I bought a MacBook Pro and installed Windows 7 with Boot Camp Assistant so I could access the “normal” Excel. This was important to me at the time because I was doing Excel development work in versions 2003, 2007 and 2010 on a Windows PC.

Parallels for mac delete misbehaving windows program. I love my MacBook Pro, which I consider my computer of the future. It’s great for dealing with Photos, Movies, Music, and all of my iOS devices.

I am trying to use AppleScript to manipulate Mac Excel 2011 files on a Macbook Air running OSX Mavericks. I also have Parallels installed with Windows 8.1 and Windows Excel 2013. When I run the following test script, it starts up Parallels, Windows 8.1 and Windows Excel 2013 instead of Mac Excel 2011. Jan 08, 2015  Launch Parallels Desktop, then click on Parallels icon in your Mac's status bar and choose Control Center. Click on the Hardware tab, then select CD/DVD Drive from the left-hand pane. In the 'Connect to:' drop-down list, choose Default CD/DVD. Parallels on Mac - Installing Microsoft Office Problems Currently running parallels on my Mac, and am trying to install Microsoft Office on the PC portion of my computer. Accidentally put the wrong disc in (didn't have a product key) and am stuck on the product key screen on my PC. Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac is the world's easiest, fastest, and most powerful solution for running Windows applications on a Mac -- without rebooting. Install Windows or move your PC documents, files and applications on to your Mac in few easy steps. I'm using parallels for mac and Microsoft Windows. Since it is on a mac some of the keys do different things. I need to be able to quickly go to the end of the data in a row or column.

I purchased the Mac versions of Excel (2008 and 2011) but they seem like a mixture of the three Excel versions mentioned above, and can be very frustrating at times. There are a few things missing in the latest Excel Mac version, like the Name Manager and the Evaluate Formula dialog box, to name just two.

Despite these shortcomings, I’m seriously thinking about selling my desktop PC and going exclusively with the Mac. That’s the crossroads I’m at right now. Letting go of the PC, but keeping the Windows versions of Excel.

Parallels keeps opening my Excel files with Windows, even though I have Office 2004 for Mac. Ive changed the file assocation by right-clicking the file and choosing File Info, Open with, Change All. Ive done this a number of times, and Parallels keeps changing it.

My Hangups

BootCamp allows me to run Windows, and the Excel versions I need, but is very restrictive in the sense that I have to shut down my Mac, then restart with BootCamp to run Windows 7. This is a real pain in the you-know-what.

There are other problems with running Windows on a Mac. For instance, I haven’t been able to get my Apple Magic Mouse to work with Windows 7. (Go figure.) And using Dropbox was the best way to get Excel files between Windows 7 and Mac OS X.

My Saving Grace

All of those issues were solved when I purchased the Parallels Desktop software for Mac. Now I can switch to Windows without having to shut down Mac OS X Lion. That’s just plain awesome!

I’m still getting used to how Parallels works, but this software is easily worth the purchase price. And my Apple Magic Mouse, just works.

Parallels Desktop on my MacBook Pro

Here’s a screen shot of the Parallels Desktop open on my MacBook Pro. You can see that I have Microsoft 2010 (Windows) open, but I want you to notice that I also have the Finder dialog box open.

I dragged the Card Size Lookup.xlsx file from Finder onto the Excel 2010 (Windows) program and it opened. I then made a change to the spreadsheet and saved it. The file was saved back on my Mac from whence it came. This is the miracle of modern technology.

I still have lots of testing to do but it looks like the Parallels Desktop has made my life much, much easier. I know now which way to turn at the crossroads.

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