Parallels is best known to Mac users as one of the handful of companies—including VMWare and a couple of others—that make apps enabling you to run Windows on your Mac.Now the company is. Click on the Parallels menu bar icon, go to View and select Enter Full Screen. Windows 10 will take up a whole new Space in macOS and you’re now basically running a Windows OS inside a Mac. Windows 10 will take up a whole new Space in macOS and you’re now basically running a Windows OS inside a Mac.
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Useful hint, but doesn't work for full-screen Screen Sharing. There, the Cmd-space is passed to the remote Mac, not to the local Mac.
This depends on how keyboard shortcuts is set up. Command-space is also the default for 'Select the previous input source'.
I would like the opposite...a way to delay the menu from coming down.
I often run VMs in Full-Screen mode across multiple screens but when I go to the top to hit a menu sometimes the Mac Menu pops down. This is very annoying with a maximized Windows window because I often hit the 'full screen' button by accident causing everything to resize.
I agree this is a big issue when using parallels in full screen mode. I really like full screen mode with parallels since it gives me a quick way to have a windows machine in a separate space.
However two issues make this a pain:
1- the above issue which makes you accidentally drop out of full screen mode whenever trying to close a window within windows. The X close button is located in the exact same position as the hidden 'leave full screen mode' arrows.
2- full screen mode doesn't work logically with multiple displays. It should work as a continuous line of screens scrolling across the displays but in fact spaces forces you to choose between one display set versus the other.
Ctrl-F2 will also show the menubar - without the Spotlight pulldown - as long as you have your F-keys enabled as F-keys and not brightness, volume, etc.
Even if you don't have the F-keys enabled, on most mac keyboards the fn-key is located right besides the ctrl key, so it's an easy 3 finger key-comibination: fn-ctrl-f2.
I'm not sure what is the easier way. Sometimes spotlight has a little delay on my laptop, don't know why. So this one might be better.
I don't understand the need for this hint. I leave full screen mode in Apple applications using the escape key. Does that not work for everyone?
This hint is worth a nickle. Tell us a hack to completely stop hiding the menu bar at all in full-screen, and THAT would be worth ten bucks. If you wanted to monitor temp, CPU usage, time, etc, from applets in the menu bar, you cannot do that while actively using Safari in full-screen. The fix we all want is like Windows, where the 'Task Bar' has its own hide setting completely independent of any apps full-screen option.
Uh... what's with requiring third-party cookies to post here? Are you guys unaware that most people DO NOT WANT TO ENABLE third-party cookies????
New features in Desktop 12 include having Windows 10 'always on' in the background, the ability to instantly launch Windows apps, the ability to schedule incremental backups and Windows updates, the ability to assign special behaviors to Windows apps, improved integration for Microsoft Edge, Outlook, and Office 365, and Xbox app support. Additionally, Parallels has partnered with Blizzard to provide specific support for the hit game
Overwatch. Version 12 also includes 90 percent faster snapshot creation, 60 percent faster suspension of VMs, 25 percent faster shared folder performance, 25 percent faster compilation of Visual Studio projects, and up to 10 percent in battery life improvements for 'certain environments.'
The company is also touting a new standalone app called Parallels Toolbox. The Toolbox places a drop-down menu in the Mac's menu bar, allowing users to do certain tasks more quickly. Tasks include the ability to record the screen, take screenshots, record audio, archive files, convert and download video, lock the screen and more.
Parallels For Mac 12 Escape Full Screen
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is $79.99, while Desktop 10 or 11 users may upgrade for $49.99. The Business and Pro Editions are also available with a subscription fee of $99.99 per year, although Parallels 10 and 11 users with perpetual licenses can upgrade for $49.99 per year. Parallels Toolbox can be purchased for $10 per year or will be included with your Parallels Desktop 12 license.Parallels 10 and 11 users can upgrade now at the company's website. New users can purchase Parallels 12 starting on August 23. Parallels Toolbox also launches August 23.