Hi, I'm having a mental block on coming up with a "best practice" for using Parallels Snapshots. I understand the value of creating one or more snapshots, but for some reason, I feel that there is some potential for getting into trouble with them. My concern might be explained using the following scenario with questions. Let's say I have a very "stable" virtual machine and I'm about to perform a operating system upgrade. I take a snapshot of my virtual machine. I perform my virtual machine operating system upgrade and it isn't functioning properly. I restore using my snapshot. I'm up and running again. Here's where I have my questions - Is there any value of keeping this snapshot? Isn't it "dangerous" to have too many snapshots? A little advice is what I'm looking for here.... Do snapshots also contain a current state of documents or application files? Help here is greatly appreciated. Regards, Jim P.
Hi, > Is there any value of keeping this snapshot? It's up to you. You can make a screenshot before the upgrade, but then if you do not need it -> you can just remove it > Isn't it "dangerous" to have too many snapshots? A little advice is what I'm looking for here.... No, but screenshots will take the memory of you Mac and your Mac can ask you for cleaning up some space > Do snapshots also contain a current state of documents or application files? Yes, and we recommend to make a screenshot once you shut you VM down or once you saved all of your files and closed apps
