Work with Windows in Travel Mode

If you often travel with your MacBook, you must have come across the situations when you had no power adapter at hand to charge the Mac's batteries or experienced some problems when connecting to pubic networks.

Travel Mode makes Windows use less energy to extend the Mac's battery life and adjusts settings to connect to public networks.

Enter Travel Mode

To switch Windows to Travel Mode, do the following:

1. Start your virtual machine .
2. When Windows boots up, do one of the following:
   • Click the Parallels icon in the menu bar and choose Actions > Enter Travel Mode .
   • If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Enter Travel Mode .

Quit Travel Mode

To quit Travel Mode, do one of the following:

• Click the Parallels icon in the menu bar and choose Actions > Quit Travel Mode .
• If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Quit Travel Mode .

Enter and Quit Travel Mode Automatically

You can also configure your virtual machine to enter and quit Travel Mode automatically:

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 Options and select Travel Mode .
3. To enter Travel Mode automatically, choose one of the following:
   • Always when on battery power : The virtual machine enters Travel Mode when the Mac starts working on battery power.
   • When battery power is : Choose from the menu when you want your virtual machine to enter Travel Mode.
   • Never : The virtual machine never enters Travel Mode automatically.
4. To quit Travel Mode automatically, choose one of the following:
   • When connected to power : The virtual machine quits Travel Mode when you connect your Mac to power.
   • Never : The virtual machine never quits Travel Mode automatically.