Use the mouse with seamless switching between macOS and Windows. Optimize mouse and keyboard for games. Use the smooth scrolling with Trackpad. Use the smooth zoom and rotate gestures with TrackPad. Use Trackpad with Force Touch and Pressure Sensitivity in Windows. Use drawing tablets in Windows with full pen support (pressure, tilt, twist, erase). Under the Scroll & Zoom tab, uncheck the box next to “Scroll direction: Natural”. That’s it, your trackpad and mouse will scroll in the non-natural direction. Also Read: 5 Ways to Snap Windows on macOS with Ease. Set Different Scroll Direction For Mouse And Trackpad. Open virtual machine configuration Switch to Hardware tab Mouse & Keyboard Check/Uncheck Smooth scrolling. Note: The behavior of the Apple Magic mouse and another mouse can be different with the same configuration. Also check Microsoft Office options: Open Word Options Advanced Display, do one or all of the following. Parallels Desktop 15 lets you run Windows smoothly on a Mac. Future via Getty Images. I made the leap from Windows PCs to Mac late last year, when I bought the 16-inch MacBook Pro.
Let’s be honest: to the average person, the idea of running two different operating systems at the same time on one computer is pretty weird. This idea naturally leads to questions like these:
- How do I know which one I’m using at any one moment?
- How do I switch between them?
- Which applications do I use?
And of course:
- Why would I want to do that?
As a Parallels Desktop® for Mac user, you can probably answer the last two questions like this:
- Because I need to run some Windows applications, and I have (and love) a Mac®.
But you might not know all the ways you can switch between Mac and Windows, so in this blog post I’ll show you. Which one of these ways you might use depends on how you use Parallels Desktop.
1. Window Mode
In Window mode, Windows runs in a window on your Mac screen.
You switch between Mac and Windows just be moving your cursor—what could be easier! See Video 1:
2. Full Screen Mode
In Full Screen mode, both Mac and Windows fill the entire screen. You switch between them with a three-finger swipe on your trackpad. See Video 2 (Note: The hand gesture video insets are from lifehacker.com):
3. Coherence Mode
Mouse With Scrolling Ball
In Coherence mode, Mac and Windows applications run side-by-side on the Mac desktop. You switch between them just as you would switch between two Mac applications: just click inside the window of the application you want to use. See Video 3:
I hope these three ways help you to easily and quickly switch between Mac and Windows whenever you want.
Scrolling With Mouse In Windows
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