Location of VM File on my Mac?

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by NOC, Aug 13, 2010.

  1. NOC

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    Can anybody direct me where to find the big gigantic virtual machine file on my mac? I'm running 10.6.4. thanks.
     
    NOC, Aug 13, 2010
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  2. joevt

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    While running Parallels Desktop, goto Window -> Virtual Machine List -> right click your virtual machine and select Show in Finder. This will usually lead to a .pvm file at ~/Documents/Parallels/

    The gigantic part of a .pvm is the virtual hard disk .hdd inside the .pvm (if it's not a Boot Camp virtual hard disk). You can see the .hdd when you right click a .pvm in the Finder and select "Show Package Contents".
     
    joevt, Aug 14, 2010
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  3. joevt

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    Also, if your virtual machine is currently running or paused, then there is also a huge .mem file which stores the virtual machine's RAM.
     
    joevt, Aug 15, 2010
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