Here's my story - success in a round about way. I'm running 3036 Beta because thats the only build I can make this work on. I run Desktop Manager 4.2.0.14 and Handheld 4.2.0.71 Connect Pearl via USB (no USB unavailable warning comes up). Open DM - it takes while to connect. Disconect Pearl. Plug it in again (you will now get the USB warning - click OK on the warning) It will now connect AND sync. All this is achieved by having Pocketmac INSTALLED in OSX. If you remove Pocketmac you won't get anywhere in Parallels. I know this is contrary to popular opinion but that how it works for me. If you install any later version of Parallels, you will eventually get a spinning wheel of death that locks everything up, including OSX and you will have to do a hard restart. I'm on a MBPro 15" single Core Duo. XP Pro on the VM
