Mac+Windows
SCO0098 - Parallels Desktop for Mac
11 May 2007
"Parallels Desktop for Mac is the first solution for Intel-Macs that gives you the flexibility of running Windows on a Mac simultaneously without rebooting.
It is fast and flexible by enabling you to run critical Windows-only applications like Internet Explorer, Outlook, Project, Access and Quicken at full speed. Because Windows is completely isolated from OS X, there is no chance of infecting your Mac with Windows viruses. What is more, running Windows through Parallels is more secure now than running it on a real PC.
The one-click installation is simple, intuitive, and automatically installs and configures your Windows hardware drivers. With Parallels Desktop for Mac you can now run all the applications you need without switching between Windows and Mac OS X!
Coherence shows Windows applications as if they were running natively on your Mac. Use Coherence to truly enjoy the best of both worlds at the same time!
Transporter is a powerful new built-in tool that quickly helps you to migrate your existing Windows PC to a Parallels Virtual Machine and to convert VMware and Virtual PC virtual hard disks to Parallels virtual machines. Also, Parallels Desktop for Mac now supports USB 2.0 devices at their full speed.
Better Boot Camp support is now available. Using your Boot Camp partition in Parallels Desktop for Mac is now easier than ever: no need to re-activate Windows each time you switch between Boot Camp and Parallels. Also, now available - easy offline configuration. Simply tell Parallels Desktop for Mac that you want to create a virtual machine from a Boot Camp Partition and click start.
True "Drag and Drop" functionality - a long awaited feature that lets you seamlessly drag and drop files and folders from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa. Parallels Desktop for Mac now shares the entire Mac file structure between OS X and Windows - no more worrying about which copy of the file is the most recently updated."
All these new features are covered in the screencast.
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SCO0079 - Mac & Windows File Sharing
15 December 2006
As an experiment, the show is split into 3 sections:
Part 1 - For Everyone - Basic Filesharing
Part 2 - For Extra! Members - Using Sharepoints and more advanced file sharing
Part 3 - For Extra! Members - A short section covering the recent beta release of Parallels introducing some amazing new features.
Parts 2 & 3 are only available in the versions of the Extra! versions of the shows (in High definition) made available via the RSS feeds for Extra! members. Slight change this week in that the Extra! membership has been simplified to just 1 option - Premium Extra! Membership. See here for details.
Part 2 also includes information on installing and configuring Sharepoints - A great donationware application that makes the whole process of setting up File Sharing Only users and shares on the mac.
SCO0050 - BootCamp and Parallels
23 May 2006
This screencast takes you through all stages of implementing and configuring Apples beta software BootCamp which allows you to dual boot between OSX and Windows. The Extra! section this week takes a look at the installation and configuration of the new Parallels Desktop for mac which allows you to run Windows in a virtual machine whilst OSX is running, removing the need to reboot.
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Installing BootCamp Assistant
Creating Macintosh Driver CD
Repartitioning your disk
Windows XP Installation
Startup Disk in Windows
Startup Disk in OSX
Extra! Content
Installing Parallels Desktop for mac
Activating the software
Creating a Virtual Machine
Windows XP installation
Parallels GUI