User`s guide

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 158
For more information about accessing the virtual machine's disks from Mac OS, see Browsing
Virtual Hard Disks In Finder (p. 166).
Working With Shared Files and Folders
Parallels Desktop allows you to open some files, located in the virtual machine shared folders
(p. 180), in Mac OS X applications. It may become useful if, for example, you cannot open a file
in the virtual machine applications. Just right-click the file and choose Open on Mac from the
context menu. For example, if you right-click a .txt file and select this command, the file will
be opened in the TextEdit application.
Parallels Desktop also allows you to show the files and folders, located in the virtual machine
shared folders (p. 180), in Finder. It may become useful if you want to perform various actions
on the object, for example, to apply color to it. To display a file or folder in Finder, right-click it
and choose Show in Finder from the context menu.