I know all Mac users have encountered this scenario before. You have one or two programs that you love or you just don’t want to get rid of. But guess what, they will only run in Windows and of course, there is no Mac equivalent, now what? Are you doomed to having to switch between 2 systems, or worse, carry them with you when you need your favorite applications? The good news, not anymore! There is a program that can solve all your application issues and keep them under the hood of your Mac.
The program is called Parallels. This program installs and runs a virtual machine, meaning that it can run a computer within a computer. So inside your Mac you can have a Windows environment running at same time your Mac is running. Now there are quite a few programs on the market that can do this so why is Parallels any different than the others? For one, you can switch between the two OS’s with just the click of a button, no rebooting like you would have to do in OSX’s Boot Camp. Another and probably the coolest feature of Parallels is that your Windows programs can run from the Dock of your Mac! When you launch your Windows applications from your Dock they will open up and look exactly like they are running in OSX! Also you can open and save all your files that are associated with your Windows applications from your Mac folders and directories! To do this though, you will need a “Fully Licensed” copy of Windows and any other software that you would like to run within the Parallels virtual machine. Depending on your version of Windows you can even join a company domain and be able to use your domain account within your Mac.
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