how do i convert parallels to virtualbox

#How do i convert parallels to virtualbox free

Input The new VM name and select the System info based on your situation, and “continue”: So open your VirtualBox and Select “New”: Next step is easy, in my case it’s Ubuntu. I usually just copy it to the VirtualBox folder: hdd file and select “Show Package Contents” again:Ĭopy it out and rename is with what you want to but with file extension of. pvm file and select “Show Package Contents”: pvm are the VM files for Parallel Desktop, to get the Diskfile for each vm, just right click each. To get the disk file from Parallel Desktop, on Mac OS, they are usually under ~/Parallels/*.pvm. The disk file is the only file that is needed for VirtualBox, as all the OS System and your own documents are already there, VirtualBox just needs to serve as a container to run it. So this article is just a quick note about the process.

#How do i convert parallels to virtualbox free

Luckily I found VirtualBox, which is free and open source.Īs I already have things setup in my Parallel Desktop VMs, so it would make sense if I can reuse them instead of creating new machines. So I decided to find a cheaper or free alternative.

A $99 renew for maybe another two times open of it just does not make senses to me. Over the last 12 months I had only been using vm for very limited reasons, and probably ended up only opened Parallel Desktop for twice. My Parallel Desktop subscription ended again when today I was trying to use my Windows VM to test out a page on IE.