Parallels supports mounting external hard drives. The software offers a full screen mode, which essentially lets you run Wondows on Mac just as you would if you had installed Windows via Boot Camp.Īs we've looked at before, there are plenty of advantages to virtual machines instead of dual booting. On the other hand, if you need the full Windows desktop experience, Parallels for Mac can handle that as well. When you go to launch the Windows app, Parallels quietly runs the virtual machine in the background. If you need to open an app all the time, you can keep it in your Dock as you would with any macOS app. This is handy if you just need to run one key app that only works on Windows.
Instead, Windows runs in the background, while only the applications you run via Parallels are displayed.
In this mode, you don't get the standard full virtualized desktop. Parallels Desktop can take this even further with its Coherence mode.
