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    MacOS "Connect as" in Network does nothing...

    - MacOS M1 Ventura 13.2 - Paralells VM (same OS) - Sharing Folder in main VM - In Paralells, Network tab, my main VM is visible. Clicking on "Connect As..." does nothing. Why?
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    Parallels for M1 macs. share host folder in VM and manage snapshots.

    Hi, I've just installed the Parallels version for M1 Macs. I'd like to share my home directory from the host machine, in my virtual machine. Furthermore, I wish to save and restore snapshots in my VM. I've read some guidelines and this option is available in older version of parallels...
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    Shared Folder Parallel 17 Mac/Mac

    Hello, can someone tell me if it is possible with Parallels 17 to share folders of the host system (macOS 12) to the client system (also macOS X 12)? With Windows as client system I find the settings. But unfortunately not if the client system is inside Parallels MacOS-X. Parallels Toolbox is...
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    how to share a single folder?

    Im new to parallels so be gentle. for security reasons I want to keep my win10 vm completely isolated from my mac. I do see there is a dialog box for that BUT I then want to share a single folder , so that I the one app I use in parallels can save its data in a place I can then access on my mac...
  5. MartinLiss

    Sharing a folder between VMs

    I have some important files in a Windows XP VM on my mac in C:\Important. How can I read and write to that folder from a Windows 10 VM?
  6. MartinLiss

    Sharing files between VMs

    I have an old Windows XP VM on my mac where I've stored certain files in C:\Important and I now have a Windows 10 VM. How do I go about reading and writing to C:Important from the Windows 10 VM?
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    File lock not working on shared folder

    Hello, I created a folder in Mac, shared it into Windows machine in Parallels, but when I open a file in this folder (by Acrobat Reader in Mac), Windows doesn't see the file system lock on the file. When I open the same file by Acrobat Reader in Windows, the lock is there. Any suggestions for...
  8. M

    Parallels 15 VM post-installation problems

    Hello, All -- I have Parallels 15 running under Catalina on a 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro. I have High Sierra installed in a VM (I still need to run some 32-bit apps). I have 2 problems. First, the share folder doesn't work. The VM sees it as empty. My work around has been to use a server reachable...
  9. J

    Cannot Access Mac files within Parallels, \\Mac\Home\Desktop not accessible

    So whenever I open Parallels or Windows explorer, I get the error, "Windows cannot access \\Mac\Home\Desktop" with "The network path was not found" as the reason. Neither can I access Documents, Downloads, or any other Mac folder. Under Parallels Settings (Control Center), in Sharing, "Share...
  10. M

    Shared custom folder on Mac host is 'Read Only' in Windows 10 guest

    I'm using a Windows 10 guest on a Mac host to develop and compile for Windows. To avoid code duplication I try to share my code repository on the Mac host with the Windows guest using Custom Folders in the Sharing/Share Mac settings. The permissions are set to 'Read & Write' in the Parallels...
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    Ocassional zero-byte files checking out git repos into a shared folder.

    On my mac, I created a case-sensitive partition for storing files accessible to both the Ubuntu VM and the Mac host. The partition is a APFS Volume (case-sensitive, encrypted) in the same APFS Container as my main mac hard drive. I shared a folder in that partition with my Ubuntu VM by adding...
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    Looking for developer recommendations on using shared fs with linux

    i'm sure there are others who successfully do this kind of work so i am looking for recommendations on how to use an OS X editor to edit files on a guest linux system. I have a Centos server (no desktop) guest system that i do development on. i recently started using VSCode and would like to...
  13. T

    Parallels 12 > lost ownership of shared Mac folders and files in Windows VM?

    Can anyone please tell me if the following is a bug or a known "feature" for Parallels 12? After upgrading OSX to High Sierra shared folders and files in for instance drive Z: (Mac home folder) lose the right ownership in Windows. For instance: the Security tab is gone in Windows folder and...
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    Google Drive Folder not visible/accessible

    I have "share dropbox, iCloud and google drive enabled", but the Google Drive Folder isn't visible under Network Location. However, Dropbox and iCloud are. I have also set the Sharing Settings so that no folders are shared between the Mac and Parallels. Didn't think this was going to be an...
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