
Tight integration between the two systems had enabled me to ask Cortana for information from my Mac desktop, so long as my Windows VM was working in the background. That’s good and bad as I had been amusing myself using Cortana on my Windows VM to answer questions. Sierra introduces Siri support to the Mac. The capacity to preview files held on a Windows virtual machine from your Mac system using QuickLook is a great example of this. What this means in use is that you can flip easily between tasks on both your Mac and VM machines, which makes use of the software an essential for any Mac user who may sometimes need to work with legacy Windows apps. I’ve spent some time working with Parallels 11 and have been impressed by its tight integration between Windows and Mac features. (And I guess you’ll be able to access many of these things using Parallels Access on your iPad Pro).

Parallels engineers worked with Blizzard Entertainment and optimized Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac to support smash PC title, Overwatch.Īs noted above the software also supports the Windows 10 Xbox app, enabling people to stream and play Xbox games on their Macs. Parallels has also taken some big steps for Mac gamers who might want to run Windows and Xbox titles on their Apple computer. There are many other tools and Pro, Business Edition and Toolbox subscribers will be provided with additional tools every quarter in future as the company seeks to build a recurring income stream for its business. These are made available in the Menu bar. These include a tool to download video from YouTube of Facebook to protect files with a password, record a screencast and more. It provides 20 single function tools and utilities that are also being made available as a standalone app. The new Parallels Toolbox for Mac might be of interest.

