![]() Storage optimization works the other way, too, automatically detecting if a Windows VM is running low on space and offering to increase the size of its virtual disk. The Parallels Desktop app itself is also getting slimmed down. A typical installation is now 20-30 percent smaller thanks to coding efficiency improvements and moving non-critical assets such as documentation online. Parallels Desktop has long supported the ability to share your Mac’s webcam with your virtual machines, but the resolution of that shared camera was capped at 2K. With Parallels Desktop 14, users can share camera resolutions up to 4K30 with compatible VMs.įor apps that are not yet officially supported, users can turn to Parallels’ Touch Bar Wizard, a feature first introduced last year that has seen further refinement in Parallels Desktop 14. Touch Bar Wizard lets users customize the Touch Bar layout for any Windows app via a drag and drop interface. Advanced users who need access to custom keys and actions can also opt to create a completely custom Touch Bar via XML editing. Parallels cites varying levels of performance improvements across the board, but has specifically worked to implement the AVX512 instruction set that is now available in the processor powering the iMac Pro and rumored to be included in the upcoming revamped Mac Pro. Users running Parallels Desktop 14 on one of these Macs will see performance improvements up to 2x in areas such as audio encoding, emulation, and AI processing. In addition to raw processing performance, Parallels Desktop 14 also advertises improved VM management for tasks such as booting, suspending, and resuming virtual machines. Again, we’ll test this ourselves in our upcoming benchmarks, but Parallels claims that these tasks are between 30 and 80 percent faster compared to Parallels Desktop 13. Parallels Desktop 14 requires a Mac with at least an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended), 600MB of free space for the app itself, and at least 16GB of space for a minimum Windows 10 VM. ![]() OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan Pricing and Availability It also requires the use of one of the following operating systems or newer as its host: PARALLELS DESKTOP 14 WINDOWS 10
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