Firstly, as a long time Parallels user (since about v5) I have always considered Parallels as a product that rarely lets me down, and the gold standard for virtualisation on OSX.
So it is with no pleasure at all that I must say I am totally ****ed off that prlctl is now a 'Pro/Business' version tool only. I like to autostart a Windows VM when I boot my Mac, WITHOUT using auto-login which is a woeful security practice. No problem in parallels 10. A quick plist file that says 'prlctl start <my VM Name>' and a LaunchDaemon and voila, my VM starts *before* I log into my Mac. This is the way I liked it. Moreover it's the way I needed it. This is the only command line tool I needed/used from Parallels v10 and prior.
Now as of version 11, if I simply want to run this command all of a sudden I must subscribe to the professional package at a cost of $124.95 PER YEAR, just to have a VM start without me logging in. The only way around this, is to set myself up to autologon to my Mac, and then use my Login Items, which as previously mentioned, obviously kills the security of my Mac.
I can understand if other 'advanced features' become Pro/Business only, but starting a VM from the command line? That's 'pro'? Cmon.
So, in order to use up-to-date VM software and achieve the above without ridiculous recurring subscription fees, I have to move over to VMWare Fusion. And once I start using that, who knows, maybe I'll move ALL my licenses and VM's across?
Sorry Parallels, just because we want to use the software at home and use a command line tool doesnt mean we should have to subscribe to a package you have aimed at developers and business users. I cant help but feel cheated over this.
So it is with no pleasure at all that I must say I am totally ****ed off that prlctl is now a 'Pro/Business' version tool only. I like to autostart a Windows VM when I boot my Mac, WITHOUT using auto-login which is a woeful security practice. No problem in parallels 10. A quick plist file that says 'prlctl start <my VM Name>' and a LaunchDaemon and voila, my VM starts *before* I log into my Mac. This is the way I liked it. Moreover it's the way I needed it. This is the only command line tool I needed/used from Parallels v10 and prior.
Now as of version 11, if I simply want to run this command all of a sudden I must subscribe to the professional package at a cost of $124.95 PER YEAR, just to have a VM start without me logging in. The only way around this, is to set myself up to autologon to my Mac, and then use my Login Items, which as previously mentioned, obviously kills the security of my Mac.
I can understand if other 'advanced features' become Pro/Business only, but starting a VM from the command line? That's 'pro'? Cmon.
So, in order to use up-to-date VM software and achieve the above without ridiculous recurring subscription fees, I have to move over to VMWare Fusion. And once I start using that, who knows, maybe I'll move ALL my licenses and VM's across?
Sorry Parallels, just because we want to use the software at home and use a command line tool doesnt mean we should have to subscribe to a package you have aimed at developers and business users. I cant help but feel cheated over this.