Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac Read Me Welcome to Parallels Desktop for Mac build 5.0.9376. This document contains the information you should know to successfully install Parallels Desktop for Mac and set up virtual machines. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. About Parallels Desktop for Mac 2. What's New 3. System Requirements 4. Supported Guest Operating Systems 5. Installing Parallels Desktop 6. Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac 7. Activating Parallels Desktop 8. Setting Up a Virtual Machine 9. Copyright Notice 10. Contact Information 1. About Parallels Desktop for Mac Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is a virtualization solution that enables you to create virtual machines on any Macintosh computer with an Intel processor (1.66 GHz or faster). You can install a Windows, Linux, or other operating system in each of your virtual machines, and work with them and their applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications. Built on Parallels' award-winning hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Parallels Desktop enables you to: - Create powerful and easy to use virtual machines. - Use 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems inside your virtual machines. - Use Windows and Linux applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications, without need to restart your Mac. - Coherently work with your Mac's and virtual machine's files and applications. - Create Parallels virtual machines from physical computers and VMware, Microsoft Virtual PC, or VirtualBox virtual machines. To enhance your experience of running more than one operating system on your Macintosh computer, Parallels Desktop includes several utilities: Parallels Transporter for migrating physical computers and virtual machines (VMware, Microsoft Virtual PC, or VirtualBox), Parallels Image Tool for managing virtual hard disks, and Parallels Mounter for accessing the contents of your virtual machines without starting them.
2. What's New WHAT'S NEW IN THIS UPDATE (build 5.0.9376) This version of Parallels Desktop fixes compatibility with new Mac Pros based on Intel Xeon Westmere processors. WHAT'S NEW IN THIS UPDATE (build 5.0.9370) This version of Parallels Desktop includes the following bugfixes and improvements: - Mac folders shared with Windows now work correctly with MS Outlook, Lotus, Quicken and other Windows applications. - Support for Autodesk Revit 2011 was fixed. - MS Office 2010 activation is preserved in Boot Camp virtual machines. - OpenGL now works correctly in Ubuntu 10.04 virtual machines. - Virtual machines using Boot Camp partitions on 512 GB solid-state disks (SSDs) now work correctly. - The problem with invisible virtual machines list on new MacBook Pros (released in early 2010) was fixed. - A rare problem with Windows virtual machine's screen turning black after upgrading to Mac OS X v10.6.3 was fixed. - Problems with Parallels Service stopping to respond when the Parallels Desktop settings file is corrupt were fixed. - Problems with screen resolution in Mac OS X Server v10.6.3 virtual machines were fixed. WHAT'S NEW IN THIS UPDATE (build 5.0.9344) This version of Parallels Desktop includes the following new features and enhancements: Guest Operating Systems - Google Chrome OS support. Performance - Improved performance of WDDM driver. - Improved performance of virtual machines with Mac OS X Server v10.6.3 and v10.6.2
guest operating systems installed. - Compatibility issues with Parallels Internet Security installed in virtual machines running on Nehalem-based imac and Mac Pro were fixed. - In a clean installation of Windows XP, My Computer opens without delay. - Waking Mac OS from sleep doesn't affect the Coherence performance. - Improved virtual hard disk caching mode. - Spotlight indexing enabled in Mac OS can no longer influence Boot Camp virtual machines booting speed. - Other performance improvements. Integration - MacLook fixes and improvements. - Enhanced appearance of the menu in Crystal mode. - Correct handling of text copied from Mac OS and pasted to a non-unicode application in the virtual machine. - Mac OS Desktop Aliases for Windows applications work properly. - USB Flash devices and CD/DVD network drives can be opened in virtual machines by double-clicking their icons. - Shared Windows applications are opened correctly when the virtual machine is suspended or paused. - Improved support for Windows Live Mail. - Improved handling of shared folders used by OneNote 2007, ProShow, and Marvin Sketch. Graphics - Improved support for OpenGL in Linux virtual machines. - Improved graphical performance of RealFlow in Ubuntu virtual machines. - Artifacts like transparent 3D games windows in Ubuntu virtual machines were fixed. - Improved graphics in Perforce client. - Switching view modes while working in Autodesk Inventor does not cause graphical artifacts like black screen. - White areas of the screen no longer appear in the Tin Soldiers Julius Caesar game. - Problems with video in Internet Explorer 8 when Aero is enabled in Windows 7 were resolved. - Other graphics improvements.
Network - Enhanced compatibility with Cisco VPN. - FTP upload speed increased. WHAT'S NEW IN PARALLELS DESKTOP 5 FOR MAC (build 5.0.9310) This version of Parallels Desktop includes the following new features and enhancements: - Fixes stability issues in virtual machines with Parallels Internet Security installed on Nehalem-based imac and Mac Pro. - Improves performance of Windows virtual machines. WHAT'S NEW IN PARALLELS DESKTOP 5 FOR MAC (build 5.0.9308) This version of Parallels Desktop includes the following new features and enhancements. Virtualization - Improved USB mass storage performance. - SMP Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 virtual machines migrated from Parallels Desktop 4 may crash on startup - fixed. - Black screen on startup in Windows 2000 virtual machines that support the Intel EPT technology - fixed. Windows guest operating systems - Improved resume from suspend in virtual machines with multiple monitors assigned. - Accidental keyboard problems when switching between applications if several virtual machines are running in Coherence or Crystal - fixed. - Switching to the default space when clicking Windows Start Menu in the Crystal mode - fixed. - Improved performance of file access via Shared Folders. - Problems with switching to Coherence or Crystal in a multi-monitor configuration with a USB-to-DVI/VGA adapter driver installed in the virtual machine - fixed. - Problems with switching to Coherence or Crystal when Parallels Desktop is on the display attached to a different graphic card - fixed. - Time zone synchronization in the Windows 7 guest OS - fixed. - The Visual Studio debugger hitting breakpoint on applications launched in the
debug mode when running in Coherence or Crystal view modes - fixed. - Overlapping of menus appearing on right-click and left-click in Crystal mode - fixed. Linux guest operating systems - Parallels Tools support Xorg 1.7 in Fedora 12 virtual machines (experimental) - new! - Parallels Tools support Mandriva 2010 (experimental) - new! - OpenSUSE 11.1 installation media auto detection - new! - A non-writable Desktop folder created during the Express installation in some distributions - fixed. - Problems with the Ubuntu 8.04 x64 guest OS booting after the Express installation - fixed. - Blinking when working in the Topogun 1.05 application - fixed. - Problems with right mouse click in some versions of GNOME - fixed. - Parallels Tools reinstallation may stall - fixed. Mac OS X Server guest operating system - The ability to pass kernel options to the Mac OS X Server guest OS - added. To do so, enable the "Select boot device on startup" option in the virtual machine configuration: it will enable you to specify the necessary kernel options in the 5-seconds timeout before booting the kernel. User Interface - Very slow Parallels Desktop 5 startup on some computers - fixed. - Artifacts in Quartz animation after applying changes to Undo Disks and some other actions - fixed. - Visual artifacts when switching to Full Screen in some machines - fixed. - Possible application crashes when switching to the Crystal mode with VoiceOver turned on - fixed. - Problem with quitting Parallels Desktop via Dock icon > Quit when Virtual Machines List is not closed - fixed. - Problem with some dialogs staying in background when accessed in the Crystal view mode - fixed. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger host operating system - Parallels Desktop may crash on startup in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger host OS - fixed.
- Possible problems with connecting USB devices in Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger host OS - fixed. 3D & Video - Improved video playback performance in Windows Vista and Windows 7. - Windows Aero is now available by default for computers with Intel GMAX3100 and GMA950 graphic adapters (some MacBook and Mac mini models). - Vertical synchronization is now configurable. You can configure these settings using the corresponding option in the virtual machine video configuration page. - Black screen blinking in Windows Aero in SMP systems - fixed. - Visual problems with the Battlestation Pacific game running on NVidia adapters - fixed. - Improved 3D performance for the Mirror's Edge game. - Possible texture corruption in Autodesk AutoCAD - fixed. - Possible Windows XP guest OS crashes when Autodesk Inventor is running in the virtual machine - fixed. - Possible crashes of the Torchlight game - fixed. - Visual artifacts in Quicktime 7 on ATI video adapters running in the WDDM mode - fixed. - Possible crashes in the Microsoft Train Simulator game - fixed. - The Mass Effect game crashes on startup - fixed. - Visual artifacts on water in the Spore game - fixed. - Accidental crashes in the Portal game on the GMA950 graphics adapter - fixed. - Accidental crashes in the Unreal Tournament 3 game -fixed. - Problems with OpenGL applications startup in Full Screen in multi-monitor configurations - fixed. - The Final Fantasy XI game compatibility issues - fixed. - Problems with the Counter Strike 1.6 game in DirectX rendering mode - fixed. - Corrupted images in Anatomage InVivo - fixed. - Video quality problems in some video players on Windows 7 - fixed. Parallels Transporter - Improved performance of virtual machines migrated from VMware Fusion to Parallels Desktop. - Disabled Aero in the Windows 7 virtual machines converted from VMware Fusion 3 to Parallels Desktop - fixed.
- Migration via the Parallels USB cable when the source computer's USB port is a USB 1.1 port - fixed. 3. System Requirements Hardware Requirements - Any Macintosh computer with an Intel processor (1.66 GHz or greater). To run 64-bit operating systems in virtual machines, an Intel Core 2 or higher processor is required. - Minimum 1 GB of memory, 2 GB of memory is recommended. - About 300 MB of disk space on the boot volume for Parallels Desktop installation. - About 15 GB of disk space for each virtual machine. Software Requirements - Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 or later - Mac OS X Leopard v10.5.2 or later - Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.11 or later To get information about your Mac OS X version, type of processor, and amount of memory, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu. 4. Supported Guest Operating Systems 32-bit Operating Systems - Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6 - Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x - Windows 7 - Windows Vista - Windows XP Professional SP2, SP3, Home Edition SP2, SP3 - Windows Server 2008 - Windows Server 2003 SP2, R2 - Windows 2000 Server SP4, Advanced Server SP4 - Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6, Workstation SP6 - Windows ME - Windows 98 SE - Windows 95 - Windows 3.11 - MS-DOS 6.22 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, 4.x - CentOS Linux 5.x, 4.x
- Red Hat Linux 9 - Fedora Linux 9, 8, 7 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2, 9 SP3 - OpenSUSE Linux 10.3, 10.2 - Mandriva Linux 2008, 2007 - Debian Linux 4.0 - Ubuntu Linux 9.04, 8.10, 8.04 - Xandros Business 4.0 - Solaris 10, 9 - FreeBSD 7.0, 6.2 - OS/2 Warp 4.5 - ecomstation 1.2 64-bit Operating Systems - Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x - Windows 7 - Windows 2008 - Windows Vista - Windows Server 2003 SP2, R2 - Windows XP Professional SP2 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x - CentOS Linux 5.x - Fedora Linux 9, 8 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2, 9 SP3 - OpenSUSE Linux 10.3, 10.2 - Ubuntu Linux 9.04, 8.10, 8.04 - Mandriva Linux 2008, 2007 - Solaris 10 - FreeBSD 7.0 Starting from build 5.0.9312, Parallels Desktop 5 also supports Google Chrome OS. 5. Installing Parallels Desktop If you purchased Parallels Desktop from the Parallels online store, download the latest build from Parallels Download Center. When the download is complete, open the Parallels Desktop DMG package file. To start the installation, double-click Install. If you purchased a boxed copy of Parallels Desktop, insert the Parallels Desktop installation disk into the optical drive of your Mac. Open the Parallels Desktop DMG package and double-click Install. 1. Parallels Desktop will connect to the Parallels update server and check for available updates.
- If there is a Parallels Desktop version newer than yours, you will see the message offering you to install the latest version of Parallels Desktop or that in the DMG package. If you click Install current, the version present in the DMG package will be installed. If you click Download and install the new version, the latest version of Parallels Desktop will be downloaded to your Mac. - If there are no updates available or your Mac is not connected to the internet, the base version will be installed. 2. In the Welcome window, click Continue. 3. In the Important Information window, read the product Readme file. Click Print to print the document or Save to save it for future reading. When finished, click Continue. Note: You can return to the previous steps by clicking the Go Back button. 4. In the Software License Agreement window, carefully read the License Agreement. We recommend to print the license agreement for your records using the Print button or to save it for future reading using the Save button. Click Continue when finished. 5. To proceed with the installation, you must agree with the terms and conditions of the License Agreement. 6. In the Select a Destination window, select the hard disk where to install Parallels Desktop. You can install Parallels Desktop on the boot volume only, which is the hard disk where Mac OS X is installed. Other disks, if any, are unavailable for selection. Click Continue. 7. Click Install to start the Parallels Desktop installation, or click Upgrade if you are installing over the previous version of Parallels Desktop. Enter your password when prompted and click OK. 8. The installation progress is shown in the Installing Parallels Desktop window. 9. The installer informs you that the installation was successful. To complete the installation, click Close. After the installation, you can launch Parallels Desktop from the Applications folder on your Mac. The Parallels Desktop add-ons like Parallels Transporter and Parallels Image Tool are available from the /Applications/Parallels/ folder. The Parallels Virtualization SDK can be downloaded from the Parallels website. 6. Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac To upgrade to the new version, you need to install it as specified in the above procedure and activate it using an upgrade acivation key. You don't have to remove the previous version of Parallels Desktop before the upgrade: the installer will remove it automatically before installing Parallels Desktop 5.
Upgrade Activation Key To activate your copy of Parallels Desktop 5, you should purchase an upgrade activation key. You may also need the key you used with the previous version. - If you activated the previous version of Parallels Desktop with a permanent key, you will need to enter the upgrade key only. - If you activated the previous version of Parallels Desktop with a trial activation key, you will be prompted to enter both keys: the key you used with the previous version and the upgrade key for the new version. - If you purchased the previous version of Parallels Desktop but haven't installed it on your Mac, you will need two keys to activate Parallels Desktop 5: the upgrade activation key for Parallels Desktop 5 and a permanent or upgrade key for the previous version. Converting Virtual Machines Created in Parallels Desktop 3.0 and earlier to the New Format Parallels Desktop 5 and Parallels Desktop 4 use a format of virtual machines that differs from the Parallels Desktop 3.0 format. When you start a virtual machine created in Parallels Desktop 3, you will be asked to convert it to the new format. When prompted to convert the virtual machine to the new format, choose one of the following: - Click Backup & Convert to backed up the virtual machine and then convert it to the new format. If you need to start this virtual machine in Parallels Desktop 3, you will be able to restore it from the backup. - Click Convert to convert your virtual machine without backing it up. The results of conversion cannot be reverted. If you choose this option, you will not be able to convert the virtual machine back to the old format. Upgrading the Virtual Machine Configuration and Updating Parallels Tools Once the virtual machine is converted, its configuration will be upgraded and the most recent version of Parallels Tools will be installed in it. Note: In Linux virtual machines, X Server may fail to start after the upgrade, so you may need to upgrade Parallels Tools manually in text mode. 7. Activating Parallels Desktop To fully run Parallels Desktop, you should activate it with an activation key. If you purchased a box version of the program, you can find the activation key printed either on the installation CD sleeve, or on a special card. If you purchased the program online, the activation key was sent to you by e-mail. If you haven't purchace the
product yet and want to evaluate it before buying, you can get a trial activation key that is valid for a limited period of time. To activate the product: 1. Open Parallels Desktop 2. Choose Activate Product from the Help menu. 3. In the Activate Product dialog, specify your name and your company name (these fields are optional) and type the activation key into the Activation Key field. Click the Activate button when finished. Now that your copy of Parallels Desktop is activated, you can create virtual machines, install operating systems in them, and work with the virtual machines' applications side by side with the applications of your Mac. After you activate your copy of Parallels Desktop, it is recommended that you register your copy. Only registered users can download regular updates that enable them to stay current with the latest improvements. 8. Setting Up a Virtual Machine When you first start Parallels Desktop, you will see the Welcome screen. If you upgraded from the previous version, click "Use your virtual machines" to access your virtual machines. If you want to create a new virtual machine, click New Windows installation. 1. The New Virtual Machine Assistant will appear. 2. Insert the operating system installation CD into the optical drive of your Mac and follow the assistant's instructions. 3. The assistant will create a virtual machine and install the operating system in it. 4. When the operating system is installed, Parallels Tools will be installed in your virtual machine. Once the operating system and Parallels Tools are installed, your virtual machine is ready for work. 9. Copyright Notice Copyright 1999-2010 by Parallels Holdings, Ltd. All rights reserved. Parallels, Coherence, Parallels Transporter, Parallels Compressor, Parallels Desktop, and
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