How to Create a Parallels Account Using Your Apple ID
Creating a Parallels user account, managing it and logging into applications has never been easier for Apple users. They can now use their Apple ID to create a new Parallels account in a simple, fast and safe way. Using “Sign in with Apple,” you can log into your Parallels account from any device. You don’t even need to memorize a separate password for this procedure. Your Apple password is enough.
Register with your Apple ID and save yourself from a separate password
Since 2019, Apple has allowed users to register with sites and apps using their existing Apple ID. This comes with two benefits:
- There is no additional password to remember
- The sign-in procedure is especially safe
What you need is an Apple ID, your Apple password and a two-factor authentication resource, such as a smartphone.
A further benefit for users is that “Sign-in with Apple” helps obscure their email addresses. They are automatically assigned “proxy” addresses, or Relay Addresses as Apple calls them. Announcements and messages coming from Parallels are forwarded to your real inbox automatically. Parallels is only provided with this alias address on your sign-in, so you’ll continue to receive important messages but your real email address remains concealed to us. Basically, this sign-in method is tantamount to an authentication by Apple.
Once you have created your account via your Apple ID, you can sign in to your browser or your Parallels applications using this Apple ID. Just select “Sign in with Apple.” If you have purchased a Parallels license any time earlier, you can easily import it into your (new) user account. You can enter your license key(s) or your previous Parallels address by selecting the “Restore Purchases” option, which will transfer your previous licenses into your new account.
This safe and consistent sign-in experience is another example of the enhanced usability of Parallels Desktop™ 15 for Mac running on macOS Catalina, which also helps users handle Parallels software with simplified security and privacy dialogs and optimized iCloud support.
Why not try and sign in to Parallels with Apple now and download a Parallels Desktop 15 trial version?
Learn more:
- Apple Support | How to use Sign in with Apple
- Parallels Support | Restore Parallels Purchases
- Apple Developer | Technical basics for Sign in with Apple
- Parallels Desktop | Download Trial Version