Quick Start Guide

QUICK START GUIDE The contents of this Quick Start Guide supercede the information in the printed manual. See page 1 for an errata sheet for the printed manual. Parallels Desktop for the Mac User Manual Errata page 1: Parallels Desktop also includes the Image Tool utility. page 3: replace step 4 with the following: 4 Next, you must install Parallels Tools. See the next section, Parallels Tools, and Chapter 5: Installing Parallels Tools. page 4: replace the content of Using Parallels Help with the following: If you choose Contents from the Help menu in Parallels Desktop, you’ll open the help file for Parallels Desktop. Some dialog boxes, such as the Configuration Editor and the Preferences dialog box have Help buttons that open the appropriate topic in the help system pages 26-37: The New Virtual Machine wizard is now the OS Installation Assistant. See the Quick Start Guide for current information including the three types of installation methods: Express, Typical and Custom. For creating a blank virtual machine with the new assistant, click Cancel in the OS Installation Assistant’s first screen. Parallels desktop opens a blank virtual machine that you can configure manually. page 48: In the second bullet, the name of the .iso file is Parallels Tools setup disk. 1 page 88: The New VM button is now the Install OS button. pages 122-123: There is now a third networking option: Shared Networking. • Shared Networking: This networking option uses what ever method your Macintosh computer uses to connect to the Internet. Specifically, if you have a wireless card that works with your cell phone, you must select this option. See the Quick Start Guide for more information about shared networking. 2 Parallels Desktop for the Mac Quick Start Guide INTRODUCTION With Parallels® Desktop you can run Windows® or other operating systems along side Mac OS® X on your Intel®- based Macintosh® computer. A Parallels Desktop virtual machine is just like a real, standalone computer, but it’s a section of your computer’s hard disk into which you may install another operating system that will use your computer’s hardware. This virtual machine is set up in such a way that you can have a non-Macintosh operating system running on your computer while you have Mac OS X running. You can easily switch back and forth between the two operating systems and work in both environments. This guide assumes that you want to quickly create a virtual machine for Windows XP. (Most of the instructions here are applicable for other versions of Windows.) For installing and w…