VMWare now has a nice utility called Vmware importer (beta 2) which takes Parallels image files (and Virtual PC image) and converts them to VMWare Fusion image files directly. The app is dead easy to use and from my own test converting some windows images from parallels to vmware I…
In more recent versions of Parallels they've added a "Pause" action in addition to "suspend". If you like to run a whole bunch of VMs at once, pause will near instantaneously put on hold the execution of the VM thus reducing the CPU usage for a…
Upgrading your parallels image to try out feisty really couldn't be easier. Simply clone the disk image you already have of Edgy and rename it so know what it is. I followed the second set of instructions found at ubuntugeeks.com First you need to update your /etc/apt/sources.…
As Ubuntu Edgy has not long been released I thought I would see how it runs on parallels desktop for mac. I downloaded the standard .iso and followed pretty much the same instructions as when I installed Ubuntu Dapper. The install go stuck at the end and I couldn't seem…
Update: Mark has pointed out in the comments below that two fingered clicking is supported at a hardware level. If you you like two-fingered clicking then there's nothing to be gained by carrying out this tip. Intel macs are without doubt the absolute best machines for devloping websites with. With…
Installing Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake under Parallels Desktop is really easy to do so here's a few pointers how to do it and to customise it to be easier to use via the mac keyboard: The installation Download the Desktop CD .iso image from the Ubuntu Downloads site Create…