Macos Parallels

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Quick reference sheet for web development when testing a locally hosted macOS app in IE/Edge via Parallels Windows 10.
1. Inside Parallels, go to Preferences > Network > Shared and make sure Connect Mac to this network is checked.
2. In your Mac Terminal run: open /etc/hosts and add 0.0.0.0 domain.local (you may need to sudo chmod 755 /etc/hosts or whatever to allow editing of hosts)
3. From Mac Terminal run ifconfig and look for value under vnic0 > inet. (typically 10.211.55.2).
4. Inside Parallels Windows, open Notepad using Run as administrator. (Search > Type Notepad > Right Click Notepad > Run as administrator > Yes)
5. From Notepad, File > Open and open System32 > drivers > etc > hosts. (You may need to change the file extension to show all types)
6. Edit the hosts file by adding the value from 3 above (typically 10.211.55.2) and mapping it to localmac. eg: 10.211.55.2 localmac
7. Serve app from Mac and make sure the host is specified to domain.local
8. Inside Parallels IE/Edge, navigate to http://localmac:[port] and see your served app.

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Sketchmee. Notes:
– For some reason, attempting to remap localhost on Windows doesn’t play well so we will use localmac as a workaround and it’s kinda semantic. The name can be anything you want.

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Aug 30, 2018 Parallels makes it painless to set up virtual machines, and Parallels Desktop Lite is a free version that can make Linux and macOS virtual machines for free. Jun 13, 2017 Parallels isn’t just for running Windows, either: you can use it to set up Linux, ChromeOS, and even macOS virtual machines. We outlined how to create Linux and macOS Virtual machines in Parallels Desktop Lite, and the process is identical for the full version of Parallels Desktop, so check out that article if you’re interested. In Parallels Desktop for Mac Standard and Pro Edition A virtual machine can be located in Finder via Parallels Desktop Control Center. Click on the Parallels Desktop logo on Mac menu bar select Control Center. Right-click on the Parallels Desktop application icon in the dock select Control Center.

  • Make sure your hostname is domain.local (after mapping hosts) or your host is bound to 0.0.0.0 when serving your app on macOS.

  • Opening app on Mac browsers will remain the same: localhost:8081

Version 1.6.1:

Remote play cannot connect to ps4. Optimized for macOS 11 Big Sur with a refreshed design, easier setup, and other improvements. Below is the list of the most important fixes:

Big Sur as a host operating system
Macos
  • Resolves an issue with a Mac crashing after trying to start a virtual machine.
  • Resolves an issue with a virtual machine crashing when a user logs in to Windows.
  • Resolves an issue with the CPU menu in the virtual machine configuration showing only two menu items.
  • Resolves an issue with the 'Unable to pause 'virtual machine name'.' message appearing while deleting a snapshot.
  • Resolves an issue with the Parallels Desktop window moving up when switching between the tabs of the Parallels Desktop Preferences and virtual machine configuration dialog.
  • Resolves an issue with multiple virtual machine icons in the Dock.
Big Sur in a virtual machine
  • Resolves an issue with not being able to upgrade an existing macOS virtual machine to macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Resolves an issue with not being able to install macOS 11 Big Sur in a virtual machine from the Recovery partition.
  • Resolves an issue with a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine showing a black screen after the Parallels Tools reinstallation.
  • Resolves an issue with a macOS virtual machine showing a black screen after upgrading it to macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Resolves a rare issue with a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine rebooting when a user logs in.
  • Resolves an issue with the default screen resolution set to 1024x768 in a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine created on a Mac with the macOS version other than Big Sur.
  • Resolves an issue with Installation Assistant showing the macOS 11 Big Sur version incorrectly (as 10.16).
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Other improvements
  • The Parallels Desktop user interface has been updated to meet the macOS 11 Big Sur style.
  • Parallels Desktop meets the macOS 11 Big Sur privacy restrictions. For example, it is not allowed to use Bluetooth until a user gives consent.
Network
  • You can configure Bridged networking for your virtual machine.
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  • Support for DirectX 11.1 which brings better support for high-resolution monitors and support for more applications and games that require DirectX 11.
  • Support for Metal graphics in macOS Big Sur 11 (and later) virtual machines. This allowed Parallels engineers to improve the guest version of macOS performance and fix a number of issues that were reported in 2018-2020:
    • Selected text in a PDF document opened in Preview is blacked out.
    • Blank interface in the FileSimple application.
    • The clock in the macOS menu bar doesn’t look sharp sometimes.
    • Multiple tabs in Safari are displayed with graphical artifacts.
    • The Notes app crashes in macOS virtual machines.
    • The Maps app shows a black screen.
    • Black thumbnails in the Photos app installed in a macOS virtual machine.