Hi there, I Use parallels, and have a keyboard maestro macro that switches my caps lock and turns it into an insert key whenever I have parallels in focus. When I exit parallels or command tab out of parallels, my capslock key becomes a caps key available to macOS again. Download the Macro group here <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/s05wqgy5foagmncj5bn48/Windows-Switching-Macros.kmmacros?rlkey=n9ij4j9y9cwr4rzzlfq9l7lrg&dl=1> I’ve also gone into the parallels preferences, accessed shortcuts, and then made macOS shortcuts always available to the virtual machine. This means, my key strokes work like they should in windows as windows key strokes.
One last thing, in my windows, virtual machine I’ve leveraged sharpkeys <https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys> and swapped the windows and alt keys. Then, pressing command tab when in a virtual machine will perform the alt tab command you might expect. Also, to get back to Mac, press and hold the control option keys for a matter of seconds, and then you should be able to use command tab to get back into macOS. NOTE: accessibility of parallels as software on the Mac leaves a lot to be desired. I would not be able to do any of this without leveraging a tool like VOCR <https://github.com/chigkim/VOCR> or cited assistance. One set up, though, those tools aren’t necessarily needed. Hope all of this helps. Best Michael - KJ7PAZ Payown Media, LLC I work remotely and may respond outside typical business hours. P: +1-458-666-3342 E: michael@payown.media Unmute Podcast <https://unmute.show/> > On May 11, 2025, at 7:45 AM, pdevasto0...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’ve been following with great interest the very lively discussion started by > the person who’s moving back to Windows from Mac OS. I, however, am on the > other side of the fence, working my way towards moving to my new Mac mini for > most of my daily stuff. However, and I may have mentioned this before, I do > have a couple of programs that won’t run on the Mac, so Windows has to be > always available to me. I know I can keep my PC, but I remember when I had my > older Mac mini a few years ago that I did have Windows running using VMWare. > And, unless there’s another option I don’t know about, we’ve got two other > options besides VMWare, Parallels and Bootcamp. I did try Bootcamp back in > the day, but I didn’t like having to reboot back and forth between OS’s every > time I needed to switch. > > So three guesses where I’m going here, and the first two don’t count: How are > those of you who do want Windows and Mac OS available at the same time go > about it? I’ve not seen too much about VMWare, but I have heard lots of talk > about Parallels lately, so any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. > > TIA, > Pete De Vasto > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can > reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/011e01dbc283%2451ff45f0%24f5fdd1d0%24%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/011e01dbc283%2451ff45f0%24f5fdd1d0%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6992B5BA-27C5-4724-8925-D73AC3109E2B%40payown.media.
