Also when you reboot, the machine will most likely not be as you had it – with a different (basic) screen resolution, etc.

You will have to reboot the Virtual Machine after you do this. So inside your virtual machine, use whatever mechanism is available to you (programs add/remove, etc.) to remove these tools. To be able to install the converter tool, you need to uninstall parallel tools. In parallels, to be able to have better screen resolution, connect to the external host, etc., you install ‘ Parallels tools’ – this is your gateway if you like to the host. In the Parallels main manager, select the VM you want to convert, right-click, and select ‘ Show in Finder’. If you didn’t specifically give a location for your parallels storage, there is an easy way to find where the files are located. I cannot stress the importance of this enough – I’ve bitten myself more than once with this in the past – don’t leave things to chance – unless you are willing and able to lose data, back-it-up … its IT – stuff happens … prepare. My problem now is that I need to transfer some big heavy virtual machines that I have in Parallels to Virtual Box on Windows/Linux, so how to? … after a bit of digging, and patching a bit from various posts, here’s how to get the job done, with gratuitous screenshots to guide you through the same process… Step 1 – Backup !!!

I have a spanking new Dell XPS (which has its own minor issues), and a completely over the top new desktop machine. First Stage in Leaving Apple Mac and Going Back to Windows…Īfter an 18 month love/hate relationship with my Macbook Pro, I have decided it's time to say goodbye to Apple and go back to my roots in Windows (10).

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