I posted following issues all involving Parallels to crash...
http://forum.parallels.com/showthre...ode-crashes-since-Mac-OS-upgrade-to-Mavericks
http://forum.parallels.com/showthre...-9-with-Mavericks-in-coherent-mode-a-disaster
and there is another posting not from myself...
http://forum.parallels.com/showthre...der-Win-7-in-Parallels-are-getting-unbearable
Would really like to get some feed back from others here. I used to love Parallels, but I'm at a point to consider switching back to VMWare as I have about a dozen crashes per day. The problem is that Parallels doesn't even seem to notice that it is crashing and hence no crash reports are or can be sent.
HERE ARE THE STEPS TO CRASH PARALLELS
Here is one trigger that will reproduce a crash every time:
1) Macbook Pro Retina + 2nd HDMI monitor
2) Launch Parallels and start the Windows 7 VM (NOT IN COHERENCE MODE)
3) Move the VM window to the external HDMI monitor
4) Change to Coherent mode (the windows Start bar is now displayed in the HDMI monitor)
5) Change the Windows start bar to Auto Hide (this is another bug in Parallels as it ALWAYS disables the Auto-Hide feature of the Windows VM)
6) Open a number of Windows (VM) applications and place some on the laptop’s screen, some on the external HDMI screen
7) Pull the plug of the HDMI monitor
Either Parallels is crashing right away or the application windows of the VM start to behave erratic.
If the latter happens connect the HDMI monitor to the laptop again and repeat the steps from step 3 onwards.
For me Parallels crashes latest with the 2nd round of disconnecting the external HDMI screen.
Support ID: [Parallels #1779566]
Last edited: Nov 22, 2013