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If you change this setting and then you don't like how Windows is performing, then try a different setting.

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However, if you're using Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition, the maximum amount of memory that can be assigned to Windows is 64 GB. Note: No matter how much memory (RAM) your Mac has, the maximum amount of memory that can be assigned to Windows is 8 GB. If not, it's usually best to set it closer to the middle. If you use Windows applications that require lots of memory, like 3D or video production applications, it's best to set the memory allocation towards the high end of the range (move the slider to the right).

Move the memory slider to somewhere within the recommended range, indicated by the graphic under the slider (see above).

Choose Actions > Configure > Hardware > CPU & Memory.

To set how much memory is allocated to Windows:

To optimize the performance of both Windows and macOS, set the memory allocated to Windows to be somewhere within the recommended range. If, on the other hand, too much memory is allocated to macOS, then macOS applications may run well but Windows applications might slow down.

If too much memory is allocated to Windows, macOS may slow down, which in turn can cause Windows applications to slow down because they're running on top of macOS. Parallels Desktop is set to allocate a certain amount of your Mac's available RAM memory to Windows and the rest to macOS. The easy part is that you can (mostly) change your mind later on if you guess wrong with a VM.Set How Much Memory is Allocated to Windows Set How Much Memory is Allocated to Windows Think of it as configuring a whole new computer - you need a quantity of hard drive space and RAM sufficient for the tasks at hand. How you allocate disk space and RAM depends on what you're doing with your VM, and what you expect to be doing with OS X while that VM is running.

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If you shut down Parallels, OS X can use the full amount in your system.

The RAM allocated to your VM is only 'used' when the VM is running.

This doesn't change whether you're using a disk image or a Boot Camp partition, but it's worth pointing out that if you boot from the Boot Camp partition (not in Parallels), that's running Windows directly and it will use all the RAM available to the system, like any other laptop. You simply shut down the VM, change the setting in Parallels and restart. How much RAM you allocate can be changed using Parallels. This depends on how the other partitions on the disk are set up (typically a partition can be expanded to fill free space after it, but you can't change the starting point on the disk).

If you're running Parallels off a Boot Camp partition, it's possible in some cases to expand that partition later on, using third party tools.

As far as I know you can't shrink a disk image. If you run Parallels off a disk image, you can expand that partition to as much disk space as you have available. Can I change that on the fly in the future after that decision? Once I do this (lets say i allocate 8GB of RAM to windows), either through BootCamp or Parallels, does that mean that my Mac only will be able to leverage 8GB (since i have a total of 16GB) regardless if I am running Windows at that time or it only 'takes' 8GB away when i start up windows.Ģ98 25 25 gold badges 46 46 silver badges 69 69 bronze badges 2 Answers How do i decide what RAM is allocated to Windows. How do i decide how much space is allocated to Windows and once I decide that, can I change it in the future? I was thinking about allocated 100GB to Windows which seems like it should cover me.

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Microsoft Officeand a few other pieces of propriety software.Parallels Desktop 14 is the most powerful solution for running Windows and Windows applications on Mac with significantly less disk, memory, and CPU usage.

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I see that if you want to install windows, you need to partition and allocation memory and disk space for Windows. So lets say I buy a Mac with 512 GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM.