As strange as it might sound, sometimes a Mac user needs to install Windows. It might be to build a virtual machine in an app like Parallels Desktop For Mac, it might be to install in Boot Camp on a brand new Mac, or maybe an old PC was just given to...
Siri vs. Cortana Shoot-out Revisited – despite one disappointing setback, Cortana leaps ahead!
Since my first Siri vs. Cortana shoot-out, Apple has revised Siri, Microsoft has revised Cortana, and Microsoft has released...
Parallels Desktop users tend to the on the cutting edge of what is happening in both the Mac and the Windows worlds. Two proof points: by far, the most used Mac OS by Parallels Desktop 11 users is Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) (Figure 1), and the...
Microsoft Office remains the gold standard of productivity suites, but there are several different versions/editions of Office available for users of Apple hardware. Together with Parallels Desktop and Parallels...
Parallels received its first iPad Pro the other day, and I was able to use it for a few days.
Man that screen is big!
The first thing I did was to install Parallels Access (version 3.0.2) from the iTunes App Store, and check out how well it works.
I...
With a Windows 10 virtual machine and Parallels Desktop 11, you have access to Microsoft’s personal digital assistant, Cortana, at any time. Whether you’re using a Windows app like Internet Explorer or Edge, a Mac app like Keynote or Pages,...
I recently returned from trips to Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo, Taipei, and Berlin to demonstrate Parallels Desktop 11 to the press, to partners, and others. (Other Parallels colleagues travelled to many other locations...
There are a number of features in the recently released Parallels Desktop Pro Edition that streamline the development and testing of websites and webpages. This short blog post examines several of these features in some...
So, you’ve purchased and downloaded the installer for the brand new Parallels Desktop 11, and when you go to run the installer, you see this:
So, what’s going on?
Parallels Desktop 11 has different system requirements...
Probably the most widely used developer tool is Visual Studio, and for that reason Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition includes some special integration with Visual Studio. In this blog post I will describe and demo this...
