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    Reclaim disk space

    I have a MBP M1Pro with Parallels and a Win11 ARM install - all works very well for what I need, I predominantly use Windows to install games from Steam or GOG before making Mac wrappers for them. In my Win11 pvm file the VHD is now sat at 158.65GB in size....but in windows my HDD usage is only...
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    Reclaim Disk Space from command line

    I'd like to script some VM management, and would like to reclaim disk space from the command line (via `prlctl` or something similar). What is the command for doing that?
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    How to delete one VM, and archive the other, if Parallels subscription is expired?

    I use Parallels intermittently, so I only purchase a subscription as needed (specifically, when a project requries I use a program only available in Windows) . I'm running MacOS 10.13.6, and have an expired copy of Parallels 15.1.4 with two VM's, both of which have Windows 10. I'd like to...
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    DO NOT "RECLAIM DISK SPACE"!

    I followed Parallels' suggestion to reclaim 45GB of disk space and ended up with a corrupted Parallels Data File that cost me upwards of GBP 350 to have fixed. If I felt I had a chance of recouping that from Parallels, I would. In the meantime, I urge company to withdraw that faulty reclaim disk...
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