![]() Setting the Device Hardware ModelĪ Parallels’ VM config file is slightly different than VMware Fusion’s, and we aren’t able to set the hardware model in the config.pvs file like you can in Fusion’s. To jump straight to the instructions, see the Creating the VM. ![]() After about the 10th wipe, and literally a full day of (barely) testing, we came to the conclusion:īased on a few guides I found online, and particularly this straightforward one by Ross Derewianko, I realized it should be quite easy, just set the VM’s Serial Number and Hardware Model. But I’d be lying to say that I knew how to create a DEP VM, and thus we were using a physical device and just wiping it… repeatedly. I knew other admins tested DEP with VMs as I’d seen chatter about it on Twitter and the MacAdmins Slack. We have just recently started acquiring DEP-enrolled Macs, and with that, wanted to put to test our planned workflow for provisioning a new machine. ![]() Since I don’t have a license for that, but have Parallels at my disposal, that’s what we had to make work. Most admins I’ve seen, or guides I’ve found, use VMware Fusion for their macOS VM testing. The other thing that Parallels (or really the community) is lacking is guides and tools for MacAdmin tasks using Parallels. Overall this is fine, but I have found Parallels struggles a bit more with testing things like preboot stuff, such as FileVault. You can even enable this feature in the the free version of Parallels, called Parallels Desktop Lite, so any Mac-owning Linux fans who want to give this a try don’t even need to pay for Parallels.Not sure who made the decision, but at some point in the past, my org decided to standardize on Parallels Desktop instead of VMware Fusion. RELATED: How to Make Linux and macOS Virtual Machines for Free with Parallels Lite Here’s how it looks on my desk with Ubuntu. Multiple displays aren’t just for Windows: the feature works with any virtual machine you can get up and running in Parallels. You may occasionally lose track of a Windows program and feel confused, which is probably why Parallels doesn’t make this the default, but it’s good to have the option. To make Parallels behave like the rest of your programs, head back to the virtual machine’s settings and toggle the “Activating virtual machine shows all its spaces” option we talked about earlier. If you use the default Mission Control settings, you likely won’t even notice this happening, but if you’ve enabled the “Displays have seperate spaces” option in Mission Control, this can be jarring. RELATED: Mission Control 101: How to Use Multiple Desktops on a Macīy default, switching to Windows on one display will also switch the other display over. ![]() You can switch back and forth between Windows and macOS in Mission Control. The virtual machine will launch in full screen on both displays. Once you’ve changed the settings, start up your virtual machine, then click the green Full Screen button. ![]()
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