Automatic Updating

To use the automatic updating feature, your Mac computer should have a stable Internet connection.

Parallels Desktop enables you to set up an automatic check for updates and determine the frequency for this checking.

Note: To set up an automatic check for updates, you should register your copy of Parallels Desktop first.

To set up automatic update checking:

1. Launch Parallels Desktop.
2. In the Parallels Desktop menu select Preferences and go to the Update pane.
3. In the Update pane, you can define the necessary settings. To set up automatic checking for new versions, just select the Check for updates option and define the checking frequency. The system can search for new updates once a day, once a week, or once a month. With these options set, Parallels Desktop will access the Parallels update server and notify you when an update is available. If you do not need automatic checking, you can easily turn it off by clearing the Check for updates check box.

   Checking for new updates may take some time and if you do not want to have the process window on top of your desktop, you can hide it to the background. To do that, enable the Check in background option.

   Select the Download updates automatically option if you want all new available updates to be downloaded at once without showing you the Download dialog.

   From the Update pane, you can also perform a manual instant search for updates. To do that, just click the Check Now button. The updates available for your version of Parallels Desktop will be displayed in the Download dialog. Choose the update(s) you want to install and click the Download button. If your version of Parallels Desktop is up to date, you will see the corresponding message.

   

4. When you finish, click OK to save the changes and close the dialog.

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