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About Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac

Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac is a major upgrade to Parallels' award-winning software for running

Windows on a Mac.

About this Update

This update for Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac (build 9.0.23136) addresses overall stability and

performance issues, and includes the following fixes and enhancements:

OS X Mavericks support

- Work with Parallels Desktop on a Mac running OS X Mavericks.

- Install and use OS X Mavericks in a virtual machine.

- OS X notifications let you know when Microsoft Outlook 2007 or later receives a new email.

- Support for the OS X Mavericks multiple displays functionality gives you more flexibility to work

with Windows and OS X apps at a time when using multiple displays.

- Support for the OS X Mavericks tags in Finder lets you easily find the virtual machines and virtual

machine applications you're looking for.

Usability

- Easily distinguish your virtual machines running in full screen by their names that appear for a

while after switching to the virtual machine.

Devices

- Resolves an issue with external storage devices (Thunderbolt/FireWire devices and SD/MMC

cards connected via the SDXC card slot) not reconnecting to the virtual machine after the virtual

machine restart, resume, or reverting to a snapshot.

- Resolves an issue with external storage devices (Thunderbolt/FireWire devices and SD/MMC

cards connected via the SDXC card slot) not reconnecting to the virtual machine after being

plugged out and plugged into the Mac again.

- No more annoying "device connect/device disconnect" sounds when resizing the virtual machine

window, switching to Coherence, or during the Parallels Tools installation.

Switch to Parallels

- Convert VMware virtual machines with Windows 7 (x64) installed via EFI to the Parallels format

and use them in Parallels Desktop.

- Convert VMware virtual machines with Windows XP (x64) to the Parallels format and use them in

Parallels Desktop.

Linux support

- Resolves an issue with drag-and-drop files from Linux to OS X not working when the virtual

machine is running in Coherence.

Other

Summary of content (5 pages)

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About Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac is a major upgrade to Parallels' award-winning software for running Windows on a Mac. About this Update This update for Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac (build 9.0.23136) addresses overall stability and performance issues, and includes the following fixes and enhancements: OS X Mavericks support - Work with Parallels Desktop on a Mac running OS X Mavericks. - Install and use OS X Mavericks in a virtual machine.
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- Longer battery life of your Mac. - The list of languages that sync between the host and guest OSs has been expanded. - Check for updates from the "About Parallels Desktop" dialog. Previous Update Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac (build 9.0.23062) Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac (build 9.0.23062) includes the following enhancements: - Resolves an issue with horizontal scrolling using a mouse not working in some applications.
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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.
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- Run virtual machines from bootable external storage devices. - A new virtual network adapter provides a faster Internet connection. - Support for virtual SCSI controller. Linux support - Use Linux applications just like OS X apps: work with OS X files, manage applications via their icons in the Dock, etc. - Support for Mageia Linux 2. - Support for Linux Mint 13, 14. - Parallels Tools for Linux update automatically.
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simultaneously. - At least 700 MB of space available on the boot volume (the volume that has Mac OS X) for Parallels Desktop installation. - 15 GB of available disk space for Windows. - An Internet connection for select features and software updates. Software - OS X Mavericks 10.9, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4 or later, OS X Lion 10.7.5 or later, or Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later.