Parallels Desktop Time Machine



I'm planning to purchase a MacBook Pro. I understand there have been problems getting Time Machine to work with network attached storage devices, even though the manufacturers claim the devices are compatible with it. I'm also under the impression that OS X has been updated to work with NAS devices, but I'm not sure if that's correct.

Parallels Desktop 16 will pack the virtual machine to a single file and reduce its size for easier and faster upload. Parallels Desktop 16 uses a reliable in-place packing algorithm and, unlike zipping, does not require extra disk space to pack the virtual machine. Corporate virtual machine provisioning.


  • Converting a Parallels Virtual Machine to Run in VMware Fusion VMware Fusion 1.0 This technical note describes the process for moving a virtual machine from Parallels Desktop for Mac to the current VMware Fusion 1.0. The technique uses VMware Converter 3.0.1, which is a free download.
  • Parallels Desktop is the program that runs your virtual machine. Think of it like iTunes and your music library. ITunes plays your music files that are contained in your music library, much like Parallels runs your Windows OS (and your Windows programs) that is contained in your VM.

I realize the NAS drive can be reformatted to be Apple-compatible, but I plan also to use Parallels to run Windows 8.1 alongside OS X. Will Time Machine backup data on both partitions, or will I need to use a separate backup program in Windows? Should/can I create multiple partitions on the backup drive, one formatted for Windows and one for Time Machine?

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Posted on Nov 8, 2014 6:55 AM

Esschu wrote:

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For now, I've set Parallels to NOT back-up via Time Machine and the regular back-ups are much faster (rarely a couple of GBs). So here are the questions I've been asking myself that I haven't been able to find great answers for:


Are the files that I work with/create in the VM being backed-up even though I've excluded Parallels from the Time Machine back-ups?

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No.


I can tell you from experience that you will be better off backing up Parrallels in Time Machine.


It is quiet a shock if you ever have to restore you system from TM and you go to open Parralles and there is nothing there.


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I would suspect some of the files could be present depending on where they have been saved to however.

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Mar 1, 2014 8:58 AM





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