Optimize Virtual Machine for Productivity or Games

When creating a virtual machine, you can optimize it according to your needs. You can choose to configure the virtual machine for:

  • Productivity. Choose this profile if you're using the virtual machine for your everyday work with text editors, email, web browsers, etc.
  • Games only. Choose this profile if you're using the virtual machine to play PC games on your Mac.

You can change this setting after the virtual machine is created:

  1. Start Parallels Desktop.
  2. In Control Center, right-click the virtual machine (it must be shut down) and choose Configure.
  3. On the General tab, click Change.
  4. Select the profile that best fits your need.