Allows you to optimize disk space taken by virtual machines with a few clicks using the Free Up Disk Space wizard.
Fixes:
Resolves an issue with Windows 10 installation failing using dual boot installation media (e.g. USB thumb drives)
Resolves an issue with prl_naptd process taking 100% CPU
Resolves an issue with Windows app windows in Coherence being overlapped by macOS menu bar
Resolves an issue with Windows virtual machine resolution with "Best for external displays" option enabled when using Windows only on external display
Resolves an issue with mouse movement delays in virtual machines on macOS Sierra
Resolves an issue with Ctrl + mouse click or tap not opening a context menu in virtual machines
Resolves an issue with macOS Sierra virtual machine installation using .app image
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools for Linux failing to update automatically in some Linux distributions
Resolves an issue with inability to stop resuming a virtual machine from suspended state
Resolves an issue with the "Web Pages: Open in Mac" feature not working in some builds of Windows 10 virtual machines
Resolves an issue with passwords not being accepted for encrypted virtual hard disks when attaching them to a virtual machine
Resolves an issue with archived virtual machine name changes not being reflected in Finder
Resolves an issue with Windows application windows not coming to foreground in Coherence
Resolves an issue with virtual machines stuck at black screen on booting
Resolves an issue with critical errors with Solaris 11 virtual machines after installation
Resolves an issue with Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual machines hanging on startup after Parallels Tools installation
Resolves an issue with armour graphics artifacts in World of Warships game in Windows
Resolves an issue with virtual machine not starting if Fitbit dongles are connected or software is installed
Resolves an issue with slow scrolling speed using touchpad in Linux virtual machines
Resolves an issue with inability to switch between "è±æ°Alphanumeric"and "ããª kana" layouts in Windows using corresponding JIS keyboard keys
Resolves an issue with Parallels Tools failing to install in Windows XP virtual machines
Resolves an issue with VirtualHere USB devices not connecting to Windows virtual machines
Resolves an issue with graphics artifacts when using Microsoft Edge or Microsoft Office PowerPoint on macOS Sierra
Resolves an issue with the size of the parallels.log file not being managed
New features and fixes for Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition:
Seamless Business account that allows enrolling additional account administrators and end users even if they have private Parallels accounts. Check Parallels Desktop Business Edition Licensing Guide at http://www.parallels.com/products/business/resources/
More options are now available to administrators to protect against unwanted actions from end users of Parallels Desktop for Mac. Check Parallels Desktop Business Edition Administrator's Guide at http://www.parallels.com/products/business/resources/
Resolves an issue with custom setup for getting support in Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition

New in Parallels Desktop 12.0.2.41353 (Sep 19, 2016)

New in Parallels Desktop 12.0.1.41296 (Aug 29, 2016)

New in Parallels Desktop 12.0.0.41273 (Aug 23, 2016)

New Parallels Toolbox utilities featured in all editions of Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac make it easy to perform 20 common tasks with simple single-function tools for both Mac and Windows virtual machines (VMs). Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro and Business Edition subscribers, and Parallels Toolbox for Mac subscribers, also receive free updates of additional tools which will be made available every quarter. Initial features include:
Simply capture screen shots or record video of a screen, window, or area.
Download videos from YouTube, Facebook, and other websites with a single click.
Distraction-free presentation modes for both Mac and Windows VMs, including:
Hide Desktop Files
Do Not Disturb
Keep Mac Awake
Archive, encrypt, and password-protect all of your files.
Time management tools — an alarm, timer, date countdown, and stopwatch.
Unpack files from ZIP, RAR and many other formats.
Simplified backup: One year of Acronis True Image 500 GB cloud backup storage, which can backup new incremental changes to a VM instead of having to resave an entire VM and changes every time changes are made.
Support for Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch PC game.
Support for Windows 10 Xbox app, for streaming and playing all Xbox games on a Mac.
Schedule Windows updates for an appropriate time at night to avoid time-consuming disruptions during your day.
Control storage space used by VMs directly from the Optimized Storage in macOS™ Sierra.
Store Microsoft Edge™ and Internet Explorer passwords in Mac Keychain.
Assign special behaviors to Windows apps, such as Always Open Full Screen or Always Hide Other Apps, so they play even better on your Mac.
Easily cancel time-consuming VM actions.
Open documents from SharePoint and Office 365 in Microsoft Office for Windows desktop applications directly from your favorite Mac browser.
Keep Windows ready in the background, instead of suspending the VM, to instantly open Windows applications and documents.
Outlook for Windows now features your recently accessed documents, both Mac and Windows, so they are conveniently available to select when you add attachments to your emails.
Improved Retina support for resizing Windows VMs.
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac performance improvements include:
Up to 90% faster snapshot creation.
Up to 60% faster suspend of VMs.
Up to 25% faster shared folders performance.
Up to 10% battery life improvement.
Compile Visual Studio projects on shared folders up to 25% faster.
Enjoy improved VM responsiveness when your Mac is low on free memory.

New in Parallels Desktop 11.2.1.32626 (Jul 20, 2016)

New in Parallels Desktop 11.2.0.32581 (Apr 29, 2016)

New in Parallels Desktop 11.1.3.32521 (Feb 19, 2016)

New in Parallels Desktop 11.1.2.32408 (Dec 29, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 11.1.1.32312 (Dec 29, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 11.1.0.32202 (Nov 17, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 11.0.0.31193 (Aug 19, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.2.2.29105 (Jul 29, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.2.1.29006 (May 26, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.2.0.28956 (Apr 1, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.1.4.28883 (Feb 11, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.1.3.28868 (Jan 24, 2015)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.1.2.28859 (Dec 20, 2014)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.1.1.28614 (Oct 25, 2014)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.1.0.28600 (Oct 17, 2014)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.0.2.27712 (Sep 8, 2014)

New in Parallels Desktop 10.0.1.27695 (Aug 26, 2014)

HIGHLIGHTS:
Battery Life - Now extended by up to 30%!
Windows Documents - Now open 48% faster!
Mac Memory Management - Virtual machines use 10% less Mac memory!
1-click tuning - One click and we will automatically set your virtual machine settings for optimal performance based on what you do most.
Real-time virtual disk optimization - Your virtual disk is automatically compacted while you work, so it takes only as much space on your hard disk as it really needs.
For Developers and IT Pros - Click to see all the new features for Developers and IT Pros
Mac native “Save to” in Windows - “Save as” in Microsoft Office 2013 applications to Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud Drive (when Yosemite is available) if they are set up on your Mac.
Mac native “Share” from Windows - “Share” files, text or web-pages from Windows using Internet accounts configured on your Mac. Post on Twitter, Facebook, etc., send via email, AirDrop, and Messages.
Mac native Special Characters - Insert OS X Special Characters like emoji, math symbols, currency signs and more can be inserted into Windows programs from the Edit menu.
Launchpad for Windows 8.1 - We’ve even made the Windows 8.1 Start Screen work like OS X Launchpad.
Windows apps added to Launchpad - As you install Windows apps, we automatically add them to Launchpad.
Support for 3+ button mouse - If you have custom mouse buttons set on a 3+ button mouse, those buttons will work in Windows applications and games.
New Design:
New Parallels Desktop Control Center for managing virtual machines, with detailed and minimalistic view modes.
Brand new Yosemite-inspired design.
New Quick Look for virtual machines.
Each virtual machine now has its own icon in the Dock, making multiple virtual machines easier to control and operate.
Made for Yosemite:
Access iCloud Drive from Windows.
Share text from Internet Explorer in an iMessage.
Manage virtual machine right from OS X Yosemite Spotlight.
Resource monitor in the Yosemite Notifications Center for running virtual machines.
It’s never been so easy:
Fully configure a virtual machine simply by selecting a profile: Productivity, Games, Design, or Software Development.
More ways to set up a virtual machine. Use the New Virtual Machine wizard, or simply drag an OS image file to the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock or double-click it while Parallels Desktop is running.
When you install Windows into a virtual machine (in Express installation mode), all your settings (time zone, date and numbers format, currency, keyboard layouts, etc.) are carried over from your Mac.
When you connect an external drive with an NTFS partition, Parallels Desktop suggests that you connect it to a Windows virtual machine so you can not only read files but also write to the drive.
Drag files to a virtual machine window in the Dock to open them in the virtual machine.
Sign in to your Parallels account using Facebook or Google Plus to register Parallels Desktop, get support, and save your activation key in the account.
Windows PCs with EFI with GPT partitions now can be migrated to a virtual machine.
Integration with Mac:
Insert OS X special characters in Windows using the Edit menu in a virtual machine.
The Windows 8 Start screen appearance is close to the OS X Launchpad: Windows 8 Start screen apps are shown in front of the OS X desktop.
A badge on the Microsoft Outlook icon in the Dock shows the number of unread emails in your inbox.
Share from Windows using accounts you set up on your Mac (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo etc.) with either a Share icon or a right-click menu in Internet Explorer.
Drag files from the OS X host computer to an OS X virtual machine.
Save and open Windows Microsoft Office app files in iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive.
File and Edit OS X menus for Windows applications in Coherence mode.
Coherence mode improvements in some Windows applications that used to have visual artifacts in Coherence.
“Show in Windows Explorer” right-click menu for files in the Finder.
Usability:
New Free Up Disk Space Wizard guides you through managing snapshots, virtual machine states, cleaning up unnecessary cached Parallels Desktop files, and more.
Real-time virtual disk optimization. You no longer need to manually compact the virtual disk of a virtual machine. Now it is automatically compacted while you work and the virtual machine always takes only as much space on your hard disk as it really needs.
When using multiple displays, the Windows Start screen appears on the display where you opened it.
New Swiss German Apple keyboard layout available for virtual machines.
If you attempt to suspend a virtual machine and there is not enough disk space on Mac, the suspension is automatically canceled to avoid losing data from the current working session.
Delete the selected file in a Windows virtual machine by pressing cmd+Backspace, just like in OS X.
See available and required disk space in the selected location for a new virtual machine installation.
When Windows Updates are being installed in a virtual machine, overall performance may be affected. Parallels Desktop shows a notification to let you know the installation is in progress.
When a Windows application adds a shortcut to the desktop, the shortcut appears correctly on the OS X Desktop.
Performance:
Up to 2 GB of video memory now available for virtual machines.
Up to 16 CPU cores and 64 GB RAM now available for virtual machines.
To enhance performance, two CPUs are allocated by default in newly created virtual machines with modern OSes.
Smoother window movements in Coherence mode
Windows documents open 48% faster.
Battery life is up to 30% longer.
Virtual machines use up to 10% less Mac memory.
Windows startup/shutdown is up to 20% faster.
Parallels Desktop installation package size is 30% smaller, which means faster installation and smaller update downloads.
Faster performance in Thunderbolt external devices, and support for 2 TB disks.
Snapshot operations are up to 60% faster.
Pro Features:
If you have custom mouse buttons set on a 3+ button mouse, they work in Windows applications that allow you to tune them.
Download Internet Explorer appliances from the New Virtual Machine wizard to evaluate them. Test your web site or apps on different Internet Explorer versions.
Linked Clones: easily create fast, disk-space-efficient clones of virtual machines.
Vagrant Provider allows you to automatically install and setup virtual machines with the help of CLI and text configuration files.
VMCS shadowing support for better nested VT-x performance.
Now you can import Microsoft virtual machines and share VirtualBox virtual disks easily.
When you’re working with multiple virtual machines simultaneously, each virtual machine has a Dock icon, making it easy to switch between them using cmd+Tab.
Gaming:
3+ button gaming mouse out-of-the-box support.
Games profile for virtual machines for the ultimate gaming experience.
Automatic gamma correction for games in Windows virtual machines.
Linux:
Parallels Tools for Linux now have auto updates.
iCloud, Google Drive, and DropBox shared folders are now available for Linux.
Network latency for Linux guests has been improved by 300%.
Use KVM or Xen to test and develop Linux virtualization solutions on your Mac by selecting “Enable nested virtualization” in the virtual machine Hardware configuration.
Printers connected to your Mac are now available for Linux.
Linux virtual machines preserve their display resolutions in Window view mode after a reboot.
For Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition only:
Manage virtual machines USB devices policy based on device type (external disks, cameras, smart cards, etc.).
Administrators can customize the top bar in the Parallel Desktop Control Center with any content, delivered to Parallel Desktop Enterprise installed on all end-point Macs.
Assign asset identifiers to virtual machines.
Configure virtual machines startup delay that begins from either Mac computer or Parallels Desktop start.
FileVault 2 support for OS X virtual machines.
NetBoot support for OS X virtual machines.

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.24237.1028877 (Jul 8, 2014)

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.24229.991745 (Apr 4, 2014)

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.24217.979618 (Mar 14, 2014)

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.24172.951362 (Dec 7, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.23350.941886 (Nov 13, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.23140.935944 (Oct 30, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.23136.932290 (Oct 18, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.23062.920702 (Sep 16, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 9.0.23046.917896 (Sep 5, 2013)

Windows 8 support:
Download and install Windows 8.1 Preview right from the Parallels Wizard.
If you prefer the classic Windows experience, you can set Windows 8 to boot directly to the desktop, set Windows 8 apps to run in resizable windows, and bring back the fully functional Start menu!
Many types of media files are set to open in Windows 8 desktop applications, as using full screen Windows 8 modern UI apps may not always be convenient.
Improved running of Windows 8 in Coherence.
Improved method of displaying Windows 8.1 in full screen when using multiple displays consisting of Retina and non-Retina displays.
Shift-click the Windows 8 icon in the Dock to open the Power User menu.
Smoother scrolling in Windows 8.
Usability:
Improved interface for installing Windows on Mac computers that don't have DVD drives.
Download the Parallels Access agent from within Parallels Desktop to use your Windows and Mac OS X applications from your iPad.
Install Windows 7 and Linux from USB external storage devices due to EFI bootloader support.
Install Windows Server 2012 using Express installation.
Change the disk image used by the virtual machine's DVD-ROM right from the DVD-ROM context menu in Windows.
Set Windows to shut down on closing the virtual machine window.
Pressing the Command button for several seconds and releasing doesn't display the Start menu/screen in Windows, for those who want to use the Command+key combination but then change their mind.
Parallels Desktop remembers when you're working with a virtual machine on a second display and automatically shows it on that display each time you connect it.
A new search field in the Configuration dialog lets you easily find the setting you're looking for.
Customize the list of keys and keyboard shortcuts that you can send to a virtual machine from the Keyboard menu.
New, optimized and streamlined interface to change the keyboard and mouse settings.
Improved detection of guest OS image files during guest OS installation.
Extended support for managing your virtual machines using the prlctl utility in the Terminal; turn on/off 3D acceleration, change Coherence settings and much more.
Distinguish Parallels virtual machines from others in the Finder by the Parallels icon || displayed on the virtual machine icon.
Purchase Parallels Desktop right from the application interface.
Integration:
Support for Power Nap keeps Windows up to date even when your Mac is in sleep mode.
Use Boot Camp virtual machines with Windows 8 or Windows 7 on the latest MacBook Air (Mid 2013) portables.
Copy and paste files between Windows and OS X.
Access your iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive cloud storage folders from Windows.
Access your SkyDrive cloud storage folders from Mac OS X.
You won't miss it when a Windows application is trying to get your attention by flashing in the taskbar; now its icon in the Dock bounces too.
When Parallels Desktop is in the background, notifications let you know when background tasks are complete (for example, when a download is complete or an update is available) without bringing Parallels Desktop to the fore.
Windows 8 and Mac OS X notifications are temporarily disabled when you're working with Windows in Presentation mode.
Look up words in Windows with a 3-finger tap.
Right-click the virtual machine icon in the Dock to change virtual machine state, configuration settings, and otherwise manage a virtual machine running in Coherence.
Use code profiling applications (Intel VTune Amplifier, OProfile, etc.) to optimize your programs.
Print your files, documents, and web pages to PDF from any application that supports printing and save them on the Mac OS X desktop.
Share Mac user folders with Linux virtual machines.
Improved support for using a guest version of Mac OS X: the system notifies you of the unsaved changes when you shut down the virtual machine.
New virtual appliances: updated Android and Ubuntu 13.04 available for download.
Extended support for VirtualBox 4.x virtual machines. Now you can convert virtual machines with .vdi, .vmdk, .vhd, .hdd hard disks to the Parallels format.
Improved Coherence view mode: manage Windows using the Start button in the Dock.
Security:
Protect Windows and your Mac from viruses and manage your virtual machine security settings centrally from the new Parallels Security Center.
Protect your Mac and Windows from viruses using the Dr.Web antivirus software.
Option to disable the OS X Resume feature for Parallels Desktop: virtual machines shut down according to their startup and shutdown settings, rather than automatically suspending when you quit Parallels Desktop. Useful if more than one person uses your Mac.
Set a password requirement to change your Windows account password.
Use the prlctl/prlsrvctl utility to set password protection for changing Parallels Desktop and virtual machine settings.
Devices:
Connect Thunderbolt and FireWire external devices, and SD memory cards, to Windows.
Run virtual machines from bootable external storage devices.
A new virtual network adapter provides a faster Internet connection.
Support for virtual SCSI controller.
Linux support:
Use Linux applications just like OS X apps: work with OS X files, manage applications via their icons in the Dock, etc.
Support for Mageia Linux 2.
Support for Linux Mint 13, 14.
Parallels Tools for Linux update automatically.
Easily check the total amount of used and available disk space on the Shared Folders volume.
Support for creating symbolic links in folders shared between Linux and OS X.
Improved auto-detection of Linux guest operating systems.
For Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition only:
Support for KVM nested virtualization in Linux virtual machines.
Support for XEN nested virtualization in Linux virtual machines.
Automatically lock Windows before it's suspended for better security; other people won't have access to your Windows account when Windows is resumed.
Decide whether you want to attach a screenshot to each problem report.
Other:
New design for working with snapshots.
GUI restyling to support the OS X Mavericks color scheme.
Known Issues:
The mouse pointer may disappear when you're typing in Microsoft OneNote 2013 running in Coherence.
Parallels Desktop may slow down while you’re installing updates from Microsoft.
Unable to install Ubuntu via EFI using Express installation.
Dragging and dropping files between a Linux virtual machines and OS X may sometimes fail.
Windows may crash when you switch from using a built-in camera to external one.
Microsoft Office 2013 may work slowly when running in Windows 8 with 1 CPU.
If you move your mouse while pressing Command + Tab, the Command key alone may register in Windows.
You may be unable to uninstall Parallels Tools from a Mac OS X virtual machine.
Sharing SkyDrive folders with Mac OS X is not supported with the preinstalled Windows 8 SkyDrive app. You must download and install SkyDrive for the desktop: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/skydrive/download

New in Parallels Desktop 8.0.18608.898384 (Jul 19, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 8.0.18494.886912 (Jun 18, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 8.0.18483.860857 (Apr 3, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 8.0.18480.859305 (Mar 28, 2013)

New in Parallels Desktop 8.0.18354.823166 (Dec 6, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 8.0.18345.820589 (Nov 29, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 8.0.18101.797180 (Sep 19, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 8.0.18085.795013 (Aug 30, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.15104.778994 (Jul 13, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.15098.770637 (Jun 23, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.15095.768120 (Jun 5, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.15094.749908 (Apr 10, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.15055.740667 (Mar 6, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.15054.722853 (Jan 9, 2012)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.15050.707095 (Nov 2, 2011)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.14924.699487 (Oct 6, 2011)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.14922.693916 (Sep 15, 2011)

New in Parallels Desktop 7.0.14920.689535 (Sep 1, 2011)

OS X Lion Compatibility:
Support for Full-Screen Apps introduced in OS X Lion.
Launchpad integration: add Windows programs of your choice to Launchpad and use the Windows folder to access other Windows programs from Launchpad.
OS X Lion-style animations when opening new Windows programs windows in Coherence.
Support for Resume introduced in OS X Lion.
Support for running OS X Lion in a virtual machine.
Ability to create OS X Lion virtual machines using the recovery partition on Macs running OS X Lion.
Usability:
All-new Parallels Wizard that enables you to create and import virtual machines to run Windows or another operating system, migrate your data from a remote PC, use Boot Camp, or download free ready-to-use virtual machines with Ubuntu, Fedora or Chrome OS.
Windows can now be purchased and downloaded right from the Parallels Wizard (in the US and Canada only).
Parallels Convenience Store provides an easy way to buy useful applications both for Mac and Windows.
New, more intuitive design to enhance user experience.
Coherence tutorial after Windows installation to help new users understand how to work in Parallels Desktop.
Parallels Desktop installation now contains all available languages Parallels Desktop user interface language is automatically set to match the Mac OS language.
Automatic installation of Parallels Desktop software updates so you'll always be up-to-date with important fixes and feature improvements.
Simpler, streamlined process for installing guest operating systems.
Clearer process for updating Parallels Tools for Windows.
Option to show or hide the virtual machine window status bar.
Improved integration with Spaces: move Windows programs between spaces in Coherence.
Use a passcode to transfer Windows from a remote PC to your Mac more easily. You no longer need to know the PC IP address or name.
Mac-style Virtual Machine Configuration dialog: all changes are applied on the fly.
3D games now automatically switch to Full Screen when started in Coherence.
Ctrl-Alt-End combination has been added to the Devices > Keyboard menu.
Clone to Template and Convert to Template interfaces redesigned for simplicity.
Smart Mouse mode can now be changed while Windows is running.
Parallels Mobile:
Sound support: now you can play back music and audio files remotely from your Windows virtual machine.
Parallels Mobile now allows to copy and paste text between the mobile device and Windows.
Control your Mac and Mac applications just like you control Windows and your virtual machine.
Better video performance.
Ability to set Parallels Mobile to connect to your Mac and Windows only when Wi-Fi connection is available.
Improved support for external displays and keyboards.
Integration
iSight, FaceTime HD camera, and external webcams can now be shared between Mac OS X and Windows.
Improved virtual printing: Mac OS X printers automatically become available in Windows and if you change the Mac OS X default printer, virtual machines configured to use that printer automatically use the new one.
Shared Profile improvement: Windows Recycle Bin can now be mapped to Trash in Mac OS X.
Automatic adjustment of Windows keyboard layout making it work the same way as in Mac OS X.
Shared folders contents are refreshed immediately after a change is made from either side.
Unresponsive Windows programs now support Force Quit sent from Mac OS.
Coherence mode is now available for Linux virtual machines as well.
Two-way time synchronization: When enabled, changes to the time settings in either Mac OS X or the guest OS are automatically synchronized to the other.
Windows disks and folders shared with Mac OS X are mounted to /Volumes.
Performance:
Full 64-bit application for enhanced performance.
Improved overall performance.
Improved 3D performance.
Improved disk I/O performance.
Improved shared folders performance.
Improved printing performance.
Faster conversion of third-party virtual machines.
Improved gaming experience: more modern games are supported.
Jumbo frames support for improving networks throughput.
Hardware virtualization improvements, including AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) instructions support.
Much longer battery life with a power saving option that can be activated on new MacBook Pros equipped with two video cards.
Devices:
Assign up to 1 GB of video memory to a single virtual machine.
WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model) 1.1 support.
Enjoy 7.1 Surround Sound in Windows virtual machines.
Improved sound capabilities in Windows with sample rate up to 192 KHz and bit depth up to 24 bit for playback devices and up to 192 KHz and 16 bit for recording devices.
More accurate mouse pointer movements when Windows is busy.
Horizontal scrolling support for Linux virtual machines.
Choose to show virtual network interface cards in Mac OS X System Preferences.
Other:
Complimentary 90-day subscription to Acronis Online Backup.
Complimentary 90-day subscription to Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 for Windows and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 for Mac (for new Parallels Desktop users only).
Create virtual machines booting from Live CDs.
Import virtual machines created in Virtual Box 4.
In the Window view mode, a visual indicator shows when your shared folders are busy.
Connect an additional mouse (or any other pointing device) directly to your virtual machine via USB.

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.12094.676494 (Jul 22, 2011)

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.12092.670880 (Jul 13, 2011)

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.12090.660720 (Jun 2, 2011)

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.11994.637263 (Feb 22, 2011)

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.11992 (Dec 27, 2010)

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.11990 (Dec 6, 2010)

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.11828 (Nov 7, 2010)

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.11826 (Oct 26, 2010)

General:
Fixes an accidental crash that could occur when resuming a suspended virtual machine while running another virtual machine.
Fixes an issue that caused the virtual machine to hang when working in Live Meeting.
Resolves a problem with virtual machine failing to start after upgrading from certain versions of Parallels Desktop 4.
Adds support for Ubuntu 10.10 virtual machines.
Performance:
Addresses a problem with SMP Windows 7 virtual machines with large amounts of memory.
Games and Graphics:
Improves the performance of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Europa Universalis III, Civilization V, and other games.
Addresses problems that could occur when playing Left 4 Dead 2.
Fixes graphical artifacts in Heroes of Might and Magic V and Jack Keane.
Fixes an accidental crash of Battlefield Bad Company 2.
Fixes an accidental crash of Windows Live Movie Maker.
Fixes an accidental crash and video artifacts in Internet Explorer 9 Beta and enables hardware graphics acceleration.
Resolves a problem with ArcGIS Explorer in 64-bit Windows 7 virtual machines.
Fixes an issue with OpenGL in DAZ Studio 3 Advanced.
Sound, Keyboard, and Network Devices:
Addresses audio latency issues that could occur in certain cases.
Resolves a problem with the E1000 network card in MS DOS virtual machines.
Resolves a problem with the Spaces indicator staying on top of other windows in cases of keyboard grab by the virtual machine.
Resolves a problem with sending the Command+Tab key combination both to Mac OS and the virtual machine.
Resolves a problem with using keyboard when connected to an external server via remote desktop client software installed in a virtual machine.
Integration:
Fixes an accidental crash of the virtual machine on Mac OS X 10.5.8 after upgrading Parallels Tools.
Fixes an accidental issue that caused Windows taskbar to change its location.
Resolves a problem that caused Parallels Tools to set Central American time forcertain time zones.
Adds support for Xorg 1.9 to Parallels Tools for Linux.
Adds support for Parallels Tools installation in Ubuntu 10.10.
Installation:
Fixes an issue that caused Parallels Tools to require the ksuser.dll file during the installation on Windows XP.
Fixes an accidental crash of Parallels Desktop Installer on Mac OS X 10.5.8.
Addresses the problem with removing the previous version of Kaspersky Internet Security.

New in Parallels Desktop 6.0.11822 (Sep 14, 2010)

New in Parallels Desktop 5.0.9376 (Sep 2, 2010)

New in Parallels Desktop 5.0.9344 (Mar 10, 2010)

Guest Operating Systems:
Google Chrome OS support.
Performance:
Improved performance of WDDM driver.
Improved performance of virtual machines with Mac OS X Server v10.6.3 and v10.6.2 guest operating systems installed.
Compatibility issues with Parallels Internet Security installed in virtual machines running on Nehalem-based iMac and Mac Pro were fixed.
In a clean installation of Windows XP, My Computer opens without delay.
Waking Mac OS from sleep doesn't affect the Coherence performance.
Improved virtual hard disk caching mode.
Spotlight indexing enabled in Mac OS can no longer influence Boot Camp virtual machines booting speed.
Other performance improvements.
Integration:
MacLook fixes and improvements.
Enhanced appearance of the menu in Crystal mode.
Correct handling of text copied from Mac OS and pasted to a non-Unicode application in the virtual machine.
Mac OS Desktop Aliases for Windows applications work properly.
USB Flash devices and CD/DVD network drives can be opened in virtual machines by double-clicking their icons.
Shared Windows applications are opened correctly when the virtual machine is suspended or paused.
Improved support for Windows Live Mail.
Improved handling of shared folders used by OneNote 2007, ProShow, and Marvin Sketch.
Graphics:
Improved support for OpenGL in Linux virtual machines.
Star Trek Online is now supported.
Improved graphical performance of RealFlow in Ubuntu virtual machines.
Artifacts like transparent 3D games windows in Ubuntu virtual machines were fixed.
Improved graphics performance in Perforce client.
Switching view modes while working in Autodesk Inventor does not cause graphical artifacts like black screen.
White areas of the screen no longer appear in the Tin Soldiers Julius Caesar game.
Graphical artifacts in the Cube view of Autodesk Inventor 2011 were fixed.
Problems with video in Internet Explorer 8 when Aero is enabled in Windows 7 were resolved.
Other graphics improvements.
Network:
Enhanced compatibility with Cisco VPN.
FTP upload speed increased.

New in Parallels Desktop 5.0.9310 (Jan 20, 2010)

New in Parallels Desktop 5.0.9220 (Nov 4, 2009)

Graphics:
Windows WDDM driver with DX and OpenGL support: allows you to use Aero theme in Windows Vista and Windows 7 virtual machines in any view mode, including Coherence.
Multi-monitor support for Windows and Linux guest OSs: Use all displays of your Mac in the virtual machine while in Full Screen and Coherence.
DirectX 9 Shader Model 3 DirectX 9.0c with Shader Model 3 is supported for Windows virtual machines.
OpenGL 2.1 support for Linux guest OSs: Applications that require OpenGL (up to version 2.1) can be used in Linux virtual machines.
Virtualization:
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) support
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard supported both as host and guest OS. 64-bit Snow Leopard is now supported.
General performance of virtualization engine improved.
Improved scalability and performance of SMP.
8-way SMP: Users can assign up to 8 virtual CPUs to a single virtual machine.
Intel VT-x2 (VPIDs, EPT and FlexPriority) support: Intel VT-x2 virtualization technology features support for better performance of virtual machines.
KVM paravirtualization: improved performance of paravirtualized Linux guest OSs.
Better handling of Snapshots.
Improved performance of Boot Camp virtual machines.
Increased boot speed for Windows virtual machines.
New User Interface:
New Virtual Machine window:
Quartz Composer animations added.
Coloring synced with virtual machine list.
Improved look-and-feel and simplified controls.
Improved Virtual Machine Configuration editor:
Better-organized settings
Improved look-and-feel
Improved Parallels Desktop preferences:
Improved look-and-feel
Better organized settings
Improved Virtual Machine List:
Drag-and-drop support Add existing virtual machines by dragging their files to the virtual machines list.
Virtual Machines ordering using Drag-and-drop Rearrange the list by dragging your virtual machines.
Colored virtual machines Highlight your virtual machines by applying different colors to them in Finder or in the virtual machines list.
Simplified Parallels Desktop menu structure: More intuitive menus.
Active Screen Corners in full screen specify an action to perform when you move the pointer to a screen corner in the full screen mode.
Lockdown: Lock the Parallels Desktop and virtual machine settings to prevent changes.
Changes in New Virtual Machine assistant: better organised new virtual machine assistant.
Integration Tools and Features:
Crystal mode: A view mode that provides you with all the benefits of Coherence and at the same time allows you to hide the Parallels Desktop interface elements and work only with Windows applications side-by-side with your Mac applications.
Improved Coherence work in Windows programs with incredible performance on all your Mac displays. Aero theme is now fully supported in Coherence.
MacLook Windows look metamorphosis. Now your Windows programs can look like native Mac applications.
Improved handling of 3rd party virtual machines VMware and Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines are automatically added to the virtual machines list and can be easily converted into Parallels virtual machines.
Smooth upgrade from previous versions Painless upgrade from the previous version of Parallels Desktop, no conversion needed.
Parallels Icon in the Mac Menu bar: new menu bar icon in Crystal mode allows to access Windows Start Menu straight from Mac menu bar.
Virtual machine is paused when no applications are running in it: with this feature enabled, the virtual machine will be paused automatically when no Windows applications are in use, causing the CPU and memory resources to be released back to your Mac.
Windows Applications folder in the Dock: new and simple way to open Windows programs straight from the Mac OS Dock.
Improved tray notifications in Coherence: You can see the Windows notifications in Coherence.
Improved Shared Folders: Exchanging data through shared folders has been significantly improved.
Trackpad Gestures support : multi-touch trackpad gestures (swipe, rotate, pinch) can be used with Windows applications, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and others.
Apple Remote support Apple Remote can control Windows applications like MS Power Point, Windows Media Player, Winamp, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and others.
Horizontal scrolling: Support for mouse devices that provide horizontal scrolling.
Virtual Links: Use aliases to Mac OS files from Windows virtual machines.
Shared Clipboard for Linux guest OSs: Copy items between Linux guest OS and Mac OS.
Copy & paste formatted text Copy and paste formatted text between different Windows and Linux virtual machines and your Mac: the formatting will be preserved.
Copy & paste pictures Copy and paste pictures between different Windows and Linux virtual machines and your Mac.
Improved Drag & Drop: Drag email attachments between Windows virtual machine and Mac OS.
Improved Shared Profile Windows Movies and Downloads folders are accessible from both Mac and Windows.
Improved Smart Mount Select which types of devices connected to your Mac should be mounted to Windows as volumes.
Contextual menu items "Show in Finder" and "Run on Mac" items in the contextual menu for the files stored in Mac OS folders that are shared with Windows virtual machine.
Isolated virtual machine Allows you to isolate your Mac from the virtual machine for the purpose of security or other reasons.
Universal keyboard switch: use the same shortcuts to switch keyboard input language in Mac and the virtual machine.
Keyboard Autocapture keyboard input is automatically captured inside the virtual machine when Parallels Desktop is in focus.
Virtual devices support:
Improved USB speed: USB speed has significantly increased.
Improved USB compatibility: more types of USB devices are supported.
Bridging VLAN on Mac: allows the users to access the Mac OS X VLAN from virtual machines.
Automatic compressing Automatically reduce the virtual hard disk size as the unused space on it grows.
Virtual network adapters are not listed in Mac OS System Preferences anymore.
CAC reader devices support Common access cards are now supported in virtual machines.
Flexible Boot Camp partitions configuration If you have several Boot Camp partitions, you can choose which to use in the virtual machine.
Built-in disk resizing tool Now you can change the size of your virtual machine's hard disk directly from the Virtual Machine Configuration the file system of your virtual machine will be resized accordingly.
Guest OS installation:
Windows 7 express installation: Windows 7 can be installed in unattended mode.
Linux express installation: Most popular Linux OSs can be installed in unattended mode.
Additional Tools:
Parallels Transporter: Migrate your physical computer or a 3rd party virtual machine (VMware, Microsoft Virtual PC, or VirtualBox) to a Parallels virtual machine. Microsoft Windows 7 is fully supported.
New Parallels Image Tool: Allows you to resize the virtual disk and change its format.
Experimental support for Windows trial virtual machines you can now download Windows virtual machines with trial versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.

New in Parallels Desktop 4.0.3846 (Aug 31, 2009)

New in Parallels Desktop 4.0.3810 (Jan 5, 2009)

New in Parallels Desktop 4.0.3540 (Nov 22, 2008)

New in Parallels Desktop 4.0.3522 (Nov 11, 2008)

Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac enables you to take full advantage of more than 40 new features:
Modality view mode: In Modality, the virtual machine window becomes transparent and smaller in size. You can easily supervise your virtual machine while installing applications or performing other time-consuming operations in it.
Clips: This tool enables you to capture some parts of the screen and use the resulting screen shots in Mac OS X or your virtual machine. These screen shots will appear on top of all windows, and will be visible even when the virtual machine in Full Screen.
Mac OS X inside a virtual machine: Parallels Desktop supports Mac OS Server Leopard inside a virtual machine.
Speech recognition support: You can start, stop, pause, suspend, and perform other actions with your Parallels virtual machines using the power of your voice.
Windows taskbar items in Mac OS X menu bar: Windows taskbar items appear in Mac OS X menu bar when the virtual machine is in the Coherence mode.
Safe Mode: Each virtual machine can be started in safe mode. If something goes wrong in the virtual machine during the work in safe mode, you can restore the virtual machine's initial state.
iPhone integration: Ability to control virtual machines from an iPhone using the Parallels Mobile application that allows you to manage the virtual machines stored on your Mac via network.
Better performance: Parallels improves the performance of its virtualization engine.
PowerSaver: Enhanced power management that increases the work time when running virtual machines on portable computers.
Improved video and 3D graphics support: Direct X 9.0 and OpenGL 2.1 support. Parallels Desktop supports DirectX Pixel Shaders 2.0. Virtual machine video memory can be now configured up to 256 MB. Video overlay inside the virtual machine is also supported.
4-way SMP (experimental 8-way SMP): Up to 4 CPUs can be assigned to a virtual machine, which results in a better performance of your virtual machines. 8-way SMP is supported experimentally.
Virtual Machine Directory: Completely redesigned virtual machines list that is now integrated with the list of favorite applications.
Parallels Internet Security: Ability to install the Parallels Internet Security antivirus software empowered by Kaspersky® in your virtual machine and use it for free for a period of one year.
64-bit guest OSs support: Parallels Desktop supports 64-bit guest operating systems inside virtual machines. A 64-bit Windows or Linux OS can be used as a guest operating system.
Full ACPI support: Parallels implements ACPI technology for all guest operating systems that support it. ACPI technology allows the user to gracefully shut down the virtual machine, as well as to see the battery device status inside the guest operating system (on portable Macs).
Up to 2 TB virtual hard disks: Parallels Desktop supports virtual hard disk drives with capacity up to 2 TB.
8 GB RAM support for a virtual machine: A completely new memory allocation mechanism allows to set up to 8 GB of RAM for a single virtual machine.
PXE boot: Parallels Desktop now supports booting a guest operating system from a network server.
SDK/API/Scripting: Parallels provides the customers with SDK for Parallels Desktop, Programming API and C/C++ wrapper for API.
Partitions resizing in Parallels Image Tool: When Image Tools increases the capacity of a virtual hard disk, it can allocate the added space to the last partition on the disk.
Improved memory management: Virtual machine can now properly work in the over-commit memory state. Overcommittment happens when the total memory size configured for all running virtual machines exceeds the total amount of actual machine memory.
SCSI: Parallels Desktop supports up to 15 SCSI interfaces for CD/DVD-ROM and hard disk drive devices.
FAT 32 destination support: Parallels Transporter can migrate or convert the virtual machine to the FAT 32 destination file system. FAT 32 file system has a limitation of 2 GB per one file, which causes Parallels Transporter to migrate or convert the virtual machine's hard disk as a split file.
Improved Parallels Tools: Parallels Tools include the following new components for Mac OS X guest operating system:
Mouse synchronization for Mac OS X guest operating system
Ability to change the resolution of Mac OS X guest operating system by resizing the virtual machine's window.
Time synchronization for Mac OS X guest operating system.
Shared folders for Linux guest operating systems.
Shared folders for Mac OS X guest operating system
Improved GUI: Parallels Desktop allows you to customize its toolbar and provides users with an easy-to-use Virtual Machine Directory that displays the list of all registered virtual machines and all shared applications. The user can see the virtual machine configuration on the fly. Parallels Desktop doesn't close after you shut down a virtual machine, as many other multi-windows applications.
Improved network capabilities: Up to 16 network adapters can be connected to a single virtual machine. The network connection and data transmission speed increased.
Virtual machine autostart: Set up your virtual machine to start automatically when you launch Parallels Desktop.
Recycle Bin integration: Drag files from your Windows virtual machine to Mac OS X Trash, and find them in the Recycle Bin of your Windows virtual machine.
VirtualBox virtual machines support: Create Parallels virtual machines from VirtualBox virtual machines with Parallels Transporter. View the data stored inside VDI virtual hard disks with Parallels Explorer.
Command line management tool: Parallels Desktop can be managed from a command line utility used in Terminal, which may be useful in the remote management of enterprise installations.
Acronis True Image 11 Home: Create an exact copy of your virutal machine for backup purcposes or backup only the important data with Acronis True Image available from the Parallels Desktop installation CD and Parallels website.
Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0: Manage your virtual hard disk partitions with Acronis Disk Director Suite available from the Parallels Desktop installation CD and Parallels website.
SmartGuard: Automate the routine tasks of taking snapshots.
Shut Down button: The guest operating system can be gracefully shut down using a toolbar button.
Native Mac help: Parallels Desktop Help appears in the native Mac OS X format.
Virtual Machines Templates: Simplify the virtual machines provision by creating virtual machine templates that can be deployed to multiple virtual machines.
Quicklook: Ability to view the state and screen shot of a suspended virtual machine.
Shortcut menu plug-in for Finder: The applications of a Windows virtual machine are displayed in the virtual machine's shortcut menu in Finder.
Spotlight plug-in: This plugin prevents Spotlight from indexing the virtual machine files, which may increase the virtual machine's performance.
USB directory: Ability to maintain the rules for connecting the USB Devices. Choose which devices should be automatically connected to the virtual machine, and which to Mac OS X.
SmartMount: Parallels Desktop automatically detects the removable drive mounted on Mac OS X desktop, and shares it to the Windows virtual machine.
Improved Boot Camp support: Seamless reconfiguration of the Boot Camp partition on the fly. Boot Camp partition can be easily used in the Parallels Desktop virtual machines.
Precompiled kernel modules for Parallels Tools installation inside Linux guest operating systems: Parallels Desktop provides the users with precompiled kernel modules inside Parallels Tools disc image for Linux guest OSs to restrict kernel dependencies errors.
Rewriting the virtual hard disk image when increasing the disk's capacity: Parallels Image Tool does not create a copy of virtual hard disk while increasing its size, but rewrites it.
Improved URL links handling: Parallels Desktop allows you to configure the rules of handling the URLs in each virtual machine. You can specify different Internet applications to open news, RSS, feeds, remote sessions, etc.
New type of key remapping: Parallels Desktop allows a more fine tuning of remapping the key combinations sent to a virtual machine.
Detecting the type of installation media: Parallels Desktop detects the operating system that can be installed using the installation medium inserted into the optical drive of your Mac or otherwise accessible and creates a virtual machine with this operating system.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard support (experimental): Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard is experimentally supported as a guest operating system.
Virtual Machine bundle: a Parallels virtual machine appears now as a file with a PVM extension that contains this virtual machine files.
SmartInstall: The installer checks for the available updates before installing Parallels Desktop and installs the most recent version.
Growl integration: Parallels Desktop notification messages can be displayed in the Mac OS Growl notification window.
Time Machine integration (available on Mac OS X Leopard hosts): In this version, you can add or remove your virtual machines from the Time Machine backup lists.
Adaptive Hypervisor: Parallels Desktop can change the resources usage focus from the virtual machine to Mac OS X when the virtual machine window is not active and vice versa.

New in Parallels Desktop 3.0.5600 (May 9, 2008)

New in Parallels Desktop 3.0.5584 (Jan 19, 2008)