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C HAPTER 7
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual
Machine
Parallels Desktop provides a number of features that ensure better integration between Mac OS
X and your virtual machine.
The first step in integrating your virtual machine with Mac OS X is the installation of Parallels
Tools in your virtual machine. Parallels Tools (p. 97) are a set of utilities that provide basic
integration of Mac OS X and the virtual machines. Parallels Tools are available for Windows,
Linux, and Mac OS X guest operating systems.
For Windows virtual machines, Parallels Tools also provide a set of advanced integration
features that make your work with Mac OS and Windows even more coherent. These include
SmartSelect, Coherence, Shared Applications, and others.
In this version of Parallels Desktop, you can use the mouse wheel horizontal scrolling when
working with virtual machine applications windows.
In This Chapter
Coherence.............................................................................................................................. 148
Crystal Mode......................................................................................................................... 152
Using the MacLook Theme in Windows .............................................................................. 154
Sharing Folders and Disks .................................................................................................... 155
Using Shared Profile ............................................................................................................. 159
Using Shared Applications.................................................................................................... 160
Using SmartSelect................................................................................................................. 162
Sharing Web Applications .................................................................................................... 165
Browsing Virtual Hard Disks in Finder ................................................................................ 166
Working With Objects .......................................................................................................... 167