User guide

Index
A
Acceleration level • 163
Accessing shared folders • 208
Activating Parallels Desktop • 30
Adapter
Network adapter • 121, 156, 197, 220
Parallels Network adapter • 85, 87, 94
Realtek driver • 85, 87, 220
RTL8029 adapter • 85, 87, 94, 95
Adding
CD/DVD-ROM drive • 194
custom screen resolution, adding • 213, 214
favorite Windows application icon to the
Dock • 102, 109
hard disk • 191
hardware devices • 189, 191
network adapter, adding • 197
parallel port • 202
Parallels Desktop icon to the Dock • 29
serial port • 200
shared folder • 207
USB controller • 205
Address
IP address • 156, 220
MAC address • 182, 197
MAC address in a cloned virtual machine •
237
Administrator passwords • 58
Alias
for custom virtual machine, creating • 67
for favorite Windows application • 102, 109
for Parallels Desktop, creating • 29
for typical virtual machine, creating • 62
for virtual machines, creating • 40
using aliases for virtual machines • 102
Animation
animation speed, setting • 224
Animation tab • 224
modes • 224
om snapshot actions • 224
on switching to Coherence • 144, 224
on switching to full screen • 107, 224
when suspending and resuming • 224
Appearance tab • 222
Application Switcher • 140
Assistant
Add Hardware Assistant • 189, 190
Clone Virtual Machine Assistant • 237
Delete Virtual Machine Assistant • 240
OS Installation Assistant • 57, 75, 78, 267,
275
Automatic update check • 33
B
Backing up virtual machines • 243
Bonjour
setting up a Bonjour printer • 136
Boot Camp
Boot Camp option • 20
booting via Boot Camp • 270
booting via virtual machine • 269
creating virtual machine for • 267
custom configuration • 266
removing Parallels data from • 271
using Boot Camp partition • 265
Boot sequence, changing • 75, 78, 161
Bridged Ethernet networking • 156, 157, 182
Browsing virtual disks in Finder • 229, 230
Browsing virtual machines • 229
Build number, checking • 50
C
Capturing keyboard and mouse • 83
CD/DVD-ROM drive
adding a CD/DVD-ROM drive • 194
CD/DVD-ROM drive options • 180
connecting a CD/DVD-ROM drive • 128
Changing
administrator password • 58
configuration at runtime • 127
default folder for virtual machines • 217
icon set of the toolbar • 112
media, changing • 127
screen resolution (Linux) • 214
screen resolution (Windows) • 213
toolbar position • 45
Clipboard Syncronization Tool • 116
installing clipboard synchronization tool
(OS/2) • 95
installing clipboard syncronization tool
(eComStation) • 94
Cloning virtual machine • 237
Coherence mode • 139