Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Parallels Desktop 10 Offers Better MAC-Windows Integration

We all use Mac computers here, but once in a while, we may have to run the old Windows apps. Not only will the latest version of Parallels Desktop continue to handle the tasks for us, but it also brings a host of new and user friendly features, including improved performance, better integration between guest and host operating systems and also support for the forthcoming release of OS X Yosemite. Parallels has spent a lot of time fine tuning performance in this newest version. This has yielded improvements like 30% more battery life for the MacBook users, 50% faster performance from Office 2014 apps, 60% faster loading of the snapshots, and 48% speedier opening of the Windows files.

Improved integration between OS X and Windows is also a highlight of the version 10. The users will be able to share information from their Windows Virtual Machine through the services that are set up in OS X’s Internet Accounts preference pane like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Vimeo as well as Apple’s own sharing options like email messages, Messages, and AirDrop. New apps that are installed in Windows will be shown in OS X’s Launchpad and the files can be dragged and dropped onto the VM icon in the Dock to bring up Windows. There is also support for dragging and dropping files into the virtual machines that are running OS X as well.

These details were provided by the Omnitech reviews page. The upcoming release of Yosemite offers Parallels with a number of ways to link both the operating systems too. For instance, Windows notifications can show up in Yosemite’s Notification Center and Windows VMs will support iCloud Drive, iMessages and SMS text sharing features. As Yosemite is in pre release versions, this support may not be fully implemented yet. Parallels does intend to completely support the new version of OS X when it is officially released. Parallels is also updating the Mac Enterprise Edition, bringing the ability for IT managers to support Windows applications for the Mac users, allowing for encrypted OS X VMs using FileVault, and enforcing a USB device policy.

Parallels desktop 10 is available immediately as an upgrade for the current users at 50 dollars. This is for the users of versions 8 and 9. The full version will be costing 80 dollars. To know more on this news, you may refer to Omnitech reviews pages.

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