How to Access Your Mac’s Screen from Windows (and Vice-Versa) Matt Klein @howtogeek Updated July 3. So getting everything working is usually hassle-free. Connecting to Windows PC Clients from a Mac. Once you’ve successfully connected to your Windows PC from your Mac, your Windows desktop will appear. Nov 28, 2017 • Fixed an issue that was causing no free space to be reported for redirected folders. If it is not pinned it works just like Remote Desktop 8.0 and allows you to get back to the Mac Desktop without quiting. I like the Pinned menu, but until this is fixed, I need to leave it unpinned. If I type too fast in Visual Studio on my Windows.
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- Up to 30 percent faster suspend operation on APFS partition.
- Up to 130 percent more frames per second in Shared Camera.
Linux support
- Install Ubuntu 18.04, Fedora 28, and Linux Mint 19 in virtual machines right from Parallels Desktop.
- Support for mmap() in Linux Shared Folders.
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- Improved the way a virtual machine is displayed on 4K+ monitors:
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- Improved the way a virtual machine is displayed on multiple monitors when the macOS 'Displays have separate Spaces' option is turned off.
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- Parallels Desktop Lite supports Dark Mode.
- Use the virtual machine’s Edit menu to insert pictures from your iPhone or iPad into Windows applications.
- Quick Look in Windows has the same functionality as that in macOS.
- Parallels Desktop Lite uses the Mojave technology to take screenshots.
Integration with Mac
- Use your Mac’s camera that supports up to 4K resolutions in a virtual machine
- Use the Touch Bar to work with more Windows applications.
- The size of the virtual machine hard disk (.hdd file) is optimized by means of native Windows defragmentation.
Security
- Backing up a virtual machine with Time Machine has been simplified. Now if you want to add a virtual machine to the backup list or exclude it from this list, just do what you need in the Time Machine preferences.
- Backing up a virtual machine with Acronis True Image has been improved.
Usability
- Easier way to get help from Parallels - click Help > Support Center to access the webpage where you can find the most popular knowledgeable articles, links to the Parallels forums, social media and technical documentation, get personalized support and much more.
- The 'Free Up Disk Space' dialog has been redesigned and simplified. Now you can use it to reduce the amount of disk space occupied by all your virtual machines.
- A paused virtual machine resumes automatically when you drag a file to its window.
- As most of Windows customers have switched from Windows 8 to Windows 10, the 'Enable swipe from edges' option is disabled by default in order not to confuse users.
- Windows Maintenance feature has been improved.
- For new virtual machines, the SmartGuard backup functionality now keeps 3 snapshots by default (not to occupy additional disk space).
- The Resource Monitor has been redesigned. Use it to check how much CPU and memory is consumed by your Mac and all virtual machines.
- Monitor the virtual machine CPU usage in the virtual machine status bar.
- When you click a macOS notification that a technical data report has been sent, the report ID is automatically copied to the clipboard.
Support for keyboard layouts
- Improved support for the German keyboard layout.
- Improved support for the Japanese keyboard layout.
- Added support for the Brazilian Portuguese keyboard layout.
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