OSX 10.10.2 Beta - Issues

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by Tony Smith, Nov 24, 2014.

  1. Tony Smith

    Tony Smith Junior Member

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    Hi looking to see if there is a fix for latest PD10 and OS X 10.10.2. Anything that involves launching the windows start screen causes the start screen to just lock up and i get the spinning wheel until i reboot the windows machine.

    when the screen is locked up, if i select other windows applications from the Mac dock they work fine its just the start screen locking up.

    Coherance performance in general is a little hit and miss. sometime when the windows machine launches i am stuck with the windows task bar on the bottom behind the Mac dock.

    Any advise is appreciated.
     
  2. ThomasTankmar

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    I had similar issues. I removed PD10 completely with CleanMyMac, reinstalled it and reinstalled Parallel Tools. This got the virtual instance to work, but still very slow in refreshing the screen. In general I have graphic issues in everything since updating to 10.10.2. Even here in Parallels Forum, i can see deleted text flashing on the screen. Seems to be a very buggy beta ;-)
     
  3. ChristopherT

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    I am having the same issue with the Start Menu freezing up (spinning beach ball.) Support was of no help, and I am worried that they won't be looking into this, should it become an issue in the final version. My workaround is to go full-screen and switch between desktops, but I am partially crippled, as Coherence is the way I normally work with Parallels.
     
  4. ThomasTankmar

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    I found that if I restart my virtual machine and it is set to go directly to coherence, all screen opens a black gray boxes. If I suspend the virtual machine and start it back up, it is working normally again. I however had so many issues with other parts of 10.10.2 that I had to revert to 10.10.1. Several program like Preview was displaying as 100% transparent windows, so completely unusable. Seems that the issue is with the 10.10.2 graphic drivers, and not PD 10.
     
  5. ChristopherT

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    Unfortunately, there is no easy way to revert to 10.10.1.

    Eagerly awaiting Apple's next seed, which will probably cause even more issues :)
     
  6. ThomasTankmar

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    Ha.. Ha... no they seem to have left out the undo button on that one ;-) Apart from an issue I had that my recovery partition was in the wrong version so my initial online restore was to a 10.9.x, everything was smooth ones I got the recovery partition upgraded to 10.10.1 and performed a fresh install. The system appears to be running 20-30% quicker, even with the same software installed, than when i had a 10.10.1 that was an upgrade from a 10.9, so can highly recommend that approach :)
     
  7. ChristopherT

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    The latest 10.10.2 build seems to have fixed the issues.
     

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