Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3036 Beta is available for download.

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Hello community!

We are continuing our efforts for bringing you even more feature-full product and we are making our latest Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 early available to you. It will be one more FREE update of the currently available version.

Heres a short overview of the new features and enhancements introduced by this Beta:

* New Look and Feel and Improved Usability. Completely redesigned windows and dialogues to make them even easier and smooth. Too many changes to describe just check them out yourselves

* Virtual Machines Catalogue. A very useful feature for those having more than one VM now all of them are available through centralized VM catalogue which appears on each Parallels Desktop for Mac instance start in case you have more than one VM

* One-click Virtual Machine Aliases:
* Automatically created by OS installation assistant or by drag-and-drop from title bar pressing Command-Option keys combination
* Clicking on Alias automatically starts the Virtual Machine
* Shutting down the VM automatically closes Parallels Desktop for Mac application

* Resizable Main Window. Resize Parallels Desktop for Mac main window as you do with any other Mac application

* Auto-Adjusting Screen Resolution. Your Windows auto-adjusts the screen resolution to the actual Main Window size.

* Drag and Drop files and folders between Windows and Mac. A long awaited feature that lets you seamlessly drag and drop files and folders from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa.

* Read/Write BootCamp partition. Since this build, an Apple Boot Camp partition with Windows XP installed could be used as a virtual HDD for Parallels Desktop for Mac.

* Boot from BootCamp partition. Another long awaited feature that lets you boot your 32-bit Windows XP residing on Boot Camp partition directly in Parallels Desktop for Mac.
IMPRORTANT! You need to boot in your Windows XP natively through Boot Camp and install Parallels Tools for Boot Camp package in it before your first boot in Parallels Desktop for Mac.
NOTE! It is not possible to suspend Virtual Machine connected to Boot Camp for integrity reasons.
NOTE! Running Boot Camp in Virtual Machine will need to reactivate your Windows XP installation.

* Parallels Transporter Beta bundled. Migrate your Windows PC, VMware or Virtual PC VMs to Parallels virtual machines. Please visit Parallels Transporter forum for details.

* Coherence. Shows Windows applications as if they were Mac ones. Try it and enjoy best of both worlds truly at the same time. No more switching between Windows to Mac OS.

* Improved graphic performance. Up to 50% on different applications.

* Connect/disconnect USB devices schema improved. No more wait 5-10 seconds message on USB device connecting to Parallels Desktop for Mac.

* Up to 5 Virtual NICs. Now Virtual Machine can have up to five virtual network interfaces.

* Enhanced Shared Networking Mode. Run Cisco VPN and many other complicated networking applications in conjunction with Connection Sharing Mode.

* Switch between networking modes on-the-fly. Switch networking modes while the virtual machine is running.

* Transparent mapping of Command-AZXCV key combinations. Now you can also use Mac copy/paste key combinations in Windows.

* Power On/Power Off/Suspend/Resume/Pause animation. Just try and see. :) Were very interested in your feedback about the feature.

* Shared folders configuration on-the-fly. Add/remove/configure shared folders on-the-fly via menu or Status Bar icon without the need to stop your Virtual Machine.

* Drag and Drop CD/FDD images and folders to the Parallels Desktop statusbar. Just drag and drop CD or floppy image you want to connect or Mac folder you want to share onto a respective statusbar icon.

* And dozens of other not that evident enhancements.

Just download Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 to have them all available on your Mac! It will be a FREE update once it becomes Generally Available.
IMPORTANT! Resume and shut down all suspended Virtual Machines prior to upgrade.

Please remember that this is beta software, and like any other beta software you should treat it very carefully. Do not install this Beta into the production environment yet. Do backup your virtual machines before starting them.

If, for any reason, you would like to downgrade to previous stable build, use this link to get it.
IMPORTANT! Uninstall Parallels Tools from the guest OS prior to downgrading and install them again after finishing the downgrade procedure.

As usual, any feedback is extremely appreciated at [email protected] mailbox.

Best regards,
Tim and Parallels Team

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Download links:

Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 - http://download.parallels.com/beta/Parallels Desktop 3036 Mac en.dmg

Parallels Tools For Boot Camp - http://download.parallels.com/beta/Parallels-Tools-Bcp-1.0.3-Win.exe
 
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Did coherence hose my XP??

I do not use XP for much, just some Garmin software. Firefox and Garmin and QT are the only 3rd party SW I have on Windows. I switched to coherence view and restarted, now I get the BSOD every time it tries to boot. Help.
 
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Hi Guys,

First thanks for another update.

I never had any problem in any of my previous updates, but this time, I simply can not manage to update the Parallels Tools after I installed the update. When the VM first booted I did get a warning that the Paralells Tools should be updated. When I then selected Actions->Install Paralles Tools ..." (btw the warning message was referncing the OLD VM menu - now appears to be called Actions) I received the warning about having to be log-in to the guest O/S, but then nothing appear to happen. After few minutes I was forced to select "Actions->Cancel Parallels Tools Installation". Subsequently I tried everything I could think of, including rebooting both the Mac and the Win XP VM, later I also tried uninstalling Parralles Tools through the Control Panel, but all to no avail. Please advise how to install the PT because having to use the Ctrl+Alt to control the mouse could quickly run a person crazy. :-)

TIA,

Ron
 
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Yes I am. Why would that make a differnce though ? Do they plan on fixing it ?

hussainahm said:
Are you using XP Corporate ? i am and i installed Parallels Tools for Boot Camp but it wouldn't install correctly, the install log said it couldn't find driver cache or something .. anyway i get the same error as you.
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This build and you, Parallels Guys, are **incredible** !!

Dear,

The quantity and quality of what you bring in this beta build of the forthcoming 2.5 version is simply quite incredible. I'm just commenting some of these enhancements below.

Tim Surgent said:
* Resizable Main Window. Resize Parallels Desktop for Mac main window as you do with any other Mac application

* Auto-Adjusting Screen Resolution. Your Windows auto-adjusts the screen resolution to the actual Main Window size.
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These two features are just too convenient to imagine having worked without them before.

Tim Surgent said:
* Drag and Drop files and folders between Windows and Mac. A long awaited feature that lets you seamlessly drag and drop files and folders from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa.
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Very nicely done!

Tim Surgent said:
* Coherency. Shows Windows applications as if they were Mac ones. Try it and enjoy best of both worlds truly at the same time. No more switching between Windows to Mac OS.

* Improved graphic performance. Up to 50% on different applications.
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I can attest from the increased 2D graphics performance. And Coherency mode is just such a simple idea, with a sophisticated implementation!... It seems to work perfectly for me, except some minor visual details which were already reported here.

Regarding all the other new features, I just don't have had time yet to either discover them or test them.

This release won't maybe be a major release, but certainly a very significant one!

Congrats & Kudos!
 
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Hi,

Coherence is cool!!! But...when I launch Windows PowerShell, the window never shows up, though I can see it in the taskbar. If I then launch IE, and then bring PoweShell to the foreground again, it gets sorta overlayed on top of IE, but with no window borders.

*update* Same thing happens if I just launch cmd.exe.

Thanks,

- Robbie
 
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WinXP SP2 VM Crashes after installing Parallel Tools

I installed the new beta, booted my VM and the uninstalled the old Parallel tools.

Everything works fine until I install the new Parallel Tools.
Once I reboot to complete the install Windows crashes very early during startup.

I get the message that an attempt was made to write to a read-only memory.

Technical Information:

*** Stop: 0x000000BE (0xF721C000, 0x058CD860, 0xF76E9900, 0x0000000E)
*** update.sys - Address F721C000 base at F721A000, DateStamp 00000000

I can only boot in Safe Mode. Uninstalling Parallel Tools doesn't ork as I get the msg that I have to complete the install before uninstalling or upgrading.

I had to restore to a previous restore point to be able to boot in std mode again.

I tried to reinstall Parallel tools after the restore, but I get the same problem. I also tried to avoid installing all the custom features in Parallel tools, but that didn't solve the issue either.

Killko
 
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Guys - warning---

Running compressor in the new beta falls apart .....

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Parallels Desktop 2.5 Beta for Mac OS X version 2.5 Build 3036.0 from 2006-12-01
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Received SIGBUS: Bus error
Access to fault address: 0x0
unknown signal sender: 2
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any parallels guys know about it?
 
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I'm running compressor fine right now. I've just finished setting up a clean WinXP machine, and this new build is great. The improved 2D graphics acceleration is quite noticeable! Excellent, excellent work as usual.
 
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I'm having the mouse problem, too, but without activating Coherence. I'm not sure what's triggering it, but once it was after changing the display settings within windows, and no matter what I do it would just drift to the bottom right. I would reboot the VM and then I would be back to normal again.

I'm on a MacBook (not Pro), running Win XP on build 3036.


rangr said:
is no-one else having this loss of mouse problem? the build works perfectly as far as i can tell, but going into coherence mode makes cursor drift slowly to right and down screen, diagonally. i then have to uninstall and reinstall tools to make it work again, which is a bit tricky without mouse control!

i've got second monitor with MBP. Running Build 3036 Beta.

it's a very cool feature, i'd love to get it working!
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Keyboard and Mouse Issues on Initial Boot Camp Startup

I have a Macbook Core Duo. After following the instructions to prep my boot camp install for parallels, I could not type or use my mouse in the virtual machine, so I couldn't login to allow the drivers to install. I figured out that if you plug in a USB mouse and keyboard it will allow you to use those. Then all you have to do is login and let the drivers install. After the restart the Macbook mouse and keyboard work fine.
 
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Transparent mapping of Command-AZXCV key combinations issue

Great idea to allow the Mac Command key equivalents.

Unfortunately, they don't appear to work for those of us who use the Dvorak keyboard layout. I have English-Dvorak set as my default Windows layout and when I hit Command-V (which is actually the key market as a period on the MacBook) all I get is a small v, no paste. If I change the the standard Qwerty layout, it works fine.

Any chance you can modify this feature to accommodate alternative keyboard layouts?
 
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for some reason that new coherence mode doesn't work here, and i use windows-xp (sp2). the button is there but when i have an open app in xp and press that button nothing happens.

also the drag & drop feature doesn't work. i try to drag a file over from osx desktop into windows, doesn't work.

in bootcamp my macdrive application runs fine and i can access the osx partition and its files without a problem. when running parallels macdrive doesnt work and i cant access my osx files. what's the best solution then to get to the files?

the resize windows thing doesnt work either. it doesnt adjust the resolution.

not sure if i'm doing something wrong, i tried to find settings, but so far i dont know why this is happening.
 
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Very nice update indeed. And Coherence sure is sweet. Have been using VirtueDesktops so when I'm in coherence mode, I can leave the toolbar in place and simply switch to a different desktop if I need the part of the Mac desktop that is covered by the Win-toolbar ( that way I don't have to deal with hiding of the toolbar).

And like so many have said above, the drag-n-drop feature is worth the upgrade all by itself.

Keep up the great work guys.

-LJ
 
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rangr said:
is no-one else having this loss of mouse problem? the build works perfectly as far as i can tell, but going into coherence mode makes cursor drift slowly to right and down screen, diagonally. i then have to uninstall and reinstall tools to make it work again, which is a bit tricky without mouse control!

i've got second monitor with MBP. Running Build 3036 Beta.

it's a very cool feature, i'd love to get it working!
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I am running the neew beta on a 24" iMac C2D fine. The moust problem exists only when you choose choherence off the menu bar. Click the coherence button on the Parallels sidebar and it works great. Don't know why but that is what I am doing. I had the same problem at first.
 
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