shared folders

When you enable Configure > Options > Sharing > Map Mac Volumes To Virtual Machine for a Mac OS guest, the virtual volume "My Shared Files" is declared to Mac OS as case-insensitive. But the "Home" directory must be capitalized in paths, even though all other path elements are case-insensitive...

I have a Windows 11 ARM VM running on Parallels Desktop (20.4.1) on my MacBook M4. The VM is set up to use Bridged Networking When I access the VM from Parallels on the M4 I can see the shared Mac folders and I have a "Mac Files" shortcut on the desktop. But.. If I use Remote Desktop to access...

- Parallels 20.3.0 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Mac M1 Pro with Sequoia 15.4.1 Shared folder from macOS inside ubuntu VM not working at all. Any ideas? Thanks!

After upgrading my VM to macOS 15.4.1, the guest tools don't appear to be functioning properly on my intel mac any longer. I am unable to see any shared folders, and I am unable to use commands such as `prlctl exec` or `prlctl enter` from the host machine. I do not see this issue on my Apple...

I've posted the bug here: https://forum.parallels.com/threads/dsan-warnings-suggest-invalid-page-accesses-in-prl_tg-toolgate-guest-linux-prl_tg-prltg_call-c.364524/#post-939436. It happened after upgrading my Ubuntu from 24.04 to 25.04. Ubuntu kernel version is `6.14.0-16-generic`.

I installed Ubuntu 25.04 in a VM using the latest version (20.3) of parallels desktop on a silicon Mac. Seems to work pretty good, but sharing a folder from the host do not work. Is parallels desktop supposed to support Ubuntu 25.04? If not can I expect support for Ubuntu 25.04 in the close...

I have the latest Parallels Desktop Pro edition (20.2.2) and the latest Sequoia (15.4) on my host OS. I tried creating a new Sequoia guest OS using the normal process. This works fine. What does NOT work is that I cannot share folders between the guest and host OS. I have installed Parallels...

The Parallels Shared Folder (\\psf\Home directory) becomes inaccessible to the guest OS (Windows 11) when more than 4032 files have been opened. When the files are closed the directory becomes accessible again. This is an issue when running certain tools in that directory (i.e. running a Visual...

I'm running Parallels Pro 20.2.1 (55876). I used Fedora-Everything-netinst-aarch64-41-1.4.iso to set up two almost identical VMs, the only difference being that one uses Gnome and the other the Cinnamon spin. I used the default package selection proposed by the Fedora installer in both cases...

I'm encountering a persistent issue with file permissions in shared folders between macOS and my Windows 11 virtual machine on Parallels Desktop. Here's the situation: No matter which OS I use to create a new file in the shared folder (like "Downloads"), whether it's macOS or Windows, the file...

See also Shared Folders not showing up I just upgraded to Parallels 20.0.1 on my Intel mac (macOS 14.7) and now my shared folders aren't working on my macOS VMs either. Windows VMs: Shared folders working normally. Steps I took: * On the host mac: I tried removing then re-adding "Documents...

Shared folder functionality degradation: no more hardlinks support! Parallels Pro for Mac 20.0.1 (55659) VM Ubuntu 24.04.1 with the latest parallels tools installed. I'm using a shared folder from macos inside ubuntu VM and getting error about hardlinks not being supported by FUSE mount: ln...

Inside my Kali Linux guest virtual machine, running on a Mac Host, when I select install Parallels Toolbox, the folder gets mounted and there's instructions to cd into the directory and run sudo ./install. That's exactly what I'm doing and I'm getting a permissions denied. Please advise. I've...

When doing resource intensive sharing for development scenarios with many files that need to be accessed (such as high/many files needed for Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, large C++ projects, Rust compilation, etc.), but editing (editors, IDEs, etc.) and similar access will be done with programs on...

Windows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption for everyone -- happens on both clean installs and reinstalls | Tom's Hardware says Windows 11 installs and reinstalls are going to enable Bitlocker in the future. Would Bitlocker encrypt Desktop, Documents or other folders or volumes shared with...

I did the update today to Parallels 19.3.1, and now I do not have access to \\Mac\Home\Desktop and other Mac folders. Help! Parallels has Full Disk Access on the Mac. I have reinstalled Parallels Tools. How can I get this working, I have apps that need access to Mac files! What changed?

I've updated my macOS host to Sonoma 14.4 and within the Linux VM the shared macOS folders are no longer visible. Previously I could see them under `/media/psf` Also nothing under `/mnt`

Hello everybody, please be so kind and direct me to solution which was i believe already posted. After 6 hours try and fail process i give up and kindly ask for help here. Sharing files with Windows VM was easy but could not manage to work it on VM Mac Catalina to host Catalina. THANK YOU Alex

Hi, I am running Parallels Desktop 19 Pro on a mac mini M2 with Windows 11 Pro. I have western digital 2 TB partitioned using APFS. I need to have permanent drive letters to run Access scripts. I can't assign permanent drive letters to these drives. I have looked in the Computer Management area...

On a newly purchased MacBook Pro 14" (Sonoma, M3 Max), I installed Parallels Desktop 19 and created a Ubuntu 22.04.2 ARM64 VM. I can't access any of my Mac folders from within the Ubuntu VM. I've tried Configuration/Options/Sharing with "Mirror Mac and Linux user folders" and/or "Share custom...