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Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for Mac Dramatically Simplifies Daily Computing Life with New Suite of Easy-to-Use Tools
Parallels® (www.parallels.com/about),
a global leader in cross-platform solutions and creator of
industry-leading software for running Windows® applications
on a Mac®, today launched Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for Mac (www.parallels.com/toolbox).
The new suite of easy-to-use tools simplifies tedious everyday computing
chores down to just a click or two, so Mac users can quickly get the job
done and supercharge their productivity. Additionally, Parallels Toolbox
Business Edition launched today making it easy for businesses to provide
employees with the time-saving tools they need, while giving IT admins
the total control and flexibility they require.
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"Many employees lose valuable time every week struggling with how to get
basic things done simply and quickly - like prevent presentation
disruptions, clean the drive, record video of their screen to share or
convert to the right format, securely archive files and more. Available
solutions are unnecessarily complex, and manual steps can be hard to
remember," said Jack Zubarev, President of Parallels. "With Parallels
Toolbox, users and businesses can quickly accomplish common tasks in
just a click, and it provides an ever-growing suite of tools at their
fingertips to get things done and be more productive."
New Tools in Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for Mac
include:
New Enhanced Versions of Existing Parallels
Toolbox Tools:
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Clean Drive - reclaim disk space before you run out: Quickly
scan and detect duplicate files for easy review and removal, discover
the largest files, remove temporary OS and applications files, and
free up potentially gigabytes of space in just a click. This newly
enhanced tool now monitors your drive and periodically reminds you to
run it to remove useless junk in the filesystem (old logs, caches,
mobile device backups, etc.) for better Mac performance. Demo video:
How
to Clean Drive and Free-up Space on My Mac (http://bit.ly/CleanDrivePR).
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Download Video - watch your favorite YouTube (News - Alert) and internet videos
offline: Simply drag and drop or copy and paste a video URL to the
tool to instantly start its download. Pre-select your desired
resolution (max, up to 1080p, 720p or 360p) and download destination,
such as desktop or folder. Add the Safari extension to make video
downloading even easier. Demo video: "How
to Download YouTube Video to My Mac" (http://bit.ly/DownloadVideoPR).
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Record Video - easily record screen videos with your desired
resolution and audio source: Record Area, Screen or Window in just
a click, with the ability to pre-select audio source (same as system,
display audio, built-in microphone or mute), resolution, and
destination such as desktop or folder.
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Capture Tools - time-delay option for better results: Users can
now specify a 1-5 second delay when capturing screen.
Streamlined Video/Photo Capture and Conversion
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Make a GIF: Quickly create animated GIFs from videos.
Pre-select your desired GIF frame rate and resolution, then drop a
video onto the tool's window or open a video, adjust the start and end
points, and add some text. Simply click "Make GIF" and it's saved in
the same location as the video. Demo video: "How
to Quickly Make GIF with Parallels Toolbox for Mac"
(https://youtu.be/Sz0S1AAp2YM).
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Convert Video: Drag almost any video to the tool, such as your
favorite movie or TV show, to convert it to MP4 so it can be played on
tablets and phones. Demo video: "How
to Convert Video to MP4 on My Mac" (http://bit.ly/ConvertVideosPR).
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Take Photo: Take photos using the PC's camera and the image
file is saved at your pre-selected destination such as your desktop or
a folder.
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Capture Screen: Click anywhere to take a screenshot of the
entire screen and automatically save it in a variety of formats (PNG,
JPEG, TIFF, PDF and GIF) to your desktop or pre-selected folder.
Enhanced Presentations and Screen Sharing
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Presentation Mode - avoid embarrassing disruptions: One click
hides desktop files, blocks email, message notifications, prevents
sleep mode, and automatically detects and adjusts resolution for
external displays. It will even remember your desired settings for
each monitor and automatically make proper adjustments every time you
reconnect. Click again to restore everything. Demo video: "How
to Avoid Mac Presentation Disruptions" (https://youtu.be/BdMM-WdeHLE).
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Launch - opening multiple applications and files for a project is
now fast and simple: With just one click, open several items at
once-such as applications, documents, folders, links or other files.
Simply drag the files to the tool's window to create a sequence of
items that automatically open the next time you click the tool's icon.
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Do Not Disturb - don't waste time changing settings in each running
application: One click disables notifications and Dock animations
that could interrupt your work or presentation.
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Do Not Sleep - prevent disruptions and inconvenient logouts:
Disables all system settings that cause the computer to sleep in just
one click.
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Hide Desktop - instantly hide distracting files instead of moving
each one manually: One click hides files, folders and icons on
your desktop for clutter-free presentations. Demo video: How
to Quickly Hide Icons and Files on My Mac Desktop (http://bit.ly/HideDesktopPR).
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Switch Resolution - easily make your screen easy on the eyes:
Change display resolutions in a snap to make text and images displayed
on screen easy to read. Demo video: "How
to Change Mac Screen Resolution - System Preferences vs. Parallels
Toolbox" (https://youtu.be/onUYm3bAtMQ).
Improved Mac Productivity
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Archive: Easily create compressed and password-protected
archives of your files from various locations, to save space or share
them, by dragging files and folders to this tool window - no need to
move or copy files to a single folder.
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Unarchive: Quickly unpack archives of various file compression
formats-such as RAR, RPM, XAR, and Z-including those not supported by
the built-in system utility. Double-clicking these files opens
unarchive and starts unpacking, even password-protected archives.
Parallels Toolbox Business Edition
IT admins get total control with Parallels Toolbox Business Edition,
which makes it simple to deliver time-saving and help-ticket-reducing
tools to employees based on their individual needs:
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Manage licenses and subscriptions
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Unified volume license key: Quickly and easily deploy to
all computers across the organization with a single license key
that activates multiple copies of Parallels Toolbox.
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License Management Portal: Simple, user-friendly dashboard
enables IT. administrators to view license key, expiration dates
and track the number of individual licenses in use and available.
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Split license key into sublicenses: Protect the master
license key by creating sublicenses with a limited number of
individual licenses and custom expiration dates.
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Deploy and Customize
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Mass Deployment and Administration: Parallels Toolbox
Business Edition is quickly and easily deployed on computers
across an organization with standard software development tools.
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Customizable Tool Library: Quickly and easily customize and
control the list of tools available to staff based on individual
needs.
Availability and Pricing
Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for Mac, as well as the separately announced
Parallels Toolbox 1.5 for Windows, are each available today as a
stand-alone product at www.parallels.com/toolbox
for $19.99 per year. Each annual license includes free updates of new
and enhanced tools as they become available several times a year.
About Parallels
Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform solutions which make it
possible and simple for customers to use and access the applications and
files they need on any device or operating system. We help customers
take advantage of the best technology out there, whether it's Windows,
Mac, iOS, Android (News - Alert)™ or the cloud. Parallels solves complex engineering
and user experience problems by making it simple and cost-effective for
businesses and individual customers to use applications wherever they
may be-local, remote, in the private datacenter or in the cloud. Visit www.parallels.com/about
for more information.
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