And in Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro and Business Editions: Software development; Software testing; Design; To learn more about virtual machine profiles, visit KB 123878. Specify a name and location. Name: You may specify a name for your virtual machine. Location: The default location for Parallels Desktop virtual machines is /Users/username. There are several ways to install Windows (or any other operating system) in a virtual machine, and Parallels Desktop makes it easy to get started within minutes. If you need Windows on your Mac, Parallels Desktop can help you download and install Windows 10. All you need to do is follow our Installation Assistant and click “Install Windows.”. If a MAC address matches the pattern, it does not necessary mean that it's a Parallels Virtual Machine. All manually generated MAC addresses for the Parallels Virtual Machines which are not using the OUI 00:1C:42 match the pattern.
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First stage in leaving Apple Mac and going back to Windows…
After an 18 month love/hate relationship with my Macbook Pro, I have decided its time to say goodbye to Apple and go back to my roots in Windows (10). I have a brand spanking new Dell XPS (which has its own minor issues), and a completely over the top new desktop machine. My problem now is that I need to transfer some big heavy virtual machines that I have in Parallels to Virtual Box on Windows/Linux, so how to? … after a bit of digging, and patching a bit from various posts, here’s how to get the job done, with gratuitous screenshots to guide you through the same process…
Step 1 – Backup !!!
I cannot stress the importance of this enough – I’ve bitten myself more than once with this in the past – don’t leave things to chance – unless you are willing and able to lose data, back-it-up … its IT – stuff happens … prepare :)
If you didn’t specifically give a location for your parallels storage, there is an easy way to find where the files are located. In the Parallels main manager, select the VM you want to convert, right-click, and select ‘show in finder’
Step 2 – Uninstall Parallels tools
In parallels, to be able to have better screen resolution, connect to the external host etc, you install ‘Parallels tools’ – this is your gateway if you like to the host. To be able to install the converter tool, you need to uninstall parallel tools. So inside your virtual machine, use what ever mechanism is available to you (programs add/remove, etc) to remove these tools. You will have to reboot the Virtual Machine after you do this. Also when you reboot, the machine will most likely not be as you had it – with a different (basic) screen resolution etc. Also, big note and kind of a gotcha! … once you remove parallel tools, you no longer have access to shared drives on the host … this means if you have downloaded the converter (next step) onto a shared folder, boom, you’re caught and need to find a way to get that installer into the virtual machine to move to the next step. In my case I copied the installer onto a USB key and then used parallels menu to give the USB device access to the virtual machine, so I could import it in.
Step 3 – install and run Virtual box converter
So, whats this installer thingy … well, the nice folk over at VMWare have produced a very useful tool known as the ‘Virtual Machine Converter’. To get a FREE copy (we like free, right?), you need to go to the VMWare site, sign up/open an account (don’t worry, its free), and download. Here’s the link to download it… its about 180 mb so go click before you continue!
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When its installed, you need to tell it to its convert thing … here’s how to get to that stage…
First, startup the converter *inside* the virtual machine itself. Once its running, click on ‘convert machine’
Next, we need to tell it what to convert – in this case it is ‘this machine’ (ie: the one you are running it inside … obvious really?!).
In the next page, you need to select the hard-drive that contains the data/setup etc you need – its also good to ensure you have checked the ‘ignore hibernation and page file’ option – otherwise you are bringing in potentially unwanted bloat to your converted machine.
The wizard then gives you a summary of what you are about to do – have a quick check to ensure its what you want (should be, its pretty basic…)…
Click finish, and you’re off to the races…. as you can see, the conversion process can take a bit of time so reach to the bookshelf and start reading a chapter of that book you never got finished, and check back a bit later … tick-tock….
first stage all done! …
the next step is to take the converted machine and transfer it to your new host in Virtual box. In my case I told the converter to place the converted file onto an external drive, so my next step is to copy that to the new host machine and then start the import procedure.
Step 4 – Import the converted image
Right – now I’m assuming that you *have* installed Virtual box at this stage. If not, you can download it here, and the install is a simple wizard progress. I’ll wait while you catch up…
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done? … good, lets proceed :)
In Virtualbox, create a new machine…
You need to give it a name, and depending on what you are importing, choose the appropriate OS type and version
Next step is to assign some memory space to the machine – in general, Virtualbox makes a good stab at this, but you can adjust if you need to…
Now, the magic piece! … point the machine hard-disk at the exported/converted machine where ever you have it saved… (click the little folder icon to browse for it…)
And voila, machine ready to start and use!
Thats it, if you have this particular need, this should help you out!
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