Sharing Windows External and Network Drives with macOS

When you connect an external NTFS drive to Windows or connect to a network drive in Windows, you can make these drives available in macOS as well.

Do the following:

1. Start Windows.

2. Do one of the following:

   • Click the Parallels Desktop icon in the menu bar and choose Configure.

   • If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Configure.

3. Click Options and select Sharing > Share Windows.

4. Select Share Windows network drives with Mac and Share Windows-connected drives with Mac.

When you connect to a network drive in Windows or connect an NTFS drive to Windows, these drives become available in macOS. To access them, go to the Finder sidebar > Shared section and click the virtual machine name.