Parallels Desktop for Mac enables you to run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, without rebooting. With Parallels’ award-winning virtualization technology, you can run Mac OS X and your favorite Windows applications at the same time. You can even drag-and-drop files between desktops!
Leading the way with our trademark innovation, the latest release of Parallels Desktop for Mac comes packed with 50+ new features and enhancements, including Snapshots, 3D graphics, and the new Parallels-only SmartSelect.
Parallels Desktop 3.0 Feature
Just when it seemed like Parallels Desktop couldn’t get any better, we release yet another feature-packed update! FREE to existing Parallels Desktop 3.0 customers, this new Feature Update includes exciting new integration capabilities that make it easier than ever to run Windows on a Mac!
Highlights include:
- New Coherence features, including support for Exposé, transparent windows, and overlapping Windows and Mac windows on the Mac Desktop
- Mirrored Desktops, Documents & Media enable the Windows Desktop, My Documents, My Pictures and My Music folders to mirror the contents of their Mac equivalent (Desktop, Documents, etc.) in the Home directory
- Enhanced Parallels Explorer allow you to automatically mount an offline VM hard drive to the Mac desktop
- Significant performance improvements and lower overhead
With Parallels Desktop 3.0 you can:
- Run Windows programs like native Mac applications with Parallels CoherenceNew! Open Windows files with Mac apps and Mac files with Windows apps using Parallels SmartSelect
- Share files and folders between Windows and Mac OS X
- New! Browse through Windows folders and access files without launching Windows with Parallels Explorer
- New! Run selected PC games on a Mac with support for 3D graphics
- Achieve maximum performance by leveraging Intel® Virtualization Technology
- New! Protect your Windows virtual machine with Parallels Snapshots