Isolate Mac OS X from Windows

You can isolate Mac OS X from Windows, so that they no longer share folders, profiles, and applications, connected external devices are no longer automatically accessible by Windows, and you can no longer copy or move objects between Windows and Mac OS X. Isolating Mac OS X from Windows may provide a higher level of security by not allowing compromised items from one OS to come into contact with the other.

To isolate Mac OS X from Windows

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Click the Parallels icon in the menu bar and choose Configure.
    • If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Configure .
  2. Click Security .
  3. Select Isolate Mac from Windows .

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