User`s guide

Welcome to Parallels Desktop

What You Can Do

With Parallels Desktop, you can:

• Open Windows programs side-by-side with your Mac OS X applications, without having to

restart

• Copy and paste text and drag and drop objects between Mac applications and Windows

programs

• Run Windows games and other 3D programs

• Transfer all your data from a PC and use it on your Mac

• Purchase, download, and install a new copy of Windows directly from Parallels Desktop

• Easily share files, devices, and other resources between Windows and the Mac

• Install other operating systems, such as Linux, Google Chrome OS, Mac OS X Lion, and Mac

OS X Server, and use them together

• And much more

Set Up Your Mac to Use Windows Programs

After just a few steps, you can begin using Windows programs on your Mac. Setting up your Mac

to run Windows programs involves the following steps:

Step 1: Install Parallels Desktop (p. 11).

Step 2: Install Windows on your Mac (p. 18).

Step 3: Install your Windows programs (p. 46).

You only need to follow these steps once. Then you can open and use your Windows programs on

your Mac anytime you like, just as you do with your Mac applications.