User guide

C HAPTER 12
Managing Virtual Machines
This chapter provides the information on how to change a virtual machine configuration and
how to set user preferences for a particular virtual machine or all of them.
In This Chapter
Setting Parallels Desktop Preferences................................................................................... 216
Creating Floppy Disk Images................................................................................................ 228
Using Parallels Explorer ....................................................................................................... 229
Browsing Virtual Disks in the Finder ................................................................................... 230
Using Spotlight with Virtual Hard Disks.............................................................................. 231
Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine............................................................................. 232
Multi-User Access to a Virtual Machine .............................................................................. 235
Cloning a Virtual Machine.................................................................................................... 237
Deleting a Virtual Machine................................................................................................... 240
Backing Up Virtual Machines............................................................................................... 243
Maintaining Virtual Hard Disks............................................................................................ 243
Setting Parallels Desktop
Preferences
You can adjust certain Parallels Desktop settings to your liking by editing user preferences. The
Preferences dialog is available from Parallels Desktop -> Preferences.
You can apply certain settings to one, several or all virtual machines.