General Preferences

Use General Preferences to specify whether the Parallels menu is available in the macOS menu bar and change the folder where your virtual machines are stored.

To open these preferences, choose Parallels Desktop > Preferences, then click General.

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Option

Description

Parallels menu

Choose whether the Parallels menu is available in the macOS menu bar. This menu provides a quick access to the Parallels Desktop menus, Preferences, Control Center, help resources, virtual machine actions, and more.

Virtual machines folder

Set where new virtual machines are stored. By default, they are saved to the Parallels folder inside the user's home folder.