Installing Parallels Desktop for Mac

After you've download Parallels Desktop for Mac and received an activation key, perform the following steps to install it and create a virtual machine:

1.	Launch the Parallels-Desktop installer. The Welcome screen will appear.
2.	Click Continue. The License Agreement screen will appear.
3.	Read the license, click Continue, and click Agree. The Select Destination screen will appear.
4.	Choose the disk on which you want to install Parallels Desktop for Mac and click Continue.
5.	Click Install. The installer will install the software on the selected disk. When the process is complete, you'll see the software successfully installed message (see Figure 6.2). You'll be ready to create a virtual machine. Figure 6.2. The Parallels Desktop for Mac installer does most of the hard work for you.