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      Parallels Desktop 19 gets Sonoma-ready, expands OpenGL and Linux support

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 24 August, 2023 - 20:16 · 1 minute

    A login screen for Windows allowing the use of Touch ID

    Enlarge / You can now use Touch ID to log in to your Windows virtual machine. (credit: Parallels )

    It's an annual tradition to see an update to Mac virtualization software Parallels Desktop a few weeks before the next major macOS release. Like clockwork, we've come to that time again: Parallels Desktop 19 is available now, with a handful of improvements for users who want to run Windows or Linux on their Macs.

    It's not the most radical year-over-year update we've seen, but there are some welcome optimizations and tweaks. The headlining feature is the ability to use Touch ID to sign in to your Windows virtual machine. When you next launch your Windows VM, your Windows password can be saved to your Mac's keychain with a Touch ID-specific record that is unique to your device. It's important to note that this is just for signing into the VM, though; this is not full Touch ID support for all the places Windows Hello appears throughout Microsoft's operating system.

    There are also various tweaks to make Parallels macOS Sonoma-ready, what with Apple's annual OS update coming sometime this fall. For example, a change in Sonoma would have broken the Shared Printing feature that allows you to print from your Windows VM. Parallels' engineers re-configured the feature to get it working within the new release and made some improvements to it.

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      Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac adds ProMotion support

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 9 August, 2022 - 19:30

    A marketing splash image for Parallels Desktop 18, from the company's YouTube video about the release.

    Enlarge / A marketing splash image for Parallels Desktop 18, from the company's YouTube video about the release. (credit: Parallels )

    Mac-based virtualization software Parallels launched a new version today. As with most updates to the suite, Parallels Desktop 18 adds support for new Apple hardware features, improves Windows virtualization, and expands compatibility.

    The two headlining features of Parallels Desktop 18 are ProMotion support and several new features and optimizations for playing Windows games on Macs.

    The first feature is pretty straightforward: Parallels now fully supports automatic refresh rate changes up to 120 Hz, matching the ProMotion feature in the M1-based 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro .

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