Here’s where the linked clones can be a pain – you can’t easily ‘unlink’ a linked clone. Over time I no longer needed the version installed on the base VM, and I had installed other software on the clone but not the base. I had done exactly this, cloning a VM so I didn’t have to reinstall multiple software packages which were already licensed to the base VM, as I needed to be able to run two different versions of OUR software which can’t co-exist on one PC. This can be very useful if you’re needing a quick duplicate to test some software, or change some configuration which might break software in your base virtual machine, but it can come back to bite you if you clone a VM and then keep the clone around for a long time. One feature available with the Pro version of Parallels is the ability to create a ‘ Linked Clone‘, which is intended for making duplicates of your virtual machines without wasting precious hard drive space on the base operating system files for the duplicate VM. It allows you to create ‘virtual machines’ on your computer which are fully self-contained installations of whatever operating system you choose, and I mainly run Windows virtual machines so I can run software used or sold by the company I work for on my Mac. ![]() ![]() Parallels is a desktop virtualisation platform for macOS similar in function to VMWare Fusion or VMWare Workstation on Windows.
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