Virtualization software Parallels on Thursday issued its latest release, Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac, with a host of new features including support for Apple's upcoming macOS Sierra, a standalone. Parallels Desktop 12 can also be used to run Windows, and works seamlessly with the latest Windows 10. Always ready If you spend an equal amount of time in Windows and macOS, Parallels Desktop 12. Parallels Toolbox for Mac is a feature of all versions of Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac which will also be available as a stand-alone subscription product for $9.99 per year, including all new tools and updates planned for release every few months.
Update, Aug 23: Parallels 12 and the free trial is. We’ve also started announcing our giveaway winners below., the popular software that lets you easily run Windows and other Intel operating systems (including other images of macOS) as virtual machines on your Mac, is today the latest upgrade to version 12. Those who buy Parallels 11 today (or bought after August 1st) are eligible for a free upgrade. On top of getting Parallels ready for the release of macOS Sierra, version 12 introduces a number of great new features and an over 25 percent performance improvement, according to the company. A new standalone app called is a set of 20 utilities that offer one-click functions for things like screen casting, media downloads, and file management (unzipping, archiving, and password protecting files). In other words, many of the handy utilities and apps you’d normally have to download to a new Mac from a long list of third-party/shareware sources, all in one location, paid for and simplified for ease of use.
The Toolbox will be included for Parallels 12 users and also available standalone for $10/year. Here’s what’s included. • Distraction-free presentation modes for both Mac and Windows VMs, including: Hide Desktop Files, Do Not Disturb, Keep Mac Awake.
• Archive, encrypt and password protect all of your files. • Simply capture screen shots or record video of a screen, window or area. • Download videos from YouTube, Facebook and other websites with a single click. • Time management tools—an alarm, timer, date countdown and stopwatch. • Unpack files from ZIP, RAR and many other formats.
Here’s a look at the new Toolbox with the utilities launching initially: Parallels also says it’s worked with Blizzard to enable support for popular PC and Xbox game Overwatch, and the Windows 10 Xbox app is now supported, allowing streaming of Xbox games to your Mac via Parallels if your Mac can handle it.
Improving your system productivity is essential for getting work done more swiftly. With this in mind, many of us turn to all-in-one maintenance tools so we can optimise our computer, clean junk and fully remove installed applications. It’s just easier to own one tool to perform all your key tasks. Parallels recently launched Toolbox for Mac which offered a number of system tools from a handy drop-down menu. Frankly, when the first Toolbox was released, it offered little more than what was already available in macOS. You could quickly take a screengrab, record your screen, create an archive and more. Now Parallels has gone and released a much-improved and it’s become a fully-fledged standalone suite of useful tools.
You still receive all the regular modules (some of which have been improved), but there’s a number of new tools. Resize Image enables you to either automatically resize one or a batch of images in a single process. The World Time module enables you to quickly find the local time in any major city across the world, whilst Find Duplicates will now find and highlight duplicate files located across your drives. Toolbox for Mac v3 contains some unique functionality limited to the macOS version. These include a handy Uninstall Apps tool and Hidden Files which will show all the hidden data across your Mac and enable you to reduce some clutter. Toolbox used to be part of a Parallels Desktop licence.