How to use parallels’ “coherence mode” to run windows and mac apps side by side

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Ever wish you could run macOS and Windows software, side by side, arranging windows from each operating system however you like? Thanks to a feature in Parallels called Coherence Mode, which you can use if you’ve set up Parallels to run Windows inside macOS, it’s only a click away.

In Coherence Mode, your virtual Windows desktop will merge with your Mac one, allowing you to arrange windows from the two operating systems side-by-side. You can think of it as a very polished version of VirtualBox’s seamless mode, but it’s more than that: the Parallels’ team laser focus on macOS means there are all sorts of integrations that similar tools wouldn’t even think to offer, like menus for Windows program in the menu bar and compatible keyboard shortcuts. It’s not quite as good as running a native Mac app, but it’s the next best thing.

How to Launch Coherence Mode in Parallels

To get started, you need a Windows virtual machine with Parallels tools installed. Here’s how to set that up if you haven’t already. Open your virtual machine and you’ll see a blue button at the top left of the window, to the right of the usual Mac window buttons.

Click this and your Windows desktop will merge with your macOS one. Programs you have open in Windows run alongside your Mac ones, which is a little weird at first.

There are a few other integrations that make it easy to use everything together. You’ll find a sort of Start menu folder in the dock, making it easy to launch Windows software.

If you prefer the actual Windows start menu, complete with search, simply click the virtual machine’s icon in the dock; the full start menu will launch above your dock.

From here you can search Windows, or access any other functionality of the Windows operating system, all without leaving the macOS desktop.

And the integration goes further: look at the macOS menu bar and you’ll find the Windows tray icons.

Speaking of the menu bar: Windows programs are somewhat integrated with the macOS menu bar, allowing you to do things like Copy and Paste.

It’s a subtle thing, sure, but it makes the Windows applications feel just a little more at home in macOS.

How to Configure Coherence Mode (and Turn Certain Features Off)

If some of these integrations bother you, don’t worry: you can enable and disable most of them. Shut down your virtual machine, then click the gear button next to its name in the Control Center.

Head to the “Applications” section.

Here you’ll find the option to disable the applications folder in the dock and the notification area in the menu bar. This is a matter of taste: some people will like the integrations, and some would prefer to head to the full Windows environment to access things like the tray icons. Happily it’s all up to you.

How to Exit Coherence Mode

Even with these integrations turned off, you might realize that Coherence isn’t for you, at least not constantly. No worries: it’s easy to turn off. Click the Parallels icon in the menu bar, then head to View > Exit Coherence.

Alternatively, you can right-click the virtual machine’s dock icon; you’ll find the same options.

More Than Just Windows

Parallels is mostly designed to make running Windows programs on Mac simpler, but Windows isn’t the only trick it can pull: Linux virtual machines also work well. Such machines even support Coherence, once Parallels Tools is installed. Here’s how that looks with Ubuntu.

The integrations aren’t quite as strong: a good chunk of the Ubuntu UI comes over wholesale, rather than finding a niche in the macOS dock and menu bar. But software runs, making it just a little easier to run Linux software alongside macOS apps.

Parallels Desktop 15 lets you run Windows smoothly on a Mac

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I made the leap from Windows PCs to Mac late last year, when I bought the 16-inch MacBook Pro. At the time I was nervous about leaving Windows behind entirely, as there are several Windows apps without obvious Mac equivalents that I’ve grown used to. And then are plenty of games that don’t run on macOS, either.

Having heard bad things about Bootcamp, I decided to plump for Parallels Desktop 15 instead, so that I could run macOS and Windows side-by-side without having to reboot the Mac every time I needed to switch operating system. Here, after almost six months of day-to-day usage, is my verdict on running Windows on a Mac with Parallels.

The startup costs

First, it would be remiss not to mention that – like almost everything associated with Macs – the costs of running Parallels Desktop and Windows on a Mac are steep.

Parallels Desktop itself is $79.99 (£69.99) and it has become one of those pieces of software that has been turned into a subscription service for no good reason, meaning you’ll be another $80 in the hole next year if you wish to continue using it.

There’s also the cost of the Windows 10 license. You cannot reuse the license key you may have for a version of Windows installed on a previous PC, meaning you have to buy afresh. If you get one direct from Microsoft, you are looking at a stonking $199.99 (£219.99) for Windows 10 Pro and $139.99 (£119.99) for the Home version. (Before you write in, yes, the pound is more expensive than the US dollar for Pro and cheaper for Home. Go figure.)

You’ll find multiple websites willing to sell you Windows 10 for as little as $10, but the vast majority of these bargain-basement sites will likely sell you an invalid license key, so stick to authorized, well-known resellers, who will still offer it cheaper than Microsoft. Make sure you buy the full version of Windows 10 Pro/Home and not an OEM version.

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What works

Two things are striking with Parallels Desktop 15: the super-smooth installation and the way that Windows and macOS rub along so nicely with one another.

Parallels has two basic modes. First, there’s desktop mode where you view the normal Windows desktop within a window on your Mac.

Desktop mode sees the regular Windows desktop appear as a window within macOS

Then there’s coherence mode, where Windows apps run just like regular macOS apps in their own window, with Windows running invisibly in the background.

In coherence mode, Windows apps appear just like regular macOS apps on the Mac desktop

It’s in coherence mode that Parallels really shines, because it’s just like having macOS versions of those familiar Windows apps. Indeed, if you’ve already bought the Windows license for a piece of software or game and don’t want to fork out for a new macOS version, this goes some way to offsetting the cost of Parallels/Windows itself.

Those Windows apps running in coherence mode really do act like regular macOS apps. You can drag and drop files into their windows, for example, and access native macOS files and folders. My favorite, quick-and-dirty photo editing app is Paint.net, for example, but there is no macOS version of it. But running it in coherence mode, I can drag photos/screenshots into the Paint.net window and make quick edits, saving them straight back to the Mac. I can even assign Paint.net as the default app for opening Jpeg files on the Mac and, when you right-click on images, the option to open with the Windows app appears. It’s all very tightly integrated.

There are oddities, however. Windows apps, for example, have their minimize/maximize/close buttons in the top right of the window, whereas macOS puts those in the top left. It can be confusing when you’re switching between apps to remember which has its buttons where.

And even in coherence mode, some Windows-specific features are retained that don’t apply to the Mac apps. For instance, if you shake a Windows app’s window, all the other Windows apps minimize – as they do in Windows 10 – but the macOS apps remain in place. In other words, running the two operating systems side by side requires some re-programming of your muscle memory!

It’s also impressive how background Windows apps continue to work in Parallels. For example, I use MP3 Skype Recorder to record my telephone interviews. When I make a call in the Windows version of Skype, it just fires up in the background, and I can then save the interview to my Dropbox and play it back using the macOS version of VLC. What’s more peripherals such as microphones just work, with Parallels asking you whether you want to use the device in macOS or Windows when you plug it in.

What doesn’t work

There’s only one big thing I’d put in this category, and it’s one that will likely disappoint many potential Parallels users: the latest 3D games.

Forget about Fortnite using Parallels Desktop

The Mac version of Fortnite runs brilliantly on the MacBook Pro 16in, with super-smooth frame rates at the maximum resolution and full graphical detail. In Windows using Parallels, it is pretty much unplayable. You can get just-about-usable performance by dropping the graphics settings right down, but even in Parallel’s dedicated game mode, where it has almost unlimited access to the Mac’s resources, it struggles.

The experience is much better with less demanding games in my Steam library. The 2D strategy/adventure game This Is The Police runs fine, for example, which is handy as there’s no macOS version of the title. Other less demanding titles such as Stardew Valley are equally at home in virtual Windows. In short, anything that’s not going to place massive strain on a graphics card should work fine with Parallels Desktop, but forget about running those latest AAA titles as the experience will be beyond disappointing.

Verdict

Overall, I’ve been hugely impressed with the way Parallels Desktop has let me retain the best bits of the Windows world inside macOS. It’s by no means a magic bullet for gaming – AAA gamers would probably be better off installing Windows via Bootcamp – but for general-purpose apps it works impressively smoothly.

Let’s be honest: to the average person, the idea of running two different operating systems at the same time on one computer is pretty weird. This idea naturally leads to questions like these:

• How do I know which one I’m using at any one moment?
• How do I switch between them?
• Which applications do I use?

• Why would I want to do that?

As a Parallels Desktop® for Mac user, you can probably answer the last two questions like this:

• Because I need to run some Windows applications, and I have (and love) a Mac®.

But you might not know all the ways you can switch between Mac and Windows, so in this blog post I’ll show you. Which one of these ways you might use depends on how you use Parallels Desktop.

1. Window Mode

In Window mode, Windows runs in a window on your Mac screen.

You switch between Mac and Windows just be moving your cursor—what could be easier! See Video 1:

2. Full Screen Mode

In Full Screen mode, both Mac and Windows fill the entire screen. You switch between them with a three-finger swipe on your trackpad. See Video 2 (Note: The hand gesture video insets are from lifehacker.com):

3. Coherence Mode

In Coherence mode, Mac and Windows applications run side-by-side on the Mac desktop. You switch between them just as you would switch between two Mac applications: just click inside the window of the application you want to use. See Video 3:

I hope these three ways help you to easily and quickly switch between Mac and Windows whenever you want.

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Hack Attack: Side-by-side Windows and Mac OS with Parallels

The Parallels beta includes a new feature, called Coherence, that hides the Windows desktop and allows you to run Windows apps in their own windows on your Mac desktop. The result is that you can intermingle all your Mac and Windows apps on the same desktop. I know what you’re thinking: Disgusting! Unnatural!

Trust me people, I felt weird about it, too, but after setting it up, I can tell you this much: Sometimes something that sounds so wrong can feel so right. Today I’ll show you how to set up Coherence in Parallels and how to launch Windows apps directly from your Mac.

Since the current build of Parallels Desktop Beta is open to the public, you can install the beta and try out Coherence for free (always nice). But first thing’s first – the screencast! Here’s what Parallels with Coherence looks like.

So, how can you get your Mac to run this unholy marriage? Actually, it’s quite easy.

Install Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta

First, head over to Parallels and download the free Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3036 Beta . Yep, while it’s in beta, this build is absolutely free, so as long as you’ve got an Intel Mac, you can do this for free. Run through the installation.

Install Windows in Parallels

If this is the first time you’ve installed Parallels, you need to install a new Windows virtual machine . Rather than recounting the entire process, head over to my side-by-side Windows and Mac feature and start at “Install XP as a virtual machine”. It’s a simple process, so get installing if you need to. When you’ve installed Windows, be sure to re-install Parallels Tools by booting up Windows in Parallels and then going to Actions -> Install Parallels Tools. Done? Then get ready for the fun part. It’s time to:

Set up Coherence

Now that you’ve got Parallels with Coherence mode installed and a working installation of Windows, it’s time to tweak your installation for Coherence mode. None of these tweaks are necessary to run Coherence, but they’ll help keep the line between Windows and your Mac pretty thin.

• Set your Windows taskbar to Auto-hide by right-clicking the taskbar, selecting Properties, and checking “Auto-hide the taskbar”.
• Move your taskbar to a side of your screen away from your Mac’s Dock. Stacking the taskbar on top of your dock (or even underneath the menubar) just doesn’t work that well.
• Set your Windows desktop wallpaper to match your Mac’s. The easiest thing to do here is just set your desktop with as a solid color. The reason this is useful is that Coherence works by hiding your entire Windows desktop while creating a window that lets Windows apps peak through. When you drag these Windows around, you’ll notice that your Windows desktop can bleed through around the edges during the move – unless you’re using the same wallpaper, that is.
• Turn off your Windows screensaver. Parallels is great at hiding your Windows desktop, but your screensaver is another story. The solution is simple enough, though – just disable your screensaver in Windows by right-clicking the desktop and selecting Properties -> Screen Saver, then choosing (None) from the drop-down menu.

At this point, if you haven’t already, switch into Coherence mode by selecting View -> Coherence in the Parallels menubar. The Windows desktop should disappear, but you should still be able to launch apps from the start menu or using an app launcher like Launchy . Very cool.

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Launch Windows apps directly from your Mac

Parallels does not (yet) support launching Windows apps from OS X. However, if you want to get this functionality, the VerySimple Dev blog has hacked together a Windows app called DockSync intended to work in conjunction with a Parallels shared folder. It’s a fairly primitive app at this point that monitors Parallels shared folders for files ending with .task extensions. The .task files contain Windows command line actions. Short story shorter, you can script a command via Applescript or Terminal that will output a .task file to the shared folder. The .task file will be picked up by DockSync and executed at the Windows command line.

The advantage here is that with DockSync, you can do all of your launching from your Mac, meaning you’re that much closer to erasing the line between the two operating systems (if that’s the kind of thing you’re going for). To get DockSync up and running, download and install it on your Windows virtual machine (it requires .NET 2.0), then just follow along with the Readme file inside (it’s a very simple process). What’s even cooler is that, since it’s just executing command line actions, you can use it to do things like set up quicklaunch workspaces with batch scripts .

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Seamless drag and drop between Mac and Windows

Oh, and as if Coherence wasn’t badass enough, Parallels now has seamless drag and drop of files between Mac OS X and your virtual machine operating system. Both ways. Handy.

To be honest, now that I’ve set up Parallels using both Coherence and Fullscreen modes separately, I’m not sure which I’ll use more. Since I like managing my desktop apps with VirtueDesktops, I may continue running in fullscreen mode a lot of the time just to keep things compartmentalized. (If you’d forgotten how well Parallels works with desktop switching, check out the video below).

On the other hand, there are plenty of times (drag and drop, for example) where using Windows in coherence with my Mac will come in very handy, particularly at those times when I just need to use that one Windows app. Either way, Coherence in Parallels is incredible, and should go a long ways towards boosting productivity for dual-OS users with Intel Macs. As I said, the beta linked to above is free to try out, but if you decide you do want to eventually purchase the app, it’ll run about $80. If I didn’t already have Parallels, I know what I’d be asking for this Christmas.

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Kdykoli budete chtít spustit software macOS a Windows vedle sebe, uspořádání oken z každého operačního systému jak se vám líbí? Díky funkci Parallels nazvanou Coherence Mode, kterou můžete použít, pokud jste nastavili Parallels pro spuštění Windows uvnitř macOSu, je to jen kliknutí.

V Coherence Mode se vaší virtuální desktop Windows spojí se svým Mac , což umožňuje uspořádat okna z obou operačních systémů vedle sebe. Můžete si to představit jako velmi leštěnou verzi virtuálního režimu VirtualBoxu, ale je to více než toto: Paralelní týmová laserová soustředění na MacOS znamená, že existují nejrůznější integrace, které podobné nástroje by ani neměly nabídnout, jako například nabídky Program Windows v panelu nabídek a klávesové zkratky kompatibilní. Není to tak dobré jako běh nativní aplikace Mac, ale je to další nejlepší věc.

Jak spouštět režim koherence v Parallels

Chcete-li začít, potřebujete virtuální stroj Windows s nainstalovanými nástroji Parallels. Zde je postup, jak to nastavit, pokud jste to ještě neučinili. Otevřete virtuální počítač a v levé horní části okna uvidíte modré tlačítko, napravo od obvyklých tlačítek oken Mac.

Klepněte na toto tlačítko a vaše pracovní plocha systému Windows se spojí s aplikací MacOS. Programy, které máte otevřené v systému Windows, běží podél vašich počítačů Mac, což je na první pohled trochu divné.

Existuje několik dalších integrací, díky nimž je snadné používat vše společně. V doku najdete jakousi složku nabídky Start, což usnadňuje spouštění softwaru systému Windows.

Pokud upřednostňujete aktuální nabídku spuštění systému Windows, doplněnou o vyhledávání, jednoduše klikněte na ikonu virtuálního stroje v doku; spustí se úplné startovní menu nad dokem

Odtud můžete vyhledat Windows nebo přistupovat k libovolné jiné funkcionalitě operačního systému Windows, a to bez nutnosti opustit plochu MacOS

. MacOS a ikony na liště Windows

Když mluvíme o panelu nabídek: Programy systému Windows jsou poněkud integrovány do panelu nabídek MacOS, což vám umožňuje dělat věci jako Kopírovat a Vložit.

Je to jemná věc , ale zajistí, aby se aplikace systému Windows cítila trochu doma v systému MacOS.

Jak konfigurovat koherentní režim (a vypnout některé funkce vypnuto)

Pokud některé z těchto integrací vás obtěžují, nebojte se: většinu z nich můžete zapnout a vypnout. Vypněte virtuální počítač a klikněte na ovládací tlačítko vedle jeho názvu v Ovládacím centru.

Přejděte do sekce “Aplikace”.

Zde najdete možnost zakázat složku aplikací v doku a oznamovací oblast v panelu nabídek. Jedná se o záležitost chuti: někteří lidé se budou chtít integrovat a někteří by se raději měli vydat do plného prostředí Windows, aby měli přístup k věcem, jako jsou ikony na liště. Naštěstí je to všechno na vás.

Jak ukončit režim koherence

Dokonce i při vypnutí těchto integrací byste si uvědomili, že soudržnost není pro vás, přinejmenším neustále. Žádné obavy: je snadné vypnout. Klikněte na ikonu Parallels na liště nabídek a pak na položku Zobrazit> Konec ukončení.

Alternativně můžete kliknout pravým tlačítkem myši na ikonu doku virtuálního stroje; Stejné možnosti najdete

Více než jen Windows

Parallels je většinou navržen tak, aby běží programy Windows na Macu jednodušeji, ale Windows není jediný trik, který dokáže vyndat: virtuální počítače Linux také fungují dobře. Takové stroje dokonce podporují soudržnost po instalaci nástroje Parallels Tools. Zde je návod, jak vypadat s Ubuntu.

Integrace není tak silná: velká část uživatelského rozhraní Ubuntu přichází přes velkoobchod, spíše než nalezení nika v doku MacOS a panelu nabídek. Ale běží softwarový software, což zjednodušuje spouštění softwaru Linuxu vedle aplikací MacOS.

Pokud máte v domácnosti více než jeden Apple TV, pravděpodobně víte, jak je to nepříjemné, když musíte nainstalovat Apple TV aplikacemi na každém zařízení. Nicméně, s vydáním tvOS 11, to už není pravda. SOUVISEJÍCÍ: Jak aktualizovat svůj Apple TV na tvOS 11 Díky iCloud, všechny Apple TV, které jsou přihlášené do Apple ID synchronizovat se navzájem.

Zvedněte ruku, pokud zavoláte svého inteligentního reproduktoru tím, pak čekáte za sekundu nebo dvě, než se rozsvítí. Možná vás překvapí, že nemusíte čekat na odpověď. Jak Wake Word Detection funguje Pravděpodobně víte, že váš inteligentní reproduktor “vždycky poslouchá”. Je to jiné než ” “Ale ochrana soukromí stranou, hardware uvnitř vašeho inteligentního reproduktoru neustále využívá lokální zpracování, aby mohl poslouchat své slovo, aby byl připraven okamžitě.

Coherence – это режим просмотра, который позволяет запускать приложения Windows на Mac, как будто это родные Mac-программы.

Примечание. Для виртуальных машин Parallels Desktop режим Coherence включен по умолчанию. Если вы хотите изменить режим просмотра, смотрите эту статью: 115291

В режиме Coherence вы можете одновременно использовать программы Windows и Mac на одном рабочем столе и без перезагрузки. Вы даже можете запускать Windows-программы напрямую из Dock или с рабочего стола Mac. В этом режиме скрыты все элементы управления, значки и меню Parallels Desktop, кроме значка Parallels в строке меню Mac и папки с программами Windows в Dock.

Также скрыты панель задач, кнопка Пуск и рабочий стол Windows.

Работа с виртуальной машиной в Coherence

Для запуска новых Windows-программ можно использовать следующие способы:

• Щелкните по папке с Windows-программами в Dock и выберите нужную программу

• Щелкните правой кнопкой по значку Parallels в строке меню Mac, чтобы активировать меню Windows Пуск:

• Щелкниет по значку Windows в Dock, чтобы активировать меню Windows Пуск:

Для переключения между уже открытыми Windows-программами используйте их значки в Dock

Все Windows-программы помечены значком Parallels , чтобы их легко можно было отличить от Mac-программ

Дополнительные опции для Windows-программ доступны по правому щелчку по их значку в Dock:

• Завершить, Скрыть, Показать все окна, Оставить в Dock и Добавить в Launchpad – всё как у родных Мас-приложений.
• Опция Показать список переходов активирует список переходов, доступный для значков Windows-программ на панели задач Windows

Если у вас открыто несколько окон одной и той же Windows-программы, вы можете переключаться между ними в стиле Mac:

• выберите из списка:
• активируйте опцию Показать все окна

Чтобы открыть настройки виртуальной машины:

• щелкните правой кнопкой по значку меню Пуск в Dock

• или щелкните по значку Parallels в строке меню Mac и нажмите Alt

Включение и отключение режима Coherence

Чтобы отключить Coherence, щелкните по значку Parallels в строке меню Mac и выберите Закрыть Coherence

Чтобы включить Coherence из оконного режима

• щелкните по меню Вид > Перейти в Coherence

• щелкните по значку Coherence в правом верхнем углу окна виртуальной машины

Настройки режима Coherence находятся в настройках виртуальной машины -> Параметры -> Coherence

Примечание. Чтобы можно было использовать режим Coherence, в Windows нужно установить Parallels Tools. Для этого в строке меню Parallels Desktop выберите Виртуальная машина > Установить Parallels Tools.

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Changing the View Mode

Parallels Desktop provides a number of view modes to make your work with virtual machines more comfortable and efficient:

• Window mode. In this mode the virtual machine screen is displayed as a separate window. This is the default view mode.
• Full Screen mode. In this mode the virtual machine screen is expanded to occupy the whole of your physical computer’s screen.
• Coherence mode. In this mode the virtual machine’s desktop is invisible so that you can see the virtual machine’s application windows in Mac OS X and work with them side by side with your Mac OS X applications.
• Modality mode. In this mode you can view the virtual machine and the programs running inside it in a transparent scaled window while working in Mac OS X. By default, this window appears on top of all opened windows, so you can supervise your virtual machine during your work in Mac OS X.

For switching between these modes, you can use the View menu commands or toolbar buttons.

Switching to the Full Screen Mode

You can run a guest operating system in the Full Screen mode when the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen and all Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden. To see the Mac OS X Dock and the Parallels Desktop menus while working in the Full Screen mode, press Ctrl+Alt.

To switch to the Full Screen mode, do one of the following:

• Click the Full Screen button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar.
• Choose Full Screen from the View menu.
• Use the appropriate hot key combination (Alt+Enter by default).

Note: The default hot key combinations can be configured on the Keyboard and Mouse pane of the Preferences dialog.

You may also choose the type of animation that will be displayed when switching to the Full Screen mode and back. For details, please refer to Appearance Preferences.

To return to the Window mode:

• press the appropriate hot key combination (Alt+Enter by default) or
• press Ctrl+Alt to display the Parallels Desktop menus and choose Window from the View menu.

Switching to the Coherence Mode

The Coherence mode provides the highest level of integration between Mac OS X and your guest operating system. In this mode, you can have the Mac OS X Dock, Windows taskbar, and any applications running under these operating systems on one desktop. For more information on the Coherence mode, see Working in the Coherence Mode.

To switch a running virtual machine to operate in the Coherence mode, do one of the following:

• Click the Coherence button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar.
• Choose Coherence from the View menu.
• Use the appropriate hot key combination (Shift+Ctrl+Alt by default).

Note: The default hot key combinations can be configured on the Keyboard and Mouse pane of the Preferences dialog.

To switch the virtual machine from Coherence to another mode:

• choose the Window or Full Screen option from the View menu or
• use the appropriate hot key combination (Shift+Ctrl+Alt by default).

Switching to the Modality Mode

When you switch to Modality, you can resize the virtual machine windows and place them side by side with your Mac’s applications. A Modality window can be scaled to any size, and its content will still be active, which allows you to monitor the tasks running inside the virtual machine while you are working on the Mac’s side.

In the Modality mode, you can:

• Simply resize the virtual machine window by dragging its right corner.
• Resize the virtual machine window and change the ratio of its sides by pressing and holding Alt and dragging the window right corner.
• Resize the virtual machine window and dynamically adjust the screen resolution by pressing and holding Shift and dragging the window right corner.

To switch a running virtual machine to the Modality mode, do one of the following:

• Choose Modality from the View menu.
• Click the Modality button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar.
• Use the appropriate hot key combination (Ctrl+Alt+Cmd+Enter by default).

Note: The default hot key combinations can be configured on the Keyboard and Mouse pane of the Preferences dialog.

To switch the virtual machine from Modality to another view mode:

• Choose Window, Full Screen, or Coherence from the View menu.
• Use the appropriate hot key combination (Ctrl+Alt+Cmd+Enter by default).

When you switch back from Modality to the Window view mode, the toolbar is hidden. If you want to add it back to the virtual machine window, choose Show Toolbar from the View menu.

To customize the Modality settings, refer to the Modality pane of Virtual Machine Configuration.

Har du nogensinde ønsket, at du kunne køre MacOS og Windows-software ved siden af ​​hinanden, arrangere vinduer fra hvert operativsystem Men du kan lide? Takket være en funktion i Parallels kaldet Coherence Mode, som du kan bruge, hvis du har konfigureret Parallels til at køre Windows i MacOS, er det kun et klik væk.

I coherence-tilstand vil dit virtuelle Windows-skrivebord fusionere med din Mac One , så du kan arrangere vinduer fra de to operativsystemer side om side. Du kan tænke på det som en meget poleret version af VirtualBox sømløse tilstand, men det er mere end det: Parallels team lasers fokus på macOS betyder, at der er alle mulige integrationer, som lignende værktøjer ikke engang ville tænke at tilbyde, som menuer til Windows-program i menulinjen og kompatible tastaturgenveje. Det er ikke så godt som at køre en indfødt Mac-app, men det er det næstbedste.

Sådan introduceres kohærensmodus i paralleller

For at komme i gang skal du have en virtuel Windows-maskine med Parallels-værktøjer installeret. Sådan sættes du op, hvis du ikke allerede har det. Åbn din virtuelle maskine, og du vil se en blå knap øverst til venstre i vinduet til højre for de almindelige Mac-vindueknapper.

Klik på dette, og dit Windows-skrivebord vil fusionere med din macOS one. Programmer, du har åbent i Windows, kører sammen med din Mac, hvilket er lidt underligt i starten.

Der er et par andre integrationer, der gør det nemt at bruge alt sammen. Du finder en slags Startmenu-mappe i docken, hvilket gør det nemt at starte Windows-softwaren.

Hvis du foretrækker den egentlige Windows-startmenu, skal du udfylde søgningen ved at klikke på den virtuelle maskinens ikon i dokken; Start-menuen starter over din dockingstation.

Herfra kan du søge Windows eller få adgang til andre funktionaliteter i Windows-operativsystemet, alt sammen uden at forlade MacOS-skrivebordet.

Og integrationen går videre: se på MacOS-menulinjen, og du finder ikonerne i Windows-bakken.

Taler om menulinjen: Windows-programmer er noget integreret med MacOS-menulinjen, så du kan lave ting som Kopier og Indsæt.

Det er en subtil ting sikker, men det gør Windows-programmerne bare lidt mere hjemme i MacOS.

Sådan konfigureres kohærenstilstand (og sluk for visse funktioner)

Hvis nogle af disse integreringer genere dig, skal du ikke bekymre dig: du kan aktivere og deaktivere de fleste af dem. Luk din virtuelle maskine, og klik derefter på gearknappen ved siden af ​​dens navn i kontrolcenteret.

Gå til afsnittet “Programmer”.

Her finder du muligheden for at deaktivere programmappen i docken og meddelelsesområdet i menulinjen. Dette er et smagsspørgsmål: Nogle mennesker vil lide integrationerne, og nogle foretrækker at lede til det fulde Windows-miljø for at få adgang til ting som ikonerne i bakken. Heldigvis er det helt op til dig.

Sådan afslutter du kohærenstilstand

Selvom disse integrationer er slukket, kan du indse, at kohærens er ikke for dig, i hvert fald ikke konstant. Ingen bekymringer: det er nemt at slukke. Klik på ikonet Parallels i menulinjen, og gå derefter til Vis> Afslut kohærens.

Alternativt kan du højreklikke på den virtuelle maskinens dock-ikon; Du finder de samme muligheder.

Mere end bare Windows

Parallels er hovedsagelig designet til at gøre Windows-programmer på Mac enklere, men Windows er ikke det eneste trick det kan trække: Linux-virtuelle maskiner fungerer også godt. Sådanne maskiner understøtter endda Coherence, når Parallels Tools er installeret. Sådan ser det ud med Ubuntu.

Integrationerne er ikke helt så stærke: En god del af Ubuntu-brugergrænsefladen kommer over engros, snarere end at finde en niche i macOS dock og menulinjen. Men software kører, hvilket gør det bare lidt lettere at køre Linux-software sammen med MacOS apps.

Når du opretter dit Abode-hjemme sikkerhedssystem, viser appen, hvordan du tilslutter og installerer de medfølgende sensorer, Party enheder er efterladt selv. Du kan dog tilføje tredjeparts enheder. Sådan er det. RELATED: Sådan installeres og opstilles Abode Home Security System Der er et par måder at tilføje tredjeparts-enheder til Abode på.

Fliseregistere er nyttige til at finde dine nøgler, tegnebøger eller andet, du måske taber. Normalt skal du bruge din telefon til at finde din flise, men hvis du har et Amazon Echo eller en enhed, der kan bruge Google Assistant, kan du finde dine ting med en simpel talekommando. Sådan opretter og bruger du Tile Alexa Færdighed RELATERET: Sådan bruges flise til at finde dine nøgler, tegnebog eller noget andet For at finde din flise med et ekko skal du først aktivere Alexa-færdigheden.

Чип Apple M1 является преемником чипа iPad A14 и первым разработан специально для Mac. Он построен на архитектуре ARM и включает систему на чипе (SoC), которая объединяет множество мощных технологий в едином кристалле с унифицированной архитектурой памяти для значительного повышения производительности и эффективности.

Виртуальные машины, созданные на компьютерах Mac на базе Intel, имеют архитектуру ЦП x86_64, которая принципиально отличается от архитектуры ARM.

Программные приложения сильно зависят от архитектуры ЦП компьютера: приложение, которое скомпилировано (создано) для одной архитектуры, не может быть с легкостью запущено на другой.

О Rosetta

Приложения Mac, которые изначально были созданы для компьютеров Mac на базе Intel, работают на компьютерах Mac с чипом Apple M1 «из коробки» за счет использования структуры Rosetta – процесса перевода, который позволяет запускать приложения Intel x86_64 на чипе Apple M1.

Rosetta может переводить большинство приложений на базе Intel, но не может переводить следующие исполняемые файлы:

• Расширение ядра;
• Приложения виртуальных машин, которые виртуализируют компьютерные платформы x86_64.

Таким образом, из-за указанных технических ограничений Rosetta переводит приложения, которые работают только в пользовательском пространстве. Rosetta может переводить пользовательский интерфейс и веб-службы Parallels Desktop, но не виртуальные машины.

О Parallels Desktop для Mac с чипом Apple M1

Для запуска виртуальных машин на Mac с чипом Apple M1 инженеры Parallels создали новый механизм виртуализации, который использует виртуализацию с аппаратной поддержкой чипа Apple M1 и позволяет запускать виртуальные машины на базе ARM.

Все лучшие функции Parallels Desktop были переработаны для чипа Apple M1, в том числе:

• Возможность использовать Windows в режиме Coherence, параллельно с приложениями Mac.
• Опция Общего Доступа (Общего Профиля), которая предоставляет Вам возможность делиться своим рабочим столом Mac, изображениями, документами и другими папками с Windows, позволяя при этом легко получать к ним доступ из приложений Windows.
• Элементы управления Touch Bar для приложений Windows – действительно беспроблемная работа с приложением Windows на Mac.
• Автоматическое добавление Раскладок клавиатуры Mac в Windows для повышения производительности.
• И сотни других функций Parallels Desktop, который ждут своего часа

Примечание: Пожалуйста, ознакомьтесь со списком поддерживаемых операционных систем в Parallels Desktop на Mac с чипом Apple M1.

Для того, чтобы запустить Windows 10 и приложения Windows на Mac с чипом Apple M1, Вам необходимо установить Windows 10 на ARM Insider Preview, которая может запускать большинство приложений Windows 10 на базе Intel с помощью встроенного эмулятора.

Примечание: Для установки Windows 10 на ARM Insider Preview в Parallels Desktop, пожалуйста, осзнакомьтесь со следующей статьей из базы знаний Parallels: 125375 КБ.

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