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10 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart your virtual machine.
For general information on installing Parallels Tools in Linux, refer to Installing Parallels Tools in a
Linux Guest OS.
Parallels Tools for Mac
Install Parallels Tools
To install Parallels Tools in Mac OS X guest operating systems:
1 Start the Mac OS X guest operating system.
2 When it boots up, choose Virtual Machine > Install Parallels Tools. The Parallels Tools icon
appears on the Mac OS X desktop.
3 Double-click the Parallels Tools icon, double-click Install and follow the assistant's instructions.
Update Parallels Tools
After you update Parallels Desktop, you should update Parallels Tools installed in your Mac OS X
guest operating systems. If you revert a Mac OS X guest operating system to the snapshot made
when an earlier version of Parallels Tools was installed, you should also update them. To update
Parallels Tools:
1 Start the Mac OS X guest operating system.
2 When it boots up, choose Virtual Machine > Update Parallels Tools. The Parallels Tools icon
appears on the Mac OS X desktop.
3 Double-click the Parallels Tools icon, double-click Install and follow the assistant's instructions.
Reinstall Parallels Tools
If for some reason Parallels Tools stop functioning, reinstall them: remove Parallels Tools and then
install them once again.
Remove Parallels Tools
To remove Parallels Tools from Mac OS X guest operating systems:
1 Start the Mac OS X guest operating system.
2 When it boots up, choose Virtual Machine > Reinstall Parallels Tools. The Parallels Tools
icon appears on the Mac OS X desktop.
3 Double-click the Parallels Tools icon, double-click Uninstall Parallels Tools and follow the
assistant's instructions.