Could you please help understand file management?

Discussion in 'macOS Virtual Machine' started by FrankM16, Feb 26, 2020.

  1. FrankM16

    FrankM16 Bit poster

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    Dear forum,

    I'll be switching from PC/Windows to Apple/MacOS shortly.

    For two reasons I can't go fully Mac but would need Parallels or a Bootcamp Dual OS:
    • There are several Windows apps that I need to work with
    • Since some plug-ins to MS Office for Windows are not available on Office for Mac, so I would need to use MS Office for Windows (via Parallels or via Bootcamp)

    After searching the Web and YouTube I still don't understand how Parallels is managing files produced in the Windows Virtual Machine.

    Current state:
    I have two partitions on my PC: (C) System and (D) Data.

    In both you'll find hierarchical sub-folders. For eaxample,
    (D)
    Business Data
    Project 1
    Project 2​
    Private Data
    Sub-folder 1
    Sub-folder 2​

    Generally:
    How would such a structure shine up in Parallels?
    Partitions / Directories / ... ?

    Specifically:
    Can I store a (MS Office for Windows) PowerPoint file, generated via the Parallels Win 10 Virtual Machine into a Mac OS-managed hiererchical file system, or will it all be lumped together under (C) Documents folder or ...?

    Please advise.
    Thanks very much in advance.

    Frank
     

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