To get a FREE copy (we like free, right?), you need to go to the VMWare site, sign up/open an account (don’t worry, its free), and download. So, whats this installer thingy … well, the nice folk over at VMWare have produced a very useful tool known as the ‘Virtual Machine Converter’. Step 3 – install and run Virtual box converter
In my case I copied the installer onto a USB key and then used parallels menu to give the USB device access to the virtual machine, so I could import it in.
Also, big note and kind of a gotcha! … once you remove parallel tools, you no longer have access to shared drives on the host … this means if you have downloaded the converter (next step) onto a shared folder, boom, you’re caught and need to find a way to get that installer into the virtual machine to move to the next step. Also when you reboot, the machine will most likely not be as you had it – with a different (basic) screen resolution etc. You will have to reboot the Virtual Machine after you do this. So inside your virtual machine, use what ever mechanism is available to you (programs add/remove, etc) to remove these tools. To be able to install the converter tool, you need to uninstall parallel tools. In parallels, to be able to have better screen resolution, connect to the external host etc, you install ‘Parallels tools’ – this is your gateway if you like to the host. In the Parallels main manager, select the VM you want to convert, right-click, and select ‘show in finder’ If you didn’t specifically give a location for your parallels storage, there is an easy way to find where the files are located. I cannot stress the importance of this enough – I’ve bitten myself more than once with this in the past – don’t leave things to chance – unless you are willing and able to lose data, back-it-up … its IT – stuff happens … prepare :) My problem now is that I need to transfer some big heavy virtual machines that I have in Parallels to Virtual Box on Windows/Linux, so how to? … after a bit of digging, and patching a bit from various posts, here’s how to get the job done, with gratuitous screenshots to guide you through the same process… Step 1 – Backup !!! I have a brand spanking new Dell XPS (which has its own minor issues), and a completely over the top new desktop machine. First stage in leaving Apple Mac and going back to Windows…Īfter an 18 month love/hate relationship with my Macbook Pro, I have decided its time to say goodbye to Apple and go back to my roots in Windows (10).
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