More Options
In the More Options pane, you can choose whether to share the Mac clipboard, set whether to sync time from macOS, and more.
To open these settings, choose Actions > Configure > Options, then click More Options.
Time (not available for macOS virtual machines on Apple Silicon Macs)
Select Sync from Mac to synchronize the virtual machine time settings with those of your Mac.
If you want the virtual machine and macOS time settings to always be the same, select Sync from either OS. With this option selected, if you manually change the time settings in the virtual machine, they are changed accordingly in macOS and vice versa.
If the time zone set in your virtual machine differs from that of your Mac, you can maintain this time difference by selecting Do not sync.
Clipboard sync (not available for macOS virtual machines on Apple Silicon Macs)
This setting controls the availability of clipboard contents (your copy-and-paste buffer) between your Mac and virtual machines.
The default option, Bidirectional, allows copy and paste both ways: from your Mac to the virtual machine and back.
The option Disabled blocks copy and paste both ways.
The options From {virtual_machine} to Mac and From Mac to {virtual_machine} let you limit which way copy-and-paste is allowed, and are only available in Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro and Business/Enterprise Editions.
Preserve text formatting
Select this option if you want to preserve the formatting of the text you copy between your Mac apps and the virtual machine.
Allow limited keystroke forwarding to Mac apps (available in Parallels Desktop for Mac Business and Enterprise Editions only)
Select this option to allow limited keystroke forwarding from the virtual machine to the host Mac apps to enable specific enterprise software workflows.
Note: This option is designed for Dragon Medical One workflows, allowing macros and dictation commands to control Epic Hyperspace. For security reasons, this feature excludes Cmd.
Show developer tools (available in Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro and Business/Enterprise Editions only)
Parallels Desktop has several useful features for software developers. Select this option to display the Develop menu in the macOS menu bar. From this menu, you can:
Start an SSH session.
Open the virtual machine IP address in the macOS default web browser.
Start a debugging session.
Generate the virtual machine memory dump.
The following items are available only for Windows virtual machines (some of the items may not be shown - this depends on the version of Windows):
Open the list of All Tasks (aka "God Mode");
Start Steps Recorder.
Open Registry Editor.
Open Command Prompt.
Open the Run window.
Update Parallels Tools automatically (available in Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro and Business/Enterprise Editions only)
Select this option to update Parallels Tools automatically.
Asset tag (available in Parallels Desktop for Mac Business/Enterprise Edition only)
Asset tags help identify, control, and track computer assets in an organization. Parallels Desktop allows setting an asset tag in the virtual machine BIOS, which can then be read using the standard tools of the guest operating system. To set an asset tag, enter the desired tag into the corresponding field.
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