I'm getting a fatal error message when dragging and dropping image files from my host (OS X Mavericks 10.9.5) to the guest (Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8), and the copy is aborted. This happens if I'm IN Mavericks and dropping ONTO the Parallels window.
However, if I am IN the guest OS in Parallels and use the file sharing dialogue to find the file on the host, it can then be dragged in without problem.
So, you might ask, why don't I use the second method to get files into Parallels? This is where it gets more complicated.
I am running an application Journler in the guest, whose data - including preferences file - is all contained within its own folder in Application Support (which is in the host so it syncs to Dropbox). When I add any media - such as pictures - to Journler, it's set up to create an alias of the file only, and leave the original where it is - this is obviously to avoid duplication on my computer. This is why I drag FROM the host TO the app in the guest, so the app can create an alias; and that's when I get the error.
I could use the app's Import dialogue instead, but that creates a hard copy not an alias. Creating an alias in Mavericks and importing that alias directly into Journler, doesn't work.
It may be that Parallels does not allow dragging of files FROM the host ONTO the guest? It may be the only way is to be IN the guest and drag INTO the guest using the File Sharing technique? If that is so, then the manual is ambiguous, because it seems to imply you can freely drag and drop in either direction.
However, if I am IN the guest OS in Parallels and use the file sharing dialogue to find the file on the host, it can then be dragged in without problem.
So, you might ask, why don't I use the second method to get files into Parallels? This is where it gets more complicated.
I am running an application Journler in the guest, whose data - including preferences file - is all contained within its own folder in Application Support (which is in the host so it syncs to Dropbox). When I add any media - such as pictures - to Journler, it's set up to create an alias of the file only, and leave the original where it is - this is obviously to avoid duplication on my computer. This is why I drag FROM the host TO the app in the guest, so the app can create an alias; and that's when I get the error.
I could use the app's Import dialogue instead, but that creates a hard copy not an alias. Creating an alias in Mavericks and importing that alias directly into Journler, doesn't work.
It may be that Parallels does not allow dragging of files FROM the host ONTO the guest? It may be the only way is to be IN the guest and drag INTO the guest using the File Sharing technique? If that is so, then the manual is ambiguous, because it seems to imply you can freely drag and drop in either direction.