Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for Mac Dramatically Simplifies Daily Computing Life with New Suite of Easy-to-Use Tools
February 20 2018 - 9:02AM
Business Wire
Embarrass-proof presentations, take screenshots
of long webpages, free-up gigabits of disk space, easily create or
convert screen images and video, archive and password protect
files, and more – in just a single click
Parallels® (www.parallels.com/about), a global leader in
cross-platform solutions and creator of industry-leading software
for running Windows® applications on a Mac®, today launched
Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for Mac (www.parallels.com/toolbox). The new
suite of easy-to-use tools simplifies tedious everyday computing
chores down to just a click or two, so Mac users can quickly get
the job done and supercharge their productivity. Additionally,
Parallels Toolbox Business Edition launched today making it easy
for businesses to provide employees with the time-saving tools they
need, while giving IT admins the total control and flexibility they
require.
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“Many employees lose valuable time every week struggling with
how to get basic things done simply and quickly – like prevent
presentation disruptions, clean the drive, record video of their
screen to share or convert to the right format, securely archive
files and more. Available solutions are unnecessarily complex, and
manual steps can be hard to remember,” said Jack Zubarev, President
of Parallels. “With Parallels Toolbox, users and businesses can
quickly accomplish common tasks in just a click, and it provides an
ever-growing suite of tools at their fingertips to get things done
and be more productive.”
New Tools in Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for
Mac include:
- Screenshot Page – capture and print
lengthy webpages that don’t fit into your screen: Take and
print screenshots of webpages in one click – even long pages that
don’t fit into your browser screen. Easily add a button to your
Safari toolbar for even more convenient use, and designate the
default output file format as PDF, PNG or JPG in settings. Demo
videos: How to Capture Lengthy Webpages - “Snagit 2018 vs.
Parallels Toolbox” (https://youtu.be/fwG_iuIUFhs), and “How to
Capture a Full Webpage Screenshot with a Safari Extension”
(http://bit.ly/ScreenshotSafariPR) .
- Free Memory – reclaim RAM memory and
optimize its consumption on your Mac. Add this Free Memory tool
to the macOS menu bar to easily check how much RAM is available
with just a click and reclaim available memory.
- Resize Images – batch convert images
to your desired file size and format. Simply drag the source
images to the tool’s window, specify the desired dimensions/size
and output location, and click.
New Enhanced Versions of Existing
Parallels Toolbox Tools:
- Clean Drive – reclaim disk space
before you run out: Quickly scan and detect duplicate files for
easy review and removal, discover the largest files, remove
temporary OS and applications files, and free up potentially
gigabytes of space in just a click. This newly enhanced tool now
monitors your drive and periodically reminds you to run it to
remove useless junk in the filesystem (old logs, caches, mobile
device backups, etc.) for better Mac performance. Demo
video: How to Clean Drive and Free-up Space on My Mac
(http://bit.ly/CleanDrivePR).
- Download Video – watch your favorite
YouTube and internet videos offline: Simply drag and drop or
copy and paste a video URL to the tool to instantly start its
download. Pre-select your desired resolution (max, up to 1080p,
720p or 360p) and download destination, such as desktop or folder.
Add the Safari extension to make video downloading even easier.
Demo video: “How to Download YouTube Video to My Mac”
(http://bit.ly/DownloadVideoPR).
- Record Video – easily record screen
videos with your desired resolution and audio source: Record
Area, Screen or Window in just a click, with the ability to
pre-select audio source (same as system, display audio, built-in
microphone or mute), resolution, and destination such as desktop or
folder.
- Capture Tools – time-delay option
for better results: Users can now specify a 1-5 second delay
when capturing screen.
Streamlined Video/Photo Capture and
Conversion
- Make a GIF: Quickly create
animated GIFs from videos. Pre-select your desired GIF frame rate
and resolution, then drop a video onto the tool's window or open a
video, adjust the start and end points, and add some text. Simply
click "Make GIF" and it's saved in the same location as the video.
Demo video: “How to Quickly Make GIF with Parallels Toolbox
for Mac” (https://youtu.be/Sz0S1AAp2YM).
- Convert Video: Drag almost any
video to the tool, such as your favorite movie or TV show, to
convert it to MP4 so it can be played on tablets and phones.
Demo video: “How to Convert Video to MP4 on My Mac”
(http://bit.ly/ConvertVideosPR).
- Take Photo: Take photos using
the PC’s camera and the image file is saved at your pre-selected
destination such as your desktop or a folder.
- Capture Screen: Click anywhere
to take a screenshot of the entire screen and automatically save it
in a variety of formats (PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF and GIF) to your
desktop or pre-selected folder.
Enhanced Presentations and Screen
Sharing
- Presentation Mode – avoid
embarrassing disruptions: One click hides desktop files, blocks
email, message notifications, prevents sleep mode, and
automatically detects and adjusts resolution for external displays.
It will even remember your desired settings for each monitor and
automatically make proper adjustments every time you reconnect.
Click again to restore everything. Demo video: “How to Avoid
Mac Presentation Disruptions” (https://youtu.be/BdMM-WdeHLE).
- Launch – opening multiple
applications and files for a project is now fast and simple:
With just one click, open several items at once—such as
applications, documents, folders, links or other files. Simply drag
the files to the tool’s window to create a sequence of items that
automatically open the next time you click the tool’s icon.
- Do Not Disturb – don’t waste time
changing settings in each running application: One click
disables notifications and Dock animations that could interrupt
your work or presentation.
- Do Not Sleep – prevent disruptions
and inconvenient logouts: Disables all system settings that
cause the computer to sleep in just one click.
- Hide Desktop – instantly hide
distracting files instead of moving each one manually: One
click hides files, folders and icons on your desktop for
clutter-free presentations. Demo video: How to Quickly Hide
Icons and Files on My Mac Desktop
(http://bit.ly/HideDesktopPR).
- Switch Resolution – easily make your
screen easy on the eyes: Change display resolutions in a snap
to make text and images displayed on screen easy to read. Demo
video: “How to Change Mac Screen Resolution – System
Preferences vs. Parallels Toolbox”
(https://youtu.be/onUYm3bAtMQ).
Improved Mac
Productivity
- Archive: Easily create
compressed and password-protected archives of your files from
various locations, to save space or share them, by dragging files
and folders to this tool window – no need to move or copy files to
a single folder.
- Unarchive: Quickly unpack
archives of various file compression formats—such as RAR, RPM, XAR,
and Z—including those not supported by the built-in system utility.
Double-clicking these files opens unarchive and starts unpacking,
even password-protected archives.
Parallels Toolbox Business
Edition
IT admins get total control with Parallels Toolbox Business
Edition, which makes it simple to deliver time-saving and
help-ticket-reducing tools to employees based on their individual
needs:
- Manage licenses and
subscriptions
- Unified volume license key:
Quickly and easily deploy to all computers across the organization
with a single license key that activates multiple copies of
Parallels Toolbox.
- License Management Portal:
Simple, user-friendly dashboard enables IT. administrators to view
license key, expiration dates and track the number of individual
licenses in use and available.
- Split license key into
sublicenses: Protect the master license key by creating
sublicenses with a limited number of individual licenses and custom
expiration dates.
- Deploy and Customize
- Mass Deployment and
Administration: Parallels Toolbox Business Edition is quickly
and easily deployed on computers across an organization with
standard software development tools.
- Customizable Tool Library:
Quickly and easily customize and control the list of tools
available to staff based on individual needs.
Availability and Pricing
Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for Mac, as well as the separately
announced Parallels Toolbox 1.5 for Windows, are each available
today as a stand-alone product at www.parallels.com/toolbox for
$19.99 per year. Each annual license includes free updates of new
and enhanced tools as they become available several times a
year.
About Parallels
Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform solutions which
make it possible and simple for customers to use and access the
applications and files they need on any device or operating system.
We help customers take advantage of the best technology out there,
whether it’s Windows, Mac, iOS, Android™ or the cloud. Parallels
solves complex engineering and user experience problems by making
it simple and cost-effective for businesses and individual
customers to use applications wherever they may be—local, remote,
in the private datacenter or in the cloud. Visit
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