"Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac joins our long history of innovations in ease of use and personalization," said Parallels president Jack Zubarev in a prepared statement. This latest version smooths things out tremendously. But there was still some quirkiness involved in Coherence mode that didn't always make things behave exactly as expected.
In earlier versions of Parallels Desktop for Mac, the software allowed for "some" integration between the Mac and Windows environments through something called "Coherence mode," which allowed the user to put Windows application icons on the Mac desktop, and provided the ability to launch both Windows and Mac applications and toggle between them. Out the gate, one of the more interesting things to note about this release is the seamless integration between Mac and Windows. That need has driven the demand for a solution such as Parallels Desktop. However, as is often the case, there always seems to be "some app" required or wanted that only runs on a Windows system causing Mac users to look for ways to gain access to it. As enterprises have opened up their support to Mac equipment, the computers have proliferated in common work environments. And as expected, it introduces a host of speed and performance upgrades.įor the past 10 years, Parallels has been known for making virtual machine software that allows users to run Windows apps on their Mac computers. The new platform will also add support for macOS Sierra and introduces new gaming abilities for playing Windows and Xbox games on a Mac.
And a user can purchase Windows 10 directly from the Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac setup wizard and schedule Windows Updates so they don't disrupt the underlying Mac operating system. This week, Parallels announced the latest version of its leading desktop virtualization solution, Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac, bringing with it deeper integration with Windows 10. Every year, the company brings out a new version that often coincides with a new launch of a Windows or Mac operating system, because it typically means requiring major program updates, adding support for new OS features or making sure everything keeps working as expected. Stay tuned for future Sierra blog posts.Just like clockwork, Parallels has announced a new release of its long time desktop virtualization software that allows users to run other multiple/different operating systems side-by-side with OS X on a Mac computer. I am looking forward to learning more about Sierra from the Worldwide Developers Conference. Here is a video of Siri running in my macOS Sierra VM in Parallels Desktop 11. I have often written in this blog about Siri and Cortana, so I was quite interested to see Siri on the Mac. Much joy – the installer app ran without problem, and I soon had Sierra running a VM. So then I made of duplicate of my El Capitan VM, and directly downloaded the Sierra installer app into it. (Add one item to the task list of the Finder team at Apple.) I have seen this happen before: the internal structure of an OS installer app is rather complex, and sometimes the Finder can’t reliably copy it. No joy here either, because the copied installer app wouldn’t launch. Of the Mac VMs installed on my home iMac, the smallest one was Mavericks, so I created a duplicate of the Mavericks VM, booted it, and dragged the Sierra installer app into it.
Then I tried to upgrade an existing Mac OS X VM to Sierra. (Add one item to the task list of the Parallels engineering team.) The internal structure of the installer app must be different enough that Parallels Desktop could not use the app directly. The first thing I tried was installing Sierra in a new, blank VM. As the product manager for Parallels Desktop, I was looking forward to installing Sierra in a VM. As a long-time Mac user, I was excited to hear about the next release of OS X, macOS Sierra (version 10.12 Beta, for those numerically inclined.) As a Mac developer, I had access to the Developer Preview released yesterday.