On your Mac, open Parallels Desktop and choose File > New. From the Start menu, select All Programs > Parallels > Parallels Transporter Agent. On your PC, launch Parallels Transporter Agent. Turn on and log in to both your Mac and Windows PC. You could start the migration over your WiFi, but that’s going to take much longer. But there’s one trick to it-make sure to connect both your Mac and Windows PC with an Ethernet cable. In my experience, the easiest way to migrate Windows to a Parallels Desktop virtual machine on Mac is over a network. You can enable/reinstall it later after the migration is done. Disable or even uninstall your antivirus on your PC.
You can turn it on again after the import is finished.Ĥ. Make sure your PC is not using EFI/UEFI firmware interface and does not have GPT on its hard drive.ģ. Once Parallels Transporter Agent has been installed successfully, restart your PC.īefore You Migrate: Best Practices, Tips & Tricksġ.
To import your data, you should first install Parallels Transporter Agent on your Windows computer.įirst, download Parallels Transporter Agent for Windows and install it. You can actually migrate your Windows–including all of your programs and files–to your Mac. Have you recently switched to Mac but still need some of your Windows programs? Are you about to ditch your old PC? Guest blog by Manoj Dhanasekar, Parallels Support Team