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    Safe to share external hard drive with VM?

    I have an iMac running Sequoia and successfully set up a VM running Mojave in order to keep using some 32 bit apps that do not work in Sequoia. I have an external HD connected via Thunderbolt to the iMac. It has all my large image and video files on it so needs to be generally accessible. I...
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    Problem with mounting external hard drive in Windows 11 using Parallels on a Mac

    I have a MacBook Pro with Windows 11 installed and I'm having an issue with an external hard drive not being mounted in Windows. It shows up in File Explorer but says "on 'Mac" after the name of the drive, so I believe that means it's mounted in MacOS. The reason I want the drive to be mounted...
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    Coherence mode not working from external SSD

    Hey, I was running out of space on my Mac's internal drive so I decided to move my .pvm file to an external SSD. (Samsung T5 3.1) I followed the steps to move the file to the external drive from the parallel site. The VM is working fine running on the VM. Only issue I have is that I can't enter...
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    Installing and running Windows 10 on an external HDD

    My MBP doesn't have a very large internal HDD, and Parallels (13.whatever-the-latest-version-is) and Windows 10 are eating up a fair chunk, so my intention is to buy an external drive and run it from that (if only I could afford an external SSD!). Is it possible to move the installation from the...
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    Optical Bay HD not showing up in Windows VM

    On my 2011 MacBook Pro running OS Sierra, I replaced my DVD drive with an SSD HD. However, the new HD does not show up in Windows Explorer on my Windows 7 virtual machine. I have no problem seeing USB drives in Windows. What am I doing wrong? Thank you.
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