But one of the recurring themes we noticed during a presentation of the new software by Parallels was improvements to how Coherence mode works.Ĭoherence facilitates seamless movement between Windows and macOS apps it essentially puts Windows apps in macOS windows, which includes macOS-like behaviors, a place in the Mac's dock, and so on. There's a plethora of additional features both Catalina-related and otherwise-Bluetooth low-energy support, the ability to drag items from Safari or Photos in macOS to your virtual Windows machine, and more-which you can read about on the Parallels website. Apple Pencil support is included for both environments. Catalina also means you can use your iPad as an external display alongside a Mac via Apple's new Sidecar feature-and Parallels makes this work not just for macOS applications but for Windows as well. That includes Sign In with Apple, which can now be used to authenticate with a Parallels account. Parallels' rep noted to us that 'Metal and DirectX work best in Catalina.'Īpple's new macOS Catalina software for Macs launches this fall, and Parallels Desktop 15 supports a few of the key features of that new release. Previously, DirectX 9 and 10 were supported via OpenGL and DirectX 11 was not supported at all.

We were told it was coming, and we were not misled: the new version of Parallels Desktop now supports DirectX 9, 10, and 11 via Metal. The application then still relied entirely on OpenGL in macOS, and Apple had already announced that continued support for OpenGL would end. When we wrote about Parallels Desktop 14 around this time last year, we asked about Metal support. Other additions include a handful of new macOS Catalina-related features and improvements to transitions between Mac and Windows software running on the same machine. The flagship feature is support for DirectX in virtual Windows machines via Apple's proprietary Metal graphics API. Today, popular virtualization software Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac becomes available to new and current users.

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