Category Archives: Parallels Desktop

Parallels Desktop for Mac – Build 3094 Beta 2

A new beta of Parallels Desktop for Mac – Beta 2, Build 3094 has been released and can be downloaded here. This is a major release – it adds USB 2.0 support for plug and play devices (except for isochonous … Continue reading

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SerialParallels 1.0

SerialParallels 1.0 has been released – this is a new utility to address an area of Parallels that needed it – using serial ports. It’s a free, open-source application, and can be downloaded here. Description from the website: Parallels only … Continue reading

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Parallels Transporter Beta

Parallels has released a new utility for Parallels Desktop for Mac, bundled with Parallels Desktop Build 3036, called Parallels Transporter. Parallels Transporter allows you to convert/migrate Windows PCs, VMWare or Virtual PC Virtual Machine/Images to Parallels Virtual Machines. This is … Continue reading

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Parallels Desktop – Build 3036

Parallels Desktop Build 3036 has been released and this is a huge release. You can now boot from the Boot Camp partition directly into Parallels Desktop for Mac, read and write to Boot Camp partitions (i.e. using it as an … Continue reading

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New EFI Firmware May Fix Parallels/VTI-x Issues (Nov 13, 2006)

Some are reporting on the Parallels forums and elsewhere, that they are no longer having to do the “sleep trick” to get the Intel virtualization technology (VTI-x) to kick in for Parallels. You have to install the update and then … Continue reading

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