Parallels PDFM9-MDKT-EN User Manual
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.
- 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.