Parallels has launched Parallels Toolbox 3.5 for Windows and Mac, a suite of 30+ tools that simplify PC and Mac computing tasks.
“We listened to PC and Mac users who asked us for new tools they need to further simplify their lives,” said Nick Dobrovolskiy, Parallels Senior VP of Engineering and Support.
“Break Time, Energy Saver, Hide Menu Icons, Clipboard History and Sleep Timer are now included with dozens of other one-click solutions. Together, they make Parallels Toolbox an indispensable one-stop application for businesses and individuals who like saving time and money.”
New and key Parallels Toolbox tools that for both PC and Mac users include:
New in Parallels Toolbox 3.5 for Windows
Energy Saver
Activates several settings, including hidden ones that reduce system-resources usage and increase battery life, leading up to an 8% reduction in power consumption. It automatically detects your computer’s state when it is running on battery and activates options for users to enable or disable.
Watch a video demo: Energy Saver – Parallels Toolbox for Windows
Break Time
Receive regular reminders to stand and take a break from your computer. You can specify work periods from 30 to 50 minutes and set break times from one to 15 minutes.
Watch a video demo: Break Time – Parallels Toolbox for Windows
Download Audio
Download a single audio file from supported sites. Additionally, playlists can be downloaded from YouTube.
New in Parallels Toolbox 3.5 for Mac
Clipboard History
Captures what’s copied to the Mac clipboard, including plain and formatted text. It also offers full text search, favourites and settings to collect content for up to 30 days. Users can also pause the collection or exclude applications.
Watch a video demo: Clipboard History – Parallels Toolbox for Mac.
Hide Menu Icons: Allows users to hide some icons from the Mac menu bar by creating two sets of menu-bar icons, visible and invisible. Less important icons only become visible when the user clicks the tool’s control in the Mac menu bar. Hidden icons automatically hide when the user goes back to working with applications from the control menu.
Watch a video demo: Hide Menu Icons – Parallels Toolbox for Mac
Energy Saver
Activates several settings, including hidden ones that reduce system-resources usage and increase battery life, saving up to 8% in power consumption. It automatically detects your computer’s state when it’s running on battery and activates options for users to enable or disable.
Watch a video demo: Energy Saver – Parallels Toolbox for Mac.
Sleep Timer
Sets a timer for the computer to either go to sleep or shut down from the moment the user presses “Start” to save energy. Time options range from 15 minutes to six hours.
Watch a video demo: Sleep Timer – Parallels Toolbox for Mac
New for existing tools in Parallels Toolbox for Windows
Saving Files
Settings for saving files were removed from the Parallels Toolbox application and added to individual tools for simplified management.
Screenshots Markup
Improved integration with system tools for screenshot markup and enhanced editing.
Enhancements for existing tools in Parallels Toolbox for Mac
Clean Drive
Users can now see files that will be deleted, with the ability to find them in Finder for improved transparency.
Find Duplicates
Ability to mass-select multiple duplicates for better total-size representation and simplified sorting options.
Productivity tools in Parallels Toolbox for Mac and Windows 3.5 also include:
Streamlined screen video/audio management
Easily change tool default settings to simply record video with your desired audio source or to capture screenshots in the format you need—with just one click.
Convert Video
Drag almost any video onto the tool to convert it to MP4 so it can be played on tablets and phones.
Watch a video demo: How to Convert Video to MP4 on My Mac
Take Photo
Take photos using the PC or Mac camera. The image file immediately appears at a preselected destination, such as the desktop or a folder.
Resize Images
Batch convert images to your desired file size and format. Simply drag the source images to the tool’s window, select the desired output format (.HEIF, JPEG, TIFF or PNG) as well as dimensions/size and output location, and then click.
Watch a video demo: Resize Images - Parallels Toolbox for Windows.
Capture Screen
Click anywhere to take a screenshot of the entire screen and automatically save the image in a variety of formats (PNG, JPEG, TIFF and GIF) to your desktop or preselected folder.
Enhanced presentations and screen sharing
Hide Desktop
Instantly hide distracting desktop files instead of removing each one manually. One click hides files, folders and icons on the desktop for clutter-free presentations.
Watch a video demo: How to Quickly Hide Icons and Files on My Mac Desktop.
Do Not Disturb
One click disables notifications and Dock animations on running applications that could interrupt work or a presentation.
Do Not Sleep
With just one click, disable all system settings that cause the computer to sleep.
Launch
Opening multiple applications and files for a project is now one click away. Users can 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 the tool’s icon is clicked.
Improved PC and Mac productivity
Archive
Easily create compressed and password-protected archives of your files from various locations to save space or share them. Just drag files and folders to this tool window—there’s 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 files, even for password-protected archives.
Uninstall Apps
Easily remove applications and their files with a single click for faster removals.
Demo video: Uninstall Apps - Parallels Toolbox for Mac
Details:
Free trials of both Parallels Toolbox 3.5 for Windows and Mac are available today as standalone products at parallels.com/toolbox.
Each product can be purchased for US$19.99 per year. Each annual licence includes free updates of new and enhanced tools as they become available several times a year.
“We listened to PC and Mac users who asked us for new tools they need to further simplify their lives,” said Nick Dobrovolskiy, Parallels Senior VP of Engineering and Support.
“Break Time, Energy Saver, Hide Menu Icons, Clipboard History and Sleep Timer are now included with dozens of other one-click solutions. Together, they make Parallels Toolbox an indispensable one-stop application for businesses and individuals who like saving time and money.”
New and key Parallels Toolbox tools that for both PC and Mac users include:
New in Parallels Toolbox 3.5 for Windows
Energy Saver
Activates several settings, including hidden ones that reduce system-resources usage and increase battery life, leading up to an 8% reduction in power consumption. It automatically detects your computer’s state when it is running on battery and activates options for users to enable or disable.
Watch a video demo: Energy Saver – Parallels Toolbox for Windows
Break Time
Receive regular reminders to stand and take a break from your computer. You can specify work periods from 30 to 50 minutes and set break times from one to 15 minutes.
Watch a video demo: Break Time – Parallels Toolbox for Windows
Download Audio
Download a single audio file from supported sites. Additionally, playlists can be downloaded from YouTube.
New in Parallels Toolbox 3.5 for Mac
Clipboard History
Captures what’s copied to the Mac clipboard, including plain and formatted text. It also offers full text search, favourites and settings to collect content for up to 30 days. Users can also pause the collection or exclude applications.
Watch a video demo: Clipboard History – Parallels Toolbox for Mac.
Hide Menu Icons: Allows users to hide some icons from the Mac menu bar by creating two sets of menu-bar icons, visible and invisible. Less important icons only become visible when the user clicks the tool’s control in the Mac menu bar. Hidden icons automatically hide when the user goes back to working with applications from the control menu.
Watch a video demo: Hide Menu Icons – Parallels Toolbox for Mac
Energy Saver
Activates several settings, including hidden ones that reduce system-resources usage and increase battery life, saving up to 8% in power consumption. It automatically detects your computer’s state when it’s running on battery and activates options for users to enable or disable.
Watch a video demo: Energy Saver – Parallels Toolbox for Mac.
Sleep Timer
Sets a timer for the computer to either go to sleep or shut down from the moment the user presses “Start” to save energy. Time options range from 15 minutes to six hours.
Watch a video demo: Sleep Timer – Parallels Toolbox for Mac
New for existing tools in Parallels Toolbox for Windows
Saving Files
Settings for saving files were removed from the Parallels Toolbox application and added to individual tools for simplified management.
Screenshots Markup
Improved integration with system tools for screenshot markup and enhanced editing.
Enhancements for existing tools in Parallels Toolbox for Mac
Clean Drive
Users can now see files that will be deleted, with the ability to find them in Finder for improved transparency.
Find Duplicates
Ability to mass-select multiple duplicates for better total-size representation and simplified sorting options.
Productivity tools in Parallels Toolbox for Mac and Windows 3.5 also include:
Streamlined screen video/audio management
Easily change tool default settings to simply record video with your desired audio source or to capture screenshots in the format you need—with just one click.
Convert Video
Drag almost any video onto the tool to convert it to MP4 so it can be played on tablets and phones.
Watch a video demo: How to Convert Video to MP4 on My Mac
Take Photo
Take photos using the PC or Mac camera. The image file immediately appears at a preselected destination, such as the desktop or a folder.
Resize Images
Batch convert images to your desired file size and format. Simply drag the source images to the tool’s window, select the desired output format (.HEIF, JPEG, TIFF or PNG) as well as dimensions/size and output location, and then click.
Watch a video demo: Resize Images - Parallels Toolbox for Windows.
Capture Screen
Click anywhere to take a screenshot of the entire screen and automatically save the image in a variety of formats (PNG, JPEG, TIFF and GIF) to your desktop or preselected folder.
Enhanced presentations and screen sharing
Hide Desktop
Instantly hide distracting desktop files instead of removing each one manually. One click hides files, folders and icons on the desktop for clutter-free presentations.
Watch a video demo: How to Quickly Hide Icons and Files on My Mac Desktop.
Do Not Disturb
One click disables notifications and Dock animations on running applications that could interrupt work or a presentation.
Do Not Sleep
With just one click, disable all system settings that cause the computer to sleep.
Launch
Opening multiple applications and files for a project is now one click away. Users can 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 the tool’s icon is clicked.
Improved PC and Mac productivity
Archive
Easily create compressed and password-protected archives of your files from various locations to save space or share them. Just drag files and folders to this tool window—there’s 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 files, even for password-protected archives.
Uninstall Apps
Easily remove applications and their files with a single click for faster removals.
Demo video: Uninstall Apps - Parallels Toolbox for Mac
Details:
Free trials of both Parallels Toolbox 3.5 for Windows and Mac are available today as standalone products at parallels.com/toolbox.
Each product can be purchased for US$19.99 per year. Each annual licence includes free updates of new and enhanced tools as they become available several times a year.
Parallels has also enhanced its customer referral rewards programmes. When trial users or subscribers invite a friend to try Parallels Toolbox at parallels.com/toolbox, the user and friend each receive a complimentary three-month subscription.
