Advanced Settings

--time-sync <on | off>

Enables or disables the virtual machine time synchronization.

--disable-timezone-sync <on | off>

Enables or disables timezone synchronization. Enable this option to sync only UTC time without timezone synchronization.

--sync-vm-hostname <on | off>

Enables or disables synchronization of the virtual machine name and hostname in guest OS. Supported only for Linux guests.

--sync-ssh-ids <on | off>

Enables or disables synchronization of macOS SSH public keys with those from the guest OS "authorized_keys" file.

This feature is similar to the ssh-copy-id(1) utility. When enabled, all macOS SSH public keys are added to the guest OS "authorized_keys" file. This allows users to log in to the guest OS via SSH without having to enter the password.

The following SSH keys are synced:

- When a user creates a new SSH key pair in macOS, the public key is also added to the guest OS.

- When a user removes a public key from macOS, this key is also removed from the guest OS.

The details of the current implementation:

- Public key synchronization is currently available for Linux guests only.

- Public key synchronization works if the guest OS user has the same name in macOS or the user is the only regular user of the guest system.

The public key is synced in the following cases:

- After Parallels Tools are installed.

- After booting or rebooting the guest OS.

- After the virtual machine resumes.

- After the public key synchronization feature is enabled/disabled.

Additional information:

- If the feature is disabled, all macOS SSH public keys are removed from the guest OS.

- The "authorized_keys" file and public keys are searched only in the "~/.ssh" directory.

- SSH authorization certificates are not supported.

--show-dev-tools <on | off>

Enables or disables show developer tools in the menu.

--swipe-from-edges <on | off>

Enables or disables edge swipe gestures.

--rename-ext-disks

Renames external virtual hard drive bundles using the virtual machine name.