Tools to simplify common tasks to also be available as part of standalone Parallels Toolbox for Mac app
Bellevue, WA, USA – August 18, 2016 – Parallels® (www.parallels.com/about), a global leader in cross-platform solutions and creator of the No. 1-selling software for running Windows® applications on a Mac®, today launched Parallels Desktop® 12 for Mac (www.parallels.com/upgradedesktop12). Parallels Desktop 12 is macOS Sierra ready, includes up-to 25 percent performance improvements, and features more than 20 simple single-function tools and utilities which are also available as a standalone Parallels Toolbox for Mac app. In addition, all Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac customers will receive a one-year subscription to an industry-leading backup solution from Acronis True Image, which includes a fast incremental backup feature that reduces the time and size of subsequent backups ups and provides up to 500 GB of free online storage.
New utilities featured in all editions of Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac make it easy to perform common tasks with simple single-function tools for both the Mac and Windows virtual machines (VMs). Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro and Business Edition subscribers, and Parallels Toolbox for Mac subscribers, also receive free updates of additional tools which will be made available every quarter. Initial tools include:
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- Distraction-free presentation modes for both Mac and Windows VMs, including:
- Hide Desktop Files
- Do Not Disturb
- Keep Mac Awake.
- Archive, encrypt and password protect all of your files.
- Simply capture screen shots or record video of a screen, window or area.
- Download videos from YouTube, Facebook and other websites with a single click.
- Time management tools—an alarm, timer, date countdown and stopwatch.
- Unpack files from ZIP, RAR and many other formats.
“Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac joins our long history of innovations in ease of use and personalization,” said Jack Zubarev, Parallels president. “In addition to delivering our best Windows-on-Mac performance and experience, Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac simplifies a number of everyday tasks for millions of our customers in all walks of life.”
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac also adds the ability to purchase Windows 10 and simply install it via the Parallels Desktop Wizard, and a Scheduled Windows Maintenance option so Windows Updates and maintenance can take place overnight or at times when it is not disruptive to a user’s workflow.
PC and Xbox® game players will get increased support in Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac. Parallels engineers worked with Blizzard Entertainment® and optimized Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac to support Overwatch™, a popular 2016 PC and Xbox game that sold more than 15 million copies in just over two months. Parallels Desktop also supports the Windows 10 Xbox app, enabling people to stream and play Xbox games on their Mac devices.
- Parallels Toolbox for Mac: 20 tools that simplify everyday tasks on your Mac.
- Simplified backup: One year of Acronis True Image 500 GB cloud backup storage, which can backup new incremental changes to a VM, instead of having to resave an entire VM and changes every time changes are made.
- Support for Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch PC game.
- Support for Windows 10 Xbox app, for streaming and playing all Xbox games on a Mac
- Schedule Windows updates for an appropriate time at night to avoid time-consuming disruptions during your day.
- Control storage space used by VMs directly from the Optimized Storage in macOS Sierra.
- Store Microsoft Edge™ and Internet Explorer® passwords in Mac Keychain®.
- Assign special behaviors to Windows apps, such as Always Open Full Screen or Always Hide Other Apps, so they play even better on your Mac.
- Easily cancel time-consuming VM actions.
- Open documents from SharePoint® and Office 365® in Microsoft Office for Windows desktop applications directly from your favorite Mac browser.
- Keep Windows ready in the background, instead of suspending the VM, to instantly open Windows applications and documents.
- Outlook® for Windows now features your recently accessed documents, both Mac and Windows, so they are conveniently available to select when you add attachments to your emails.
- Improved Retina® support for resizing Windows VMs.
- Archive VMs to save space in the Pro Edition.
- Set resource usage limits for VMs in the Pro Edition.
- Network Conditioner in the Pro Edition now features preconfigured network profiles (Edge, 100 percent loss, 3G, DSL, Very Bad Network and Wi-Fi) to make testing a breeze, as well as customizable settings.
Mac Retail Stores
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac performance improvements include: *
- Up to 90 percent faster Snapshot creation.
- Up to 60 percent faster suspend of VMs.
- Up to 25 percent faster Shared Folders performance.
- Compile Visual Studio® projects on shared folders up to 25 percent faster.
- Up to 10 percent battery life improvement.**
- Enjoy improved VM responsiveness when your Mac is low on free memory.
Availability and Pricing
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac, Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition and Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition are available today for subscribers and upgraders from Parallels Desktop 10 and 11 (www.parallels.com/upgradedesktop12), and general availability is Aug. 23 online at www.parallels.com/desktop and at local retail and online stores worldwide.
The recommended retail price (RRP) of Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is $79.99. Upgrades for existing Parallels Desktop 10 and 11 for Mac perpetual license customers are $49.99, with an introductory offer to upgrade to a Parallels Desktop Pro Edition subscription for $49.99 per year for life. Parallels Desktop Pro Edition and Parallels Desktop Business Edition are available to new customers for $99.99 per year. Parallels Desktop Pro Edition and Business Edition include a complimentary Parallels Access® (www.parallels.com/access) subscription to remotely access up to five Mac or Windows PCs from any device.
Parallels Desktop 12 For Mac Retail Lic Acad Cisco
Parallels Toolbox for Mac is a feature of all versions of Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac which will also be available as a stand-alone subscription product for $9.99 per year, including all new tools and updates planned for release every few months. Starting Aug. 23, a 14-day full-featured free trial can be downloaded and subscription purchased from www.parallels.com/toolbox.
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About Parallels
Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform solutions which make it possible and simple for customers to use and access the applications and files they need on any device or operating system. We help customers take advantage of the best technology out there, whether it’s Windows, Mac, iOS, Android™ or the cloud. Parallels solves complex engineering and user experience problems by making it simple and cost-effective for businesses and individual customers to use applications wherever they may be—local, remote, in the private datacenter or in the cloud. Visit www.parallels.com/about for more information.
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* based on Parallels internal testing
**for certain environments
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The influx of Mac® computers in businesses has made the ability to run Windows applications on Mac an absolute necessity. Since that need has long been addressed by Parallels Desktop® for Mac Business Edition, a lot of companies should be happy to know that this top-of-the-line variant of Parallels Desktop—the #1 solution for running Windows, Linux and other popular operating systems on Mac without rebooting—is getting a brand-new update.
The new version, Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac Business Edition, comeswith all the awesome new features and capabilities of Parallels Desktop 15, including:
- Extensive support for macOS® Catalina features – Users can take advantage of the Sidecar feature in Catalina to extend the screen real estate of Windows applications running on their Mac computer onto their iPad®. You can then use the new Apple Pencil® support to make changes in those applications using Apple Pencil.
- DirectX 11 support via Apple® Metal API – This extremely powerful feature boosts the ability of graphics-intensive Windows applications and games to run on Mac computers much faster and more efficiently. Examples include Autodesk Revit 2020, Autodesk 3ds Max 2020, Lumion, ArcGIS Pro 2.3, Master Series, Madden 19, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Crysis 3, Anno 2205, Railway Empire, Space Engineers and Risk of Rain 2.
- More integration points – Parallels Desktop 15 has the greatest number of integration points ever. A few examples include the ability to save Windows passwords in Keychain, drag and drop files from Safari and attach a file from the macOS desktop to a Windows-based Outlook email through a context menu (as shown in the below video).
These are just some of the many features in Parallels Desktop 15. While that might be enough to whet the appetite of the average Mac and Windows user, enterprise power users will be delighted to know that Parallels Desktop Business Edition offers even more.
Some of the hottest new features in Parallels Desktop 15 BusinessEdition include:
- Ability to connect/mount physical disks to a virtual machine (VM) and treat them as internal disks – This means that users can install Windows or another OS on that disk. They can also boot to that installed OS and use non-native Boot Camp® installations.
- Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) support – Some Windows security features now require the presence of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip in order to work. In the virtualization world, the analog to the TPM is (as you might have guessed) the virtual TPM. Bitlocker’s full-disk encryption, the Windows Hello PIN, Virtual Smart Card logons and many others all require a vTPM when used in a VM. With the new vTPM support, companies can now enforce stringent security policies on users who run Windows on Mac (see Figure 1).
- UX consistency throughout the enterprise – Whenever Mac laptops and physical desktops are shared by more than one user, one user may come in and switch to their preferred view mode (say Coherence/Full Screen mode). This can be a problem for the next user who might not know how to switch back to Window mode. In Parallels Desktop 15 Business Edition, it’s possible to lock the display to one view mode and avoid any confusion.
- Support for DNS requests over TCP in Shared Network mode – This allows organizations to support long DNS lists in Active Directory, while retaining 802.1x authentication and shared networking.
- Python 3.0 support – Python 3.0 support should be a welcome development for organizations who use the Parallels Virtualization SDK to query, create, delete and manage virtual machines, networks, port forwards and snapshots.
- Support for archived VM deployment – This allows organizations to use the *.pvmz VM format in a deployment package and reduce the network load and time needed to deliver that package to a target Mac device.
- Convenient ways of sharing support tickets with other members of a Business account – When one admin creates a ticket, all other admins can automatically view that ticket. What’s more, the ticket creator can also add more ticket watchers—and even add regular members of the business account as ticket watchers. Each ticket watcher will then be able to receive update notifications as well as view the tickets in their respective Parallels accounts.
Learn more about all the features in Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition!
References
ZDNet | https://www.zdnet.com/product/parallels-desktop-15-for-mac/
MacRumors | https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/13/parallels-desktop-15-catalina-sidecar-support/
Windows Central | https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-bitlocker-encryption-windows-10
Microsoft | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-why-pin-is-better-than-passwor
Microsoft | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2016/05/11/setting-up-virtual-smart-card-logon-using-virtual-tpm-for-windows-10-hyper-v-vm-guests/
MacRumors | https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/13/parallels-desktop-15-catalina-sidecar-support/
Windows Central | https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-bitlocker-encryption-windows-10
Microsoft | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-why-pin-is-better-than-passwor
Microsoft | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2016/05/11/setting-up-virtual-smart-card-logon-using-virtual-tpm-for-windows-10-hyper-v-vm-guests/