Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, EDU DFM7XL-ABX1-FR User Manual
Product codes
DFM7XL-ABX1-FR
- 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
- 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