Moving Parallels from Old Mac to Retna

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BobK47

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I have been using Parallels since ver3. I had Ver 6 on MB Pro, purchased Retna with 10.8, tried to use Migration Assistant to move everything. When complete said Parallels 6 does not work with 10.8, thus did not transfer. Can I upgrade Ver 6 to 7, then somehow manually move all required files to new Retna, without starting over with Migration Assistant (took 7+ hours)? Is it possible, what files to move??? TIA
 
All you have to move is the .pvm file, which is in the Parallels folder in your Documents folder, by default.

Then just create a new VM on the new machine pointing to the .pvm.

Steve
 
What about the Win XP

Steve,
Thanks for the reply. I am not a real expert with Parallels, will that contain my Win XP install and stuff? Again I am not sure of the details of creating a new VM.

Thanks again, TIA
Bob Kolquist
 
File menu -> New -> Add existing virtual machine

Then just point to the .pvm you copy over.

Steve
 
Thanks - Great Support

Steve,
Thanks, I will buy the update and install and move to the new machine.
Thanks again

Bob Kolquist
 
What about Parallels Move

How do I move the Parallels to the new Retna machine? I did the Parallels 7 update OK on the old MB Pro.

Thanks again.

Bob K
 
It WORKS

I got everything working on the new Retna machine.

Thanks for the help, it was great!!!

Bob Kolquist
 
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