external drive

I am currently on a Mac, using Parallels to run a Windows VM. I also have a native Windows computer. I'd like to transfer my Windows virtual machine to the real Windows machine where it can run as the native OS with all settings and apps intact. I am guessing that the process would be: convert...

I got it on there with this guys video. . with Parallels Desktop. I had tried getting it on there with VMWARE but no luck. I was happy that I finally got it on there, that did not last long tell I found I had no sound :( I understand that is a common problem when putting it on an external...

I just installed Windows 10 Education using Parallels from an iso. Before downloading Parallels and the iso for windows and installing windows, I had about 20 GB left on my hard drive. Hence the install to an external disk during Parallels setup. Now however I just checked my storage and I only...

I recently got a new mac mini and wanted to run Windows in Bootcamp, with same Windows running in Parallels - something I've been doing for a long time on my previous mac - with the one extra catch that now it's installed to an external SSD connected via the Thunderbolt 3 port. It was a...

Am I able to move parallels, solidworks, and other related files from my macbook to a 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive and still be able to use them without problems occurring?

I have windows 7 and all my programs on a bootable samsung external drive. On my PC, I simply plug it into a USB port and when the laptop is powered on it boots from the drive. I'm trying to clone this external drive into parallels and have no idea where to start, would appreciate any...

My vm size is growing, eating up all my mac storage(256GB). Now I'm planning to get a external SSD specially for my VM, so my MAC will have a relief... Currently I use the 'pause' function quite a lot so that I can quickly start using and stop using my windows. Why don't just leave it? My...

Hi, I have recently bought a 27" 5k iMac that has a couple of thunderbolt 3 ports. Since the fusion drive is like molasses when you are used to a MacBook Pro with a internal SSD I bought a 1TB external TB disk (https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TB3ENVPRC10) and installed macOS high Sierra...

I am using parallels desktop on Mac OS X 10.13.1, Windows 10. When I was using the virtual machine to rebuild Fortran 77 projects on Visual Studio Community 2017 and Intel Parallel Studio XE 2018, compilation failed and the log says it can't find certain license files. I tried fixing the...

I have a Mac Mini with a relatively small main ssd. Because of the size of the ssd I keep most of my temporary files (mostly digital photos) on an external usb 3 ssd, and that works well for me. I also keep some of the larger apps on that external ssd and run them from there instead of...