How to use Energy Saver

Don Awalt

Don Awalt

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Hi, I am starting to use a Windows 10 VM in Parallels Desktop on the road/on battery more. As I am sure many know, Parallels and VMs consume a lot of battery. I have been reading that the Energy Saver reduces battery use by limiting unnecessary processes, and other changes - and is configurable. However, I cannot figure out how to run it - I run energy saver from inside my Windows VM and it says Energy Saver cannot be run there. I don't see any way to run it outside of the VM though.

What are the steps I need to follow to configure a competent energy use for my VM/Parallels when on battery only? Thanks for your help!
 
No, wrong energy saver. This article linked below has this feature I need:

Pause non-essential processes
Energy Saver pauses a number of system processes that are always running in the background.
These processes include Spotlight indexing, AppStore updates check and macOS updates check.
Having these processes paused significantly extends battery life.

https://kb.parallels.com/en/124694
 

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OK. That's the 'Energy Saver Tool', not 'Energy Saver' (I know stupid naming....). Why they decided to give their tool the same name as the one already in the Mac OS, defies belief. This is part of the Parallels toolbox. Do you have the toolbox?.
If so, click on the Parallels toolbox icon in the Mac menu bar. This energy saver is here.
 
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