Explanation of Paralells Download and Desktop Behavior

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by jonathan_david, Jan 2, 2012.

  1. jonathan_david

    jonathan_david Hunter

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    Hi All.

    Would anyone mind walking me through the way that I should expect to have files "behave" between my virtual machine and my mac os?

    I have dowloaded Safari for Windows so that I can download items directly to the Virtual Machine because it appears it I do this from Mac, something somewhere tries to recognize that I am on a Mac and it downloads the Mac version or a file or software is that right?

    Also, can anyone please explain to me if I should ever need to DRAG a file directly to the Windows Desktop? I seem to think that I sometimes have to do this for an executable or even for a file sometimes and I am not sure I understand what this is doing or if there are settings that affect this.

    Thanks for any info, tips or good advice. I seem to be missing something on this one.

    - Jon
     

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