Why parallels tools

For example, you may set the http pages to open in your default Mac OS X Internet browser, and ftp pages to open in the Internet browser installed in your virtual machine. The Parallels Compressor utility enables you to reduce the size of your virtual machine's hard disk. After the Parallels Tools installation, the following features are available for settings up in Parallels Desktop.

SmartMount enables the automatic detection and mounting of removable devices in your virtual machines. Parallels Tools can be installed in the following Windows guest operating systems:.

Note: If Parallels Tools are not installed in the aforementioned Windows guest operating systems, the virtual machines with these guest OSs will not get connected to the network. Parallels Tools can be installed in Linux guest operating systems that comply with the following requirements:.

Note: Some of Parallels Tools, like Shared Folders Tool and Time Synchronization Tool, may also work in those of the Linux operating systems that do not comply with the requirements listed above. Please send us your feedback on this help page.

With this tool, you can: Automatically synchronize the time settings of your virtual machine with the host computer time settings. When Parallels Tools are installed, you do not need to press any key to release the mouse and keyboard - they are released automatically.

Parallels Tools can be installed in the following Windows guest operating systems: Windows 10 Windows 8, 8. Click Install Parallels Tools to start the installation. When the installation is complete, click Restart to restart the virtual machine or wait for about 2 minutes and it will be restarted automatically.

Double-click the PTAgent file to start the installation. Parallels Tools are a suite of special utilities that help you use your virtual machines in the most comfortable and efficient way. With Parallels Tools, you can move the mouse seamlessly between the virtual machine and your Mac, change the virtual machine's screen resolution by simply resizing its window, synchronize your virtual machine's time and date settings with the time settings of the host computer, share your Mac's disks and folders with its virtual machines, copy text and drag and drop objects from Mac OS to a virtual machine and vice versa.

Parallels Tools are available for the most popular Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems, and include the utilities listed below. All utilities supported by your guest OS are installed in your virtual machine as a single package when you install Parallels Tools. Mouse Synchronization Tool captures the mouse input in the virtual machine each time the pointer moves over its window and automatically releases the input when the pointer moves outside the window.

Time Synchronization Tool enables you to customize your virtual machine time settings. You can:. Clipboard Synchronization Tool enables you to easily exchange texts between:. To copy and paste text, you should use the standard procedure for the current operating system. Dynamic Resolution Tool enables you to work with dynamic resolution. When you resize the guest OS window by dragging its lower right corner, the guest OS window resolution changes automatically. Shared Folders Tool enables you to share Mac folders with the virtual machine and vice versa.

With this tool, you can access your Mac folders from the virtual machine and virtual machine folders from Mac OS X. The Coherence tool allows you to work with your Windows or Linux applications like if they were Mac applications.